India’s GCC boom: Building a verified and future-ready workforce

India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem is undergoing a massive transformation, evolving from cost-centric hubs to strategic centres of innovation, digital operations, and product development. With over 1,580 active GCCs and more than 1.6 million professionals employed, the spotlight has now shifted to building a workforce that is not only skilled, but verified and future-ready.

In a recent feature on ET Edge Insights, Ajay Trehan, CEO of AuthBridge underscored the growing importance of digital identity verification and real-time onboarding as critical enablers of this growth story. The article highlights how GCCs are embracing AI-led verification solutions to meet compliance, scalability, and trust expectations as they expand across domains such as AI, cybersecurity, data analytics, and R&D.

As GCCs continue to scale operations in India, the margin for onboarding error is shrinking. A delayed or inaccurate background check can pose operational, legal, and reputational risks. AuthBridge’s AI-powered verification suite offers automated employment and education checks, AML/KYC compliance, and partner due diligence to ensure organisations can build secure, agile teams faster.

“GCCs operate in high-trust environments where accuracy, speed, and compliance are non-negotiable. Our solutions are designed to help organisations onboard the right talent and partners at scale, without compromising on risk or regulation,” noted AuthBridge in the article.

With 500–600 new GCCs projected to emerge by 2030, India is set to become the global headquarters of enterprise innovation. For this vision to materialise, it’s clear that building workforce trust through verified digital identities will be a cornerstone of sustainable growth.