A nano-GCC is a dedicated micro-team in India that reports functionally to your company while a local partner handles recruitment, payroll, statutory compliance, and administration. For smaller companies, it can create the benefits of an offshore capability without the overhead of opening a full entity or managing local employment operations alone.
LightSapien builds nano-GCC and offshore pod models for clients that need specialist capacity in software, operations, business support, sourcing, finance, consulting, or research. The client keeps functional control of the work, priorities, and quality expectations.
The model is different from traditional outsourcing because the team works as an extension of the client rather than as a black-box vendor team. It is useful when a company wants dedicated capacity, continuity, and control without adding internal overhead in India.
A Japanese software provider used this approach to build a six-engineer India pod for three product builds. The engagement ran from 2021 to 2023, delivered on schedule, and reduced average engineering employee cost by 13-14%.
Talk to LightSapien about applying this operating model to your team.