India, Aug. 3 -- Persistent means staying the course when the road gets longer and the odds become harder. It is about continuing to move forward when others expect you to slow down, change direction, or fall out of the race.

The name has suited Persistent Systems since it was founded in Pune in 1990 with an initial investment of $21,000. Over more than three decades, the company has proved that it was never built for a sprint. Nor has it remained an also-ran in India's crowded IT services industry. It has run a steady, calculated race, evolving from outsourced product development into digital engineering, cloud, data, enterprise modernisation, and now artificial intelligence (AI).

Its Q1 FY27 performance reflects both that persistence ...