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John F. Welch Technology Centre

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Abbreviation	JFWTC
Formation	September 17, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-09-17)
Founder	John F. Welch
Headquarters	Whitefield, 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. 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.

References

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

External links

• Web Site of John F. Welch Technology Centre

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