Quess Partners with IGS and IPA to Open Indo-Japan GCC Corridor

Quess Corp, India's largest and a global leader in staffing solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration through its wholly owned subsidiary Quess International Services Private Limited with Institution for a Global Society (IGS) and Indo-Pacific Advisory (IPA) to establish a robust Indo-Japan Global Capability Center (GCC) corridor. The initiative will support leading Japanese enterprises in building, scaling, and transforming their India operations across high-growth sectors.

The partnership draws on the deepening Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan, two Indo-Pacific economies whose interests are increasingly aligned across trade, technology, supply-chain resilience, and innovation. Japan's commitment to invest 5 trillion yen in India by 2027, reinforced by a renewed 2025 bilateral agreement targeting 10 trillion yen in private investment over a decade, underscores the scale of this ambition. With cooperation advancing under frameworks such as the Japan-India Digital Partnership and the Industrial Competitiveness Partnership, spanning semiconductors, critical minerals, and advanced technologies, the two economies are emerging as natural strategic complements, pairing Japan's industrial and technological depth with India's scale, capability base, and digital momentum.

Against this backdrop, Japan's enterprise operating model is entering a period of significant transformation. Over 70% of Japanese firms cite a growing need for advanced cloud, AI, and machine learning capabilities, while government projections point to a requirement for up to 790,000 additional IT and engineering professionals by 2030. Meeting this demand at the pace that digital transformation requires has emerged as a defining strategic priority.

In this environment, several Japanese companies are actively evaluating India-based GCC and offshore delivery models, which have evolved from cost arbitrage tools into strategic growth enablers. These GCC models provide enterprises with access to specialised talent at scale, while enabling them to retain full ownership of intellectual property, platforms, and institutional knowledge.

With over 2,000 Global Capability Centers currently operating in India, the country has firmly established itself as the world's leading GCC destination. While India's GCC ecosystem has traditionally been anchored by US and European companies, Japanese organisations are increasingly exploring India as a strategic hub for AI, cybersecurity, data engineering, advanced manufacturing, and next-generation engineering capabilities. The Quess-IGS-IPA partnership is designed to unlock this next wave of growth, supporting Japanese enterprises seeking to diversify their global operations, access future-ready talent, and accelerate next-generation capability development across key sectors which includes BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, education, and SME ecosystems.

Commenting on the development, Lohit Bhatia, Executive Director & Group CEO, Quess Corp said, "India has cemented its position as the world's foremost destination for GCC growth, backed by an unmatched talent ecosystem, advanced digital capabilities, and a workforce built for innovation. For Japanese enterprises accelerating their transformation agendas, India offers far more than cost efficiency, it is a gateway to high-quality technology talent at scale.

Through this collaboration, we are establishing a structured Indo-Japan GCC corridor that enables Japanese companies to build and scale operations in India, while creating meaningful, high-skilled employment opportunities for Indian professionals. This combines Quess' workforce and GCC execution expertise with IGS' deep Japanese market access and IPA's strategic government and business ecosystem support. Together, the alliance aims to support Japanese companies across the entire GCC lifecycle, from market entry and pilot team deployment to long-term scaling and transformation."

Masahiro Fukuhara, Founder and CEO of Institution for a Global Society (IGS) said, "As we enter the era of AI agents, Japanese companies find themselves at a crossroads, a shortage of the advanced talent needed to execute corporate strategy, compounded by a shrinking and aging workforce. India, with around 430 million people under the age of 18, a strong STEM orientation, and a deep pool of professionals in cybersecurity, physical AI, and other frontier domains is a natural strategic complement. Yet many Japanese companies, lacking established business relationships with India, have not been able to seize this opportunity. Through this alliance, we will build a reliable and scalable bridge that gives Japanese companies access to India's talent ecosystem and innovation capabilities."

Nihal Chauhan, Founder, Indo-Pacific Advisory (IPA), added, "The Japan-India relationship is entering a more substantive phase - defined by technology, capability-building, and converging strategic interests across the Indo-Pacific. For Japanese companies, India is now a partner for innovation rather than simply a destination for scale. The harder question has always been execution: how to navigate the regulatory environment, build the right local relationships, and structure an entry that endures. That is precisely what this alliance is built to address, giving Japanese firms a credible, lower-risk pathway into India's talent and innovation ecosystem."

Shares of Quess Corp Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 245.70 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 250.15. The total number of shares traded during the day was 28942 in over 441 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 252.75 and intraday low of 245.00. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 7222564.00.

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