India team an incubator for Kyndryl's apps, data and AI: Nicolas Sekkaki

"Everything we think about, we can test in India, learn from it, and also help our domestic market to grow, because we have some new skills"

Kyndryl, the multinational information technology infrastructure services company created after its spin-off from IBM, is eyeing exponential growth in its applications, data and artificial intelligence business. Nicolas Sekkaki, Global Practice Leader for Applications, Data and AI at Kyndryl tells Sourabh Lele in an interview that India is an incubator of this growth. Edited excerpts:

Before Kyndryl was spun off from IBM in 2021, it was IBM’s infrastructure services business. How much has the applications part of your company grown since then?
 

We have been very successful worldwide with applications, data and artificial intelligence (AI). We were the smallest practice division when