'India's role extends beyond product innovation'

As enterprises in India accelerate AI adoption, one of the biggest challenges they face is ensuring reliable, high-quality data. Without trusted data, AI projects risk failure, lower Rol, and compliance issues.

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Informatica, an American enterprise software company, is addressing these challenges through its cloudnative,AI-powered data management platform. In this interview, Amit Walia, CEO, Informatica, speaks with Sudhir Chowdhary on their India expansion plan. Excerpts:

How does India fit into your global growth strategy? India is central to Informatica's global growth strategy, not just as a high-potential market but as a core pillar of our innovation engine. We have been present in India for over 22 years, with our largest footprint in Bengaluru and additional centres in Hyderabad and Chennai, including teams that joined us through acquisitions. Today, India represents more than half of Informatica's global workforce, with roughly 2,700 employees out of our approx 5,500 employees worldwide.Around 60A 65% of our India team is focused on engineering, supported by strong customer experience functions such as support and professional services.As Indian enterprises accelerate their digital transformation, data has moved from being a back-end IT concern to a board-level priority. We are seeing strong demand as organisations modernise their data estates to support cloud adoption, analytics and, increasingly, Al-driven use cases.

What are the key focus areas for next phase of expansion?