Strategy to Scale. One Partner.

    One partner from board decision to badge-in day.

    Choose the stage you are at. We advise, incorporate, build, hire, operate and transfer — and because we do all five, nothing falls between two vendors.

    The Build-Operate-Transfer model Compare engagement models

    The journey

    Five stages. One line. No hand-offs.

    Each stage is gated by an exit criterion rather than a date. Nothing moves to the next stage until the previous one is true.

    Deliverables

    • Business case with five-year total cost of ownership, India versus HQ, assumptions stated
    • City short-list from the Location Intelligence Index, scored on talent depth, cost, real estate and policy
    • Operating model, org design and site-head profile

    Exit criterion

    Board-approved business case and city.

    Typical range

    Typically four to eight weeks

    Where are you?

    Start at the stage you are actually at.

    Every stage stands on its own. Most clients enter at Advise or Build; existing centers enter at Scale & Run.

    01

    Advise

    “Should we build in India, where, and what will it really cost?”

    • Business case with five-year total cost of ownership, India versus HQ, assumptions stated
    • City short-list from the Location Intelligence Index, scored on talent depth, cost, real estate and policy
    • Operating model, org design and site-head profile

    Exit · Board-approved business case and city.

    Open Advise     02

    Establish

    “What structure, which registrations, and who carries the liability?”

    • Indian private limited company (or LLP / branch, per tax advice) incorporated; bank account and FEMA reporting live
    • Tax, transfer-pricing and SEZ / STPI structure
    • PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Shops & Establishments and POSH registrations

    Exit · Entity can lawfully employ and invoice.

    Open Establish     03

    Build

    “Who fits out the floor, hires the leaders and secures the stack — and on whose balance sheet?”

    • Workspace fitted to HQ standards — flex / managed for the first 25–50 seats, Grade-A lease when the plan justifies it
    • Site head and first leadership layer hired through retained search
    • Identity, endpoint, network and InfoSec stack live and audited

    Exit · First 25 seats occupied, secured and audited.

    Open Build     04

    Scale & run

    “Can the partner actually hire two hundred engineers on time — and keep them?”

    • Engineering hiring at the agreed velocity, with weekly funnel and quality reporting
    • Delivery pods embedded in client sprints under your engineering leads
    • Payroll, statutory filings, HR operations, L&D and retention programme under SLA

    Exit · Agreed headcount, productivity and attrition milestones met for two consecutive quarters.

    Open Scale & run

    Engagement models

    Five ways to work with us. One of them is right; the assessment tells you which.

    Who owns the entity, who carries the capex, how fast the first hire lands and when ownership transfers — for each model, in one table.

    Engagement models compared
    RowEntity ownerCapexTime to first hireOwnership transfers
    Build-Operate-TransferClient entity, incorporated by TalproNone during Build — Talpro carries fit-out and first-term leaseLeadership search starts in Advise; first engineers on the floor at Build exitOn a pre-agreed trigger, by formula fixed in the master agreement
    GCC-as-a-ServiceTalpro operates indefinitely; you directNoneFrom requirement sign-off; first shortlist typically inside 48 hoursOptional — convertible to BOT at any renewal
    Advisory-onlyClientClient-fundedClient-run, on Talpro's planNot applicable — you build; we advise
    Talent-onlyClient (or Talpro contract workforce)Client-fundedFirst shortlist typically inside 48 hours of sign-offNot applicable
    Rescue & TurnaroundClient (existing)Client-funded; Talpro at risk on remediation milestonesDiagnostic first; hiring resumes against a remediated planCenter returns to client leadership on remediation exit criteria
    Read the models in detail