Xerox has announced the opening of its India Innovation Hub located in Chennai at the Olympia Technology Park. The Xerox India Innovation Hub is based on the concept of “Open Innovation” and will bring together Xerox scientists and engineers with leading Indian academic institutions, research labs and industry partners. Its initial mission is to develop document management solutions that are relevant to emerging market countries and contribute innovation to solutions and services delivery. 

“The Xerox India Innovation Hub exemplifies our continued commitment to customers in the emerging markets,” said Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group.  “Creating a research facility in India allows us to make use of local knowledge and to extend that expertise to our global initiatives.” 

Located in the city of Chennai, the India Hub will enable Xerox to expand and build on the strong partnerships the company already has in place with India’s top technical and business schools. Research will leverage Xerox’s world-class expertise in imaging, data mining, smart document management, linguistics, and ethnography with the latest technologies and trends such as cloud and web computing, human computation, social networks and computational economics. 

In addition to the hub, Xerox plans to open a Xerox technology showroom adjacent to its India headquarters near Delhi later this year, where Xerox customers and partners in India and surrounding regions will be able to see the newest technology developments from Xerox research centers around the world. The showroom also will support the Xerox Innovation Group’s Customer Led Innovation program and help researchers in India learn more about local customer needs and challenges.