{"id":24335,"date":"2022-02-17T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T09:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-capgemini\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T09:20:23","slug":"biz-capgemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-capgemini\/","title":{"rendered":"Capgemini to open new CoEs in India this year; sees more Indians occupying senior roles in future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-567001716\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p> Mumbai, Feb 17 (PTI) French IT company Capgemini on Thursday said it will be setting up dedicated centres of excellence (CoE) for driving innovation efforts.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-332429927\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p> The company, which employs half of its over 3 lakh-strong workforce in India, also sees the number of Indians at senior executive level growing in the next few years, its chief executive Aiman Ezzat said speaking at the annual NTFL organised by IT industry body Nasscom.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We have a number of labs around innovation and we&#8217;re going to set up new centers of excellence on &#8230;Internet of Things, smart factory, intelligent supply chain in India this year,&#8221; Ezzat said.<\/p>\n<p> The chief executive said the company has hired sector experts and not just consultants in India to set up and operate platforms dedicated for specific industries like auto, aerospace, telecom etc because it believes that India is not just a location from where it delivers work for clients as a backoffice, but also a hub of innovation.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-2674891565\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> Expressing satisfaction with the performance from India, Ezzat termed it as &#8220;phenomenal in terms of value creation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe have grown the pool of Indian executives in the firm and you see in the future, they&#8217;ll probably be more Indian senior executives overall in Capgemini,\u201d he said, adding that at present it has about 100 Indians as global account executives who manage clients, from zero three years ago.<\/p>\n<p> India may lack talent in some areas, but there are strengths like financial services, where India has traditionally been strong.<\/p>\n<p> At a time when attrition is very high in the industry, Ezzat said he believes the \u201cnext best recruit is a person who just resigned\u201d and the company has been bringing people back after six months or a year.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe first thing you have to do is change your mentality around talent. Accept the fact there is more fluidity. We also bring people more easily, you know, because digital allows us to be much more efficient in terms of hiring, onboarding, and training talent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p> It is important to take care of people by looking at individual needs, he said, pointing out that a wish to switch projects after spending six months on one has to be accepted by the manager.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-2469687530\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> Proactively building talent is also very important and the firm is looking at various avenues like asking people who have just retired to join for a three-month project, Ezzat said.<\/p>\n<p> Ezzat said the COVID era has led to a period people call the &#8216;great resignation&#8217; but added that companies have to look at leveraging it.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI can access talent in different cities where I&#8217;m not today, because now I accept the fact that people can work potentially 100 per cent remotely, so I can have a talent pool. 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