Tata Consultancy interested in acquisition opportunities

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India's top software services provider, is interested in acquisition opportunities in Germany and Japan, the company's chief executive officer, N Chandrasekaran, told reporters on Wednesday.

TCS, which expects fiscal year 2014 to be better than 2013, reported earlier on Wednesday a 22 percent rise in March quarter profit at 35.97 billion rupees, after winning orders from customers including Nokia and BNP Paribas .

(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)