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❖ Executive Summary………………..……..…..3
❖ Advantage India…………………………..........4
❖ Market Overview and Trends………..…........6
❖ Porters Five Forces Analysis………….........17
❖ Strategies Adopted ………………..…..…....19
❖ Growth Drivers………………………….........21
❖ Opportunities... …..........................................33
❖ Success Stories………………………..…….39
❖ Useful Information…………...........................49

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• The IT-BPM sector in India expanded at a CAGR of 13.7 per cent over 2010–16, which is 3–4
Strong growth
times higher than the global IT-BPM growth & is estimated to expand at a CAGR of 9.1 per cent
opportunities to USD350 billion by 2025

• As of 2015, India is a prominent sourcing destination across the world, accounting for
Leading sourcing approximately 56 per cent market share in the global services sourcing business.
destination • India acquired a share of around 38 per cent in the overall Business Process Management (BPM)
sourcing market

• India’s highly qualified talent pool of technical graduates is one of the largest in the world,
Largest pool of ready to facilitating its emergence as a preferred destination for outsourcing, computer science/information
hire talent technology accounts for the biggest chunk of India' fresh engineering talent pool, with more than
98 per cent of the colleges offering this stream

Most lucrative sector for • The sector ranks 4th in India’s total FDI share & accounts for approximately 37 per cent of total
investments Private Equity & Venture investments in the country

• In FY16, revenues of Indian IT-BPM market is estimated to touch USD160 billion

Cash Cow • In 2015, Indian IT companies have helped clients to save USD200 billion in the last 5 years.
• India’s IT-BPM sector includes 670 offshore development centres around 78 countries.

Source: NASSCOM, TechSci Research

Notes: BPM – Business Process Management, USP – Unique Selling Proposition

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ADVANTAGE INDIA
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ADVANTAGE INDIA

Growing demand Global footprints

FY16E Growing demand • IT firms in India have delivery centres across FY25F
• Strong growth in demand for exports the world; as of 2015, IT firms had a total of
from new verticals
670 centres in >78 countries
Industry • Rapidly growing urban infrastructure Industry
has fostered several IT centres in the • India’s IT industry amounts to 12.3 per cent value:
value:
country of the global market, largely due to exports USD350
USD160
billion • Expanding economy to propel growth • IT & ITeS industry is well diversified across billion
in local demand verticals such as BFSI, telecom & retail
• Increasing strategic alliance between
domestic & international players to deliver
solutions across the globe
Advantage
Competitive India Policy support
advantage • The engineering sector is
• Tax holidays extended to the IT sector
delicensed; 100 per cent FDI is
• Cost savings of 60–70 per cent over • allowed
More in the
liberal sector
system for raising global capital,
source countries funding for seed capital and growth & ease of
• A preferred destination for IT & ITeS in Due business,
• doing to policy support,
etc. have there was
been addressed
the world; continues to be a leader in the • cumulative
USD0.17 FDIhave
billion of USD14.0 billion for raising
been allocated
global sourcing industry with 55 per cent into the
global sector
capital, over
start upsApril 2000 –
market share • February
Income Tax2012,
cut onmaking
royalty up
fee8.6
on per
tech services
• The Indian IT industry has saved clients tocent of cent
10 per total FDI into the country
USD200 billion in the past 5 years • in that period
Cumulative FDI inflow in computer software
and hardware is USD22.83 billion from April
2000 to December 2016
Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research
Notes: SEZ stands for Special Economic Zone, BFSI stands for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, E stands for Estimate, F stands for Forecast
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MARKET OVERVIEW AND TRENDS

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EVOLUTION OF INDIA’S IT SECTOR

2005-16

2000–05

1995-2000

• Firms in India became multinational

• The number of firms in companies with delivery centres
India grew in size & across the globe (670 centres in >78
Pre-1995 started offering countries, as of 2015)
• IT industry started to complex services such • Indian IT-BPM revenue is likely to
mature as product reach USD160 billion in FY16
• Increased management & go-to
• Employment in IT sector is expected to
investment in R&D & market strategies
increase & reach 3.7 million people
infrastructure started • Western firms set up a directly & over 10 million indirectly, as
• India increasingly number of captives in of FY16
• By early 90s, US- seen as a product India
based companies • India’s IT sector is at an inflection
development
began to outsource point, moving from enterprise servicing
destination
work on low-cost & to enterprise solutions
skilled talent pool in • The industry is 3rd largest start up base
India • In FY16, the IT industry supported over
4,200 new start ups

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SEGMENTS OF INDIA’S IT SECTOR

IT & ITeS sector

Business Process Software products &

IT services Hardware
Management (BPM) engineering services

• Market Size: USD75 • Market size: USD28 • Market size: USD27 • Market size:
billion during FY16E billion during FY16E billion during FY16E USD13.3 billion
• Over 81 per cent of • Around 87 per cent • Over 83.9 per cent during FY16E
revenue comes from of revenue comes of revenue comes • The domestic market
the export market from the export from exports accounts for a
• BFSI continues to be market significant share
the major vertical of • Market size of BPM • The domestic market
the IT sector industry is estimated is experiencing
to rise from USD41 growth as the
billion in FY20 to penetration of
USD54 billion by personal computers
FY25 is rising in India

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research

Notes: FY16E – Figures for FY16 are estimated

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INDIA’S IT MARKET SIZE GROWING; TCS THE MARKET LEADER

India’s technology & BPM sector (including hardware) is Market size of IT industry in India (USD billion)
likely to generate revenues of USD160 billion during
FY16 compared to USD146.5 billion in FY15, implying a
growth rate of 9.5 per cent
The contribution of the IT sector to India’s GDP rose to
approximately 9.3 per cent in FY15
108
TCS is the market leader, accounting for about 10.4 per 98.5
cent of India’s total IT & ITeS sector revenue in FY16
76 86
69
The top 5 IT firms contribute over 25 per cent to the total 59
industry revenue, indicating the market is fairly 50
competitive 52
48
24 29 32 32 32

FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E

Domestic Export

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research

Note: E - Estimates

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IT AND BPM ACCOUNT FOR 79.7 PER CENT OF INDIA’S IT & ITES EXPORTS
Total exports from the IT-BPM sector (including hardware) were estimated to have been USD108 billion during FY16; exports
rose at a CAGR of 61.68 per cent during FY09–16
Export of IT services has been the major contributor, accounting for 56.59 per cent of total IT exports (including hardware)
during FY16
BPM accounted for 22.63 per cent of total IT exports during FY16
In India, Personal Computer (PC) and Laptop shipments registered a YoY growth of 8.54 per cent to reach 2.16 million in the
March quarter. PC shipments in the country declined by 7.8 per cent to 1.99 million during the same quarter last year owing to
slowdown in consumer demand and the effects of the note ban in the last two months of 2016.

Growth in export revenue (USD billion) Sector-wise breakup of export revenue FY16

CAGR 61.68% 20.78% IT Services

22.4
20.0
14.0
14.1 24.4 BPM
13.0 20.0 23.0
11.4 15.9 17.8 56.59%
8.8 10.0 14.1 22.63%
9.9 11.7 61.0 Software Products and
52.0 55.5 Engg. Services
33.5 39.9 43.9
25.8 25.8

FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

IT Services BPM Software Products and Engg. Services

Source: Nasscom, Make in India, TechSci Research
Note: E – Estimated

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BFSI - A KEY BUSINESS VERTICAL FOR IT-BPM INDUSTRY
BFSI is a key business vertical for the IT-BPM industry. It is expected to generate export revenue of around USD58.32 billion by
the end of 2016, accounting for 54 per cent of total IT-BPM exports from India

Approximately 79 per cent of total IT-BPM exports from India is across 4 sectors: BFSI, telecom, manufacturing & retail. The
hitherto smaller sectors are expected to grow

With introduction of new policies for healthcare & retail, these sectors are expected to grow at a faster pace in coming years, thus
accelerating revenue of IT enabled services for the sectors

Distribution of export revenue across verticals (FY16)

BFSI

4% 11% Hi-Tech/Telecom
2%
Manufacturing
3%
4% Healthcare
6% 54% Retail

Construction & Utilities

16%
Travel & Transportation

Others

Source: MoRTH, TechSci Research, Department of Electronics and IT Annual Report

Notes: BFSI - Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, *Emerging- Retail, Utilities & Construction, Retail, Healthcare, Services, Transportation
The figures mentioned are for IT and BPM only and do not include engineering services and hardware exports

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WITH OVER 62 PER CENT SHARE, US IS MAJOR IMPORTER OF IT SERVICES
US has traditionally been the biggest importer of Indian IT exports; over 62 per cent of Indian IT-BPM exports were
absorbed by the US during FY16
Non US-UK countries accounted for just 21.0 per cent of total Indian IT-BPM exports during FY16
Europe, one of the fast growing IT markets in 2015, is expected to emerge as a potential market as higher inclination
towards offshoring firms would increase demand for IT services
Being the low cost exporter of IT services, India is going to attract more markets in other regions in the same manner it
tapped US markets

Geographic breakup of export revenue Distribution of export revenue across geographies

(USD billion) (March 2016) 2%
(FY16)
67
61
52 8% United States

42
11% United Kingdom

Continental Europe
18
15 17
12 11 12
8 10 8 9 17% Asia Pacific
5 7 62%
2 2 2 2
Rest of World
US UK Europe (Excl. APAC RoW (RoW)
UK)

2012 2014 2015 2016

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research, Department of Electronics and IT Annual Report
Note: ROW is Rest Of the World, APAC is Asia Pacific

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IT-BPM SECTOR DOMINATED BY LARGE PLAYERS

Percentage of
Number of Percentage of
Category total export Work focus
players total employees
revenue
• Fully integrated players offering complete range
of services
Large 11 47-50% ~35-38%
• Large scale operations & infrastructure
• Presence in over 60 countries

• Mid tier Indian and MNC firms offering services

in multiple verticals
Medium 120-150 32-35% ~28-30% • Dedicated captive centres
• Near shore & offshore presence in more than
30-35 countries

• Players offering niche IT-BPM services

~1,000- • Dedicated captives offering niche services
Emerging 9-10% ~15-20%
1,200 • Expanding focus towards sub Fortune
500/1,000 firms

• Small players focussing on specific niches in

either services or verticals
Small ~15,000 9-10% ~15-18%
• Includes Indian providers & small niche
captives

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research

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NOTABLE TRENDS IN INDIA’S IT & ITES SECTOR … (1/3)

• Indian software product industry is expected to reach the mark of USD100 billion by 2025.
In India, the number of global delivery centres in the IT-BPM sector reached 670,
Global delivery
spreading out across 78 countries, as of 2015
model
• New business models, technologies & addition of new markets is pushing growth; Infosys
has opened a shop in Shanghai; TCS already has a big set-up in Uruguay

Global sourcing hub • India continues to maintain a leading position in the global sourcing market. Its market
share increased to 55 per cent in 2015. India’s IT industry amounts to 7 per cent of the
global market

• In 2015, India continued to be the most preferred location for global R&D outsourcing, with
Engineering offshoring a share of 56 per cent
• The sector includes 670 Offshore Development Centres (ODCs) around 78 countries

• Increased focus on R&D by IT firms in India resulted in rising number of patents filed by
them. In 2016, Indian IT-BPM sector is expected to grow 9.2 per cent since last year &
Most lucrative sector reach USD160 billion
for investments • In May 2017, the government approved the proposal of Twin Star Technologies with an
FDI investment of USD1.34 billion, through a combination of equity, compulsory
convertible preference shares and debentures. The investment is likely to generate
indirect and direct employment for around 30,000 people.
1 - conducted by Nasscom
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NOTABLE TRENDS IN INDIA’S IT & ITES SECTOR … (2/3)

• India’s IT market is experiencing a significant shift from a few large-size deals to multiple small-size
ones
Changing business • The number of start-ups in technology is expected to reach 50000, adding to around 2 per cent of
dynamics GDP
• Delivery models are being altered, as the business is moving to capital expenditure (capex) based
models from operational expenditure (opex), from a vendor’s frame of reference

• Large players with a wide range of capabilities are gaining ground as they move from being simple
Large players gaining maintenance providers to full service players, offering infrastructure, system integration &
advantage consulting services
• Of the total revenue, about 80 per cent is contributed by 200 large & medium players

• Disruptive technologies, such as cloud computing, social media & data analytics, are offering new
New technologies avenues of growth across verticals for IT companies
• The SMAC (social, mobility, analytics, cloud) market is expected to grow to USD225 billion by 2020

• India’s IT sector is gradually moving from linear models (rising headcount to increase revenue) to
Growth in non-linear non-linear ones
models • In line with this, IT companies in India are focusing on new models such as platform-based BPM
services and creation of intellectual property

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NOTABLE TRENDS IN INDIA’S IT & ITES SECTOR … (3/3)
• Global outsourcing is being used to drive fundamental re-engineering of end-to-end
processes
Consumerisation of IT • Increased emphasis on beyond cost benefits
• IT firms in the current phase have moved up the value chain, providing innovation-led
growth to clients from SLA satisfaction & RoI calculations

• Tier II & III cities are increasingly gaining traction among IT companies, aiming to establish
business in India
Emergence of Tier II • Cheap labour, affordable real estate, favourable government regulations, tax breaks &
cities SEZ schemes facilitating their emergence as a new IT destination
• Giving rise to the domestic hub & spoke model, with Tier I cities acting as hubs & Tier II, III
& IV as network of spokes
SMAC technologies, an
inflection point for • Social, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud (SMAC), a paradigm shift in IT-BPM approaches
experienced until now, is leading to digitisation of the entire business model
Indian IT

• The National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) is being laid down in phases to connect all the
Rural Development
250,000 gram panchayats in the country

• In May 2017, the central government announced to launch a policy named as Phased
Manufacturing Programme (PMP), which was developed by the Ministry of Electronics &
Make in India Information Technology (MeitY) with an aim to boost the manufacturing of cell phones in
the country. In 2016-17, the total value of cell phones to be produced in India is expected
to reach USD13.39 billion as compared to USD 8.03 billion in 2015-16.
Notes: SLA - Service Level Agreement; RoI - Return on Investment

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PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS

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PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS
Competitive Rivalry

• Intense competitive rivalry exists due to low switching costs

• Most of the bigger Indian firms offer same services and there is little Threat of New
product differentiation Entrants
(Medium)

Threat of New Entrants Substitute Products

• Easy entry as the capital • Threat is medium as new

required is low centres, such as Philippines
• Large players, however, and China, are fast gaining
ground among investors due to Bargaining Competitive Substitute
toughen prospects of small and
their low cost advantages Power of Rivalry Products
medium players to win large
Customers (High) (Medium)
deals
(High)

Bargaining Power of Suppliers Bargaining Power of Customers

• Bargaining power is high as

• Bargaining power of suppliers
many IT firms fight for a similar
is less as most of their Bargaining
project
businesses come from the Power of
same geographies Suppliers
• Price taker rather than price • Firms are mostly dependent on (Low)
maker same geography, which
increases customer power

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STRATEGIES ADOPTED
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STRATEGIES ADOPTED
• Companies are expanding their business to Tier II & III cities to have low cost advantage
Expanding in Tier II & III • In 2016, Infosys bought 2 office space in Pune & Bengaluru India. TCS is planning to expand in
cities and externally Mumbai
• Companies are expanding their business towards emerging economies of East Europe & Latin
American countries

• Social Computing, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud (SMAC) is taking significant leaps
Movement to SMAC &
• Companies are getting into this field by offering big data services, which provides clients better
digital space insights for future cases

• Most of the IT companies have been offering similar products & services to their clients
• The companies are working towards product differentiation through various other services by
Product and Pricing branding themselves, e.g. Building Tomorrow's Enterprise by Infosys
differentiation • Indian IT firms have started to adopt pricing strategies to compete with Global firms like IBM &
Accenture

• Companies are now investing a lot in R&D and training employees to create an efficient workforce,
enhancing productivity & quality
Promotion of R&D • R&D forms a significant portion of companies’ expenses, which is critical when margins are in
pressure, to promote innovations in the changing landscape

Fast-growing sectors • Knowledge services, data analytics, legal services, Business Process as a Service (BPaaS),
within the BPM domain cloud-based services

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GROWTH DRIVERS
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IT SECTOR TO BE DRIVEN BY STRONG DEMAND AND INDIAN EXPERTISE
• 6 million graduates are estimated to have been
added to India’s talent pool in FY16, wherein, IT-
BPM employees are estimated to reach 3.7 million.
• Strong mix of young & experienced professionals

Talent
pool
• Global BPM spending estimated to • Computer penetration expected to
rise & reach to USD233 billion by increase
2020 • Increasing adoption of technology &
Global Domestic
demand growth telecom by consumers & focused
government initiatives leading to
Growth increased ICT adoption
drivers

• Robust IT infrastructure across

• Tax holidays for STPI and SEZs various cities in India such as
• More liberal system for raising Bengaluru
capital, seed money & ease of doing Policy Infrastructure • Technology mission for services in
business. support
villages & schools, training in IT
• As a part of Union Budget 2016-17, skills & E-Kranti for government
the government has made changes service delivery & governance
in custom & excise duty of IT scheme
hardware products Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research
Notes: STPI stands for Software Technology Park of India, SEZ stands for Special Economic Zone,
ICT - Information and communications technology, IT-BPM – Information Technology Business Process Management
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TECHNOLOGY – A KEY INFLUENCER FOR DOMESTIC IT SERVICES … (1/2)

Indian IT companies like TCS, Tech Mahindra Ltd., IT Sector Segmental Breakup - By Companies (FY15)
Mphasis, HCL Technologies Ltd., L & T Infotech Ltd., Wipro
Technologies Ltd., Oracle Financial, Infosys Technologies
Ltd. are expanding their footprint in order to meet client’s
requirements globally.
Indian Service Providers
Indian firms have started adopting the global delivery model 14.0% (TCS, Infosys, Wipro,
to cater to local market & for taking advantage of low cost HCL, etc)
In April 2017, Google has launched an app “Areo” to
aggregate food delivery & home services start-ups in India.
The app is operational in Bangalore & Mumbai only. It has 18.0% Global inhouse centers
(EMC, Fordm Boeing,
partnered with Faasos, Box8, Freshmenu, Zimmber & Honeywell, etc)
Urbanclap.
Dentsu Aegis Network acquired SVG Media Pvt. Ltd. in 68.0%
April 2017. Multinational
Corporations (IBM,
Subscriber base of local language users in smartphones in
Accenture, HP,
India has increased over the past few years, with 90 per Microsoft, etc)
cent of new internet users are opting for non-English
language. As per the Google, the number of non-English
users will surpass those using English by 2021.
Tech Mahindra has entered into a strategic alliance with
Metric Stream, a US-based firm, with an aim to provide
governance, risk & compliance solutions across the world

Source: Nasscom, Assorted News Articles, TechSci Research

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TECHNOLOGY – A KEY INFLUENCER FOR DOMESTIC IT SERVICES … (2/2)
Introduction of large e-Governance projects to provide Domestic revenue from IT and BPM (USD billion)
better services through IT & focus on the formation of the
cyber policy led to higher demand for IT & hardware from
the government 100

The Central Government & State/UT Government

allocated 0.9–1.2 per cent & 2.8–3 per cent,
respectively, of total budget for IT spend under the
48 52
12th Five Year Plan

Strong consumer demand for IT service & products:

Advent of smartphones, tablets & iPads

Industry leaders are stressing the need for FY15 FY16E FY20F
promoting support start-ups Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research
Notes: UT - Union Territory, E:Estimated F - Forecasts
Rising computer literate population

Enhanced internet & mobile penetration

Growing disposable income strengthening consumer

purchasing power

Emerging verticals (retail, healthcare, utilities) are

driving growth above 14 per cent

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EXPORTS TO REMAIN ROBUST AS GLOBAL IT INDUSTRY MAINTAINS GROWTH
Export revenue from IT and BPM (USD billion)
In FY16 the estimated revenue from exports of IT & BPM
sector was USD108 billion. Global IT-BPM spending
(excluding hardware) has grown 0.4 per cent over 2015 to
nearly USD1.2 trillion
India’s IT industry amounts to 4.26 per cent of the global
market, largely due to exports as of 2015. In 2015 India 108
99
comprised of around 500 BPM players generating a revenue 86
of USD23 billion, which is expected to reach 50 billion in 2020
During FY17 the country’s revenue growth in IT exports is
FY14 FY15 FY16E
expected at 10 per cent
Emergence of SMAC would provide USD1 trillion market by Core and non core segment’s growth prospects
2020
Core segments Emerging segments
17%
Emerging economies are likely to be a major contributor to IT
spend growth
IT spend in emerging economies to grow 3-4 times 10%
20% 20% 21%
faster than advanced economies
19% 5.5 5.5
3.2 3.1
The BRIC IT market is estimated at USD380–420 22 35 11 15 2 7.6 13
1.2
billion by 2020
CADM ER&D IT consulting IS- Knowledge Software
sourcing services testing
Stable tax regime, reducing litigation related to tax & providing
conducive environment for start-ups will improve the business
FY13E FY16F
environment
Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research, Budget 2015-16
Notes: UT- Union Territory, E - Estimated

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INDIAN TALENT POOL READY TO TAKE IT SECTOR TO THE NEXT LEVEL … (1/2)

Availability of skilled English speaking workforce has Graduates addition to talent pool in India (in millions)
been a major reason behind India’s emergence as a
global outsourcing hub.
5.8 6.0
5.3
During FY10-16, number of graduates addition to talent 4.7
pool in India grew at a CAGR of 8.39 per cent. 4.4
4.0
3.7

India added more than 6 million graduates to the talent

pool during FY16.

Growing talent pool of India has the ability to drive the

R&D & innovation business in the IT-BPM space.

FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016

According to India Hiring Intent Survey 2017, 5 to 10 per
cent increase in hiring by BPO/KPO & ITES companies in
Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research
Karnataka, is anticipated in the coming year. Note: Graduates includes both graduates and post graduates

The office space absorption by the information technology

(IT) and IT-enabled services (ITeS) companies increased
by 10 per cent to 16.81 million square feet (sq. ft.) in 2016
over the previous year, with Bengaluru and Hyderabad
together accounting for more than 50% of this space.

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INDIAN TALENT POOL READY TO TAKE IT SECTOR TO THE NEXT LEVEL … (2/2)

About 2 per cent of the industry revenue is spent on training employees in the IT-BPM sector

USD1.6 billion is spent annually on training workforce and growing R&D spend

Forty per cent of total spend on training is spent on training new employees

Numerous firms have forged alliances with leading education institutions to train employees

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NASSCOM’S PLAN TO INCREASE EMPLOYABILITY OF INDIA’S TALENT POOL

Objectives Initiatives

• Enhance overall yield of employees

• Industry to enhance investment in training
• Improve employability
• Use NAC & NAC – Tech to assess
Short term • Expand to Tier II cities to reduce operating
employability of talent pool
costs
• Identified new tier II locations
• Low skill dependence

• Launched the National Faculty Development

Programme to increase suitability of faculty
• Reduce investment on training • Aiding industry access to specialist
• Develop specialist & project management programmes offered by independent agencies
Medium term expertise • NASSCOM, in partnership with the industry,
• Develop a robust & credible information has developed a unique initiative ’National
repository Skills Registry’ a national database of
registered & verified knowledge workers in the
industry

• Expansion of higher education infrastructure;

• Expand education capacity
Long term 20 new IIITs to be set up by the government
• Promote reforms in education
• Programme to increase PhDs in technology

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research

Notes: NAC – Nasscom Assessment of Competence, IIIT - Indian Institutes of Information Technology

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SEZ’S TO DRIVE IT SECTOR; TIER II CITIES EMERGE AS NEW CENTERS … (1/2)
Characteristics of STPI and SEZ in India
IT-SEZs have been initiated with an aim to create zones that
lead to infrastructural development, exports & employment
As on 31st March 2017, there were over 218 operational SEZs Parameters STPI SEZ
across the country
Term • 10 years • 15 years
Telangana government is planning to set up more IT hubs
beyond Hyderabad. The state government has sanctioned
• 100 per cent
USD3.7 million to develop IT incubation centres in Khammam • 100 per cent
tax holiday on
and Karimnagar districts and decentralise the IT sector. tax holiday on
exports for 1st
export profits
Fiscal 5 years
• Exemption
benefits • Exemption
from excise
from excise
duties &
duties and
customs
customs

• No location
• Restricted to
constraints
Location & prescribed
• 23 per cent
size zones with a
STPI units in
restrictions minimum area
tier II & III
of 25 acres
cities

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research,

STPI (Software Technology Parks of India)

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SEZ’S TO DRIVE IT SECTOR; TIER II CITIES EMERGE AS NEW CENTERS … (2/2)
Trends in tier II and III cities
Cost in newer cities is expected to be 28 per cent lower than that in IT sector employment distribution
leading cities in Tier I and Tier II/III cities
Lower cost & attrition, affordable real estate & support from local
government, such as tax breaks, STPI & SEZ schemes, are
facilitating this shift of focus
Over 50 cities already have basic infrastructure & human resource to
support the global sourcing & business services industry 3,230
Some cities are expected to emerge as regional hubs supporting 175
domestic companies
In December 2016, vocational education programme was introduced 1,821 1,615
in Odisha’s 208 secondary schools. The programme includes 4
vocational streams, including IT & ITeS, Travel, Retail & Tourism, 2008 2018
Banking, Financial Services & Insurance.
Tier I locations Tier II/III locations
Odisha Government signed a MoU with Software Technology Parks
of India (STPI) for setting up 4 software technology centres
Source: Nasscom, E&Y, TechSci Research
To encourage cash less economy, the government to distribute free
Wi-fi service to more than 1000 gram panchayats in remote areas
In February 2017, Persistent Systems, a Pune-based company,
secured development rights to a number of patented innovations for
enhancing security of financial services from The United Services
Automobile Association (USAA)

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TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF GLOBAL IN–HOUSE CENTRES
Key highlights Number of GIC’s in India
Global In-House Centres (GIC), also known as captive
centres, are one of the major growth drivers of the IT-BPM 1050
1025
sector in India. They also operate in engineering services &
software product development.
825
In March 2016, there were over 1050 GICs operating out of 790
760
India, contributing almost 20 per cent share in exports. The 710
total GICs in the country generated a revenue of almost
USD22 billion & employed a total of more than 0.79 million
manpower 460
The impact of the segment goes beyond revenue &
employment, as it helped in developing India as a R&D hub
& create an innovation ecosystem in the country 180
Within the captive landscape, Engineering Research &
Development/Software Product Development (ER&D/SPD)
is the largest sub-segment
2000 2005 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Companies from North America & Europe are major
investors in the captive segment in India, accounting for
over 90 per cent of captives in the country Source: Zinnov, Nasscom, TechSci Research

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IMPRESSIVE GROWTH PROSPECTS SUSTAIN PE AND VC INTEREST

Total P/E investments in FY16 were observed to be USD5 billion, which increased at a CAGR of 25.7 per cent from USD0.8

billion in FY08

Total number of P/E investment deals increased from 235 in FY15 to 294 in FY16

PE-VC investments in IT & BPM (USD billion) Share of IT-BPM in PE-VC investments
9 294
262
235

5 5 161
137
3.2 104

1.9 2.2 50.38 53

38.38 40.9 40.76 43.2
0.8

2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

Number of Deals Share of IT-BPM

Source: Venture Intelligence, Nasscom, TechSci Research

Notes: CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate
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OPPORTUNITIES
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NEWER GEOGRAPHIES AND VERTICALS PROVIDE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES
• BRIC nations, continental Europe,
Canada & Japan have IT spending of
approximately USD380–420 billion
• Adoption of technology & outsourcing
is expected to make Asia the 2nd
largest IT market
New
geographies

New • Government, healthcare, media &

New
customer
verticals utilities together have IT spend of
• SMBs have IT spend of approximately segments
approximately USD190 billion, but
USD230–250 billion, but contribute just
account just 8 per cent of India’s IT
25 per cent to India’s IT revenue
revenue
• The emergence of new service
• Non-linear growth due to platforms,
offerings and business models would
products & automation
aid in tapping market profitably &
efficiently • Emerging verticals (retail, healthcare,
utilities) are driving growth

Source: All the figures are taken from International Data Corporation (IDC)
and Nasscom and are FY10 estimates
Note: SMB - Small and Medium Businesses

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EXPANSION OF FOCUS AREA TO AID FUTURE GROWTH … (1/4)
Traditional verticals, i.e. BFSI, telecommunication & manufacturing, continue to remain the largest in terms of IT adoption & are
expected to grow at an average of 15 per cent
Implementation of cloud environment & mobility is the way forward for traditional verticals
Emphasis on other emerging verticals (e.g. education, healthcare & retail) to aid growth in IT firms in India
Shift from IT adoption infrastructure, automation & digitisation to smart IT marks future trend of services in emerging verticals
Other untapped sectors like Education & utilities has a huge potential for IT & ITes to grow into

IT-BPM Exports Revenue (USD Billion) Indian IT-BPM (Domestic and Export)
Revenues (2015)

119-121
108
99 55.0 Domestic
86
76
Exports

0.5
23.0
20.0
13.0 13.0 14.0
4.0 4.0
FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17P IT services BPM Packaged Hardware eCommerce
software,
ER&D and
product
development
Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research
Note: E – Estimated, P – Projected
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EXPANSION OF FOCUS AREA TO AID FUTURE GROWTH … (2/4)
Govt. sectors have a huge potential for IT enabled services, as IT
Market size of other progressing verticals by 2020
penetration is low in the sector. Increasing digitalisation will lead to
growth in revenues for IT sector in coming years (USD billion)
IT sophistication in the utilities segment & the need for standardisation
of the process are expected to drive demand Media 17
Digitisation of content & increased connectivity is leading to a rise in
IT adoption by media
Utilities 25
RBI is executing a plan to reduce online transaction costs to
encourage digital banking in India
Healthcare 58
In March 2017, the government set a target of achieving 25 billion
digital transactions for banks with the help of PoS machines,
Government 90
transactions enabled & merchants, which have been added in firms.
In March 2017, Samsung launched a mobile payment service, through
SMB 250
which it facilitates the customers to make payments at numerous retail
locations instead of using mobile wallets, credit or debit cards.
In 2017, ICICI Bank announced plans to create 600 digital villages in
India by the year end, to motivate use of digital transactions in remote Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research
Note: Small and Medium Business
areas. Also, the government launched Bharat Interface for Money app
which helps customers to transact through mobile phones.

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EXPANSION OF FOCUS AREA TO AID FUTURE GROWTH … (3/4)
Emerging technologies present an entire new gamut of Growing technologies future growth
opportunities for IT firms in India

SMAC provide USD1 trillion opportunity 60%

Cloud represents the largest opportunity under SMAC,

Big
increasing at a CAGR of approximately 30 per cent to 50% data/analytics*
around USD650–700 billion by 2020 Social Media
Social media is the 2nd most lucrative segment for IT
40%
firms, offering a USD250 billion market opportunity by
Cloud
2020
30%

20%
Enterprise
mobility

10%
0 200 400 600 800

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research

Note: Size of bubble indicates market size, *CAGR and market size for
Big data/analytics is till 2015

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EXPANSION OF FOCUS AREA TO AID FUTURE GROWTH … (4/4)
Emerging geographies would drive the next growth phase for IT firms in India
BRIC would provide USD380–420 billion opportunity by 2020
Focus on building local credible presence, high degree of domain expertise at competitive costs & attaining operational
excellence hold key to success in new geographies
Emphasis on export of IT services to current importers of other products & services

Countries offering growth potential to IT firms

Country IT spend India’s penetration Key segments

Canada USD63 billion ~1.5 per cent Enterprise applications, cyber security, healthcare IT

Europe USD230 billion <1.5 per cent IT sourcing, BPM, IS outsourcing, CAD

Japan USD235 billion <1 per cent CRM, ERP, Salesforce automation, SI

Spain USD26 billion <1.5 per cent IT sourcing, SI

Mexico USD29 billion ~4 per cent IT sourcing, BPM

Brazil USD47 billion ~2 per cent Low level application management, artificial intelligence, R&D

China USD105 billion <1 per cent Software outsourcing, R&D

Australia USD48 billion ~4 per cent Procurement outsourcing, infrastructure software & CAD

Source: Nasscom, TechSci Research

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SUCCESS STORIES
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TCS: AN EMERGING GLOBAL IT MAMMOTH … (1/3)
Segment-wise revenue breakdown (FY17)
Established in 1968, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an
Information Technology (IT) services, consulting & business
solution company. The company provides end-to-end
technology & technology-related services to global 2.90%
Application
enterprises. The company’s business is spread across the Development and
Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific & Middle East & Africa Maintenance (ADM)
(MEA) 4.90% Enterprise Solutions
9.00% (ES) & Consulting
In April 2017, TCS has approved a buyback plan for
US$2.38 billion. The shares represent 2.85 per cent in the 38.00% Infrastructure Services
buyback of the total equity capital at US$42.39 per share. 11.70% (IS)

Achievements: Business Process

Services (BPS)
2016: Won 3 Silver Stevies at 14th Annual American
Business Awards 16.10%
Assurance Services
17.60%
2015: Gold, Silver & Bronze Stevie® Winner at the
American Business Awards Engineering and
Industrial Services
2014: Gold & Silver Stevie® Winner at the American (EIS)
Business Awards

2013: Won Best Performing Consultancy Brand Award in

Europe

2013: Received Red Hat North America Awards for System Source: TCS website and Annual Report, TechSci Research
Integrator Partner of the Year

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TCS: AN EMERGING GLOBAL IT MAMMOTH … (2/3)
Financial performance (USD Billion) Number of Customers

829
791
714
17.54
16.6

638
15
13
12

429
381
10

354
8.2

298
290

261
231
6.3

211
6

173
162
4.8

136
4.4

121
3.9 4.1
2.3 2.8 3.1

73
68
53
52
1.4 1.7

37
29
24
17
FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 USD1 Mn+ USD5 Mn+ USD10 USD20 USD50 USD100
Mn+ Mn+ Mn+ Mn+
Revenue Operating Profit
FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

TCS accounts for nearly half of the Indian IT industry’s

Leading IT players by revenue (FY16)
combined market capitalisation
Company name Revenue (USD billion)
During the FY 2016-17, the company reported a net
TCS 16.6
profit of USD 3.91 billion. Infosys 9.5
Wipro 7.8
HCL Tech 4.7

Source: TCS website and Annual Report, TechSci Research Tech Mahindra 4.04

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TCS: AN EMERGING GLOBAL IT MAMMOTH … (3/3)

Acquisition of IT
service firm Alti in FY16
BFSI France in 2013 USD16.60
Billion
Expanded of revenue
Retail & consumer geographic
presence FY15
packaged goods USD15.7
Billion
Issued IPO in the
Media & revenue
market in India &
entertainment raised USD1.2 With a brand
billion in 2004 value of over FY14
USD1 billion, USD13.5
Consolidation of consolidated its Billion
Manufacturing position as one
market position revenue
through CMC of the largest IT
acquisition players
Life sciences & FY03 FY13
healthcare Became the 1st FY12 Active client
1968 software company Acquired base: 1,156
India’s 1st in India to cross microDAT New clients:
Energy resources software service USD1 billion 153
A GIS
& utilities company revenue

1968 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010 2013 2015 2016

Source: TCS website and Annual Report, TechSci Research

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HCL: GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS … (1/3)
Segment-wise revenue breakdown (March 16)
Established in 1991, HCL Technologies Ltd is an IT
services company providing enterprise & custom
application, business transformation, infrastructure
management, business process outsourcing & engineering 5.2%
services. The company’s network of 26 offices is spread Application
across the US, Europe & Asia Pacific Services
18.7%

39.9% Infrastructure
Services
Achievements:
Engineering and
2015: Won Golden Peacock Award for Occupational Health R&D Services
& Safety
Business Services
2015: Winner of CII - National Award for Excellence in 36.2%
Energy Management
2015: Wins 2 CA Technologies Partner Awards
2014: Received Best Governed Company Award from Asian
Source: HCL Technologies website and Investor Presentation,
Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability TechSci Research
2013: Won IT Europa, European IT Excellence Awards &
Asia Pacific Enterprise Leadership Award 2013

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HCL: GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS … (2/3)
Financial performance (USD Million) Number of customers
5952

233
5332

206
4710

183
4697
4443

144
3448

122
109
2559
2228
1879
1220 1470
925 1062

29
671

22

19
437

18

17
14
250 317 320

8
7
6
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 USD5 Mn+ USD10 Mn+ USD40 Mn+ USD50 Mn+ USD100 Mn+
Revenue Operating Profit
2014 2015 2016

Source: HCL Technologies website, HCL Annual Report, HCL Investor Presentation,
TechSci Research

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HCL: GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS … (3/3)

Acquisition of
Capitalstream & FY17
Financial services AXON Group Revenue
reached
Diversification of USD5.95
Billion
business & FY16
Manufacturing geography mix Revenue
reached
Adoption of non- USD4.7
Billion
linear strategy;
Telecom
formation of JVs
FY15
and alliances Revenue
Retail & consumer crossed
Organic growth USD5.5 Billion
packaged goods through prudent FY15
strategies
HCL Technologies
Media came in joint
venture agreement
1997 with CSC
Established with
Life sciences & spun-off HCL’s
healthcare USD100 million+
R&D business
clients reached 5

1997 2015 2016

Source: HCL Technologies website and Annual Report, TechSci Research

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INFOSYS: EMERGENCE OF AN INDIA-BASED MNC … (1/3)
Established in 1981, Infosys Ltd. is engaged in consulting,
engineering, technology & outsourcing services. The company’s Segment-wise revenue breakdown (FY17)
end-to-end services include consulting & system integration.
Infosys operates through 30 offices across India, the US, China, 3.23% Financial Services
Australia, the UK, Canada & Japan and Insurance (FSI)

7.48%
Manufacturing (MFG)
27.09%
Achievements: 12.32%

FY17: Revenue crosses USD10.18 billion Energy Utilities,

Communication &
FY16: Revenue crosses USD9.5 billion 16.39% Services (ECS)
10.96%
Retail, Consumer,
2016: Infosys was recognised with “Corporate Citizen of the Year” Packed Goods and
at 2015 Economic Times Award 22.53% Logistics (RCL)
Life Sciences and
2015: Infosys would offer software solutions on Verizon Cloud for Healthcare (LSH)
the U.S. Bank

2015: Infosys completed the implementation of Smart Oilfield Source: Infosys website and Annual Report, TechSci Research
Services Solutions for FTS International

2014: Infosys secured the “Green Energy Award” & “Gold Award” In November 2016, Infosys invested around USD4.89
at the International Ashden Awards Ceremony million in a venture fund, Stellaris Venture Partners,
so as to gain access to new & innovative technology
2013: Ranked 1st in the annual Euromoney Best Managed offered by upcoming enterprises.
Companies in Asia survey

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INFOSYS: EMERGENCE OF AN INDIA-BASED MNC … (2/3)
Financial Performance (USD Billion) Number of Customers
10.18 700

598
9.5

558
529
8.7 600

501
8.3
7.4 500
7
6
400

282
5

268
4.8

244
232
300

189
177
159
148
2.3 2.6 2.36 200
1.8 2 1.9 2

91
1.7

88
83

83
1.6

78

56
100

47
42

21
19
15
13
0
FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 USD1 Mn+USD5 Mn+ USD10 USD20 USD50 USD100
Mn+ Mn+ Mn+ Mn+
Revenue Operating Profit
2014 2015 2016 2017

Source: Infosys website and Annual Report, TechSci Research

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INFOSYS: EMERGENCE OF AN INDIA-BASED MNC … (3/3)

Acquisition of
Lodestone Holding
Aerospace, defence AG
& airlines FY17
USD10.81
Large client Billion
acquisitions turnover
Automotive FY16
USD9.5
Billion
Expansion across turnover
Financial service the world and
offshore business FY15
Healthcare, USD8.7
Billion
pharmaceuticals &
turnover
biotech Organic growth

Industrial
manufacturing 1981
Strong
Founded in
diversified
Logistics and Pune with an
client base of
distribution initial capital of
890 clients in
USD250
FY14
1981 2014
Source: Infosys website and Annual Report, TechSci Research

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USEFUL INFORMATION
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
National Association of Software and Services
Companies (NASSCOM)
Address: International Youth Centre Teen Murti Marg,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
Phone: 91 11 2301 0199
Fax: 91 11 2301 5452
E-mail: [email protected]

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GLOSSARY … (1/2)
APAC: Asia Pacific

BFSI: Banking, Financial Services and Insurance

BPM: Business Process Outsourcing

CAGR: Compounded Annual Growth Rate

C&U: Construction & Utilities

FDI: Foreign Direct Investment

GOI: Government of India

INR: Indian Rupee

IT & ITeS: Information Technology-Information Technology Enabled Services

NAC: Nasscom Assessment of Competence

RoI: Return on Investment

ROW: Rest of the World

SEZ: Special Economic Zone

SLA: Service Level Agreement

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GLOSSARY … (2/2)
SMB: Small and Medium Businesses

STPI: Software Technology Parks of India

T&M: Telecom & Media

T&T: Travel and Transport

USD: US Dollar

USP: Unique Selling Proposition

UT: Union Territory

Wherever applicable, numbers have been rounded off to the nearest whole number

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EXCHANGE RATES

Exchange rates (Fiscal Year) Exchange rates (Calendar Year)

Year INR equivalent of one USD Year INR equivalent of one USD
2004–05 44.81
2005 43.98
2005–06 44.14
2006 45.18
2006–07 45.14
2007 41.34
2007–08 40.27
2008 43.62
2008–09 46.14
2009 48.42
2009–10 47.42
2010 45.72
2010–11 45.62

2011–12 46.88 2011 46.85

2012–13 54.31 2012 53.46

2013–14 60.28 2013 58.44

2014-15 61.06 2014 61.03

2015-16 65.46 2015 64.15

2016-17 (E) 66.95 2016 (Expected) 67.22

Source: Reserve bank of India,
Average for the year
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