Celent a research and advisory firm and member of the Oliver Wyman Group is launching a service dedicated to the Indian market. The research service will focus on the Indian financial services space cutting across Celent's established service offerings in the areas of Banking Insurance and Securities and Investments.

The new service will offer a value proposition of research practical implementation insights and collective best practice intellectual capital from Celent and Oliver Wyman.

"Celent is leveraging its experience on the ground in India to create a set of research useful to domestic financial institutions as well as vendors in the market and looking to enter" says Axel Pierron SVP and head of Celent's Indian operations. "In a very complex and fast evolving market with clear dichotomy between concentrated cities and large rural areas Celent's understanding of the local specificities coupled with its expertise in the global financial industry is a perfect mix to envision the future of the Indian financial market."

The India service will cover growing interest in topics such as:

"While we have had an on the ground presence in India for over four years based on client demand we feel this new service allows us to better leverage this knowledge and meet client needs" says Mike Harding Head of Celent. "Celent through its history of research on the Indian market is in an excellent position to support executives who need specialized and focused insight."

Celent's new research service will delve into issues around:

Some of the reports already available under the service include:

The new service will offer a unique value proposition of research practical implementation insights and collective best practice intellectual capital from Celent and Oliver Wyman.