India, March 16 -- For two decades, the narrative on India was simple. Everything boiled down to cost arbitrage. The country was where specifications were sent to be coded, tested, and maintained cheaply.

By 2026, this narrative is obsolete.

Today, India has evolved from the world's back office into its primary transformation hub. For enterprises running on SAP, India has become critical for co-innovation, product ownership, and strategic modernisation. More than cost, the sheer density of capability is what moves the needle now.

The numbers are staggering, but it is the composition of the talent that matters. India is now home to 16% of the world's AI talent pool, a critical metric as SAP embeds Business AI across its portfolio.

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