No question of sacrificing margins for growth: TCS CFO V Ramakrishnan

'We are building skills to understand what it will mean for various industries', says V Ramakrishnan

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) posted better-than-expected financial numbers in March quarter as well as in the whole of FY19 though experts had raised concerns on its margins. V Ramakrishnan, chief financial officer of TCS, tells Romita Majumdar that there will be no rethink of the firm’s margin growth strategy as it seeks to balance it on a thin rope with increasing demand. Edited excerpts:

Will margins continue to be a chink in the armour for TCS despite excelling in most other parameters? You have said you made it to the lower end of your aspirational margin band at 25.1 per