Enterprises building captives in India
India Global Capability Centers (GCCs) have moved past back-office. The new generation owns AI/ML, product engineering and digital transformation for the parent enterprise. The economics are well-understood — 50–70% cost arbitrage on engineering talent vs the USA/UK, with a senior labour pool that's deeper than any other emerging market. We help you stand one up.
Who builds a GCC
- Mid-to-large enterprises with 50+ engineering roles offshore — at that scale a captive beats a vendor on cost and control.
- BFSI and regulated industries that need long-term, domain-deep engineering capacity under their own brand and IP control.
- AI/ML-heavy companies that want a deep ML/data engineering team they can't easily recruit at home.
What we provide end-to-end
- Entity setup — Private Limited company registration, GST, PAN/TAN, professional tax, compliance with the Companies Act 2013.
- Tax and transfer-pricing structure — STPI / SEZ benefits where applicable; transfer-pricing documentation and benchmarking.
- HR & talent infrastructure — recruitment pipelines, onboarding, payroll, benefits, performance management, retention programmes.
- Physical infrastructure — workspace in Tier-1 Indian cities (Noida, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Mumbai).
- Security & IT — VPN, MFA, endpoint protection, data classification, ISO 27001-ready controls, regulator-aware (RBI, IRDAI, SEBI) audit trails.
- Talent hiring — pipelines for senior engineering, AI/ML, BFSI domain experts, finance ops, design, product and operations.
- Managed-services bridge — your GCC's first 30–50 engineers can sit on our payroll while the entity is being established, transferring over when ready.
How a GCC engagement runs
- Strategy & business case (4–6 weeks) — financial modelling, location selection, target organisation chart.
- Entity setup (8–12 weeks) — incorporation, compliance, tax structure, banking.
- Infrastructure & hiring (parallel, 8–14 weeks) — workspace, IT, first leadership and engineering hires.
- Operational launch (month 3–6) — first 20–50 engineers active under the captive entity.
- Scale-out (month 6–24) — talent ramps to target size; we transition out of operational support.
- Optional ongoing services — recruitment partnership, training, infrastructure management beyond launch.
Compare with other engagement models
| Staff Aug | Offshore Dev Centre | Global Capability Centre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engagement length | Weeks–months | 1–5 years | Multi-year, permanent |
| Engineers employed by | Redian | Redian | You (your captive) |
| Setup time | 2 weeks | 6–10 weeks | 3–6 months |
| Best for | Spike capacity | Long-term capacity | Permanent shore, IP control |
| IP ownership | Yours | Yours | Yours |
| Long-term cost | Highest | Mid | Lowest |
Why Redian for GCC setup
- 9+ years operating in India — we built our own delivery centre in Noida; we know the operational playbook from the inside.
- Multi-region perspective — we run delivery centres in India, Kenya and the UAE; we understand the trade-offs across geographies.
- BFSI heritage — we know the regulatory expectations for India captives serving BFSI parent companies (DPDPA, RBI outsourcing guidelines, IRDAI controls).
- Managed-services bridge — your first 30–50 engineers can be Redian-employed while your captive is being incorporated, transferring over at the right time.
