Invest UP, Government of Uttar Pradesh, has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with TeamLease Group, India’s leading talent
solutions company, to support talent acquisition and workforce enablement for
newly established Global Capability Centres in the State.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the presence
of Hon’ble Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by Vijay Kiran Anand, IAS, CEO,
Invest UP; Suparna Mitra, MD and Group CEO, TeamLease Services; and Neeti
Sharma, CEO, TeamLease Digital.
The partnership marks an important step in Uttar Pradesh’s
efforts to strengthen its position as a competitive and talent-rich destination
for Global Capability Centre investment. Global enterprises are increasingly
looking beyond traditional metro hubs to set up GCCs, with emerging GCC cities
now recording job opening growth of approximately 40–45 per cent, more than
double the 19 per cent growth seen in metro hubs. The collaboration is expected
to reduce time-to-hire and ease early-stage talent acquisition for new GCCs
establishing operations in the State.
Uttar Pradesh has positioned itself as a major emerging GCC
destination, supported by sectoral advantages, enabling infrastructure, access
to talent and a favourable investment climate under its GCC Policy, 2024. The
State has set a target of 500 GCCs by 2031, with its strategy expanding beyond
Noida and Greater Noida into Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, including Lucknow and
Kanpur.
As firms scale operations across these locations,
TeamLease’s partnership with Invest UP aims to strengthen the State’s workforce
readiness and talent pipeline. The collaboration includes a ‘GCC Starter
Package’ that will offer 90 days of complimentary Workforce and AI Advisory to
GCCs to support their set-up.
The partnership will also be anchored by TeamLease’s
expertise in end-to-end recruitment and onboarding, hiring for niche and
in-demand skills such as AI and ML, and AI strategy and implementation.
Vijay Kiran Anand,
IAS, CEO, Invest UP, said, “We are building the foundations to emerge as
one of India’s leading destinations for Global Capability Centres. As
enterprises look beyond traditional locations, it is equally important that
talent opportunities reach emerging centres across the State. This partnership
with TeamLease will help strengthen workforce readiness, deepen
industry-academia linkages, and create structured talent pipelines that enable
the State’s growth.”
Suparna Mitra, MD and
Group CEO, TeamLease Services, said, “Access to skilled talent at speed and
scale is what determines how quickly a new GCC ramps up. With over 110 GCC
partnerships nationally and an active GCC headcount of more than 1,470
professionals in Uttar Pradesh, we’re well placed to support enterprises right
from the planning stage through workforce intelligence, benchmarking and
end-to-end talent execution. Our partnership with Invest UP is to build
capabilities that are genuine contenders for the same high-value mandates as
any metro.”
Beyond individual GCCs, the collaboration is expected to
contribute to a stronger talent and skilling ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh,
supporting the State’s broader ambition to be seen as a long-term home for
global enterprises. TeamLease Services will work closely with Invest UP to
operationalise the partnership, bringing structured, large-scale workforce
solutions closer to where India’s next generation of talent lives and works.