India AI Summit: AI biggest opportunity for IT industry, Tata Group's N. Chandrasekaran says

Tata Group collaborates with OpenAI to infuse AI throughout its customers’ operations and its own.

Published on: Feb 19, 2026, 10:06:42 IST

By Tushar Deep Singh

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AI is the biggest opportunity for the IT services industry, Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said at the India AI Impact Summit on Thursday, even as the “foundational technology” upends the very business model of an industry led by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran. (PTI)

“The real value of the IT industry is context and understanding every enterprise,” Chandrasekaran said at the formal opening of the expo at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

“AI is foundational technology, it will have profound impact like steam engines, electricity and internet,” he went on to say. “Our mission should be to make AI work for every individual…”

Chandrasekaran's comments came even as Tata Group collaborates with OpenAI to infuse AI throughout its customers’ operations and its own.

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Tushar Deep Singh
Tushar Deep Singh is a business journalist and digital editorial leader with 12 years of experience in financial journalism. Currently Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times, he is building the HT Business vertical and managing the newsletters for both Livemint and HT. When not in the newsroom, he can be found on a motorcycle. Throughout his career, Tushar has been instrumental in scaling digital publishing operations at some of India’s largest financial news websites. His six-year tenure at Mint—the first job—saw him plunge into online media to deliver record-breaking digital engagement for Livemint.com, including 7.2 million page views on 2017 UP Election Results day. He held fort at Livemint during a senior-level leadership transition later that year. That won him the HT Media Star Award (Bronze) in 2017 and a Certificate of Appreciation for Editorial Excellence in 2018. As the head of the digital desk at ETtech, he curated two daily, full-stack newsletters from an editorial as well as product perspective. At NDTV Profit, he transitioned from website editor to principal correspondent, reporting on the auto sector for the TV channel and website, thereby adding yet another layer to his editorial expertise. He is a post-graduate in journalism from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai, and a graduate from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad.Read More

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