According to the minister of electronics and information, the centre is working on a comprehensive framework to expand the footprint of global capability centres (GCCs) beyond the top-tier cities, with a strong emphasis on industry-academia partnerships to create job-ready talent.
As part of the IndiaAI Mission, an additional 6,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) are expected to be added to the common compute infrastructure, increasing the total from 34,000 to 40,000. These GPUs are being sourced under the mission to provide subsidised compute resources for domestic artificial intelligence (AI) projects.
Incubation hubs like the IIT Madras Research Park and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, where industry players that have collaborated to design industry-relevant courses, will serve as models for fostering the GCC ecosystem.
He further mentioned that the new framework will elevate the GCC landscape and generate employment. India currently hosts over 1,700 GCCs employing approximately 1.5 million professionals.
The plan is to develop customised talent pipelines for each GCC, linking them with academic institutions offering the required domain expertise, and to encourage these centres to undertake original research within India.
In addition, the government is considering a model where states are integrated into a single digital platform to expedite necessary permissions for setting up GCC operations.
