BANGALORE, India -- CIOs at the Indian operations of multinational companies are increasingly managing software development, outsourcing and other IT work for their corporate parents.

For example, Pfizer Inc.'s Mumbai-based Indian subsidiary is working with outsourcing companies in India to develop systems for Pfizer entities worldwide, said Arun Gupta, the unit's senior director of business technology. "We are actually creating a lot of systems and standards which will be used by Pfizer globally," Gupta said.

Deutsche Bank AG's technology and operations group in India manages the Frankfurt-based bank's outsourcing of software development and its business process outsourcing activities, said Arindam Banerrji, managing director and CIO at the Indian operation.

Sanjay Handu, director of strategic sourcing at Tyco Electronics Corp.'s subsidiary in Pune, said corporate officials are evaluating whether the Indian unit should manage software development and services for the entire Harrisburg, Pa.-based company.

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