Birlasoft will be a formidable enterprise digital co after KPIT merger: CEO

If you define the different constituents of digital technologies, which include analytics, cloud, Big Data and all, we derive 30-35 of our revenue from these segments put together: Anjan Lahiri

Earlier this week Birlasoft, the CK Birla Group's information technology (IT) services company, and Pune-based KPIT decided to create two companies, one focusing on digital business and the other on automotive engineering and mobility solutions. Anjan Lahiri, currently the chief executive officer of Birlasoft would head the former entity, to be also known as Birlasoft, as the CEO and managing director. In an interaction with the Business Standard, he talks about the why of the deal. Edited excerpts:

What really triggered this merger?
 

As the world is becoming much more competitive, customers are also demanding specialisation. In earlier days, operations was