Collabera launches its first Tier-2 GCC hub in Vadodara

Collabera announced the launch of its GCC Hub in Vadodara, Gujarat, marking its first GCC hub in a Tier 2 city and underscoring a key milestone in the company’s India growth journey.

Positioned as a state-of-the-art capability hub, the Collabera GCC Hub is built to support organisations looking to build, grow, scale, and transform. The hub brings together delivery excellence, governance, and talent into a single operating model, designed around speed, standards, and steady delivery. It is also positioned as an incubation and growth hub that enables teams to ramp quickly while maintaining consistency and operational discipline.

Commenting on the growing shift toward Tier 2 cities for capability centres, Ranjith Doshi, Global CFO and India COO at Collabera, said Tier 2 locations are now central to the company’s expansion strategy. “Tier 2 is no longer an alternative. It’s the expansion strategy. It gives enterprises the headroom to build resilient teams and scale sustainably, with Tier 1 quality of execution,” he said.

Collabera said Vadodara was selected for its mix of city scale, industrial strength, and talent availability. It is the third largest city in Gujarat and is widely known as the cultural capital of the state. The region has a strong industrial backbone, with key industries, including chemicals and fertilisers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, textiles, machine tools, and glass.

Vadodara also benefits from strong corridor connectivity along the Ahmedabad–Vadodara–Surat stretch, aligned with Gujarat’s push under the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Collabera also cited affordability as an advantage, noting that Vadodara’s cost of living including rent is lower than Ahmedabad for a comparable lifestyle.

Highlighting why Vadodara stands out as a Tier 2 GCC destination, Sunny Shah, Senior Vice President at Collabera, said, “Vadodara is an ideal Tier 2 choice because it brings the right fundamentals for a GCC: talent availability, affordability, and continuity. That combination reduces noise and improves delivery quality as you scale.”

Collabera noted that Tier 2 cities across India are increasingly becoming GCC hotspots due to faster expansion potential, better retention and continuity, stronger talent availability with less hiring noise, lower cost for sustainable scale, and reduced dependency on metro talent markets. With the Vadodara launch, the company said it aims to set a new standard for GCCs by combining Tier 2 advantage with Tier 1 execution through a delivery model built for consistency and outcomes. The GCC Hub reflects Collabera’s focus on “compounding capabilities”, creating a dependable operating rhythm, and building teams that can scale without disruption.

The launch event on January 25 brought together leadership interactions, key launch moments, and media engagement, with SIG guests Dawn Tiura, Linda Barnes, and Liz Mantovani in attendance.

Collabera leaders Ranjith Doshi, Sunny Shah, and Pradeep Nair joined the proceedings, followed by a guided walkthrough of the GCC Hub, on ground team introductions, and a media Q&A, highlighting the vision behind choosing Vadodara and the center’s next level growth roadmap.

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