Company overview
- Sector
- Industrial, Machinery & Engineering
- Sub-sector
- Machinery
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $8,300,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 15,335
- India headcount
- 500-1,000
GCC locations
- Noida
- Gurugram
GCC notes
Industrial automation, smart manufacturing and connected enterprise platforms
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 24-7 Media
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- 3M Codefinder
- ABAP
- ABB Robotics
- AC500 PLC
- ACL
- AI
- ANSYS
- ASP.NET
- AVEVA Historian
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- AWS Analytics
- AWS CloudFormation
Public leadership
Manasi Kuthe
Vice President RASWE(India)ERG
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Key roles
Software Engineers (PLC/SCADA); Embedded Engineers; Data Engineers; Cybersecurity Engineers; Systems Architects
Research overview
Rockwell Automation is a Milwaukee-headquartered industrial automation and digital-transformation company - the world's largest firm dedicated solely to industrial automation - with roughly $8.3B revenue and operations in 100+ countries.
- India launch
- 1991
- Maturity
- Scaling Hub
India presence dates to 1991 but has seen continuous multi-site expansion: 2019 Gurugram experience center, 2022 Pune software development centre (~1/3 of global software/control headcount India-based), 2024-25 Chennai manufacturing expansion.
Location rationale
Gurugram chosen for Rockwell's first India customer-facing Digital Transformation Experience Center (2019). Noida hosts back-office/engineering (GEBS - Global Engineering & Business Services) operations, consistent with NCR's engineering-services talent pool.
Timeline
- 1991
Rockwell Automation India Private Limited incorporated.
- 2015-2022
India-based software and control workforce more than doubled.
- 2019-12-26
Opened first India 'Digital Transformation Experience Center' in Gurugram.
- 2022-06-21
Opened Software Development Centre in Hinjewadi, Pune - nearly one-third of global software-and-control workforce cited as India-based. Outside on-file Noida/Gurugram list.
- 2024-04-30
Announced ~98,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Chennai, targeting ~230 employees by end-2024.
- 2026-02-17
Hosted 7th 'India Inc On The Move' summit in Mumbai; MD Dilip Sawhney reaffirmed ~4 decades of India investment.
Leadership context
Dilip Sawhney is Managing Director of Rockwell Automation India - the senior-most named India executive in current sources. Led India strategy through the 2019 Gurugram center, 2022 Pune center, and 2024-25 Chennai expansion; chairs CII National Committee on Smart Manufacturing.
Real estate
Noida (Sector 64) office per business directories and 'GEBS' job postings. Gurugram: first India Digital Transformation Experience Center (Dec 2019). Also found: Pune (Hinjewadi) Software Development Centre (June 2022, also GEBS-linked); Chennai manufacturing facility (2024-25).
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- 524 Rockwell jobs across India (Naukri, not city-filtered); ~10 tagged Noida on Glassdoor
- As of
- 2026-08
- Software Engineer
- Project Engineer
- GEBS Business Operations/Team Lead
- Senior Director, GEBS
News and developments
Rockwell Automation Expanding Presence in India with New Manufacturing Facility
New ~98,000 sq ft Chennai manufacturing facility, ~230 employees by end-2024, opening H1 2025.
2024-04-30 PR Newswire ↗
India Inc On The Move 2026 Leads AI Driven Manufacturing
7th annual India summit (Mumbai, Feb 2026), 1,200+ attendees; MD Dilip Sawhney framed AI-driven manufacturing as central to India strategy.
2026-02-17 Rockwell Automation 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.