SAP to double investments in India, sees 'major growth': Executive

Indian talent is 'unbelievable', says Thomas Saueressig, who is a member of the German firm's executive board.

SAP, the German business software firm, is scaling up its investments in India where it says the R&D workforce forms the "backbone" of the company.

SAP Labs India, the firm’s largest research and development centre outside its headquarters in Germany’s Walldorf, will hire 3,600 people this year, said a top company executive on Thursday. SAP Labs India has already taken in 1,600 employees till May this year.

“We are actually doubling our investments in India,” said Thomas Saueressig, a member of the executive board of SAP SE, at a roundtable discussion along with Sindhu Gangadharan, MD, SAP Labs India. “The