Company overview
- Sector
- Technology, Software & IT Services
- Sub-sector
- Information Technology & Services
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Singapore, Singapore
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $877,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 12,750
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Bengaluru
- Thiruvananthapuram
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- ABB Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
- AC500 PLC
- ADP Workforce Now
- ALEX
- ANSYS
- AT&T
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- AWS Analytics
- AWS Bedrock
- AWS CloudTrail
- AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
- AWS SDK for JavaScript
- AWS Security Hub
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Public leadership
Jeetain Jain
Vice President Finance
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Quest Global (formerly QuEST Global) is a Singapore-headquartered pure-play engineering services company founded in 1997 by Ajit Prabhu and Aravind Melligeri. Designs and builds products for aerospace & defense, semiconductors, medtech & healthcare, energy & utilities, hi-tech, and automotive & rail clients, operating from roughly 104 delivery centers/offices in 20 countries with 23,000+ employees as of mid-2026.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
India is the company's largest, most diversified delivery base - eight-plus cities, multiple business verticals, and functional depth (engineering, R&D, corporate). Note: Quest Global is an independent third-party engineering-services provider, not a captive GCC of a parent enterprise.
Location rationale
India (Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Trivandrum, Pune, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Cochin, Visakhapatnam) supplies Quest Global's largest concentration of engineering talent, supporting multi-vertical delivery for global OEM clients; Kerala/Trivandrum reflects the founders' regional roots and an early offshore-engineering talent pipeline, while Bengaluru anchors the largest multi-campus delivery footprint.
Timeline
- 1997
Quest Global (then QuEST Global) founded by Ajit Prabhu and Aravind Melligeri; Wikipedia records the founding location as Schenectady, New York, not India.
- 2014
Acquisition of NeST Software, expanding India-linked engineering/software capability.
- Feb 2016
Company valued at ~US$1 billion after a minority investment of US$350 million from Bain Capital, GIC, and Advent International.
- 2018
Acquisition of EXILANT Technologies.
- 2026 (Aug)
Board strengthened with four new appointments; continued expansion of global engineering-services partnerships (e.g., Babcock five-year framework agreement).
- 2026 (Jun)
India-focused initiatives announced: workplace support program for pregnancy loss among India's female workforce, and a rural India sustainable-solar community initiative.
Leadership context
Ajit Prabhu is Co-Founder and CEO of Quest Global (also Chairman per Wikipedia); co-founded 1997 with Aravind Melligeri, who remains a Co-Founder and board member. No distinct India-country-head executive could be verified - on-file 'Jeetain Jain, VP Finance' appears to be a functional finance role, likely incorrect for overall head field.
Real estate
Bengaluru hosts the largest India campus footprint, including the Primrose 7B building at Embassy Tech Village (Devarabeesanahalli), plus Sankey Road, Prestige Shantiniketan (PSN), and Prestige Technostar (PST) locations. Additional India offices: Hyderabad (Cyber Gateway/L&T Infocity Hitech City, GarCorp Kokapet), Chennai (TIDEL Park, Alwarpet, Indiqube), Pune, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Cochin, Trivandrum, Visakhapatnam.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- Not disclosed
- As of
- 2026-08-26
News and developments
70 million working women in India are at risk of leaving the workforce due to unsupported pregnancy loss & 78 million fear job loss: Quest Global is taking action
Quest Global announced a workplace initiative addressing pregnancy-loss support and job-security concerns for women in its India workforce.
2026-06-09 Quest Global Newsroom ↗
Quest Global Supports Rural India with Sustainable Solar Initiative
Company-backed solar energy initiative supporting rural Indian communities as part of its sustainability/CSR program.
2026-06-03 Quest Global Newsroom ↗
Quest Global Strengthens Board with Four New Appointments
Quest Global added four new members to its board of directors.
2026-08-06 Quest Global Newsroom ↗
Quest Global Expands Strategic Relationship with Babcock Through Five-Year Group Engineering Services Framework
Quest Global signed a five-year group-wide engineering services framework agreement extending its partnership with Babcock.
2026-08-26 Quest Global Newsroom ↗
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.