GCC Setup in Bengaluru for European Companies

India has no EU adequacy decision. EU-to-India transfers require Module 2 EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 GDPR), a Transfer Impact Assessment per EDPB Recommendations 01/2020, and documented supplementary technical measures. Sansovi delivers the full compliance stack  Module 2 SCCs, TIA, DPA, AES-256 encryption, zero-trust architecture  before any EU data is transferred. Your DPO receives the full compliance dossier at GCC launch.

With Sansovi’s EOR-parallel model, most European clients are fully operational — legal entity, workspace, and founding team  within 90 days. EOR activates legal hiring in 72 hours while PVT LTD registration runs concurrently (45–60 days). For 200+ seat centres, 120–150 days. Sansovi provides a custom €-denominated timeline and cost model in the first consultation at no charge.

Not immediately. Sansovi’s EOR service lets European companies hire Indian employees legally from day one while PVT LTD registration processes in the background (45–60 days). This removes the traditional 8–12 week hiring gap. Once registration completes, all EOR team members transition cleanly to your owned entity with no disruption. EOR also simplifies EU GDPR data processing chains during the pre-entity phase.

A 50–100 person Bengaluru GCC requires a Year 1 setup investment of €300,000–€650,000, with annual operating costs 40–60% below equivalent EU operations. A 100-person engineering GCC in Bengaluru typically costs €1.9–3.1M per year versus €9.9–14.6M for an equivalent Frankfurt operation. Sansovi’s GCC Budget Calculator delivers a custom €-denominated model based on your team composition.

 India and Eastern Europe serve complementary, not competing, strategic purposes. Eastern Europe delivers nearshore timezone alignment and EU regulatory proximity for teams of 50–300. India delivers 10× deeper AI/ML talent, enterprise-scale hiring (50–2,000+ seats), 40–60% lower costs, and access to the world’s most mature GCC ecosystem (1,800+ centres). Most European enterprises operate both: a CEE nearshore hub for regulated functions, and a Bengaluru hub for engineering, AI, and scale.

Bengaluru hosts GCCs for major European enterprises across every sector: Societe Generale (French banking  10+ year GSC engagement with GoodWorks Group), Mercedes-Benz (German automotive R&D  decade-long partnership with GoodWorkLabs), Unilever (Dutch-British consumer goods  talent, tech, and workspace engagement), Tesco (British retail  400-seat zero-capex workspace with GoodWorks CoWork), plus Deutsche Bank, SAP, Continental, Bosch, and 160+ others.