The Standard, a major US provider of insurance, retirement, and investment services, has opened a new global capability centre in Bengaluru’s Embassy Tech Village. This marks the company’s next step in expanding its presence in India, following the launch of its local operations in November 2025.
The new facility was formally inaugurated by Shri Priyank Kharge, Karnataka’s Minister for Electronics, IT and Biotechnology. It is designed to strengthen The Standard’s global strategy by building expertise in several advanced areas. These include artificial intelligence engineering, cloud platform development, data and analytics, digital transformation, and insurance operations.
By setting up this centre, The Standard aims to tap into India’s strong technology talent base while supporting its worldwide growth plans. The Bengaluru hub will play a key role in enhancing the company’s digital capabilities and operational efficiency, ensuring that its services remain competitive in a rapidly evolving global market.
The inauguration marks the opening of The Standard India’s permanent Bengaluru office facility, with plans for long-term expansion of capabilities in software engineering, total experience, AI and enterprise platforms as the company continues strengthening in-house technology expertise aligned with its long-term transformation roadmap.
“Our operations in India play an increasingly important role in our technology transformation,” said Greg Chandler, executive vice president of information technology, The Standard. “The launch of The Standard India strengthens our ability to fuel ongoing growth, innovate, scale technology capabilities, accelerate digital transformation and offer new solutions to our customers faster. This centre represents a long-term investment in world-class talent and reflects our confidence in India as a strategic partner in shaping the future of our business.
Since establishing its presence in India in November 2025, The Standard continues to strengthen its local leadership team across finance, human resources, talent acquisition, information technology, administration and communications.
“The Standard India is an integrated capability hub that supports engineering, data, AI and insurance operations,” said Mohua Sengupta, senior vice president and country head, The Standard India. “Our structure combines enterprise scale with startup agility, giving employees both stability and the opportunity to build greenfield capabilities while working closely with our global teams. As we continue expanding leadership roles and high-impact technology functions in
India, the centre will have an important role in advancing The Standard’s long-term growth, innovation and transformation priorities.”
The Standard India will significantly contribute to advancing companywide priorities. It will also support the transition of select technology work from vendor-led delivery to in-house engineering teams — strengthening agility, operational efficiency and long-term innovation capabilities.