The engine that will power India’s automotive future is already being written. In “Code Is the New Engine: Is India Ready?”, Balaji says that the industry’s next competitive edge won’t come from the factory floor

A leading paper manufacturer planned a major rebuild of its paper machine press section to increase production speed, improve machine maintainability, and enhance dewatering efficiency without affecting ongoing plant operations.

A leading global automotive OEM based in France partnered with ALTEN India for the design and development of seat back and cushion foam systems. The objective was to deliver a high-quality, production-ready seat foam aligned with stringent customer standards, ergonomic requirements, and regulatory specifications.

Bengaluru, India, 17th June 2026: ALTEN India, the strategic delivery center of the ALTEN Group and one of India’s fastest-growing engineering and technology consulting organizations, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ielektron Technologies Engineering Pvt. Ltd., a Chennai-based engineering company with deep expertise in smart mobility, embedded systems, ADAS, EV technologies, and connected vehicle solutions.

Vehicles are transitioning from mechanical assemblies to software-powered platforms, where innovation is driven by code, connectivity, and digital simulation. This shift toward software-defined vehicles is transforming design, manufacturing, and user experience, creating both opportunities and challenges for the industry.

The convergence of generative AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) is reshaping industries, enabling real-time decision-making, predictive maintenance, and prescriptive insights. Yet, scaling these technologies across enterprises presents unique challenges from managing vast datasets to ensuring AI reliability at the edge.

Engineering teams today are well-versed with AI copilots. They support tasks like coding, summarization, and documentation, but still require continuous human direction.
Agentic AI marks a fundamental shift.
Given a defined goal, agents can independently break down problems, generate solutions, run simulations, and iterate toward optimized outcomes. Engineers remain accountable, but their role evolves from execution to evaluation. At scale, this has the potential to redefine productivity and cost structures across engineering programs.
At ALTEN, we are already seeing this transition move from concept to deployment.
In a recent engagement in the U.S. industrial machinery sector, agentic AI is being applied across the value chain from autonomous sales quoting to workflow orchestration and AI-assisted engineering outputs.
What’s notable is not just the use of AI, but where it is being applied. In an industry where adoption is still nascent, these systems are beginning to reshape how engineering and operational decisions are made bringing greater speed, consistency, and adaptability.
This is not a one-off pilot. It is an early indicator of how agentic capabilities will become embedded in core engineering workflows.”
— Vivek Jaykrishnan, Vice President – Delivery Centers as shared with @Semiconductor For You
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How agentic engineering is reshaping the scale and execution model – Semiconductor for You
By Vivek Jaykrishnan, Vice President – Delivery Centers at ALTEN India Over the last two and a half decades, our industry has competed on two things: scale and execution. Global delivery centers we…

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