HCLSoftware joins forces with Swiss Network to drive GovTech innovation

As part of the partnership, HCLSoftware brings its XDO Blueprint—a strategic framework to support public sector modernization by enhancing user experience, streamlining service delivery, and enabling data-driven decision-making across key governance domains

HCLSoftware, a global leader in enterprise software, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swiss Network in India—comprising the Embassy of Switzerland, the Swiss Business Hub India, and Swissnex in India—to join the Indo-Swiss Innovation Platform. Established under the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) framework, this platform lays the groundwork for bilateral cooperation in strengthening digital infrastructure and enhancing Indo-Swiss collaboration.

The MoU focuses on addressing public sector challenges through citizen-centric digital transformation in key GovTech domains such as e-governance, sovereign collaboration, healthcare, edtech, and agritech. Leveraging HCLSoftware’s deep expertise in enterprise platforms—including HCL Total Experience, HCL Universal Orchestrator, HCL AppScan, and HCL BigFix—the partnership aims to co-develop innovative solutions that address real-world governance needs. By engaging stakeholders across government, academia, startups, and industry, the collaboration establishes a cross-border GovTech innovation corridor, fostering long-term knowledge exchange and co-innovation between Switzerland and India.

“This MoU represents our commitment to building international partnerships that drive meaningful innovation in the public sector,” said Maya Tissafi, Ambassador of Switzerland to India. “By combining our countries’ strengths in technology and governance, we can create solutions that benefit citizens while setting new standards for international cooperation in digital transformation.”

Jonas Brunschwig, CEO and Consul General of Swissnex in India, added, “HCLSoftware joining the Indo-Swiss Innovation Platform in a strategic partnership can accelerate GovTech innovation. This partnership will create tangible opportunities for startups, researchers, and technology companies in both countries to collaborate on solutions that address real-world governance challenges and enhance digital infrastructure.”

As part of this partnership, HCLSoftware brings its Experience, Data, and Operations (XDO) Blueprint — a strategic framework developed to support public sector modernization. This expertise will contribute to identifying scalable approaches to enhance user experience, streamline service delivery, and enable data-informed decision-making across governance domains.

“This partnership represents a meaningful step toward advancing GovTech through international collaboration,” said Kalyan Kumar, Chief Product Officer at HCLSoftware. “By contributing our experience and frameworks like the XDO Blueprint, we aim to support joint efforts exploring innovative, citizen-centric digital transformation approaches. We look forward to working with partners across Switzerland and India to co-create scalable solutions that can enhance transparency, improve service accessibility, and strengthen public institutions for the future.”

As both nations continue their digital transformation journey, the partnership will catalyze developing next-generation public sector technologies and set a new benchmark in e-governance.