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Samir Seksaria

Chief Financial Officer, Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Search every verified Samir Seksaria interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In an October 2026 interview following Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) second-quarter results, CFO Samir Seksaria discussed the company's performance and outlook. He stated that customer focus is on AI transformation projects, with enterprises prioritizing spending in that area while keeping overall IT budgets similar. Seksaria said TCS aims to help clients optimize existing spending to fund new AI investments, and he noted that the company continues to see growth momentum and a strong order book, adding that the second half of the fiscal year would "definitely" be better. Seksaria also detailed four investments TCS made during the quarter while keeping margins flat, including the incremental impact of strategic partnerships and M&A, and hiring 4,500 people globally for upcoming skills such as AI. He mentioned that the company's bench has increased as it builds capacity for these areas. The interview also covered recent deals, including a five-year commitment described as "world leading" and a Best Buy deal involving AI-enabled transformation of an existing global capability center, which Seksaria characterized as a unique opportunity for future growth.

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“As we have been saying for the last few quarters, we are prioritizing investments for growth and I would like to tell you about four investments we have made this quarter too, and despite that we have kept margins flat. First, the incremental impact of strategic partnerships and M&A we are doing. Second, we are hiring talent globally for upcoming skills—AI and other technology sets; this time we hired 4,500 people an”

“So see, overall customer's focus is on AI transformation projects. And they are prioritizing their spend to do that. And overall enterprises are trying to keep the IT budgets similar but our focus is to help them optimize on the existing spend and help them invest into the new areas where they want to spend on AI. And if I give a little more explanation on this topic, see what is happening in enterprises: the transfo”

“सो लास्ट ईयर देखें तो हमने बात की थी एक बड़ा ट्रांजिशन प्रोजेक्ट जो खत्म हुआ था इंडिया का उसके बारे में हुआ था। उसके अलावा अगर देखो तो वी हैड कॉल्ड कॉल्ड आउट सम क्लाइंट स्पेसिफिक इश्यूज। सो अह थ्रू द ईयर इट हैज़ बीन अह टफ। अह एंड द ग्रोथ मोमेंटम वाज़ंट देयर दैट यू सी इन द लास्ट थ्री क्वार्टर्स हैज़ बीन कमिंग बैक। सो दैट इज़ व्हाट वी सी इट एज़ अ पॉजिटिविटी।”

“हमारी कैपिटल एलोकेशन पॉलिसी है कि हम सब्सटेंशियल फ्री कैश फ्लोस वी रिटर्न बैक टू आवर शेयर होल्डर्स दिस इज इन लाइन विथ आवर पॉलिसी एंड वी हैव बीन डूइंग थ्रू कॉमिनेशन ऑफ इदर बाय बैक्स और स्पेशल डिविडेंड”

“हमारा डिपेंडेंस ऑन वीज ओवर द पीरियड काफी कम रह चुका है अदर देन दैट व्हाट एवर हैपेंस वी वी शुड बी एबल टू टैकल इट एज इट कम्स”

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