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HCLTech launches NVIDIA-powered HCLTech Verification and Validation for Auto to transform software-defined vehicle validation. HCLTech today announced the launch of its AI-powered Verification and Validation (V&V) offering, powered by NVIDIA's simulation stack, agentic capabilities and open model strategy. Designed for automotive vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers, the offering combines agentic AI, physical AI-powered simulation and intelligent orchestration to help automate elements of vehicle software validation workflows and accelerate releases. As modern vehicles become increasingly software-defined, technological complexity, over-the-air updates and evolving regulatory frameworks are placing greater demands on the verification and validation processes. Automotive organizations face challenges of fragmented tool chains, manual workflows and labor-intensive compliance processes, creating a bottleneck between software development and release. As part of HCLTech's Industry AI solutions portfolio, this V&V offering for Auto leverages a simulation-first operating model that connects requirements, test creation, execution, analysis and compliance evidence across the validation lifecycle. The solution enables customers to automate validation workflows, expand scenario coverage, identify and investigate test failures faster, and maintain a continuous digital record linking requirements, test results and compliance reporting. HCLTech's V&V for Auto combines HCLTech's automotive engineering expertise, agentic AI capabilities and Validation Factory model with the NVIDIA stack, including NVIDIA Omniverse, NVIDIA Cosmos, NVIDIA Alpamayo, NVIDIA Omniverse NuRec and NVIDIA Isaac Sim, to generate and validate a wide range of scenarios in virtual environments, including rare and safety-critical conditions. This reduces reliance on physical testing, expands test coverage and improves visibility into release readiness. Leveraging the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, this solution orchestrates multiple AI agents with reasoning powered by NVIDIA Nemotron open models across the V&V lifecycle. "Automotive software is evolving faster than traditional validation processes were designed to handle. Frequent software updates, increasingly complex vehicle systems and the need to demonstrate compliance across changing configurations can make validation slow, fragmented and difficult to scale. Powered by NVIDIA, HCLTech's V&V for Auto is designed to help organizations shift from periodic, labor-intensive testing to continuous, intelligent validation, using simulation and AI to make software release decisions with greater speed and confidence," said Pankaj Tagra, Chief Growth Officer and Global Head, Mobility at HCLTech. "Validation now sets the pace for software-defined vehicles. With NVIDIA Omniverse, Cosmos and Nemotron at its core, this solution leverages world-class simulation and AI capabilities to support automakers in their journey towards moving more testing into simulation, covering rare and safety-critical scenarios earlier and releasing software with greater confidence," said Dr. Sebastian Scheurle, EMEA Industry Lead Automotive Enterprise, at NVIDIA.

HCLTech appoints Krutika Mehta Guhey as regional head-HR. Guhey brings nearly 20 years of experience across HR management, leadership hiring, talent acquisition and workforce planning to the role, based in Nagpur By HRK News Bureau October 21, 2026 2 Mins Read 1182 Views HCLTech has appointed Krutika Mehta Guhey as regional head of human resources for its Nagpur operations, effective October 2026. She brings nearly two decades of experience across human resources management, talent acquisition, executive search and HR business partnering. Guhey joins HCLTech from DNEG, where she served as head of recruitment - technology and support from June to October 2026. In this role, she led talent acquisition for technology and business support functions. Before DNEG, Guhey spent nearly three years at Barclays as client- relationship leader - talent acquisition, from September 2023 to July 2026. She worked closely with business stakeholders to address recruitment requirements. Prior to that, she spent over four years at Genpact as hiring leader - talent scouting partner/specialist for APAC and Europe leadership hiring, managing senior-level recruitment across international markets. Her earlier experience includes HR roles at InfoCepts, Alacrity E-Commerce Solutions, SMS Infrastructure and Prime Focus. At Alacrity E-Commerce Solutions, she headed core HR activities, including recruitment, performance management, employee relations and policy development. At SMS Infrastructure, she managed corporate HR, with responsibilities spanning HR strategy, employee development, performance appraisal and workforce planning. Guhey began her career in recruitment, taking on consulting roles at ABC Consultants, Datamatics Global Services and Times Business Group, as well as an IT recruitment role at Infinite Computing Systems. Her experience in executive search and leadership hiring has involved working across technology, financial services, manufacturing, media and other sectors. An MBA in Human Resources Management and Services from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Guhey brings experience in executive hiring, strategic manpower planning, performance management systems and employee engagement to her new role. At HCLTech, she will take on regional HR leadership responsibilities for the company's Nagpur operations.

AI revenue is surging at Indian IT firms, but how much is adding to growth? TCS, HCLTech and other IT firms are reporting sharp growth in AI businesses, but modest overall revenue growth raises questions over whether AI is generating fresh demand or cannibalising traditional IT services. * Updated Oct 16, 2026 7:13 PM IST According to industry experts, the real test is not merely how quickly AI revenue is growing, but whether it is contributing to the overall growth of IT services companies. India's largest IT services companies are reporting rapid growth in artificial intelligence (AI) revenue, but the numbers raise a more fundamental question for investors: how much of this business is translating into incremental industry growth rather than replacing revenue from traditional technology services? Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which reported its September-quarter results earlier this month, said its annualised AI revenue had crossed $3.1 billion in the second quarter of FY27, up 19.2% sequentially and accounting for more than 10% of revenue. HCLTech, meanwhile, reported annualised advanced AI revenue of $876 million, up 72% year-on-year in constant currency.