Build a pod
Start with a pod of three to fifteen people who work only for you, and grow it into your own capability centre in India.
Your team in India works while you sleep.
How it grows
A working team first. A company of your own only when the team has earned it.
Start with a pod
Three to fifteen people, employed through Ensaar, working only for you. No entity, no lease, no India registration. This is the step most teams should take first, because it tests the operating model before it costs anything structural.
Run it like a team, not a vendor contract
Your managers set the work. Ensaar handles employment, payroll, equipment, access, and the India-side operational load, and reports on it monthly.
Grow only when the pod has earned it
Add roles as the work proves out. A pod that cannot justify its next hire is a signal worth having early, and it costs far less to learn here than after an entity exists.
Convert to your own entity when the maths changes
Past roughly twenty to thirty people, your own subsidiary usually beats per-person fees. Ensaar sets it up, moves the team across with their service continuity intact, and hands you a running centre.
Who runs what
You run
- What the team works on, and in what order
- Day-to-day management and reviews
- Your tools, repositories and ways of working
- Who joins, from the shortlist we bring
Ensaar runs
- Hiring, from the role to the signed offer
- Employment, pay and HR
- Laptops, access and the security you specify
- A named contact in India, and a monthly report
Priced per person
The cost follows the team, so it never runs ahead of it.
From $199 a person a month
Employment, pay and HR for everyone in the pod. Salaries are passed through at cost.
8.33% to recruit
Of annual salary, one month, charged when the person joins, with a 90-day replacement. Bring your own candidate and it does not apply.
Your own centre, quoted
When the pod is big enough to stand alone, we set up your company in India and move the team into it.
Questions
What is a GCC, and do we need one?
A global capability centre is a team in India that belongs to you rather than to a vendor, doing continuing work such as engineering, data, or support. You need one when the work is ongoing and you want the knowledge to stay in your organisation. If the work is a fixed project with an end date, a contract with a services firm is usually the better instrument.
Can we start with fewer than ten people?
Yes, and most companies should. Ensaar starts teams at three to fifteen people employed through our Employer of Record, which needs no Indian entity, no lease, and no local registration. It tests the operating model, the time zone overlap, and the hiring profile before anything structural is committed.
When does our own Indian entity become cheaper than an EOR?
Usually somewhere past twenty to thirty people. Below that, per-person fees are smaller than the cost and management attention of running your own Indian company. Above it, the arithmetic reverses. The crossover depends on salary levels, so it is worth recalculating rather than assuming.
What does Ensaar charge to build an India team?
Recruitment is 8.33% of annual salary per hire, which is one month, charged when the person joins, with a 90-day replacement. Employment through our Employer of Record starts from $199 per person per month, with salary and employment costs passed through at cost. Converting to your own entity is quoted per engagement once the structure is known.
Plan your pod.
Tell us the roles and the size. We will come back with the cost and a start date.
Plan a pod