New Delhi, July 9 -- India's Global Capability Centres (GCCs) have evolved from low-cost back offices into global hubs for engineering, product development, artificial intelligence (AI) and decision-making, but sustaining that advantage will require continuous investment in talent, skills and innovation, chief economic adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran said on Thursday.

Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) GCC Business Summit 2026, Nageswaran described GCCs as one of India's "quiet successes", saying their rise was driven by steady capability building over two decades rather than any single policy intervention.

"India's Global Capability Centres are one of the quiet successes of our economy. They did not arrive wit...