Birlasoft Limited designated Ankur Vaish as Senior Management Personnel (SMP) and approved the allotment of equity shares to employees exercising options under its stock incentive plans. The decisions were taken during a board meeting held on June 19, 2026, effective immediately.

Ankur Vaish, currently the Chief Strategy Officer, brings over two decades of experience across management consulting, enterprise SaaS, consumer tech, IT services, and e-commerce. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Prior to this role, he served as Lead, Global Partnerships, for Meta in India.

The board approved the allotment of 93,301 equity shares with a face value of ₹2 each to eligible employees. These shares were allotted to employees who exercised options under the Birlasoft Share Incentive Plan-2019 and the Birlasoft Share Incentive Plan-2022. The newly issued shares rank pari-passu with the existing equity shares of the company.

Following this allotment, the paid-up capital of the company has increased to ₹55,91,99,178. This capital is divided into 27,95,99,589 equity shares, each with a face value of ₹2.

The board meeting commenced at 4.30 pm and concluded at 4.40 pm on June 19, 2026. The disclosures regarding the designation of the Senior Management Personnel were made in accordance with Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and relevant SEBI circulars.

Details of Allotment

Birlasoft has been recognized as an 'Enterprise Innovator' in the HFS Horizons: Next-Gen IT Infrastructure Services, 2026 report by HFS Research. This recognition highlights the company's AI-first infrastructure capabilities and platform-led approach to enabling intelligent, scalable, and resilient enterprise operations. The inclusion in the report underscores Birlasoft's strength in delivering AI-first, platform-driven infrastructure transformation, reinforcing its position as a strategic partner for enterprises advancing toward intelligent operations.

The HFS Horizons framework evaluates service providers across innovation, execution, ecosystem integration, and market impact. HFS Research recognized Birlasoft for its coherent and technically grounded AI-first infrastructure modernization vision. This approach is anchored in Agentic AI ops, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) generation, Configuration Management Database (CMDB) enrichment, and multi-LLM orchestration.

Advancing AI-First Infrastructure Modernization

Birlasoft's capabilities enable enterprises to move beyond traditional infrastructure management to intelligent, autonomous, and policy-driven environments. These environments support AI-native workloads, hybrid cloud ecosystems, and real-time decision-making. A key highlight of the recognition is Birlasoft's strong focus on platformization and reusable engineering assets, anchored in its Sigma ecosystem.

Sigma Ecosystem Components

Leveraging pre-built agents, workflows, and automation frameworks, these platforms enable scalable and repeatable modernization. They accelerate transformation timelines while ensuring consistent, outcome-driven delivery across enterprise environments.

Angan Guha, CEO & Managing Director, Birlasoft, said, "This recognition from HFS Research reinforces Birlasoft's commitment to reimagining infrastructure through an AI-first lens. Our platform-led approach, anchored in our Sigma ecosystem and AI capabilities, enables clients to accelerate modernization at scale while building the foundations for AI-native enterprises."

Phil Fersht, CEO & Chief Analyst, HFS Research, noted that Birlasoft stood out for its focus on building reusable platforms, operational consistency, and AI-ready foundations. He added that firms creating real impact are those helping clients industrialize AI operations at scale, rather than simply experimenting with isolated use cases.