Coimbatore emerges as a hotspot for GCCs in Tamil Nadu

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K.R. Nagarajan (third right), laminitis  and president  of Ramraj Cotton, received the Roots Entrepreneur of the Year - Large Enterprise grant  presented by the Coimbatore Management Association successful  Coimbatore metropolis  connected  Friday, February 20, 2026.

K.R. Nagarajan (third right), laminitis and president of Ramraj Cotton, received the Roots Entrepreneur of the Year - Large Enterprise grant presented by the Coimbatore Management Association successful Coimbatore metropolis connected Friday, February 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M

Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi are hotspots successful Tamil Nadu for Global Capability Centres (GCCs), said ArunBalaji A, partner, Forensics and Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP, successful Coimbatore connected Friday.

Speaking astatine the National Management Day lawsuit organised by the Coimbatore Management Association, helium said Coimbatore has the acquisition infrastructure that makes it an charismatic destination. Businesses request entree to superior to standard up and 2025 saw much than 100 IPOs that got ₹1,67,000 crore. In the smaller cities, SME IPO is the buzzword. About ₹5 lakh crore came successful done backstage equity successful 2024 and successful the archetypal 11 months of 2025, ₹4.4 lakh crore came arsenic backstage equity. Foreign task superior funds were besides brining successful funds. About ₹30,000 crore came to Tamil Nadu done PE and Venture Capital funds past year, helium said.

Geopolitics determines however businesses tin standard up and bash governance. On the exertion front, misinformation is increasing and information leaks are a large threat. So, businesses request to put successful security. In a survey covering 1,000 companies, 87 % were recovered investing successful exertion that was related to automation, ERP, processes, etc. Less than 10 % spent connected governance. While superior tin spell into accquiring caller tools, wealth should beryllium spent connected protecting the existing systems too, helium said.

“We request governance to capitalise connected opportunities,” helium said.

Nithyanandan Devaraaj, president of the Coimbatore Management Association, said the Association gives distant 10 awards annually recognising radical for their publication to concern excellence.

The recipients of the CMA awards are: Roots Entrepreneur of the Year - Large Enterprise - K.R. Nagaraj, Founder of Ramraj Cotton; ⁠Mahendra Pumps Entrepreneurs of the Year - Mid Corporate - Directors of Rabwin; ⁠GRG Women Entrepreneur of the Year - Uma Sekar, Avanitha Textiles of KPR Group; LMW DJ Corporate Leader of the Year - Lalitha Devaraj, Managing Director of Ampo Valves; RVS Transform Tech Award for the Year - Rasi Seeds; Sandfits Business Sustainability Award - Sakthi Group; PSG Management Faculty of the Year - Uma Maheswari, PSG IM; STC Management Researcher of the Year - Suresh, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham; ⁠Quadra Start up of the Year - Goat Robotics, and ⁠CMA Chapter of the Year - GRG School of Management Sciences.

Published - February 20, 2026 09:49 p.m. IST

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