Talent SYNQ is the monthly research review of ST★R — SYMPHONI HR Talent Advisory & Research — covering recruitment, talent and leadership in India: the market data that moved, the policy changes that matter to employers and candidates, the capability-centre economy, and the senior appointments across banking, financial services, insurance, technology and global capability centres.
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EDITION 02 · OCTOBER 2026
The rebound is real. It is also narrow.
India’s employers go into the final quarter the most confident of 42 markets — but the hiring is senior, specialised and moving into capability centres, while IT services brace for their weakest second quarter in three years. Thirty pages on the month to 2 October: hiring demand and pay, the 111 new capability centres opened this year, H-1B after the extension, the bank CEO handovers at HDFC Bank, ICICI Prudential Life and Kotak, and every figure referenced to its source.
