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V. Rishi Kumar

Keen to shore up innovative work from here

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Hyderabad, Jan. 26 For Computer Sciences Corporation, the $14.6 billion IT solutions provider, India is set to emerge as its second largest centre outside the US, outpacing the United Kingdom.

The company has registered growth in excess of about 75 per cent over last three-four years and expects to repeat this in India this year as well. It is mulling another delivery centre. The company prefers to refer to India as a power centre.

The President, Global Transformation Solutions, CSC, Ms Mary Jo Morris, said that some of the corporation's innovations in terms of solutions delivery and creation of intellectual property (IP) in India are being replicated across the globe in areas such as financial services and manufacturing.

Ms Mary Morris, who was in India to review the performance of the corporation's delivery centres and strategies for 2007, told Business Line that its four delivery centres across India have grown to over 7,000 people and the company expects to ramp up significantly and may consider another centre. The corporation runs some 50 delivery centres across markets.

Refuting the contention that CSC has been much slower in terms of growth in India when compared with IBM or say Accenture, who have significantly stepped up operations, Ms Mary Morris said, "This was not true as a significant part of CSC business comes from Government, which cannot be handled out of the US and even the UK. And if the business other than Government's were to be taken into account, this number is significant."

Strategic visit

"The Indian visit is part of the corporate strategy to shore up work from India, not just as a source of delivery but significantly in terms of innovations. This has also meant that we now have teams who are able to directly pitch for business on their own from India," she said.

CSC has grown by 10 times in India over the past 6-7 years from 700 to 7,000. The CSC Office of Innovation in India is being governed at the corporate level.

India is not just a labour arbitrage centre but is seen to generate lot of innovative services, she said.

Asked if they expect to make some acquisitions to grow faster in India, Ms Mary Morris said that CSC has grown through acquisition-driven approach and continues to scout for companies even in India that add value.

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