Company overview
- Sector
- Industrial, Machinery & Engineering
- Sub-sector
- Chemicals
- Mandate (derived)
- Sales, Marketing & BD
- Parent headquarters
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $16,100,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 17,616
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Pune
- Bengaluru
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
- AC500 PLC
- AI
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- ANSYS
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- AVEVA PDMS
- AWS Database Migration Service
- AWS Service Catalog
- Act!
- Actinic
- Adform DMP
- Adobe Photoshop
Public leadership
Manish Khandelwal
Managing Director, Ecolab India
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Ecolab Inc. is a St. Paul, Minnesota-based global leader in water, hygiene, and infection-prevention solutions, serving ~40 industries and 170+ countries, with about $16 billion annual sales and a global workforce now put at roughly 48,000 associates (higher than the 17,616 figure on file).
- India launch
- 2018
- Maturity
- Scaling / Strategic Hub
India runs a three-part model: core commercial business, GBS+ shared-services platform (part of a globally recognized 5-center network), and EDC (1,000+ digital/engineering staff, grown from ~400). Company calls India 'a critical hub' with continued investment.
Location rationale
Bengaluru chosen for India's leading tech/engineering talent hub, supporting enterprise IT and digital engineering. Pune hosts Ecolab's Global R&D Center (Magarpatta City) for water/hygiene chemistry.
Timeline
- c. 2015-2017
Ecolab builds initial GCC team in Bengaluru via managed-services engagement with SMC2, growing to 400+ staff.
- 2018
Ecolab Digital Center (EDC) formally established in Bengaluru covering enterprise technology and commercial digital solutions.
- 2021
'Ecolab Global Services Private Limited' registered as an Indian legal entity, formalizing GCC/shared-services operations.
- 2023-2024
Ecolab's GBS+ (Global Business Services) platform scales to five global delivery centers, India a key hub.
- 2024-04-10
EDC opens new sustainability-focused office space in Bengaluru.
- 2025-09-10
Ecolab's GBS+ platform named to SSON's Top 20 Most Admired Shared Services Organizations & GBS for 2025.
- 2026-02-09
Ecolab India certified a 2026 Top Employer for the third consecutive year.
Leadership context
Manish Khandelwal is Managing Director, Ecolab India, overseeing core commercial business, GBS+, and EDC. B.Tech Electrical Engineering (IIT BHU Varanasi), PGDBA (Symbiosis Institute, Pune). Prior ~19 years at Schneider Electric.
Real estate
Ecolab Digital Center (EDC): Milestone Buildcon SEZ, Thanisandra Main Road, Bengaluru; 1,000+ digital experts. Global R&D Center: Panchshil Tech Park, Magarpatta City, Pune.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- ~55 India roles on LinkedIn (~15 Pune); 9 EDC postings on Indeed
- As of
- 2026-08-27
- Software Engineer
- Salesforce/CRM
- Data Analytics/Engineering
- ERP (SAP)
- Enterprise Architecture/IT Security
News and developments
Ecolab Named Among Top 20 Most Admired SSO/GBS for 2025
Ecolab's GBS+ platform named to SSON Research & Analytics' Top 20 list for 2025 - first time recognition.
2025-09-10 Ecolab Newsroom ↗
Ecolab India Certified as a 2026 Top Employer for the Third Consecutive Year
Top Employers Institute certified Ecolab India, citing its multi-layered ecosystem of core business, GBS+, and EDC as a strategic growth engine.
2026-02-09 Business Standard ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.