Gen AI boosting productivity of Indian IT industry's fastest-growing niche, TCS exec says

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BENGALURU (Reuters) - Generative AI is helping India's top IT firm Tata Consultancy Services accelerate development in the industry's fastest-growing niche of engineering research and design, a senior executive told Reuters.

TCS, which has clients such as Rolls Royce, Jaguar Land Rover and Siemens, has seen product development cycles for engineering-related clients quicken by as much as 20% and expects further improvement, Sreenivasa Chakravarti, vice president of internet of things and digital engineering, said on Wednesday.