Integrated technology operations, once the stronghold of IT firms, are now being executed meaningfully by companies that began as BPMs or BPOs.
Korla pointed out that this shift is not just about AI capability but also about human reluctance to completely cede control to machines.
DLF's K P Singh, in a book co-authored with Aparna Jain, tells the story of General Electric's India foray that began the boom of India's large scale BPO industry
Some analysts worry that the adoption of these nascent technologies could result in up to half of the industry’s job roles becoming redundant.
Nambiar, who is also the chairman and managing director of global technology major Cogniozant's India unit, said workers in the software services industry, the Indian tech industry's mainstay, do not have much to worry.
This has led to the creation of 5,000 job opportunities in Visakhapatnam, of which 75 per cent are women employees, and a Rs 41 crore in viability gap funding from the Central government, the group said in a statement.