New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will retrain about 1,00,000 employees each year, as the IT services giant tackles changes and challenges due to artificial intelligence, Chief Technology Officer Harrick Vin told Nikkei Asia.

Notably, 1 lakh employees is approximately one-sixth or around 17 per cent of its global workforce. TCS is facing AI-driven challenges in "client demands and the traditional outsourcing model", the agency reported.

AI-driven technology wave, especially generative AI, is "redefining" employee roles and "forcing a big shift" away from traditional operation models, Vin told the publication on the sidelines of an event on October 13. He said that the demand for re-skilling has now increased...