KPMG India and Tricentis form alliance to modernize quality engineering

KPMG in India is pushing deeper into the software layer where big transformations often slow down: testing, regression control and release risk. Its new strategic alliance with Tricentis, announced in Mumbai on June 10, is built to move clients away from traditional testing and toward intelligent, risk-based continuous testing tied to DevOps and CI/CD.

For KPMG consultants, that is more than a vendor tie-up. It signals that the firm wants to own more of the quality engineering work that determines whether a cloud, ERP or AI program actually ships safely and on time. Under the alliance, KPMG India plans to integrate Tricentis’ Agentic Quality Engineering Platform into select transformation programs, which means more attention on automation, analytics-based insights and the mechanics of software release management rather than manual test execution alone. In practice, that shifts the work mix toward people who can handle intelligent automation, test data, enterprise platform architecture and the link between engineering controls and business outcomes.

Tricentis has spent 2026 making that pitch loudly. On March 10, the company launched what it called an end-to-end agentic quality engineering platform spanning nearly 200 ERPs and packaged applications, with an AI Workspace designed as a command center for testing, automation, performance and quality intelligence. The message is clear: quality engineering is no longer just about writing test cases and checking boxes. It is becoming a governed, AI-assisted layer inside enterprise delivery, with human oversight still responsible for judgment and accountability.

The business case is not abstract. Tricentis said in its June 3 Quality Transformation Report that 60% of global organizations are shipping untested code as AI speeds up software development, and that one in five companies are losing as much as $5 million a year because of poor software quality. The report was based on a survey of more than 2,500 global executives and software leaders. That gives KPMG a concrete selling point inside transformation deals: clients are not only looking for faster delivery, they are trying to reduce the cost of defects, failed releases and brittle controls.

The alliance also fits a broader KPMG pattern in India. The firm announced a separate strategic alliance with CleverTap on May 6, and its alliances strategy page says it uses relationships with technology, data and services companies to help clients tackle transformation challenges. Prerit Binjrajka, the KPMG partner fronting the Tricentis deal, brings more than 17 years in digital quality assurance and software testing, with experience in service-line management, test automation, transformation strategy and test management. That profile suggests KPMG is putting a specialist delivery leader, not a generalist seller, on a line of work that is becoming more central to transformation revenue.