Company overview
- Sector
- Technology, Software & IT Services
- Sub-sector
- Information Technology & Services
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $6,600,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 23,085
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Noida
- Bengaluru
- Chennai
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .GIS
- .NET
- 24-7 Media
- 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- 3M Codefinder
- 3XChange
- A Small Orange
- ABAP
- ABBYY FineReader Server
- AC500 PLC
- ACL
- ADAPT
- ADP Applicant Tracking System
- AI
Public leadership
Shiny Rajan
Associate Vice President - HR
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Sopra Steria is a France-headquartered (Paris) European consulting, digital services and software publishing group formed in August 2014 through the merger of Sopra (founded 1968) and Steria (founded 1969). Operates in nearly 30 countries with roughly 50,000-51,000 employees, serving clients mainly in banking, insurance, public sector, defence, telecom and transport. Effective 2 February 2026, the group's new Group CEO is Rajesh Krishnamurthy, a French national of Indian origin (25 years at Infosys, then CMA CGM and Expleo), succeeding Cyril Malargé.
- India launch
- 2007
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
Evidence indicates the India centers function as delivery hubs spanning application development & maintenance, testing/QA, and back-office/shared services across multiple business lines and three cities. Note: Sopra Steria is itself an IT/consulting services firm, so its India sites are better described as a global delivery organization than a captive GCC for an internal enterprise function.
Location rationale
India presence traces to Delhi-NCR roots (via the Xansa/IIS Infotech and Steria lineage), anchoring the Noida site; Bengaluru and Chennai were added later to tap mature IT-engineering and BPO/shared-services talent pools needed to support Sopra Steria's European client delivery. Inferred from corporate lineage only.
Timeline
- 1997-2000
Xansa (a predecessor entity in Sopra Steria's corporate lineage) acquires IIS Infotech, a New Delhi-based IT services company - the earliest documented root of what later becomes the India operation (approximate).
- 2007-10-17
Steria completes its acquisition of Xansa, forming Steria (India) Limited and bringing the Delhi-NCR-rooted operations under the Steria brand.
- 2014
Sopra and Steria merge (August 2014) to form Sopra Steria Group; the Indian entity is rebranded Sopra Steria India.
- 2025-12-12
Sopra Steria announces the appointment of Rajesh Krishnamurthy, a French national of Indian origin, as new Group CEO, effective 2 February 2026.
News and developments
Appointment of Rajesh Krishnamurthy as Chief Executive Officer
Sopra Steria announced Rajesh Krishnamurthy - a French national of Indian origin who spent 25 years at Infosys before leading CMA CGM's IT transformation and then serving as CEO of Expleo - as the group's new global CEO, effective 2 February 2026.
2025-12-12 Sopra Steria Newsroom (press release PDF) ↗
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.