Odoo Gold Partner in India
Brainvire is an Odoo Gold Partner with offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. We implement, integrate and support Odoo around the Indian localization you actually operate against — GST by place of supply, e-invoicing through the NIC portal, e-way bills and TDS.
We implement, integrate, customize and support Odoo for businesses operating in India, from a single-entity accounting rollout to a multi-entity program spanning several GST registrations.
Mumbai: E 701 Lotus Corporate Park, Western Express Highway, Goregaon (E), Mumbai 400063, on +91-22-6116-3300. Ahmedabad: Block C, Navratna Business Park, Sindhu Bhavan Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad 380054, on +91-79-4105-4646.
Odoo publishes an India fiscal localization: an Indian chart of accounts and GST taxes, e-invoicing through the NIC portal, e-way bills, GSTIN checks, GSTR-1, GSTR-2B and GSTR-3, and TDS/TCS alerts.
Small implementations 8 to 12 weeks. Mid-market 12 to 24 weeks. Multi-entity rollouts 6 to 12 months. A version upgrade on its own, 3 to 8 weeks.
/ Before you scope anything
What makes an Odoo rollout in India different?
Four things an Indian scope must answer that a generic one does not.
Tax follows the place of supply
A supply inside one state carries CGST and SGST; between states, IGST. The fiscal position on the customer record decides which, and GSTR-1 validation rechecks it.
A government portal signs the invoice
A validated invoice uploads to the NIC portal as signed JSON. Only then does it print with an IRN, acknowledgment number and date, and a QR code.
Goods in transit need a document
Odoo raises an e-way bill from an invoice, or from a receipt or delivery order in Inventory. Without the portal it prints as a delivery challan.
The GSP is named, and it is not us
E-invoicing, e-way bills and GST returns route through a GSP. Odoo documents BVM IT Consulting Services India Private Limited as that provider. We configure it; you file.
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/ The work itself
What does Brainvire configure for an Indian Odoo rollout?
Odoo ships one of its deepest localizations for India. The value is in what goes on top of it, and in being straight about where it stops.
| What India requires | What we set up in Odoo | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| An Indian chart of accounts | The Indian - Accounting (l10n_in) fiscal localization package, mapped account by account onto the system you are leaving | Your first Indian close comes out in your own reporting shape |
| PAN and GSTIN on the company | Both recorded on the company. PAN sets the taxpayer type; GSTIN is required before any e-invoice or e-way bill | Nothing downstream works until this is right, so it is done in week one |
| GST that changes with the place of supply | Fiscal positions that substitute CGST and SGST inside a state and IGST between states, set per customer and vendor | The right tax applies without anyone remembering where the goods went |
| E-invoicing through the NIC portal | The Indian E-invoicing module, your NIC API user, and E-Invoice (IN) enabled on the sales journal under Electronic Data Interchange | The printed invoice carries the IRN, acknowledgment number and date, and QR code |
| E-way bills for goods in transit | The Indian E-waybill module, plus E-waybill Stock so it can be raised from a receipt or delivery order in Inventory | The warehouse raises it where the movement happens |
| GSTINs you can trust before you invoice | The Indian - Check GST Number Status module, which verifies a GSTIN from the contact form or the invoice and logs the result and date in the chatter | A cancelled or suspended GSTIN is caught before the invoice, not at filing |
| GSTR-1, GSTR-2B and GSTR-3 | The Indian - GSTR India eFiling module with GST Return periods: GSTR-1 validated then pushed to GSTN, GSTR-2B fetched and reconciled against your bills, GSTR-3 built from both | Your team files from the ledger instead of rebuilding the return in a spreadsheet |
| TDS and TCS thresholds | The TDS and TCS feature under Indian Integration, with a TDS/TCS section set on the relevant chart of accounts entries and totals aggregated across branches for partners sharing a PAN | The alert appears while the bill is being recorded, not at the year end |
| Reporting an Indian auditor recognizes | The Indian - Accounting Reports module and the Profit and Loss (IN) report, which carries opening and closing stock for continental accounting | The report is generated from the ledger, not rebuilt by hand |
| Indian payroll | A checked answer rather than an assumed one: India appears on Odoo 18’s list of countries with a payroll localization module, but Odoo publishes no detailed India payroll guide, so we scope the statutory rules with your payroll team and agree how payroll posts into the ledger | You plan around what is actually documented instead of discovering it in week ten |
Module names, report variants and the GSP requirement follow the Odoo 18 documentation for India, one of the countries in Odoo’s fiscal localization list.
/ Scope of work
What can an Indian business ask us to do?
Four places most Indian engagements start.
Odoo Accounting, localized for India
Chart of accounts mapped onto what you run today, fiscal positions for intrastate and interstate supply, e-invoicing and e-way bill setup, and a parallel close before cut-over.
Operations on the same ledger
Bills of materials, routings, work orders and stock valuation, so production and the books stop disagreeing at month end.
Moving off Tally, spreadsheets or an older ERP
Opening balances first, agreed history second, cut-over on a period boundary. We plan it around a GST return period so nothing lands mid-cycle.
Managed services once you are live
Version upgrades, new entities, new GST registrations, new warehouses and day-to-day support, from people who know how your database was built.
/ Delivery
How does an Odoo project run with an Indian team?
Workshops, build and go-live support all run in Indian business hours from Mumbai and Ahmedabad, with the wider Odoo practice behind them.
Discovery
We map the states you are registered in, the legal entities, the systems that post to the ledger and what history comes across.
Design
Account mapping, fiscal positions, journal structure, the NIC API users and the integration list are agreed in writing before anything is built.
Build and data
Configuration, integrations and any customization, then opening balances loaded into a test company your finance team can actually work in.
Go-live and hypercare
Finance runs a period in both systems until the trial balances agree, then cut-over lands on a period boundary. We stay through the first close and the first return period.
/ Odoo, on the record
What Odoo work have we done in India?
Two Indian engagements first, then one Odoo program at cross-border scale that was delivered in Africa. Each card is one client, on the record.
Ebo Mart
An Indian multi-seller marketplace for tiles, paints and faucets. Odoo runs maker-checker vendor approval, an invoice engine that posts sales for Magento-imported products, and category profit and loss by location.
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India’s grassroots sports platform
Cost and profit centers in Odoo map spend to business unit, department, function, project and sports discipline, alongside procurement, invoicing, accounting and HRMS. Twelve championships, 200,000 athletes, over 4,000 schools.
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12 countriesone Odoo 18 ERP and POS platform, delivered in AfricaPuma Energy
Work done elsewhere, named as such: a multi-country, multi-entity Odoo 18 ERP and POS rollout across a convenience-store network in twelve African markets.
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Also in India: an Odoo and Shopify backend for a luxury apparel brand working between Paris and Mumbai, Odoo ERP for WestCoast Group, a frozen food and seafood retailer in Maharashtra and Delhi, and Odoo joined to Amazon and Flipkart for Two Brothers Organic Farms. The sports program was announced in 2023.
/ Due diligence
How should you choose an Odoo partner in India?
Eight things worth checking on any shortlist, and where we stand.
| What to check | Why it matters | Where Brainvire stands |
|---|---|---|
| Partner status | Odoo grades partners on certified staff and delivered work | Odoo Gold Partner, with Odoo work delivered across retail, marketplace, food, sport and energy |
| Someone in the country | Workshops and go-live support are easier in your own working day | Offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, published with addresses and phone numbers on our Global Presence page |
| Indian localization experience | GST by place of supply and e-invoicing trip up a generic team | Odoo delivered for an Indian marketplace that checks GST and PAN before a purchase order |
| Honesty about the GSP | E-invoicing and return filing route through a GSP; partners are not GSPs by default | Odoo names BVM IT Consulting Services India Private Limited as the GSP. We are not a GSP and do not file your returns |
| Proof you can read | A named, published case beats a logo wall | Five published Indian Odoo engagements, each with the work and the outcome written down |
| Who does the work after go-live | Support that ends at go-live is not support | A managed services practice with named owners, upgrades and new-entity work |
| Where the system runs | Hosting choice decides data residency and your upgrade path | Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or infrastructure you control, including an Indian region of your own cloud account |
| Depth behind the local team | Small local shops stall when the scope grows past the first phase | 1,000+ Brainers and 10+ global offices behind the Indian team, so a rollout into more entities or more states does not wait on hiring |
Hosting is documented by Odoo as Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or on-premise. If several Indian entities close together, read how Odoo handles companies and branches and more than one currency. Check whether your bank is one of the institutions Odoo can synchronize with before assuming statements arrive on their own, then read Odoo licensing explained before you shortlist anyone.
/ Questions we are asked in India
Odoo in India, answered.
Is Brainvire an Odoo Gold Partner in India?
Brainvire is an Odoo Gold Partner, and Indian engagements are delivered from our own offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad rather than through a subcontractor. The wider Odoo practice sits behind the local team, so a program that grows past its first phase into more entities, more states or more warehouses does not stall for want of people.
Where are Brainvire's offices in India?
Two, both published with their addresses on our Global Presence page. Mumbai is at E 701 Lotus Corporate Park, Western Express Highway, Goregaon (E), Mumbai 400063, on +91-22-6116-3300. Ahmedabad is at Block C, Navratna Business Park, Sindhu Bhavan Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad 380054, on +91-79-4105-4646.
Does Odoo have an Indian fiscal localization?
Yes, and it is one of the more complete ones Odoo ships. Odoo 18 documents an India package built from several modules: Indian - Accounting for the chart of accounts and GST taxes, Indian E-invoicing, Indian E-waybill and E-waybill Stock, Indian - Check GST Number Status, Indian - GSTR India eFiling, and Indian - Accounting Reports.
How does Odoo handle CGST, SGST and IGST?
Through fiscal positions on the customer or vendor record, which substitute the right tax set for the place of supply: CGST and SGST within a state, IGST between states. Odoo's GSTR-1 validation catches the mismatch before anything is filed, alongside missing HSN codes and unit quantity codes that do not meet Indian GST standards.
Does Odoo support GST e-invoicing through the NIC portal?
Yes. With the Indian E-invoicing module installed and E-Invoice (IN) enabled on the sales journal, Odoo uploads a signed JSON file for each validated invoice to the NIC e-Invoice portal. The printed invoice then carries the IRN, the acknowledgment number and date, and the QR code that certifies it as a valid fiscal document.
Can Odoo generate an e-way bill from a delivery order?
Yes. With the E-waybill Stock module installed and the e-way bill setup complete, an e-way bill can be raised from a receipt or a validated delivery order in Inventory, not only from an invoice. Where the movement does not need the portal, the same document can be printed as a delivery challan instead.
Can Odoo file GST returns?
Odoo prepares and transmits; your team files. Once API access is enabled on the GST portal, Odoo validates GSTR-1 and pushes it to GSTN, fetches GSTR-2B and reconciles it against your bills, and builds the GSTR-3 summary. Odoo names BVM IT Consulting Services India Private Limited as the GSP. Brainvire configures that connection and does not file on your behalf.
Does Odoo handle TDS and TCS?
It advises rather than decides. Enable TDS and TCS under Indian Integration, set a TDS/TCS section on the relevant chart of accounts entries, and Odoo shows a banner when a transaction crosses the configured threshold. Totals are aggregated across company branches for partners sharing a PAN. TCS applies on the invoice line; TDS through a smart button.
Does Odoo handle Indian payroll?
India appears on Odoo 18's list of countries with a payroll localization module available, but Odoo publishes no detailed India payroll guide the way it does for six other countries. We therefore scope the statutory rules with your payroll team and agree how payroll posts into the ledger, rather than assuming coverage nobody has checked.
How long does an Odoo implementation take in India?
Small implementations run 8 to 12 weeks, mid-market programs 12 to 24 weeks and multi-entity rollouts 6 to 12 months. A version upgrade on its own runs 3 to 8 weeks. The number of GST registrations, the number of legal entities and how much history you carry across move that range more than anything else does.
/ Next step
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