In the year 2003, India witnessed Schneider Electric opening its first Global Technology Centre in Bangalore, India. With 460 employees working on product development, and resource enhancement, GTCI’s gamut of activities include research in the fields of electro mechanical design and software development. The innovative  products and technologies prepared at the centre are available in all  markets across the globe. Tasks at the Bangalore Centre are accomplished  in synchronisation with Schneider Electric’s major Design Centre in the field of Power Protection and Control, Industrial Automation and Installation Systems and Control.