Rolls-Royce to power up R&D in India.

Rolls-Royce, best known for its engines that power civil and military aircraft around the world, is looking to scale up its research-and-development operations in India with the addition of a captive unit. Bangalore - which already houses R&D units of Boeing and Airbus, and others like Mercedes-Benz - is among the top contenders for the centre, which would complement Rolls-Royce's outsourced pool of 950 engineers.

Rolls-Royce operates two engineering centres in Bangalore along with Quest and TCS, which were established in 2005 and 2010, respectively.

'We currently have a good relationship with two Indian companies - TCS and Quest - who supply us with contract R&D services. We are slowly up-skilling these teams. Now, we have advanced plans to move into the next phase of growth in what we do in R&D through our own operations,' said Paul Stein, chief scientific officer of Rolls Royce who was in Bangalore.


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