BUSINESS
MC Interview: AI is a ‘second leg up’ for BPM; EXL’s opportunity has tripled, says CEO Rohit Kapoor
In an interview with Moneycontrol from the US, Kapoor said EXL has been posting double-digit growth, driven by a business mix that is increasingly data- and AI-led, with artificial intelligence embedded into client workflows.
BUSINESS
AI cutting time and effort, redefining GCC structures: Infosys delivery head
The Bengaluru-headquartered company has already worked with more than 100 GCCs, including Lufthansa Systems, zooplus, and Danske Bank.
BUSINESS
LTIMindtree builds 1,500 AI 'digital employees' as CEO Lambu bets on agentic future
Each agent has a human mentor responsible for training and supervising and at some point, some of them might even be 'retired' or 'fired' if they do not learn well enough, Venu Lambu tells Moneycontrol
BUSINESS
LTIMindtree will stop filing fresh H1-B visa applications: CEO Venu Lambu
Lambu said the impact on LTIMindtree's onsite delivery model will be limited because the company has already reduced its dependence on H-1B over the last few years and built a strong local hiring engine in the US.
TECHNOLOGY
Inside India’s AI data-centre boom: What it takes to build one
India generates nearly 20% of the world’s data, yet hosts only about 3% of global data centre capacity
BUSINESS
Education alone is insufficient without jobs, says Infosys' Sumit Virmani
India’s next wave of social innovators must focus on turning education and training into tangible employment outcomes, Virmani has said
BUSINESS
India drives SAP’s integrated AI strategy, says CTO Herzig
Philipp Herzig, also the Chief AI Officer of SAP, expects 2026 to be the breakout year for enterprise adoption of agentic AI
TECHNOLOGY
Higher basic pay, 48-hour work weeks: India’s IT sector prepares for rising costs under new labour codes
Two key shifts for IT will be the standardised wage definition, which forces companies to lift the share of basic pay, and 48-hour work weeks. The quantum will depend on the size of the company and the maturity stage it is already in.
BUSINESS
Almost 60% of GCCs investing in Agentic AI; build incubators to globalise ideas: EY
GCCs are also institutionalising innovation, with 67 percent creating dedicated innovation teams and incubation programs aimed at global problem statements.
BUSINESS
Accenture explores Agentic AI for high-volume enterprise workflows, says India head
Accenture is already applying Agentic AI in finance workflows for a large Indian retail company, where 5 agents are expected to deliver around 35% cost savings in payment operations.
BUSINESS
Cognizant seeks dismissal of Infosys counterclaims in TriZetto fight
The Teaneck-headquartered company has also asked the court to pause all antitrust-related discovery by Infosys until its dismissal plea is decided.
TECHNOLOGY
Indian IT firms deem DPDP compliance timelines workable, warn smaller firms could be left scrambling
The DPDP Rules also puts legal obligation on businesses on data handling practices
BUSINESS
Deepwatch opens GCC in Bengaluru with 50 employees, plans to hire 100 more
The new GCC will focus on building agentic AI systems, or autonomous AI agents that streamline cybersecurity workflows by automating repetitive tasks such as threat detection, investigation, and response.
BUSINESS
Doing more with less: AI rewrites the operating model of Indian IT
Strategy has shifted to AI factories, agentic systems, and platform-infused engineering. And executives speak of productivity gains rather than fresher hiring now.
BUSINESS
India needs to take bigger bets in deep tech, says Infosys cofounder K. Dinesh
Patient capital, early investment, and strong university networks helped many nations become leaders in advanced technologies.
BUSINESS
H-1B shift shows Trump moving from ideology to pragmatism, analysts say
Industry watchers say India’s IT sector remains largely unfazed as US visa restrictions tighten, with firms already localising hiring and reducing dependence on H-1Bs.
BUSINESS
Back office renaissance: Genpact, EXL, Firstsource surge as BPMs ride the AI wave, outpacing IT peers
Integrated technology operations, once the stronghold of IT firms, are now being executed meaningfully by companies that began as BPMs or BPOs.
BUSINESS
Persistent Systems, Mphasis outperform Tier-I IT peers in billable revenue per employee
Among Tier-I IT firms, HCLTech had the highest billable revenue per employee at $17,822 in Q2, growing 5.2 per cent YoY, according to estimates by UnearthInsight.
BUSINESS
H-1B visa curbs lift subcontracting costs for Indian IT firms; Infosys sees steepest rise
Beyond tightening H-1B visa rules, demand uncertainties are also driving IT firms to focus on short-term contractors rather than hiring full-time employees.
BUSINESS
GCCs, ER&D drive hiring with 30-40% salary hikes, says TeamLease even as IT stays flat
Mid-tier IT services and ER&D firms are seeing healthy demand for niche skills such as Python, cloud security, and AI and prompt engineering
TECHNOLOGY
Inside Maya Research: How two 23-year-olds beat Google in speech AI and are building a 10 to 15x larger Indic version by June 2026
The Bengaluru-based startup climbed the global charts by training the English model from scratch and tuning it through relentless listening tests, improving voice quality until it consistently outperformed many in blind evaluations.
BUSINESS
Startup boom in 2000s killed open-source momentum in India: Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh
Nadh also said that open-source capability is central to national technology resilience.
TECHNOLOGY
No country can build tech capacity without open source, says Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh
He added that modern digital systems, including those used by governments and large enterprises, are built on open-source software layers that cannot be replaced or rebuilt independently.
BUSINESS
Quess sees ‘green shoots’ in IT staffing during September quarter as select hiring mandates open
The demand is primarily in AI, cloud transformation, cybersecurity, enterprise platforms and SAP HANA upgrades, tied to ongoing technology modernisation in global enterprises.
