This quarter is all about consolidation of growth momentum: TCS CEO & MD

'Two years back we experimented and took in 32,000-35,000 freshers in the first two quarters and this allows us to bring freshers into the company in an accelerated way', said Gopinathan

Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS’) Q2 FY22 numbers marginally missed street expectations on revenue growth. But Rajesh Gopinathan, chief executive officer and managing director, TCS, believes that this is one of the best ever quarters because growth was broad-based. Every geography, including India, and vertical have reported double-digit growth. In an interview with Shivani Shinde, Gopinathan talks about the performance and the next stage of growth at the company and how it is tackling supply-side issues. Edited excerpts…

TCS has reported double-digit growth across geographies and verticals, but revenue growth was a tad lower than expectations. Also the total contract value