We are seeing great interest in AI, GenAI from clients: Sandeep Dutta

Sandeep Dutta, Senior Managing Director and Lead - India Business, Accenture, talks about the challenges faced by clients and how technologies like GenAI can help them stay ahead

As the largest IT services provider, Accenture is at the forefront of helping customers navigate the challenges of cost pressures and finding new revenue streams. India is a key talent hub for Accenture comprising about 300,000 people of its total headcount of 742,318. Sandeep Dutta, Senior Managing Director and Lead – India Business, Accenture, talks about the challenges faced by clients and how technologies like generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can help them stay ahead of the curve, in an e-mail interview with Ayushman Baruah in Bengaluru. Edited excerpts:

What are some of the challenges being faced by companies across industries