🇰🇷 South Korea to Pune, India
Build your Global Capability Centre in Pune from Korea
Korean Automotive, Electronics and Heavy Industry GCC Hub
Time overlap
5.5 hour overlap (Korea is 3.5 hours ahead of India)
Cost arbitrage
60 to 75% versus Korea
All in cost per FTE
KRW 30,000,000 to 55,000,000 fully loaded
Regulatory bridge: Korea to India
Where Korea regulators sit on one side and Indian regulators sit on the other, here is how the frameworks map.
Korea
Korea Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
India
DPDP 2023
Consent based regimes aligned.
Korea
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Korea
India
RBI
Outsourcing norms comparable.
Korea
Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
India
India CEPA Korea
In force since 2010.
Talent depth in Pune
Pune hosts Hyundai, Kia, LG, Samsung, POSCO, Doosan, Hyosung captive presence. Pune Korean Society has 2,000 plus expats.
Why this corridor works
- Largest Korean industrial footprint in India outside Chennai
- Direct Mumbai to Seoul flights from Pune via Mumbai
- King Sejong Institute Pune for Korean language
Reference vignettes from this corridor
Anonymised
Korean top 3 conglomerate
Engineering and analytics centre of 620 in Chakan.
Tax treaty and trade context
Korea India CEPA 2010, currently under upgrade negotiation.
Questions Korea leaders ask us
How does language work for Korean GCCs in Pune?
King Sejong Institute Pune produces 250 plus Korean language proficient graduates per year; most Korean captives operate with a 10 to 15 percent Korean speaking front office.
Talk to us about your Korea to Pune GCC
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