Which Indian city suits your centre?
Compare 10 cities on 25+ factors covering talent, cost, access and day-to-day operations. Weight them to your own priorities.
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Why GIFT City came first.
Draws on the same talent pool as Ahmedabad, a short drive away.
New-build Grade A space at costs below India’s established hubs.
A growing base of financial-services GCCs, drawn by the IFSC.
New Grade A supply purpose-built for financial and technology centres.
India’s only IFSC: its own regulator (IFSCA) and a dedicated GIC framework.
A short drive from Ahmedabad international airport.
A new, planned township with room to grow.
Low disaster risk, with manageable summer heat.
Where the others fall short, and where they win.
- Bengaluru · 3.32 / 5
The deepest technology talent pool in India, but the highest office rents and salaries on the list.
- Delhi NCR · 3.28 / 5
India’s largest Grade A office market and international gateway, but the worst air quality on the list, especially in winter.
- Pune · 3.25 / 5
Strong R&D and engineering-design talent, but fewer direct international flights than the larger hubs.
- Kochi · 3.06 / 5
Among the lowest costs on the list, with good air quality, but a smaller talent pool and few peer gccs to date.
- Jaipur · 3.05 / 5
The lowest costs of any city on the list, but very few peer gccs and a smaller senior talent pool.
- Chennai · 3.04 / 5
Deep manufacturing and hardware engineering talent, but higher monsoon flood and cyclone risk than most cities on the list.
- Mumbai · 2.88 / 5
The deepest finance and risk talent pool in India, but the highest office rents, salaries and housing costs on the list.
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City scores are illustrative placeholders pending confirmed benchmark data from ScaleAX Research (see Appendix 1, items 9-11). They are not a site-selection study.
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