TCS Reshapes AI & Cloud Division for Growth Surge; Krishna Mohan to Wheel Cloud Operations

As the company strives for more growth in the artificial intelligence cloud industry, TCS, the largest provider of IT services in the nation by market capitalisation, has reorganised its AI.Cloud division into two separate business divisions, according to a senior company official.

In August 2023, TCS launched its AI.Cloud division with the goal of leveraging cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to increase business value.

AI is becoming more prevalent every day and is now mentioned in every conversation, according to Siva Ganesan, who is currently in charge of the recently established AI.Cloud unit. He emphasised the future developments in this field, saying that they will become more widespread and intense in the years to come.

New Team to Captain the AI Ship

The cloud division will be led by Krishna Mohan, who was previously the deputy head of the AI.Cloud unit. In the meantime, Satish Byravan will be the global head of data, and Ashok Krish has been appointed as the worldwide head of AI.

 According to senior executives, the Tata Group company has created a specific unit for artificial intelligence (AI) and another for cloud services in what is perceived as a calculated attempt to capitalise on the promise of AI.

No Separate Revenue Stream for AI

In the past 12 months, the company has seen a multiplication in the volume and vibrancy of activity in the data and AI domain, Ganesan told a media outlet. Since TCS does not publish distinct income for AI, he did not provide precise numbers.

According to his explanation, the unit will serve as a "central unit, a repository of all AI things". Executives emphasised that the establishment of separate business entities is justified by the significant growth potential and relatively unexplored areas of both cloud and AI.

According to a media report, due to their tight relationship, data is also included in the AI unit. TCS can provide complete solutions that integrate AI and data services in situations where clients' data infrastructure isn't yet AI-ready.

Hunting for Fresh Specialist AI Talent

The business is employing skilled AI specialists from the market and concentrating on retraining the organisation's current workforce by updating the training programme. According to authorities, the corporation believes that both AI and cloud have a large unexplored market and substantial growth potential, which is why it has specialised business units.

According to a media report, data is being incorporated into the AI business unit because the two are closely related.

The report also noted that TCS can provide its services as a unified proposal in many situations when an organisation's data environment isn't prepared to handle AI. It is "inevitable" to run AI as a focused and more close-to-domain unit since the corporation wants to grow "exponentially" in the fast-evolving field of AI and catch the rapidly changing market, according to an official.