Setting up alone is slow
An entity, registrations, payroll, benefits, and office infrastructure: 6 to 12 months of overhead before your first hire writes a line of code.
Morpheus assisted GCC model · Pune, India
Build your India capability without setting up an entity.
You manage delivery. Morpheus Consultants handles hiring, governance, operations, and compliance under an assisted Build, Operate, Transfer model, with transparent costs and a clear path to ownership.
- 4 to 6
- weeks from agreement to your first hire onboard
- Your team
- roadmap, rituals, and standards stay with you
- B·O·T
- a clear path to owning the entire setup
01 · The problem
Startups need execution capacity.
Startups need execution capacity.
Not another outsourcing contract.
You want more building power: engineers, QA, data, support. What you don't want is to hand delivery to a vendor, or spend a year standing up a legal entity.
Outsourcing takes control
Traditional vendors put their PMs between you and the work: opaque margins, rotating staff, and a team that was never really yours.
Remote hiring needs local eyes
Identity verification, compensation benchmarking, and attendance governance are hard to run from another continent, and expensive to skip.
02 · The model
Client managed delivery, assisted by us.
One exclusive agreement under the Morpheus assisted Build, Operate, Transfer model. Your team operates under our established Indian company. You direct the work from day one, and can take over the whole setup when the time is right.
Client managed delivery
You retain full control over employees, work delegation, and everything your team builds. No vendor project managers between you and the work.
- Your rituals
- Your roadmap
- Your standards
Assisted setup
Operate under our existing company through an exclusive agreement. No subsidiary, no waiting, first hire in weeks.
Hiring & onboarding
Sourcing, interviews, offers, background verification, and structured onboarding, run locally and reported transparently.
Governance
A framework on the ground that protects operational integrity, from device policy to conduct and attendance.
Operations & HR
Payroll, leave, policy, engagement, team building, workspace and IT. The daily machinery, handled.
Compliance
Technical and statutory compliance, with benefits like gratuity and provident fund planned and budgeted from day one.
Reporting
Transparent cost plus reporting. You always know what the operation costs and why.
Transfer when ready
Exercise the BOT option after an agreed period and move employees, or the entire setup, into your own entity.
03 · Compare
Not outsourcing. Not a GCC. The middle path.
The assisted model gives you the control of your own captive centre with the speed and simplicity of a managed service.
| Traditional outsourcing | Own GCC / subsidiary | Morpheus assisted model | |
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| Speed to start | Fast, but on vendor terms | 6 to 12 months of setup | First hire in weeks |
| Who runs delivery | Vendor project managers | You, once it's built | You, from day one |
| Team ownership | Vendor's rotating staff | Your employees | Your team on our books, dedicated and exclusive |
| Legal entity needed | No | Yes, full incorporation | No |
| Cost transparency | Opaque margins | Full, but heavy overhead | Transparent cost plus model |
| Local governance | Vendor-defined | Build it yourself | Built in from day one |
| Exit / transfer path | Start over from zero | Not applicable | BOT: employees or the entire setup transfers to you |
04 · Fit
Who this model is for.
The assisted model works best when you want a team of your own, run your way. It is honest to say it is not for everyone.
A strong fit if you are
- A startup or growth stage company in the US, UK, EU, or Middle East
- An enterprise or MNC piloting a Pune GCC before full incorporation
- A founder who wants India talent without a local entity
- A team that wants control of delivery, not outsourced delivery
- Planning a future captive centre or GCC of your own
- Building engineering, QA, cloud, data, or AI pods
Not the right fit if you need
- Fixed bid, vendor owned project outsourcing
- A vendor to take responsibility for delivery outcomes
- Very short term staff augmentation
- A setup without investment in governance and onboarding
05 · Capabilities
Focused technology capability, nothing broader.
Morpheus helps global startups and enterprise teams build technology and product capability in India. We are not an events, marketing, or general staffing company.
Software engineering
Frontend, backend, full stack, platform engineering, and product development teams that ship inside your codebase and rituals.
QA & automation
Manual testing, automation, regression, release support, and quality governance woven into your pipeline.
Cloud, DevOps & data
Cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure support, data engineering, analytics, and AI and ML support roles.
Optional support functions
- Product coordination
- Technical project management
- Business analysis
- Customer support operations for product companies
06 · Operating model
From discovery to scale, in five moves.
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Discovery
We map roles, team shape, budgets, and governance needs. Commercial terms are finalized after discovery, role planning, and engagement structure confirmation.
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Team setup
We source, screen, verify, and contract your first hires, and set up devices, workspace, and structured onboarding so day one runs smoothly.
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Governance
Policies, compliance coordination, reporting cadence, and local oversight go live: the framework that keeps the operation clean and auditable.
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Delivery rituals
Your standups, sprints, and reviews run your way. Payroll, administration, and compliance tick along quietly in the background.
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Scaling & transfer
Expand headcount and scope on the same foundation. When you're ready, exercise the BOT option and bring the whole setup into your own entity.
07 · Founder
Built by an operator, not just a consultant.
Morpheus Consultants is led by Ravi Khatri, an operations professional with over 10 years of experience across business operations, administration, resource management, hiring support, facilities, compliance, and team setup in India.
Ravi has worked closely with leadership teams, international clients, and delivery organizations to restart India operations, build teams from the ground up, manage office infrastructure, support project delivery, streamline vendors, and create practical operating systems for growing businesses.
Before founding Morpheus Consultants, Ravi helped restart India operations for a global technology company in Pune and supported the growth of a resource team from 0 to 60 people. He has led operations teams, managed corporate office setup, worked on customer and project deliverables, and built manpower and compliance support structures.
Today, Morpheus brings that operating experience to global startups that want to build dedicated India capability without immediately setting up their own legal entity.
Why Morpheus exists
Many global startups want access to India's strong technology talent, but they do not always want the complexity of setting up an entity, managing local hiring, handling payroll, understanding compliance, and building office operations from day one. At the same time, many founders do not want traditional outsourcing. They want their own team, their own culture, their own roadmap, and their own delivery control. Morpheus was created to solve this middle gap.
The model is simple: the client manages delivery, product direction, engineering priorities, and day to day team rituals. Morpheus manages the operating layer in India, covering hiring support, employment, payroll coordination, compliance, workplace support, governance, and local administration. This gives founders a practical way to build in India with more control than outsourcing and less setup burden than opening a full captive entity from day one.
Morpheus has already supported this model for a German LegalTech product startup for over two years, through real business cycles, delivery changes, hiring needs, operational challenges, and growth requirements. That experience shaped the Morpheus model: practical, transparent, founder friendly, and built for long term capability creation.
08 · Case study
Two years and counting with a German LegalTech startup.
A product startup wanted strong India based talent while continuing to manage product delivery directly. It chose the assisted capability model instead of traditional outsourcing.
Morpheus has supported a German LegalTech product startup for over two years by helping operate its India capability in Pune. Delivery direction stayed with the client while operations were supported locally.
Morpheus handled the operating layer required to make the model work: hiring support, employee coordination, payroll administration, local governance, compliance support, and day to day operational continuity.
The engagement has gone through both smooth and challenging business cycles, giving Morpheus practical experience in managing the real world needs of a global startup building in India.
Key outcomes
- India capability supported for over two years
- Delivery control retained by the client
- Local operations managed through Morpheus
- Reduced need for immediate entity setup
- Practical support across hiring, payroll, compliance, and governance
- Flexible pathway toward future client owned India operations
09 · Testimonials
What clients say.
Client testimonials coming soon.
We publish quotes only with written approval from the clients behind them, so this space stays honest. In the meantime, we are happy to arrange direct reference conversations during your evaluation.
10 · Trust layer
Why global clients can trust Morpheus.
Building a team in India is not just a hiring exercise. It takes local execution, governance, employee management, payroll coordination, compliance awareness, and practical problem solving. Morpheus brings operating experience from real business setup and team management in India.
What we help with
- Local hiring coordination
- Candidate screening and onboarding support
- Payroll and employment administration
- Compliance coordination
- Office and workplace support
- Attendance and operational governance
- Cost transparency
- Vendor and local administration
- Employee transition planning
- Build, Operate, Transfer support
You remain in control of delivery, roadmap, sprint rituals, technical standards, and performance expectations. Morpheus manages the operating layer that helps the team function reliably in India.
11 · Legal & compliance
Legal, payroll, and compliance support.
Morpheus helps global clients manage the practical operating layer in India while the client retains delivery direction and team oversight.
- Employment and payroll coordination
- Local HR and administration support
- Compliance coordination through appropriate local partners
- Employee onboarding and documentation
- Attendance and workplace governance
- Vendor and office support
- Transition planning when you set up your own India entity
This model is designed for companies that want to build India capability without immediately taking on the full operational burden of entity setup, local employment administration, and day to day compliance handling.
Commercial terms are finalized after discovery, role planning, and engagement structure confirmation, and the legal structure is clearly documented before the engagement begins.
12 · Pricing
Transparent cost plus model.
You get visibility into the actual operating cost of building and running your India capability, along with a clearly agreed Morpheus management fee. A more transparent alternative to traditional outsourcing margins.
Typical cost components
- Employee compensation
- Payroll and statutory costs
- Hiring and onboarding support
- Workspace or remote work support
- Local administration
- Compliance coordination
- Morpheus operating and management fee
Every component is visible and agreed before the engagement starts. Commercial terms are finalized after discovery, role planning, and engagement structure confirmation.
Discuss Your Cost Model
13 · Location
Operating from Kalyani Nagar, Pune.
Morpheus builds teams for global clients from one of India's strongest technology and education ecosystems. Pune, the Oxford of the East, offers strong access to engineering, product, QA, cloud, data, and support talent while remaining cost effective compared with several larger metro markets.
- Home to Savitribai Phule Pune University, COEP, and a dense network of engineering colleges
- Global engineering centres across the Hinjawadi, Kharadi, and Magarpatta tech hubs
- Strong AI and product company presence enriching the talent ecosystem
- Better retention and calmer salary pressure than Bengaluru's saturated market
14 · FAQ
Legal, payroll, and model questions.
How is Morpheus different from an EOR provider?
An Employer of Record primarily helps you employ people legally in a country where you have no entity. Morpheus goes beyond employment administration by supporting the broader operating layer: hiring coordination, local governance, employee operations, workplace support, payroll coordination, compliance support, and eventual Build, Operate, Transfer planning.
Who manages the delivery?
You do. You own the roadmap, product direction, engineering rituals, sprint planning, priorities, technical standards, and performance expectations. Morpheus supports the operating structure in India.
Who carries legal and employment responsibility?
The exact structure depends on the engagement model and the agreed contract. Morpheus helps coordinate employment, payroll, documentation, and local compliance support through the appropriate operating structure, and this is clearly documented before the engagement begins.
How does payroll and compliance work?
Morpheus supports payroll coordination, employee documentation, HR administration, compliance coordination, and local vendor management. The goal is a transparent and structured operating model in India without you managing every local administrative detail yourself.
Who owns the work and the intellectual property?
You do. Employment contracts carry IP assignment and confidentiality terms, so everything your team produces belongs to you from day one.
What happens when we want our own India entity?
Morpheus supports a Build, Operate, Transfer pathway. You can begin with an assisted operating model and later transition employees, operations, or selected functions into your own India entity once the timing is right.
How does employee transfer happen?
Transfer is planned around the agreed contract, employee consent, legal structure, compliance requirements, and a transition timeline. Morpheus supports the planning so the move is handled professionally and transparently.
How is our data and code protected?
Every hire signs NDAs and IP assignment, works on policy controlled devices, and follows your access rules. Background verification runs before onboarding.
Design your assisted capability model.
Tell us what you're building and we'll come back with a team shape, timeline, and a transparent cost model.
Book a Strategy Call
15 · Contact
Talk to us.
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Office Kalyani Nagar, Pune,
Maharashtra, India -
LinkedIn Ravi Khatri
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Hours Monday to Friday, 9:30 to 18:30 IST