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GCC Leadership Summits

Events for the people who run GCCs.

Small, invitation-only summits and roundtables for the people who run Global Capability Centres. No sales pitches, just honest talk about what is working and what is not. Run by GCC leaders, for GCC leaders.

The calendar

What is coming up.

Two big summits, and two smaller gatherings in between. All of them are invitation only and deliberately small, because people speak honestly in a small group and rarely in a large one.

By invitation

GCC Leadership Summit, Hyderabad.

200 GCC CXOs together for a day, talking about what happens next for Global Capability Centres.

  • From 9:00 AM
  • Hyderabad, Telangana
  • 200 GCC CXOs
Our first global summit

The GCCPROs Global Summit, Dubai.

Companies from around the world planning a GCC, meeting senior GCC leaders and government officials face to face.

  • Two days, from 9:00 AM
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Global GCC leadership

Also on the calendar

Next up

GCC breakfast roundtable, HITEC City

Thursday 1 October, from 8:00 AM. Hosted by the GCCPROs Founder and CEO. Twenty selected site heads, by invitation.

Europe tour

Roadshows and curated roundtables

29 October to 5 November. London, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Roadshows are open, roundtables are by invitation.

Not on this list?

Tell us your city and what you want to talk about, and we will plan something near you.

Register your interest Or see the Pune recap from 11 August 2026
GCCPROs GCC Leadership Summit, Hyderabad, Thursday 26 November 2026
Upcoming · by invitation

GCC Leadership Summit, Hyderabad.

Thursday, 26 November 2026Only 200 seatsInvite only

After Pune, the summit moves to Hyderabad. A day with GCC leaders, built around the decisions they are actually making.

We talk about what is not working, not only what is. That is rather the point of the day.

Tier 1 academic institutions are invited to partner.

The GCCPROs Global Summit, Dubai, 4 and 5 February 2027
Upcoming · our first summit outside India

The GCCPROs Global Summit, Dubai.

4–5 February 2027Our first global summit

Our first summit outside India. Companies planning a GCC anywhere in the world, meeting senior GCC leaders and government officials face to face.

Recap · Conrad, Pune · 11 August 2026

GCC Leadership Summit 2026.

A day with the people who actually run India’s GCCs. Closed doors, no vendors, and site heads and country heads sitting with the state’s senior ministers. From the lamp-lighting to frank panels on talent and innovation, the day was built on real conversation, not pitches.

A resounding success
100+
GCC leaders in the room
80+
Companies represented
5
Dignitaries on stage
19
CEOs at the CM roundtable
Graced by

The dignitaries who honoured the summit.

DF
Chief Guest

Hon’ble Shri Devendra Fadnavis

Chief Minister of Maharashtra

SP
Guest of Honour

Hon’ble Smt. Sunetra Pawar

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra

US
Special Guest

Hon’ble Shri Uday Samant

Minister of Industries, Maharashtra

MS
Special Address

Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, IAS

CEO, STC, Government of Uttar Pradesh

MN
Special Guest

Smt. Manjusha Nagpure

Mayor of Pune

Partners and panels

Who was on the floor.

Protiviti joined as Silver Partner, represented by Managing Directors Nancy Bhatt and Tarun Arora. The talent track ran twice: a panel on talent roles and bottlenecks with Anthony Hayward (Hardskills), Kalpesh Seta (TomTom) and Ashutosh Sharma (Checkmarx), moderated by GCCPROs CEO Shammi Prabhakar Singh; and a live GCC talent survey answered by everyone present. A second panel, on emerging industries and domains, featured Gopinath R Mujumdar, Centre Head at Bosch Global Software Technologies Pune. The accounts published by Protiviti and Bosch are collected in the newsroom.

Glimpses

Moments from the floor.

Photographs from the day. Select one to see it larger.

Who was there

80+ GCCs, one guest list.

XPOAppZenBHS CorrugatedCircanaConveraEcolabHSBCKoolatronMagnumNovartisRenishawSimplifySyensqoTVHWestern UnionZSAccendra HealthArcelorMittalBoschCitiCrowdStrikeEntrataHyster-YaleLenzeMercedes-BenzPACCARRoquetteSmith+NephewTakedaUPLWipro EnterprisesAllianceBernsteinArkose LabsBrose GroupClean HarborsDöhlerEquifaxIsotonLinkedInMorningstar
ParentPaySandvikSmiths GroupTaylor & FrancisVeradigmWorleyAllianzAssentCapitaClearRouteDomoFord CreditKimberly-ClarkLogicMonitorNielsenIQPatternSchindlerState StreetTK Elevator_VOISXplor TechnologiesAllvue SystemsCheckmarxCoesiaDowGeneral MillsKONEMaerskNorthern TrustRedaptiveSensataSulzerTomTomWalmartZollnerSLBFordMetroZendeskQualcomm
In their own words

What GCC leaders said afterwards.

Unedited reactions shared on LinkedIn after the Pune summit. Hover to pause.

Thank you. It was an event well organised.
NMNeeraj MishraXplor Technologies
Excellent event. Lots of connects, made many new friends today. Shammi and team, kudos to your efforts.
MPManoj PatilAssent
A great collective voice we built with our peer networks. Kudos to GCCPROs and Shammi to pull this together in such a short time. #WhyNotPune
SPSandeep PoddarKimberly-Clark
Superb summit. Thanks to all the organisers and people who made it happen.
SKSandeep KulkarniWorley
The event was well organised.
YSYogesh Satish KantakSimplify
Great work Shammi, GCCPros and the organising team, for this well-crafted event. Very thoughtful in bringing attention to the Pune tech ecosystem. Privileged to be there. #WhyNotPune
UVUllas VinodAccendra Health
Great event Shammi! Congratulations to you and the whole team behind making this such a huge success. And like we said, this is just the beginning.
ACAtul ChananiCiti
Great effort to bring us all together. Bringing the CM, Deputy CM and Industry Minister onto one platform to interact with the GCC network is a big step.
AKAnand KanhereNovartis
Super event, what an execution, so flawless, and what value delivered. No sales pitch, real conversations, and intriguing questions on Menti and panel discussions.
SRSupriya RaoClearRoute
A huge thank you for organising the Summit in Pune. The sessions were insightful and engaging, and what stood out most was the clear message from the government to grow the ecosystem.
VRVishal RajaniTVH
Great event. More meaningful than most other GCC events. Well done Shammi and team.
RWRajesh WazarkarHyster-Yale
Great event Shammi, thank you for curating this opportunity and getting us and the policy makers together. Looking forward to the next one already!
KJKaustubha JoshiTaylor & Francis
One closed-door room, no scripts, no fluff. You don't get many rooms where the people setting policy and the people running these centers on the ground talk to each other directly. This was one of them.
NMNeeraj MishraXplor Technologies
Thank you Shammi for the wonderful event, well coordinated and organised. Proud to be part of this.
NSNavin SharmaRoquette
Thanks Shammi and team for a wonderful and well-organised event. Looking forward to staying connected with all leaders.
YPYogesh PawarSensata
Well planned and organised event. Looking forward to more events from GCCPROs.
MGMohit GuptaEquifax
Great event, well conceptualised, planned and executed. Looking forward to continued engagement with GCCPROs and all member GCC leaders.
ADAjit DeshpandeConvera
Indeed a lovely event. Loved that we spoke reality and skipped the fluff. Thanks for the amazing organisation.
SASaurabh AroraMaersk
Thank you Shammi and the team for this great event. The best part was the opportunity to speak the honest reality. The talent survey via Menti was an amazing way to bring out reality. #WhyNotPune
MKManish KeshavanSmith+Nephew
Thanks Shammi and team for a much-needed event in Pune.
NBNilesh BiniwalePattern
Thank you for putting together such an exceptional gathering. The icing on the cake was the authentic atmosphere: no sales pitch, just real conversations with great peers.
VAVijai Amirtharaj GnanavelNielsenIQ
Amazing event Shammi, thank you for making us a part of it. Looking forward to the next event!
PCPankaj ChitreGeneral Mills
What a truly impactful and well-curated event. Bringing GCC leaders and Government dignitaries together on the same platform was both bold and meaningful. Here's to many more editions!
GPGeetesh PrasadArkose Labs
A thoughtfully curated event with very engaging conversations, and a great opportunity to connect with leaders across the GCC ecosystem. Energy, attention to detail and seamless execution.
SGSaurabh GuptaSulzer
Indeed a finely strategised and meticulously executed event. Thanks for having me on the delegate list!
ASAshfak ShaikhDomo
A big appreciation to Shammi Prabhakar Singh and the entire GCCPROS team for creating this platform, a practitioner-led forum where the conversation is about what actually works, what doesn't, and what needs to change.
NSNavin SharmaRoquette
On Instagram

The day, in short clips.

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Questions

GCC events, answered.

What is the GCC Leadership Summit?

A closed-door meeting for the people who actually run Global Capability Centres, sitting with senior policy makers. No vendors are invited. The 2026 edition at the Conrad in Pune on 11 August brought more than 100 GCC leaders from more than 80 companies into one room, with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra as chief guest.

When and where is the next GCC event in India?

The next event is a breakfast roundtable in HITEC City, Hyderabad on Thursday, 1 October 2026, capped at twenty GCC site heads. The GCC Leadership Summit follows in Hyderabad on Thursday, 26 November 2026 from 9:00 AM, invite only and capped at 200 seats.

What is the GCC breakfast roundtable in Hyderabad?

A curated, low-key breakfast table in HITEC City on Thursday, 1 October 2026, from 8:00 AM, hosted by the GCCPROs Founder and CEO. Only twenty GCC site heads are invited. There is no stage and no agenda of speeches, and it is by invitation.

Does GCCPROs run events outside India?

Yes. The Europe tour runs from Thursday, 29 October to Thursday, 5 November 2026, with roadshows and curated roundtables in London, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. The first global summit follows in Dubai on 4 and 5 February 2027.

Is there a GCC event in Dubai?

Yes. The GCCPROs Global Summit is in Dubai on 4 and 5 February 2027, the first global edition. It brings companies planning a GCC together with senior GCC leaders and government officials.

Who attends a GCCPROs summit?

Serving GCC leaders and their leadership teams, with state policy makers and academic partners. At Pune, 19 CEOs joined the Chief Minister’s roundtable and four dignitaries spoke from the stage. We keep the numbers small on purpose, so people speak freely.

How do I get an invitation?

Register your interest on this page and say which summit and which city matter to you. Registering puts you in line for priority invitations to summits in your city. Invitations are issued by the GCCPROs team, and Hyderabad is capped at 200 seats.

Are vendors and service providers invited?

No. The summits are vendor-free by design. Pune was a closed-door, vendor-free forum and the format has not changed, because people only discuss what is not working when nobody present is selling something. Tier 1 academic institutions are invited to partner.

Come to the next one

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We run invitation-only roundtables and GCC events across India, and in 2027 our first global summit in Dubai. For the breakfast roundtable and the Europe tour, write to us instead: admin@gccpros.com. Tell us where you are and what you care about, and we will plan something near you.

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