Gaurav Parab
Gaurav Parab is a Principal Research Analyst with NelsonHall's IT Services team with global responsibility for application services research.
Within application services, he covers modern application development offerings and particularly how GenAI will impact development. He is also NelsonHall's lead analyst on ServiceNow and Salesforce applications and is frequently quoted in business media.
Gaurav joined NelsonHall in January 2024, prior to which he spent over 15 years at Infosys contributing to strategic corporate programs in marketing and consulting, including new services launches, deal pursuits, analyst relations, and user experience design.
He holds an MBA from Symbiosis International University and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Pune. Gaurav is also an author, screenwriter, and show creator for streaming platforms and studios. Outside of work, he spends every possible minute at the golf course pursuing his goal of becoming a single-digit handicapper. He lives in Pune, India, with his baker wife Juhi.
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Reports by Gaurav Parab:
Capgemini - Quality Engineering
Jan 12, 2026 | Vendor Analysis by Gaurav Parab
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes Capgemini's offerings and capabilities in quality engineering services. [...]view this reportdownload abstractIndium - Quality Engineering
Jan 07, 2026 | Vendor Analysis by Gaurav Parab
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes Indium's offerings and capabilities in quality engineering services. [...]view this reportdownload abstractQualiZeal - Quality Engineering
Jan 06, 2026 | Vendor Analysis by Gaurav Parab
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes QualiZeal's offerings and capabilities in quality engineering services. [...]view this reportdownload abstractVirtusa - Quality Engineering
Jan 02, 2026 | Vendor Analysis by Gaurav Parab
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes Virtusa's offerings and capabilities in quality engineering services. [...]view this reportdownload abstractMovate - Quality Engineering
Dec 16, 2025 | Vendor Analysis by Gaurav Parab
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes Movate's offerings and capabilities in quality engineering services. [...]view this reportdownload abstract
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TCS Returns to M&A with Back-to-Back Salesforce Acquisitions
Jan 12, 2026, by Gaurav ParabIn December 2025, TCS announced a second acquisition (Coastal Cloud) in under two months, with both transactions targeting specialist Salesforce partners. For TCS, which has historically taken a cautious approach to M&A, the pace of recent dealmaking and the focus of these deals ar[...]
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Infosys Shares Best Practices in Applying GenAI to QE
Apr 02, 2025, by Gaurav ParabThe QE/testing industry has quickly adopted GenAI, and the nature of GenAI use cases has significantly changed in the last 18 months. Initially, the industry went through a discovery phase, identifying how to use LLMs for QE. The first GenAI use cases were test authoring (generating te[...]
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Salesforce Enters the Agentic AI Fray with Agentforce
Sep 30, 2024, by Gaurav ParabNelsonHall recently attended Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce flagship event in San Francisco. Billed as the largest AI conference in the world, Dreamforce 2024 saw a marketing push like none other, even by Salesforce’s standards, towards Agentforce, its new platform for creatin[...]
Commented Tracking service articles:
EPAM and Cursor Partner for AI based Application Delivery
Jan 08, 2026 | New Partnerships by Gaurav Parab
ServiceNow to Acquire Armis to Expand Cybersecurity Capabilities for IT/OT
Dec 23, 2025 | Mergers and Acquisitions by Gaurav Parab
Virtusa to Acquire Valentia Partners to Expand Financial Services Capabilities in UK and Ireland
Dec 16, 2025 | Mergers and Acquisitions by Gaurav Parab
EPAM Launches Industry Agents on Google Cloud Marketplace
Dec 09, 2025 | New Offerings by Gaurav Parab
Tech Mahindra Announces Q2 FY26 Revenues Down by 0.2% at $1,586m
Oct 15, 2025 | Financial Results by Gaurav Parab
