We Have To Transform Talent And Encourage Life-Long Learning

Ajoy Mukherjee, EVP and Head, Global HR, TCS shares his insights on the digital disruption and how TCS is aligning its competencies in an interview to Dataquest. Excerpts:

- Shrikanth

Ebrace Change

We are in an industry that has to ride “change” on a continuous basis due to changes in technology as well as new customer requirements arising from business model and regulatory changes. The Digital technologies are now being adopted in mainstream business applications and these are resulting in transformation of Core Systems. We have developed our Business 4.0 framework to help our customers leverage these technologies including Analytics, IOT, Automation and Cloud to grow and transform their businesses.

On the challenges

One of the primary challenges is moving to the next phase—changing how we think, learn and work. We have to transform talent and encourage life-long learning. The other aspect is increased early-stage technology participation. You cannot adapt but have to anticipate change to always stay ahead of the curve.