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IBEF
SEZ: Special Economic Zone
STPI: Software Technology Parks of India
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IBEF
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Draup, Futureskills and NASSCOM report on India’s Tech Industry Talent
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NASSCOM
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https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/tcs-ends-work-from-home-offices-to-reopen-from-next-week-all-you-need-to-know-11636896831264.html
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https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/real-estate/co-working-space-find-a-space-in-smaller-towns/article35149186.ece
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/it-bpm-industry-to-add-3-75-lakh-jobs-in-fy22-report/articleshow/88167025.cms
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40 40%
20 20%
10 10%
Preference of Acceptability of Expansion of
0 0%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 employment ‘Work from Home/ coworking
Office Space Gross Absorption in mn sq. ft. (LHS) IT-BPM Share (RHS) opportunities in Anywhere’ operators in tier
Source: Savills India Research hometowns phenomenon II and III cities
With the IT-BPM sector well placed to hire Cumulative Gross Office Space Leasing by IT-BPM Sector in Next 5 Years
more than 5 million employees across the
country in the next five years,13 Savills India
Research estimates a cumulative space uptake
of 80-120 mn sq. ft. by the segment in grade A
office buildings including coworking spaces. Comparative ease
Given the fact that the ongoing pandemic has Realistic Optimistic Cost arbitrage from Vastly improved of living and
Pessimistic
firmly established the trend of ‘Working from Case Case Case an employer internet and digital affordability in
80 100 120
Anywhere’, and the relocation of significant
perspective infrastructure smaller urban
talent base to their hometowns, we envisage across the country
companies from the sector will take
centres
advantage of real estate arbitrage in the
smaller cities of the country and expand their mn sq. ft. mn sq. ft. mn sq. ft.
operations in these cities. This in turn will
fast-track the emergence of the next wave of
IT-BPM hotspots in the country.
Government
Savills India Research has performed a Improvement in incentives in setting Relatively less
comprehensive statistical analysis and
80% Uptake in Established IT-BPM Locations ease of doing up large campuses stress on existing
presented these cities as clusters namely
‘Challenger Cities’ and ‘Emerging Cities’. business across in locations with social infrastructure
Finer aspects of the statistical approach and 20% Uptake in Tier II & III Locations various states of the maximum upside in smaller economic
city clusters are explained in detail in the country potential hubs
subsequent sections. Source: Savills India Research
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/it-bpm-industry-to-add-3-75-lakh-jobs-in-fy22-report/articleshow/88167025.cms Source: Savills India Research
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METHODOLOGY
Flow chart of methodology
For identifying the potential hotspots of economic activity. Locations such as Bengaluru, their business. We have included the following
IT-BPM activity, Savills India Research first Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, primary parameters in our in-depth analysis:
drew a comprehensive and all-inclusive list of Mumbai and Pune, which already have a 01
Drawing a universe of
• Infrastructure
more than 100 cities spread across the country. thriving IT-BPM ecosystem, were deliberately candidate cities
This universe was then pruned down to a excluded. • Human Capital
long-list of 79 cities on the basis of a ‘Binary: Go
Simultaneously, in-house experts developed a • Costs
vs No-Go Test’. • Industry
‘Parameter-Weight Matrix’ comprising primary Pruning the universe to a
The long-list was then further trimmed down to parameters that are usually evaluated by • Vulnerabilities & Risks 02
a short-list of 33 cities on the basis of companies from the IT-BPM sector while short-list of 33 cities
population, infrastructure and level of selecting a particular city to set up or expand
04 Assigning weights
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OUTCOME
Short-list of hotspots
03 WEST INDIA
• Ahmedabad
• Nagpur
• Navi Mumbai
• Mumbai
• Panaji
• Pune
02 • Surat
• Thane
• Vadodara
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Clustering of cities
While the leader cities are already established Challenger cities enjoy a symbiotic association and interest of developers and coworking
Already Established Locations The Next Big Hotspots IT-BPM hotspots and have high availability of with these leader cities and are already operators to build quality office stock
skilled talent and robust supporting witnessing significant IT-BPM activity. capitalising on low real estate costs are critical
infrastructure, they are relatively expensive Emerging cities on the other hand are expected in the growth story of these challenger and
LEADERS CHALLENGERS EMERGING when evaluated on pure financial parameters
such as real estate and manpower costs.
to be the next big potential hotspots in the
medium to long term. Advent of remote working
emerging cities.
Currently limited
Presence of Adequate Reasonable in (However, attractive
Grade-A office stock specific pockets for coworking
operator expansion)
Witnessing
Expected timeline for Already considerable 5-10
gaining prominence Established IT-BPM activity years
in recent years
Representative scale (5-1) with 5 being the most enabling and 1 being the least enabling factor for development of IT-BPM industry
Availability of skilled talent: High, High-Medium, Medium, Medium-Low, Low
Avenues and quality of education : High, High-Medium, Medium, Medium-Low, Low
Power, internet and transport infrastructure: Robust, Strong, Requisite, Inadequate, Poor
Presence of Grade-A office stock: Adequate, Adequate- Reasonable, Reasonable, Reasonable-Limited, Limited
Real estate and manpower costs: Low, Low-Moderate, Moderate, Moderate-High, High
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Cities from the south LEADER CITIES • The strong presence of few
and west of the country Bengaluru
dominate the list of Chennai states in the list of emerging
Delhi and challenger cities indicate
challenger and Gurugram
emerging cities. Almost Hyderabad the importance of an already
60% of the cities are Kolkata
concentrated in the Mumbai established IT-BPM location in
region Navi Mumbai a region. These cities also
NOIDA
Pune benefit from inter-state talent
Thane migration and existing power
as well as internet
infrastructure of respective
states.
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2021/sep/17/big-win-for-
kerala-as-tcs-signs-pact-for-rs-700-cr-investment-in-kochi-2360205.htmlcms
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