Labour and Employment Ministers and senior delegates from BRICS nations visited Bosch Global Software Technologies and the CII Green Business Centre in Hyderabad, part of the 12th BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting held under India’s BRICS Presidency. Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment and MSME Shobha Karandlaje led the delegation. The visits gave the group a look at India’s progress in digital innovation, artificial intelligence, Global Capability Centres, workforce development and sustainable industrial practices.
AI, Innovation and the Future Workforce
At Bosch Global Software Technologies, the BRICS delegation sat down with senior executives from Bosch, the Confederation of Indian Industry, and representatives from Global Capability Centres spanning healthcare, automotive, manufacturing and other sectors.
Much of the conversation centred on how GCCs are increasingly driving research and development, product engineering, AI-powered solutions and global business operations. Participants also talked through ways to deepen industry-academia collaboration, push women’s leadership forward, bring AI into everyday workplace use, and build a workforce ready for emerging technologies.
Officials walked the delegation through India’s GCC landscape, which now counts more than 2,100 Global Capability Centres employing over 2.36 million professionals. Hyderabad alone is home to nearly 400 of these centres, a big part of why the city has become one of India’s leading technology and innovation hubs.
A Look at Sustainable Industry
The delegation then moved on to the CII Green Business Centre, where they were shown initiatives around green buildings, resource efficiency, ESG practices and sustainable industrial development more broadly.
The Centre gave a sense of how Indian industries are folding environmentally responsible practices into their operations, doing so in a way that also improves competitiveness, resilience and job creation rather than working against them.
Key Takeaway: BRICS Labour Ministers and delegation heads took part in a ceremonial sapling plantation at the CII Green Business Centre, a small but symbolic gesture marking the bloc’s shared commitment to environmental sustainability.
Taken together, the Hyderabad visits gave BRICS representatives a first-hand view of India’s innovation ecosystem, its skilled workforce and its sustainability push, while underlining how technology, skills and green development are shaping the country’s approach to the future of work and inclusive economic growth.
MCQ:
1. The recent visit by Labour Ministers to Hyderabad was held on the sidelines of which international forum?
A. G20 Labour Ministers’ Meeting
B. SCO Labour Ministers’ Meeting
C. BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
D. ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting
2. According to the article, approximately how many Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are currently operating in India?
A. About 800
B. About 1,200
C. More than 2,100
D. More than 5,000
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