Valuation of MNCs’ Captive units in India

Captive units have been a popular operating model among large global organizations, given their cost-effectiveness. About 1600 international firms have started their captive units in India, driven by superior talent availability, coupled with cost advantages and a well-established ecosystem in Indian cities. These captive units provide various services such as Software Development and Testing Services, Design, Engineering and R&D, Technology Support, Accounting, Payroll Processing, Insurance, Data Management, Legal, and collections and payments services to their parent entities. Overall employment by these captives is in excess of 1 million and accounts for over 25% of the total IT and Business Process Management (BPM) sector employment in India.