Company overview
- Sector
- Industrial, Machinery & Engineering
- Sub-sector
- Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $15,500,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 16,492
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Gurugram
- Pune
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
- ABB Robotics
- AC500 PLC
- AMP
- ANSYS
- API Gateway
- ARIS Simulation
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- AWS Database Migration Service
- AWS Lambda
- AWS SDK for JavaScript
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- Act!
Public leadership
Ashwini Shingote
Vice President - Information Technology | Global IT Leader - GPO, GSS, EHS & Sustainability
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Whirlpool Corporation is a Michigan-headquartered, NYSE-listed home appliance maker (Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag) with roughly $15.5B 2025 revenue; under financial pressure in 2024-2026 (price hikes, suspended dividend) while steadily selling down its majority stake in listed subsidiary Whirlpool of India Ltd to roughly 30-40%.
- India launch
- Not disclosed
- Maturity
- Established Hub
GTEC Pune is one of Whirlpool's largest global innovation/engineering centers with a dedicated purpose-built campus (relocated 2022) supporting global product R&D (AI, IoT, Industry 4.0), plus a Gurugram location for IT/GPO functions.
Location rationale
Pune chosen for India's deep digital/emerging-tech and hardware/software engineering talent, positioning GTEC as a global R&D/innovation hub. Gurugram hosts additional corporate/IT functions typical of NCR's MNC-hub ecosystem.
Timeline
- 2022-01-25
Whirlpool announces relocation of its Global Technology and Engineering Center (GTEC) to a new, larger facility in Pune, one of its largest global innovation centers.
- 2024-02
Whirlpool Corp sells ~24% stake in listed Whirlpool of India Ltd, reducing holding to ~51%.
- 2025-01
Reports indicate further stake cuts toward ~20%; listed entity shares fall sharply.
- 2025
Additional block-deal stake sales reported, continuing ownership reduction.
Leadership context
Ashwini Shingote holds title VP - Information Technology | Global IT Leader (GPO, GSS, EHS & Sustainability) at Whirlpool, current as of 2025 (speaker at AIM 'Rising 2025'). GTEC's operational head per 2022 launch press materials was named as Radhakrishnan Kodakkal - not confirmed whether Shingote is the single current head of the India GCC as a whole.
Real estate
GTEC occupies a large flagship campus in Pune (relocated/opened Jan 2022). Additional office presence in Gurugram per careers-site listings.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- ~8-18 (Pune/Maharashtra, fluctuating)
- As of
- 2026-08-04
- Hardware/Electrical Engineering
- Cloud/QA test automation and IoT appliance testing
- Software/product engineering for global R&D
News and developments
Whirlpool of India Promoter Sells Further Stake
Whirlpool Corporation's promoter entity continued selling shares in Whirlpool of India Ltd through 2025, reports of reduction toward 20-30%.
2025 Business Standard ↗
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.