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	Sudin Apte Sr. Analyst & Country Head, India Operations

Research Coverage

Offshore Services, Outsourcing, IT Services, Systems Integration

Research Focus

Based in Pune, India, Sudin serves Sourcing & Vendor Management professionals. He is a leading expert on offshore IT and BPO services providers, emerging industry trends, and offshore product development (OPD). It was his landmark research in OPD space that earned him stature of the foremost analyst in this space at present. He has advised several end user and high-tech sector companies in building their offshore strategy.

Sudin's primary coverage areas include tracking market trends and key players in the offshore market, offshore R&D services, and outsourced software product development. For the past 2 years, he has been actively driving Forrester's best-practice lineup for the captive setups of large MNC firms. Being the only analyst covering offshore market on-ground, he closely collaborates with Forrester's global IT services research team on various research projects and assignments that ultimately help Sourcing and Vendor Management professionals develop offshore strategies and select offshore partners.
Sudin has been associated with Forrester Research for more than six years. He set up Forrester's India operations and established the brand in India in a very brief time span.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Sudin was a vice president of business operations (India), at another research firm. Throughout his career, spanning more than 18 years of professional experience, he was associated with leading Indian and global firms.
A practiced public speaker, Sudin has addressed key events organized by industry bodies such as Nasscom, TiE, HYSEA, and the Indo American Chamber of Commerce. BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal noted his views on IT and BPO Services, and back home in India, the business dailies and news channels such as The Economic Times, Businessline, Business Standard, CNBC, TimesNow quote him frequently. His research views have been published as articles by The Economic Times, Business Today, and Outlook Business.
In addition, Sudin is actively involved as an advisor and faculty at some of the leading business schools in India. Apart from teaching IT services and market research subjects, he is involved in various industry–academia collaboration activities.

Education

Sudin is a graduate in mechanical engineering, post-graduate in management science, and is also a qualified cost accountant.

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