The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) organised the GCC Conclave on Innovation in Bengaluru on 29–30 June 2026 to deepen collaboration between Global Capability Centres and India’s startup ecosystem.
Event Snapshot
- Organisers and date: AIM (NITI Aayog) and STPI; 29–30 June 2026; Bengaluru.
- Participants: Global Capability Centres, technology firms, startups, incubators and STPI Centres of Entrepreneurship.
GCCs in India
- Scale: India hosts over 2,100 Global Capability Centres.
- Economics: Aggregate GCC revenue close to USD 100 billion.
- Role: Centres provide offshore R&D, engineering, analytics, digital services and domain capability for multinationals.
Conclave Themes
- Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs): Reimagining school-level innovation; AIM network exceeds 10,000 ATLs.
- Incubation: Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) and Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACICs); AIM network includes 100+ incubators.
- STPI & Accelerators: Industry-led joint accelerator platforms and STPI Centres of Entrepreneurship to support scale-up.
AACESS Industrial Accelerator Programme
- Objective: Aid growth-stage startups with industrial validation, pilot opportunities, mentorship and commercialisation.
- Mechanism: Industry/GCC anchors enable sectoral validation, pilot deployment and market access.
Policy Linkages
- Alignment: Linked to the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 for technology and startup scale-up.
- Institutional jurisdiction: AIM under NITI Aayog; STPI under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).