CES 2026 once again brought together the world’s most influential technology ecosystem in Las Vegas, showcasing how innovation is shaping the future of connected living. With over 4,100 exhibitors, including 6,900+ global media, content creators and industry analysts and more than 148k+ attendees, CES continued to serve as a global platform for breakthroughs in AI, immersive experiences, and sustainable technologies.
At CES 2026, TCS showcased how Engineering the Future, Intelligent by Design is transforming industries and ecosystems. Through demonstrations spanning autonomous mobility, Physical AI robotics, GenAI-led vehicle experiences, and advanced semiconductor engineering, TCS highlighted how enterprises can build smarter products, resilient operations, and sustainable experiences at scale.
TCS engaged with industry leaders, partners, and innovators to explore how intelligence can be engineered into systems, products, and processes to shape an inclusive and sustainable future.
President - Manufacturing, TCS
With over three decades of experience, he has consistently demonstrated his commitment to customer success by driving digital transformations and formulating effective business strategies. His astute leadership has yielded multi-billion-dollar value to customers and expanded TCS' presence across diverse domains. Among Anupam’s notable accomplishments is the digital transformation of a marquee customer's legacy business, which resulted in TCS being awarded the 2016 Digital Innovator of the Year among the customer organization’s partner ecosystem. He has also contributed to TCS’ intellectual property with the IDEA Framework for Contextualized Touch and Believe Point of Views©.
Head - Manufacturing North America, TCS
Rakesh Devpura leads large conglomerate and diversified industries business unit at TCS. In this role, Rakesh is managing customer relationship and driving purpose-led business growth and transformation. With more than 23 years of technology and industry experience in manufacturing and financials, Rakesh believes in driving business outcome and innovative business model with strong digital core. His expertise involves handling complex business problems of large and diversified industries through agility, speed, innovation and digital transformation.
Global Chief Technology Officer, Manufacturing, TCS
Naresh has close to 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Naresh is responsible for defining an end-to-end transformation strategy, operating model, and Digital Solutions across subjects like AI, GenAI, CX, Design Thinking & UX, Cloud, Microservices & Application, Data & Analytics, Automation, IoT, Emerging Tech lines which includes Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Quantum Computing etc.
Global Head, Industry Excellence, Manufacturing, TCS
Subhash is the Global Head, Industry Excellence & Advisory, Manufacturing, Tata Consultancy Services. Subhash oversees global business and technology transformation programs across the value chain of manufacturing business domains such as – new product Introductions, supply chain, manufacturing operations, and customer experience management. Over the last decade he has heavily focused on digital transformation and evolving new business models for its clients and technology driven transformation. At TCS, he has advised many leading clients in manufacturing and has contributed to various thought leadership journals, published a number of white papers on digital transformation. With over 30 years with TATA group companies, prior to TCS he has played various leadership roles at automotive business and as National Product Manager for Excavators & Backhoe Loaders managing new product launches. He has been deeply involved in product management, marketing, dealer selection and development, Sales and Service force development. Subhash is Graduate in Production Engineering, holds Post Graduate Diploma in Finance and Marketing Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and an advanced diploma Indo-German Production engineering. He is trained at Leadership Development program at Harvard Business School and serves on advisory council of George Washington University. He lives in Troy, MI with his wife and two daughters.
Global Head, Smart Mobility, Manufacturing, TCS
Laksh is the Global Business Head for Smart Mobility Group at TCS focusing on the Cross-Industry trends that are impacting the mobility ecosystem. With over 25 years of global experience as a thought leader in the automotive mobility industry, Laksh focuses on driving TCS Smart Mobility solutions in the Automotive CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric) and multi-modal mobility domains, to address the major challenges faced by the industry.
Chief Technology Officer - Manufacturing NA, TCS
Ankush is the Head of Digital for a large conglomerate at TCS. Ankush’s aim is to help clients with their growth and transformation journeys leveraging the TCS Business 4.0 approach - putting digital technologies/practices around user experience, cloud, automation and IoT at the core of every organization, and enabling them to develop the agility they need to embrace risks and innovate rapidly. Ankush comes with over 20 years of variety of industry exposure. He is passionate about reimagining cross-industry value chains through the lens of business outcomes and customer journeys with a strong focus on continuous innovation. Ankush holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and has completed Data Science Business Analytics course.
The Intelligence Shift Driving Future-Ready Mobility
Launched at CES 2026, the TCS Digital Twindex Automotive Report examined how AI, data, and digital ecosystems are converging to power future-ready mobility. The report connected TCS perspectives on Future-Ready Manufacturing and Future-Ready eMobility, offering a unified view of how intelligence, collaboration, and transformation are reshaping the industry.
Through insights from TCS leaders and industry pioneers, the report outlined the next stage of mobility evolution—from connected vehicles to cognitive enterprises, from automation to anticipation, and from efficiency to foresight—reinforcing why intelligence by design will define the future of mobility.
The 65th TCS Forum at CES 2026 brought industry leaders together to examine the convergence of silicon, intelligence, and sustainability at a pivotal moment for manufacturing. The discussions highlighted how this convergence is no longer a gradual evolution, but a present‑day imperative demanding a reinvention of manufacturing and mobility value chains.
Conversations focused on how advanced semiconductor architectures, AI, and edge computing are enabling predictive factories, autonomous mobility, and hyper-connected supply networks. The forum underscored how technology is becoming the engine of growth—helping organizations build adaptive, resilient, and future-ready enterprises.
TCS convened industry perspectives to explore Physical AI as the next frontier in manufacturing and industrial systems. The discussion examined how AI is moving beyond analytics and copilots to operate directly within the physical world.
The session explored how sensing, simulation, decisioning, and execution converge across factories, assets, and supply networks through digital twins, intelligent automation, and real-time orchestration. They also discussed how organizations are translating advanced AI capabilities into tangible operational outcomes—enabling adaptive operations, resilient production, and scalable human–machine collaboration on the factory floor.
Across partner theatres at CES 2026, TCS participated in focused sessions that explored how AI is accelerating innovation across the automotive and manufacturing landscape.
Discussions showcased how generative AI is reshaping software-defined vehicle development—enhancing software engineering, testing, personalization, and safety—while enabling faster, more resilient product cycles. Sessions also highlighted how AI-powered Connected Digital Enterprises are transforming New Product Introduction (NPI), helping automotive OEMs and suppliers bring smarter, safer, and more sustainable vehicles to market with greater speed and precision.
Scaling Agentic AI for Enterprise Manufacturing
At the event, TCS launched TCS Manufacturing AI Axis, an AI platform designed to help organizations move beyond pilots and scale agent-driven operations across the enterprise.
The platform demonstrated how unified orchestration of AI agents across enterprise environments can enable production-grade execution with built-in governance, observability, and resilience. By introducing pre-built super agents for use cases such as autonomous supply chains, intelligent procurement, predictive maintenance, and operations planning, TCS Manufacturing AI Axis showed how enterprises can accelerate value creation and transition AI initiatives from experimentation to impact at scale.
AI-Powered PCs: The Next Frontier for Enterprise Productivity and Security
At CES 2026, TCS and Intel explored how AI-powered PCs are emerging as a critical enabler for enterprise innovation. The discussion examined how advances in AI hardware and software are helping organizations scale AI adoption while balancing performance, security, and operational efficiency.
The conversation highlighted how collaboration between ISVs, GSIs, and technology providers is enabling enterprises to unlock faster insights, reduce complexity, and deliver differentiated customer experiences across diverse AI use cases.
AI-Powered PCs: The Next Frontier for Enterprise Transformation
The fireside chat with Lenovo focused on how enterprises are transitioning from traditional computing models to intelligent, AI-driven experiences. The discussion emphasized how AI-powered PCs are becoming catalysts for enterprise transformation by embedding intelligence at the edge.
By enabling real-time insights, enhanced security, and personalized experiences, AI-powered PCs were positioned as foundational to accelerating workflows, optimizing resources, and building adaptive, data-driven ecosystems.
Intelligent cloud at scale: Driving future-ready manufacturing
This session explored how cloud technology is evolving from foundational infrastructure to the backbone of future-ready manufacturing. The discussion highlighted how intelligent cloud platforms are enabling manufacturers to integrate data across shop floors, supply chains, and customer networks in real time.
The conversation emphasized how scalable cloud adoption supports agility, resilience, and operational excellence—empowering manufacturers to anticipate disruptions, optimize resources, and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly connected industrial landscape.
Future-Ready Mobility
Demos showcased how intelligent, connected, and sustainable technologies are reshaping mobility—from Physical AI-powered robots supporting site monitoring to GenAI-driven solutions enabling hyper-personalized in-vehicle experiences. Capabilities such as autonomous driving frameworks, in-cabin sensing, gesture recognition, and vehicle electrification highlighted how mobility ecosystems are becoming safer, smarter, and more immersive.
Factories of the Future
Manufacturing demos illustrated how AI, robotics, and digital twins are transforming factories into adaptive ecosystems. From intelligent inspection and sorting enabled by immersive simulation to computer vision platforms delivering real-time operational insights, the demos highlighted greater efficiency, resilience, and agility across industrial environments.
Chips to Systems
From silicon to software, demos highlighted how advanced engineering is enabling next-generation intelligent systems—spanning software-defined vehicle architectures, automotive cockpit platforms, semiconductor innovation, and AI-driven optimization for edge and hybrid environments.
Design to Device
End-to-end capabilities—from semiconductor design and advanced packaging to precision manufacturing—demonstrated how TCS translates innovative designs into scalable, high-quality products, accelerating time-to-market while maintaining reliability and performance.
At CES 2026, TCS demonstrated how engineering intelligence by design is turning bold ideas into scalable, real-world outcomes.
