India is seen globally as the major R&D provider for the IT companies in the world. There is no technology giant that does not have a R&D centre in India. These R&D centres tap into the country’s vast pool of skilled manpower and help their parent companies to churn out world class products and technologies. India’s R&D success story is not a recent phenomena but a history of two decades. The success trail goes more than 20 years back to early eighties.
- Intel - The chip giant, Intel, started its India operations in 1988 by setting up a sales office in Bangalore. Since then Intel India has played a key part in most of the company’s product roll outings.
- HP - In the year 1989, when only a few multinational companies had operations in India, global PC giant Hewlett-Packard began R&D work in the country.
- Oracle - In 1993 formed Oracle India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle Corp., focused on the sales and marketing of Oracle software in India.
- Genpact - In the year 1997, Genpact (GE) established GECIS (GE Capital International Services) as an outsourcing unit to provide services from India.
- Microsoft - Microsoft entered India in 1990. In 1998, the company launched its India Development Center at Hyderabad, the second largest development center outside the US facility in Redmond.
- DELL - In 2001, Dell too started its R&D center in India.
- Yahoo - The year 2003 saw Internet giant Yahoo open its software development center in India.
- Google - In 2004 India became an R&D hub for internet search leader Google.
- IBM - The year 2005 saw IBM expanding its India presence with the opening of another research lab in Bangalore.
- Cisco - In 2006, networking giant Cisco established its Globalisation Centre East in Bangalore.
- Accenture - In the year 2008, Accenture formally opened its Technology Lab in Bangalore, its fourth such facility following sites in the United States and France.
- SAP – SAP recently inaugurated its third Co-Innovation Lab in Bangalore. The company’s other such labs are located in Palo Alto, California, and Tokyo. [ Source: Reuters ]
