Company overview
- Sector
- Technology, Software & IT Services
- Sub-sector
- Information Technology & Services
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Southborough, Massachusetts, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $1,300,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 20,212
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Hyderabad
- Chennai
- Bengaluru
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- A Small Orange
- ACCELQ
- ACL
- ADAPT
- ADP
- AFAS
- AI
- AMD Xilinx
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- API Gateway
- ASP.NET
- AT&T
Public leadership
Krishna Thiagarajan
Senior Vice President and Head - Analytics, Insights & Data
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Virtusa Corporation is a global IT services and consulting company founded in 1996 (Sri Lanka roots, later headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, USA). Went public in 2007, taken private in February 2021 when Baring Private Equity Asia acquired it for approximately US$2 billion; remains under Baring Private Equity Asia (EQT-affiliated via Baring's 2022 merger with EQT) ownership as of 2026, with Sander van't Noordende serving as Chairman following founder-CEO Kris Canekeratne's 2021 departure. Virtusa's own site states 32,000+ employees across 71 global offices, notably higher than the 20,212 global headcount figure on file.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
Virtusa's India centers (Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru) function as core global delivery hubs for IT consulting, engineering, and outsourcing services rather than a narrow captive back-office - Chennai's scale in particular stems from the 2015 Polaris Consulting acquisition. Inferred from general delivery-center descriptions, provisional.
Timeline
- 1996
Virtusa founded (Sri Lanka origins), building a global delivery model that included India-based service centers from its early years.
- 2007
Virtusa completes IPO, becomes a publicly traded company (NASDAQ).
- 2015
Virtusa acquires a 53% controlling stake in Polaris Consulting & Services, a Chennai-headquartered Indian IT company - significantly expanding Virtusa's India footprint and Chennai presence.
- 2021
Baring Private Equity Asia acquires Virtusa for ~US$2 billion, taking the company private; founder-CEO Kris Canekeratne exits, Sander van't Noordende becomes Chairman.
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.