Team One Architects Director Aditya B. Yamsanwar was quoted in The Economic Times as part of a major pre-budget investigation into India's Global Capability Centre sector — examining what Budget 2026 must deliver for the country to realise its ambition of becoming the world's undisputed GCC capital.

What the Coverage Is About

The Economic Times piece examines a defining challenge for India's GCC sector: as Global Capability Centres move up the value chain — from back-office support into AI-led, high-value functions — the skills gap is widening at precisely the moment when the industry is targeting $100 billion in annual revenue. The article draws on perspectives from GCC leaders, skilling specialists, and built environment experts to map what Budget 2026 needs to do to sustain this trajectory.

Aditya Yamsanwar's contribution focused on the infrastructural dimension of the GCC growth story — the physical environments, district frameworks, and policy mechanisms that determine whether India can scale its GCC capacity beyond the established metro hubs of Bengaluru and Hyderabad into Tier-II and Tier-III markets.

Yamsanwar also outlined the specific directions that would make GCC expansion viable beyond the metros — calling for budget support for GCC-led campus development and entry-level talent pipelines, and for the creation of R&D and innovation-focused districts with specialised workspaces. Crucially, he stressed the need for a centrally aligned GCC framework with a strong on-ground execution mechanism — recognising that policy intent without delivery infrastructure has historically been the bottleneck.

The Built Environment's Role in India's GCC Ambition

India currently hosts 17% of the world's Global Capability Centres — a position built over two decades on the country's cost advantage in engineering and technology talent. The next phase of growth depends on something more complex: the ability to build the physical and institutional infrastructure that allows GCCs to operate at the quality level that global enterprises now require from their India operations.

Specialised workspaces — designed for high-density knowledge work, collaborative R&D, and the specific wellness and productivity demands of AI-era professional teams — are increasingly part of the GCC site-selection conversation. Firms considering Tier-II city expansion need to see that the built environment can match what is available in Bengaluru or Pune, not just in cost terms, but in design quality and operational performance. This is territory TOA has been working across, from GCC office campuses to innovation-led headquarters and integrated industrial districts.