John F. Welch Technology Centre

John F. Welch Technology Centre
AbbreviationJFWTC
FormationSeptember 17, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-09-17)
FounderJohn F. Welch
HeadquartersWhitefield, Bangalore, India
Managing Director
Alok Nanda
Parent organization
General Electric
Staff
>4,000

The John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) is the formal name of the GE Global Research and technology development site located in Whitefield, Bangalore.[1] The JFWTC is General Electric's (GE) first and largest integrated, multidisciplinary research and development center outside the US. The center is also known as Bangalore Engineering Center or BEC. The team has more than 5,000 engineers and scientists working at the JFWTC Bangalore. It was founded by former CEO of GE John F. Welch on 17 September 2000.

Alok Nanda is the current Managing Director of JFWTC.

  1. ^ "GE : India : Our Company : Our Locations". Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.