BENGALURU, May 22, 2025 - Celonis, a global leader in Process Mining, who recently announced that they are expanding their operations in India, hosted the first Process Intelligence (PI) Day in Bengaluru. Alex Rinke, Celonis co-CEO and co-Founder, Carsten Thoma, President and Board Director at Celonis, and Malhar Kamdar, Chief Customer Officer and President, Celonis India, were in Bengaluru to mark this milestone event, demonstrating the company’s focus on India as a key hub for innovation, talent, and go-to-market (GTM) execution.
“India is the future for AI + PI,” said Kamdar during the PI Day keynote. “India is the epicenter of Process Excellence in the world and is becoming the epicenter of process-powered enterprise AI. Celonis Process Intelligence will be imperative to achieve this as it provides AI with the process knowledge and business context to make it effective in accomplishing business-critical tasks, like mitigating supply chain disruptions, optimizing inventory, and managing tariffs. That’s why we strongly believe that for enterprise scale deployment ‘there’s no AI without PI’."
Kamdar cited India’s continued growth momentum and unique potential in his remarks:
- India is home to over 2,000 global capability centers (GCCs) - 60% of the world’s GCCs, driving innovation and value across the enterprise on a global scale.
- More than 1,000 global systems integrators (GSIs) and consulting firms have a growing footprint in India, helping global companies drive their most strategic transformation and AI initiatives.
- India has the world’s largest talent pool and future-ready workforce driving AI adoption at incredible speed.
“With its significant size, abundance of talent, and entrepreneurial culture, India has the potential to become a global leader in the development and use of AI,” said Vasant Rao, Managing Director, IDC India & South Asia at IDC.
Sandeep Ramakrishna,Vice President, Digital Foundations at Diageo, comments: “Celonis is a key partner for Diageo as we work to navigate the complexities of high-growth markets. Celonis provides the intelligence we need to optimize our processes and prepare for an AI-driven future. We are excited about their continued expansion in India and look forward to working with them to deliver value for Diageo.”