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☆ More women quit their jobs at India’s largest IT firm after it scrapped remote work
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT firm, saw more female employees quit the past year. The company said it felt this change was influenced by its decision to scrap remote work. India's largest IT firm faced an unexpected consequence after scrapping its remote working policies: seeing a higher level of female employees quit. There are over 220,000 women at the firm, making up about 35.7% of the company's workforce according to the report. A YouGov poll last year found that 57% of working women in the US said that remote working is important in a job, versus 44% of men.

Persons: Milind Lakkad, Lakkad Organizations: Tata Consultancy Services, Morning, TCS Locations: Mumbai

☆ India's outsourcing giants cut hiring; disheartening for economy, students
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Navamya Ganesh Acharya | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

There are pockets of optimism elsewhere in the services sector - especially in accounting, where there is a surge in hiring. NLB sees a 20-25% drop in IT employee additions in the first half of the current financial year, while TeamLease Digital expects a 40% decrease for the entire year. Nasscom declined comment on the hiring slowdown. That has "surely left applicants concerned about future prospects", said staffing firm Xpheno's co-founder Kamal Karanth, who highlighted how current hiring activity was "under a third of what was recorded in the buoyant peak". Pai highlighted sectors such as financial services, consumer goods, specialised manufacturing, medicine, law, chartered accounting and other services as more viable options.

Persons: Rohit Azad, Azad, Rishad Premji, Sakshi Gupta, Sachin Alug, NLB, Nilanjan Roy, Nasscom, Gautam, Xpheno's, Kamal Karanth, LTIMindtree, Karanth, Siana, Siddharth Pai, Pai, Dhanya Skariachan, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: New, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Wipro, HDFC, Apple, Citigroup, American Express, Europe's Credit Suisse, UBS, NLB Services, TeamLease, IT, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Reuters Graphics, Sethuraman, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Punjab

☆ India cabinet approves $11 bln revival plan for state-owned BSNL
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Rama Venkat | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A man speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) advertisement painted on a wall outside its office in Kolkata, India, August 24, 2017. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriBENGALURU, June 7 (Reuters) - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved an 890.47 billion rupee ($10.79 billion) revival package for loss-making Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to help the state-owned telecom operator deploy 4G and 5G services in a market dominated by private players. "With this revival package, BSNL will emerge as a stable telecom service provider focused on providing connectivity to remotest parts of India," the cabinet said in a statement. Debt-laden BSNL, grappling with poor infrastructure, has been posting losses for the past 12 years. The losses narrowed to 69.82 billion rupees in the year ended March 2022 from 74.41 billion rupees a year ago.

Persons: Vivekanand Subbaraman, Sakshi Dayal, Rama Venkat, Krishna N, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: Nigam Ltd, REUTERS, Sanchar Nigam Ltd, BSNL, Tata Consultancy Services, 5G, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Das, Thomson Locations: Kolkata, India, Chowdhuri BENGALURU, New Delhi, Bengaluru

☆ India's TCS receives $1.83 bln-worth advance purchase order from BSNL
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] A private security guard stands at the exit gate of the headquarters of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Mumbai, India October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh AndradeBENGALURU, May 22 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) on Monday said it received an advance purchase order valued over 150 billion rupees ($1.83 billion) to deploy a 4G network across the country from Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL.NS). ($1 = 81.7800 Indian rupees)Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India's Wipro forecasts weak Q1 IT services rev
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, April 27 (Reuters) - Indian IT services provider Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS) said on Thursday revenue from its mainstay IT Services unit would fall in the current quarter, after posting a marginal dip in profit for the three months ended March. The Bengaluru-based company forecast revenue from IT Services business to fall between 1% and 3% on constant currency terms, in the range of $2,753 million to $2,811 million for the first quarter. Bigger rivals Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) and Infosys (INFY.NS) have also reported lower than expected quarterly earnings and gave weak forecasts. Net profit for Wipro fell for fell 0.4% to 30.75 billion rupees for the quarter ending March, while revenue rose 11.2%. Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India's Wipro to consider share buyback at board meeting this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, April 23 (Reuters) - Indian IT services provider Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS) said on Sunday it will consider a share buyback proposal at its board meeting on April 27. Wipro, which will report its fourth-quarter results on Thursday, last bought back shares in October 2020. That share buyback totalled 95 billion Indian rupees ($1.16 billion) worth of shares. Shares of Wipro are down 6.3% so far this year after falling more than 45% in 2022. ($1 = 82.0300 Indian rupees)Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Susan FentonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India's HCLTech sees smaller-than expected FY revenue growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, April 20 (Reuters) - HCLTech (HCLT.NS), India's No.3 IT services exporter, on Thursday forecast lower-than-expected revenue growth for the current fiscal amid worries of recession in major markets like the United States and Europe and global banking turmoil. HCLTech said it expects revenue to increase 6%-8% in the financial year ending March 2024 on constant currency basis, missing average analysts' estimates of 10.42%, according to Refinitiv IBES data. HCLTech's weak outlook followed disappointing earnings from market leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) and No.2 Infosys Ltd's (INFY.NS) forecast of single-digit revenue growth this financial year. European clients were delaying decisions, HCLTech had said back in January, well before the current turmoil. It expects EBIT margins of 18% and 19% for FY 2024.

April 19 (Reuters) - IBM Corp (IBM.N) missed Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, hurt by shrinking corporate spending on IT services and a strong dollar. IBM cut its full-year consulting revenue growth forecast to 6%-8% from earlier expectations of high single-digit percentage growth. IBM, which receives over 75% of its revenue from its software and consulting business units, said its consulting revenue rose 8.2% at constant currency to $4.96 billion in the quarter ended March 31. Accenture signaled to a wider slowdown last month, when it decided to slash about 19,000 jobs and trimmed revenue growth and profit forecasts. Total revenue in the first quarter rose 4.4% at constant currency to $14.25 billion, compared with analysts' estimate of $14.35 billion.

☆ India's Infosys tumbles 15% on downbeat revenue outlook
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, April 17 (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd (INFY.NS) shares slumped nearly 15% on Monday and dragged stocks of peers, after the IT services exporter's dismal revenue outlook highlighted the impact of banking turmoil in major markets, the United States and Europe. Infosys' outlook followed a disappointing quarterly report from larger rival Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS), highlighting worries for the sector which earns more than 25% of its revenue from just the U.S. and European banking, financial, services and insurance sector. Infosys saw its biggest intraday percentage drop since October 2019, and dragged other IT stocks, with the Nifty IT index (.NIFTYIT) dropping as much as 7.6%. "Given the uncertain environment in the near term, growth can be back ended for Infosys, in our view," PhillipCapital said in a note. ($1 = 81.9020 Indian rupees)Reporting by Nishit Navin; editing by Eileen SorengOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ We're not looking at any job cuts, says Tata Consultancy Services
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're not looking at any job cuts, says Tata Consultancy ServicesN. Ganapathy Subramaniam of the IT services firm says it'll continue to focus on "upskilling" its employees and demand for artificial intelligence, data and cloud is at an "all-time high."

☆ India's Infosys forecasts slower FY24 revenue growth of 4%-7%
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, April 13 (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd (INFY.NS) on Thursday forecast slower revenue growth for the current fiscal year compared with analysts' expectations, amid a turmoil in the U.S. banking sector that has prompted clients to tighten spending. India's second-largest IT services firm expects revenue growth of 4%-7% for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Analysts expected growth of 10.73% for the period, according to Refinitiv IBES data. Infosys won large deals worth $2.1 billion in the fourth quarter, down from $2.3 billion in the same period the previous year. Infosys' consolidated net profit rose 7.77% to 61.28 billion rupees ($749.10 million) in the three months ended March 31, while revenue rose 16% to 374.41 billion rupees.

☆ India's TCS beats Q4 profit view on strong deal momentum
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The company's net profit rose 14.8% to 113.92 billion rupees ($1.39 billion) in the three months ended March 31, from 99.26 billion rupees a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected a profit of 110.13 billion rupees, according to Refinitiv IBES data. TCS said its order book for the Jan-March period stood at $10 billion, up 28% sequentially, with an "all-time high number of large deals." Revenue from operations rose about 17% to 591.62 billion rupees. ($1 = 82.0700 Indian rupees)Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ J.P.Morgan puts India's HCL on 'negative catalyst watch' ahead of Q4 results
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, April 4 (Reuters) - J.P.Morgan on Tuesday placed Indian IT services provider HCL Technologies Ltd (HCLT.NS) on "negative catalyst watch" ahead of the earnings season, citing the highest near-term risks for the company. The brokerage also expected Infosys to give "soft" guidance due to the uncertain macro environment and the departure of Mohit Joshi, its president and head of banking, financial services and insurance. TCS Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Gopinathan resigned last month, while Joshi was named CEO of Tech Mahindra (TEML.NS). Earlier, J.P.Morgan had said TCS and Infosys have the highest exposure to regional banks in the United States that are gripped by a financial turmoil. Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja DesaiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Accenture trims forecasts, to cut 19,000 jobs as IT spending slows
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Chavi Mehta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Accenture PLC logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed same logo in this illustration taken, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoMarch 23 (Reuters) - Accenture Plc lowered its annual revenue and profit forecasts and decided to cut about 2.5% of its workforce, or 19,000 jobs, the latest sign that the worsening global economic outlook was sapping corporate spending on IT services. More than half of the jobs to be cut will be in its non-billable corporate functions, Accenture said on Thursday, sending its shares up 6.4%. Accenture now expects annual revenue growth to be between 8% and 10%, compared with its previous projection of a 8% to 11% increase. A survey of more than 1,000 IT decision makers by U.S.-based Enterprise Technology Research said they plan to reduce their 2023 budget growth.

☆ India's TCS, Infosys have highest exposure to U.S. regional banks - J.P.Morgan
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] The Infosys logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenMarch 17 (Reuters) - Top Indian information technology firms Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) and Infosys (INFY.NS) have the highest exposure to regional banks in the United States that are gripped by a financial turmoil, analysts at J.P.Morgan said on Friday. All three companies might need to set aside provisions in the fourth quarter due to their exposure to SVB, J.P. Morgan said in a note. Indian IT firms draw the bulk of their revenue from the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector. Within BFSI, their exposure to the U.S. banks is on average 62% and Europe 23%, J.P. Morgan said.

☆ India's TCS CEO Gopinathan to step down, veteran Krithivasan to take over
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, March 16 (Reuters) - India's largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (TCS.NS) said on Thursday Rajesh Gopinathan will resign as chief executive officer, just a year into his second five-year term at the helm of the company. The company said Gopinathan — who was re-appointed last year as the Indian IT behemoth's CEO till 2027 — will leave TCS to pursue other interests. Gopinathan has been with TCS since 2001 and has held multiple leadership positions, including that of chief financial officer. Under his leadership, TCS shares have nearly tripled, revenue has almost doubled and profit has risen about 60%, as of last quarter. TCS shares, which have lost about 2.2% so far this year, closed down 0.4% on Thursday.

☆ Is the iPhone's 'Made in India' era beginning as Apple breaks with China?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said Apple was already making between 5% and 7% of its products in India. His comments come at a time when Foxconn (HNHPF), a top Apple supplier, is looking to expand its operations in India after suffering severe supply disruptions in China. For years, Apple had relied on a vast manufacturing network in China to mass produce iPhones, iPads and other popular products. China headaches mountBut the world’s most valuable company posted shockingly weak earnings this month, partly because of its recent problems in China. According to Counterpoint’s Pathak, India accounts for 16% of the global smartphone production, while China constitutes 70%.

☆ ChatGPT, other AI models to disrupt Indian IT firms - JPM
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Generative AI models such as ChatGPT will slow down market share gains and deflate pricing for Indian IT companies in the short term, analysts at J.P.Morgan said on Friday. As generative AI is implemented more broadly, consulting firms like Accenture and Deloitte and will gain market share over Indian IT firms like Infosys Ltd (INFY.NS) and Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS) in the near term, analysts at the brokerage said in a note to clients. Generative AI can be a "deflation driver" in the near term on legacy services as they compete on pricing, necessitate staff retraining and drive loss of competitiveness, they added. Since then, other large tech companies like Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and China's Baidu Inc (9888.HK) have rushed to announce their own in-house developments of generative AI. JPM said that among Indian IT companies, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) might retrain staff faster than smaller peers due to their better graduate hiring and training infrastructure.

☆ India is a true bright spot in the midst of a global downturn, top execs and policymakers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But India does shine out among the world's biggest economies, with Europe hovering on the brink of potential recession and U.S. growth slowing. "It's for the whole digital India, and creating a digital society in India," Ekholm told CNBC. watch nowIndia, he continued, "will very shortly have the best digital infrastructure outside of China," driven by telecoms juggernauts Bharti Airtel and Jio, he added. Strong tailwinds"We are very optimistic and very positive on India," the chief executive of Tata Consultancy Services, Rajesh Gopinathan, told CNBC. As Anish Shah, chief executive of Mahindra Group, told CNBC: "India will get impacted.

☆ Digital twins are set for rapid adoption in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Bob Violino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

This avatar is a personalised, hyper-realistic, 3D, #seriezero digital twin that they can use to interact on digital platforms and in the metaverse. In life sciences, digital twins are being used to create twins of human organs, enabling new approaches to medical research and care, Diana said. "We are going to see digital twins adopted rapidly in 2023, in many different industries," Diana said. Digital twins are gaining momentum in adoption and sophistication as more organizations see positive outcomes from the early adopters, Barrington said. "As more twins of critical assets and processes come online, leaders will leverage digital twins to not only model and simulate their supply chain, but to optimize and automate a dynamic and intelligent supply chain model — all orchestrated by digital twins," Barrington said.

☆ India's growth is benefitting from stable political environment: Tata Consultancy Services CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIndia's growth is benefitting from stable political environment: Tata Consultancy Services CEORajesh Gopinathan, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, joins CNBC for an exclusive interview at Davos 2023 to discuss India's digital transition, supply chain and broader economy.

☆ Indian shares set to open higher; inflation slows
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Indian shares are set to open higher on Friday after data showed domestic and U.S. inflation eased last month, boosting expectations that central banks could slow the pace of interest rate hikes. In other Asian equities, the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was up 0.8% at a seven-month high. STOCKS TO WATCH** Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS): Co set to report quarterly results later in the day. ** Infosys (INFY.NS): Co raises annual revenue outlook after reporting better-than-expected quarterly profit in third quarter. ($1 = 81.1100 Indian rupees)Reporting by Rama Venkat and Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru;Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The Indian IT services industry, which enjoyed a pandemic-led boom, is now contending with slower spending or at least delays in decision-making due to growing fears of a global recession. Earlier this week, both Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) and HCLTech (HCLT.NS) said European clients were tightening spending. Bengaluru-based Wipro said its fourth-quarter IT services revenue, which accounts for about 98% of overall revenue, could range between a 0.6% sequential drop and a 1% sequential rise, in constant currency terms. Wipro's IT services revenue rose 0.6% sequentially, to $2.80 billion in constant currency terms, in the third quarter, and had jumped 3.1% sequentially in the fourth quarter last year. Still, the company's total order bookings rose 26% year-over-year to $4.3 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31.

☆ Indian shares seen opening flat; Powell's speech, earnings eyed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Indian shares were set for a muted opening on Tuesday, tracking global moves as investors weighed expectations of less aggressive Fed rate hikes against inflation and corporate earnings performance. India's NSE stock futures listed on the Singapore exchange were down 0.12% at 18,150.50, as of 7:42 a.m. IST on Tuesday. Domestic investors bought 17.24 billion rupees worth of shares, as per provisional NSE data. STOCKS TO WATCH** TCS (TCS.NS): Co's third quarter net profit missed estimates, flags challenges in Europe as clients tighten spending. ($1 = 82.1700 Indian rupees)Reporting by Rama Venkat and Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita BhattacharjeeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tata Consultancy Services says it has hired about 100,000 'freshers' in the last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTata Consultancy Services says it has hired about 100,000 'freshers' in the last yearN. Ganapathy Subramaniam of the IT services firm says they've been "integrated into the organization."

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