India, Sept. 21 -- Global coffeehouse chain Starbucks would set up its first Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India in Chennai, in line with the state government's vision to expand large-scale global capability operations, the government said on Monday.

As part of the setting up of the Global Capability Centre, top officials of US-based Starbucks Coffee exchanged documents with state government-backed investment promotion agency Guidance Tamil Nadu in the presence of chief minister C Joseph Vijay at the Secretariat in Chennai.

In the initial phase, the GCC would create 800 high-paying jobs, strengthening Chennai's position as a destination for global companies seeking to build technology, talent and business capabilities for the world,...