Airbus leverages Indian talent, inaugurates nature-inspired IT facility in Bengaluru

Airbus leverages Indian talent, inaugurates nature-inspired IT facility in Bengaluru:

5 September 2019: Airbus India has inaugurated a state-of-the-art office in Bengaluru which accommodates up to 500 people to help advance the group's fast-expanding information technology and digital capabilities across its global operations.

The new Information Management Centre underscores Airbus' efforts to maximise value from its global footprint which includes India where a remarkable Information Technology (IT) engineering talent pool is complementing Airbus' European partner ecosystems.

"Airbus is leveraging the strength of India that includes talent, the ability to scale volume and the extremely strong presence of an ecosystem which perhaps is the largest IT partner base in the world," said Anand E Stanley, President & Managing Director, Airbus India & South Asia. "Our latest information management facility is about value play. It is about insourcing rather than outsourcing. It is about core and not non-core."

The new facility is inspired by nature, by using a large amount of green and natural light. The centre will use virtual computing to decrease carbon footprint and is built to cater to the needs of differently abled employees by offering wheelchair access and braille coding wherever possible.

"Digital transformation is driving changes to our workforce evolution and make/buy approach that includes a greater degree of internal competences and capabilities as well as access to new partner ecosystems," said Carlo Nizam, Chief Information Officer, Airbus India & South Asia. "These evolutions cannot be addressed from our European footprint alone and require an integrated global approach. Our footprint in India is a strategic and integrated arm of information management that provides access to a vast pool of skilled talent."