New Delhi, March 12 -- Three of theworld's largest IT services companies, Capgemini SE, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., and EPAM Systems Inc., have found a seemingly contrarian hack to both grow and maintain operating margins: increase India headcount.

Analysts see this as the beginning of a new trend as artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies increasingly become part of IT services workflows and give rise to demand for tech workers to monitor their deployment. India's talent pool seems to offer a competitive staffing solution for this need.

This comes at a time when some among their biggest Indian peers are trimming workforce.

In calendar year 2025, Capgemini, Cognizant and EPAM ended with 230,000, 256,900, and 12,200 em...