Six Indian cities have been identified as among the top 50 global ''emerging outsourcing and IT services destinations'' by the Global Services Survey, conducted by Cyber Media in association with investment advisory firm Tholons. The survey ranked the top 50 and profiled the 15 best global cities for outsourcing.

The survey reveals that outsourcers consider process maturity, availability of relevant skills as well as costs in the city as their main reasons for deciding on location.

Tholons chairman and CEO Avinash Vasishta foresees the tier II cities surging ahead in re-engineered globalisation models, in view of the widening demand-supply gap.

Five of the six Indian cities are ranked among the top 15, as compared to three cities in China and two in Vietnam. Coimbatore, in 21st position, is the sixth city to figure in the list of top 50.

The survey has placed 19 Asian as well as 12 East and Central European cities among the top 50 emerging BPO and IT services destinations worldwide. Cyber Media publisher Pradeep Gupta said that these potential hubs could grab a huge chunk of the global IT and BPO services pie in the next three years.

The study also ranked the top five obvious choices - Bangalore, New Delhi (national capital region), Manila NCR, Mumbai and Dublin as prime outsourcing hubs that have serviced the global corporate world for over a decade.

World''s Top 15 emerging outsourcing hubs
1. Chennai
2. Hyderabad
3. Pune
4. Cebu (Philippines)
5. Kolkata
6. Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam)
7. Colombo (Sri Lanka)
8. Shanghai (China)
9. Chandigarh
10. Beijing (China)
11. Cairo (Egypt)
12. Hanoi (Vietnam)
13. Shenzhen (China)
14. Buenos Aires (Argentina)
15. Sao Paulo (Brazil)
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