India Foundational To Support Merative’s Global Capabilities, Says CEO Gerry McCarthy

US-based Merative, formerly IBM Watson Health, has opened its India Global Capability and Innovation Centres across Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. India currently serves as an excellent end market in Merative’s go-to-market strategy but the country is set to be a foundational component in the company’s global capabilities, Merative CEO Gerry McCarthy told BW Businessworld.

“India is really a foundational component of how we drive engineering support services and management of our infrastructure to support all of our global capabilities,” he said.

The team at India will enable Merative to achieve its purpose of combining trusted technology and deep industry expertise to serve more than 4,500 clients in healthcare and government social services around the world. With a legacy spanning nearly five decades, Merative’s strategic investment in India as a centre of excellence marks a significant milestone for the company. 

With its foothold in India now, the company will strengthen its presence by hiring local talent with skills in data, machine learning, clinical research workflows, verification and validation for medical device software. In addition, the company will be looking to hire talent in industry agnostic technologies like cloud technologies, dev ops, cloud infrastructure support, and enterprise applications.

Rama Chandra Dash, Merative India Country Head, said, “Working in India’s vibrant health-tech ecosystem, we see exceptional opportunities for Merative to positively impact our clients and the communities they serve.” 

“Many of our team members have been dedicated to our purpose-driven products for five, 10, or some even 20 years. We have strong partnerships with many of the world’s leading systems integrators. I am very proud of this team and our contributions to improve health and social care around the world,” added Dash.

Merative India GCIC will serve as a global center of excellence for the company, focusing on product engineering, innovation, support, and services for six key products, including Cúram, Health Insights, MarketScan, Merge, Zelta and Micromedex.

“Currently, we have a couple of dozen job postings listed but I expect that to grow over the next 6-24 months,” said McCarthy.