After confirming that its integration with new $4 billion acquisition IGATE will be complete by mid-2016, Capgemini has announced that it plans to expand its engineering services team in India as soon as things are settled.

"Definitely, engineering services is the next big thing in the IT industry," explained Aruna Jayanthi, CEO of Capgemini India. "We started an engineering services team 18 months ago and we will expand that going forward… Indian companies are realising that to go global you have to have a world-class technology backbone and that's driving a lot of the business. Our preferred set of customers has begun to invest.”

Despite the rise of digital technologies, many Indian IT firms are investing in engineering services first and foremost, an area that is expected to grow faster than any other Indian business sector this financial year.

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