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TCS Creates Central AI and Services Transformation Unit, Names Amit Kapur Chief

The revamp consolidates all AI teams to accelerate client-ready solutions.

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Overview

  • TCS said the new structure folds its AI & Data business and other AI teams into one group that will partner with horizontal service lines and industry units.
  • Amit Kapur becomes chief AI and services transformation officer on September 1 and will report to executive director and COO Aarthi Subramanian.
  • The unit’s remit includes refreshing service propositions, deepening domain solutions, expanding partnerships, and using TCS Pace Ports to bring AI capabilities to clients.
  • Vinay Singhvi will succeed Kapur as head of the UK and Ireland market starting September 1.
  • The move follows TCS’s July plan to reduce about 12,000 roles and comes as Indian IT firms chase AI-led growth, with Reuters reporting TCS as the first among Indian peers to dedicate a business solely to AI.