Rolls Royce is likely to consider outsourcing IT work to India. Information technology is an obvious area of collaboration between Rolls Royce and Indian companies, according to Rolls Royce chief executive officer John Rose. He was speaking at a meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Thursday. The UK-headquartered company is keen on partnerships with Indian varsities, under its university technology centre programme for research and technology. Rolls Royce invests $1 billion annually on research and technology, focusing on areas of innovation. 

Indicating that IT was a great enabler, Mr Rose said that it had helped the company increase its productivity by 12% over the last decade. Tata Consultancy Services executive vice-president Phiroz Vandrewala, who attended the meeting, said that the chief executive officers of British companies needed to consider investing in India. “British companies enjoyed a large degree of goodwill in India due to historical reasons and the CEOs should capitalise on this."