Bengaluru
India's leading tech city and aerospace hub; home to HAL and the Aero India show.
Bengaluru took a large share of the 140,000 staff India's IT sector added in fiscal 2026, NASSCOM reported in May 2026, as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Apple grew in-house centres there while cutting jobs at home.
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Bengaluru, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, is India's leading technology hub and a centre of its aerospace industry. It is home to the IT majors Infosys and Wipro and to the country's densest cluster of multinational Global Capability Centres; JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Apple, Walmart and Shell expanded their in-house centres there in 2026.
The city is the headquarters of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the majority state-owned aircraft maker whose drone work includes the Lakshya target drone and the CATS Warrior. It hosts Aero India, the country's international defence and aerospace show, held at Air Force Station Yelahanka; the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the 16th edition for 8-12 February 2027.
Its drone and aerospace makers now face a new supply rule. From 18 November 2026, China's Announcement No. 49 requires export licences for heavy-lift drone motors, autopilots, swarm radios and drone jet engines sold to buyers in every country, not only the US, so Indian firms buying those Chinese parts need a licensed supplier.
Bengaluru absorbs offshored Western tech jobs
In May 2026 NASSCOM reported that India's IT sector added about 140,000 workers in fiscal 2026 to reach 5.9 million. The growth came from in-house Global Capability Centres run by JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Apple and Walmart, the same US firms cutting staff at home, and Bengaluru is the main base for them.
Bengaluru's gain came with losses: traditional outsourcers shed nearly 7,000 jobs, and graduate entry-level hiring fell 20 to 25% because in-house roles need experienced specialists. A role moved from New York to Bengaluru triggers no US layoff filing, so the shift is largely invisible in Western job-loss statistics.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 26 October 2026. Editorial standards.