Company overview
- Sector
- Technology, Software & IT Services
- Sub-sector
- Information Technology & Services
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Spring, Texas, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $34,300,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 88,796
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Bengaluru
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .GIS
- .NET
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- ABAP
- ABB Robotics
- ACL
- AI
- ALEX
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- ANSYS
- ASP.NET
- AT Internet
- AT&T
- AVEVA PDMS
Public leadership
Manoj Krishna
Vice President of Engineering ; hpe India R&D Center Head
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an American multinational enterprise-technology company headquartered in Spring, Texas (spun off from the original Hewlett-Packard Company on November 1, 2015). HPE sells servers, storage, networking, hybrid cloud (GreenLake), high-performance computing/AI systems, and related consulting/services. Per Wikipedia, HPE reported FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025) revenue of $30.127B and roughly 61,000 employees globally. On July 2, 2025, HPE completed its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks, adding Juniper's networking/Mist AI portfolio; required divesting HPE's Instant On wireless unit and licensing Juniper's Mist AI source code for antitrust compliance. Juniper has historically had its own India engineering presence, likely relevant to HPE's India R&D footprint going forward.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC (R&D-led)
On-file leadership title (VP of Engineering / R&D Center Head) plus HPE's statement that India is its largest ex-US employee base, spread across 8 cities and 14 offices, indicates operations beyond a narrow captive support function - engineering/R&D, sales/country management, and operations.
Location rationale
HPE's own careers materials state India is the company's 'largest employee base outside the US,' with presence across 8 Indian cities and 14 offices (Bengaluru, Chennai, Noida, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune) - reflecting India's deep engineering talent pool for R&D as well as scale for sales, operations, and delivery.
Timeline
- 2015-11-01
HPE becomes an independent company via the split of the original Hewlett-Packard into HPE and HP Inc.; inherits legacy HP India operations rather than starting fresh.
- 2025-02-03
HPE named among global tech firms (with Nvidia, AMD) in talks with the Indian government and C-DAC on developing 'indigenous' India-designed GPUs (Business Standard).
- 2025-05-14
Bhawna Agarwal appointed Managing Director & Senior Vice President for HPE India, succeeding Som Satsangi, who retired after 27 years with HP/HPE.
- 2025-07-02
HPE completes its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks globally; relevance to India R&D integration not independently confirmed.
- 2026-06-01
HPE executive Suresh Babu discusses India's growing role in sovereign AI and supercomputing (Business Standard).
Leadership context
Confirmed: Bhawna Agarwal is MD & SVP for HPE India (appointed May 2025), succeeding Som Satsangi - a country/business leadership role. On-file name (Manoj Krishna, VP of Engineering and HPE India R&D Center Head) could NOT be independently verified this session; should be treated as unverified rather than confirmed or refuted, and is plausibly a distinct engineering-org role coexisting with the India MD position.
Real estate
Per HPE's India careers page: 14 offices across 8 Indian cities - Bengaluru, Chennai, Noida, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune. No specific square footage or facility-level details found.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- Not disclosed
- As of
- 2026-08-26
- Engineering/Tech Talent
- Early Careers / graduate programs
- Operations roles
News and developments
HPE appoints Bhawna Agarwal as India MD; Satsangi to retire
Bhawna Agarwal became MD and SVP for HPE India, succeeding Som Satsangi, who departed after 27 years with HP and HPE.
2025-05-14 Business Standard ↗
Global tech firms Nvidia, AMD, HPE in talks with govt for 'indigenous' GPUs
HPE joined discussions with India's government and C-DAC regarding India-designed GPUs.
2025-02-03 Business Standard ↗
AI has moved beyond hype into payoff phase, says HPE's Suresh Babu
Suresh Babu, who oversees HPE's worldwide HPC and AI initiatives, discussed supercomputing and India's emerging role in global AI.
2026-06-01 Business Standard ↗
Sources
- Wikipedia: parentSnapshot / global headcount & revenue ↗
- Wikipedia: parentSnapshot / Juniper acquisition ↗
- Business Standard: leadershipBio / timeline (Bhawna Agarwal appointment) ↗
- Business Standard: timeline (indigenous GPU talks) ↗
- Business Standard: recentNews (Suresh Babu) ↗
- HPE Careers (company site): realEstate / locationRationale / hiringSignal ↗
Related entities
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.