TCS Spotlight

TCS becomes India's most admired company: Fortune

TCS replaces Tata Steel as India's most admired company
Software giant TCS has replaced its group firm Tata Steel as the country's most admired company, as per a Fortune list released on 9 July 2013. TCS is followed by Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Infosys and SBI in the top-five, while last year's topranked firm Tata Steel has slipped to seventh position in the list of India's 50 most admired companies. Both ITC and Infosys are ranked at third position. There are a total of four Tata group companies on the list, while as many as ten public sector units (PSUs) have made it to the rankings, global business magazine Fortune's Indian edition said on Tuesday. The Indian entities of many multi-national companies including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Samsung, Nokia, Dell and Intel have also made it into the league of most admired companies. The rankings have taken into account various factors such as corporate governance, innovativeness, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and leadership. L&T (6th rank), Maruti Suzuki (9th) and ICICI Bank (10th) also feature in the top ten. Besides Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Tata Steel, other Tata group firms in the list are Tata Motors at the 12th spot and Tata Power at 50th. Among state-run enterprises, SBI and ONGC are in the top ten, ranked at fifth and eighth positions, respectively. State-run oil major Indian Oil Corp was placed at 11th rank, while SAIL (22nd), Bharat Petroleum (25th), NTPC (28th), HPCL (31st), GAIL (34th), ONGC Videsh (47th) and Coal India (48th) also made the cut. Other companies who made it to the list include Microsoft India (15th), Colgate Palmolive (16th), IBM India (17th), Samsung India Electronics (18th), Bharti Airtel (19th), Cadbury (23rd), Dell India (32nd), Siemens (36th), Intel India (38th), Nokia India (42nd) and Sony India (44th).

TCS named one of the 'Top 10 Companies with the Best Business Outlook'
Glassdoor Survey reports high marks from TCS Employees on Culture & Values, Career Opportunities and Work/Life Balance
Tata Consultancy Services, the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, today announced that it has been named one of the Top 10 Companies with the Best Business Outlook by Glassdoor, the online career and workplace resource community.
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The report and rankings are the result of a comprehensive online company review and employee satisfaction survey that employees voluntarily and anonymously completed, which included the question: Do you believe your companys business outlook will get better, stay the same or get worse in the next six month? TCS received an overall score of over three and a quarter stars (3.3) out of five and received high marks in the categories of Culture & Values, Career Opportunities and Work/Life Balance among others. TCS is honored to be recognised as one of the Top 10 Companies with the Best Business Outlook by Glassdoor, said Surya Kant, President, North America, UK & Europe. Our company has delivered a year of strong growth and is confident that 2013-14 will bring even greater opportunities as technology plays an increasing role in reimagining business globally. But, what makes this award particularly special is that it reflects the pride and optimism that our own employees have in TCS and in our companys culture as well as our future success. Over seven in ten (72%) of respondents at the company would recommend the company to a friend. The full list can be found here: http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/top-10-companiesbusiness-outlook/. TCS is a values driven organisation that not only invests in the success of its people, but also empowers and encourages them to make positive contributions in their communities across the world. Additionally, by providing a variety of social and mobile platforms for its employees around the world, TCSers enjoy a collaborative environment across teams and geographies. As a result of the rewarding culture within TCS, the company has the lowest attrition rate of its peer set.

Awards and Recognition

TCS Uruguay wins first position at Crear Awards 2013
Jun 12, 2013 TCS Uruguay won the first prize at the Crear Awards 2013 for Innovation and Best HR Practices in Human Capital during an award ceremony that took place on 31 May 2013. Our company was also recognised with a Special Mention award by Deloitte for Best Practices in Human Resources and the Management of High Organizational Impact. The staff of TCS Uruguay received the award on behalf of TCS. This award cements our leadership in HR Practices at all our Global Delivery Centres and we are proud of the HR team in Uruguay for the great work which lead to win this Award for Innovation and Best Practices in Human Capital.", stated Ajoy Mukherjee, Head of Global HR. TCS pitched for the award with our entry - Maitree, which focussed on 'strengthening of bonds and promotion of integration among our associates.' Ankur Prakash, TCS Latam, said, Congratulations to the TCS HR team in Uruguay for being the best team in the country for Human Resources Management and Innovated Practices. I would also like to thank each and every associate we have in the country. We join in their success and reaffirm our commitment to excellence and innovation in every aspect of our daily basis. TCS Uruguay, currently, has a head count of about 1200 associates working for various Fortune 100 global customers, supporting areas like ADM, BPO, Infrastructure, Roll Out, Service Desk, Copyright 2012 Tata Consultancy Services Limited. All Rights Reserved. Mobility Lab.
TCS Uruguay HR team with the Crear Award

global customers, supporting areas like ADM, BPO, Infrastructure, Roll Out, Service Desk, Mobility Lab. The CREAR Award for 'Innovation and Best Practices in the Human Capital', is the first national recognition directed to the HR Community in Uruguay and was created in September 2010. The criteria for the award included an evaluation which measured the level of impact for the following categories: Number of people impacted, value-add, measurable results and timelines.

TCS wins 'Microsoft Supplier of the Year' award for 2013

June 5, 2013 TCS has won the prestigious Microsoft Supplier of the Year award for 2013. This award recognises TCS exceptional delivery performance, exemplary service and innovation across multiple service lines for Microsoft product groups and IT. TCS was selected amongst a preferred supplier pool of over hundreds of suppliers serving Microsoft in various procurement categories. The award was presented during 2013 Microsoft Preferred Supplier Program (MPSP) Summit on 30 May 2013. During the award ceremony, representatives from Microsoft business groups including - Ken Drake (MSIT), Paul Hiteshew (GFS), Fran Chang (GPG), and SeshNarasimhan (EPG), spoke highly of TCS service and partnership. Through strong collaboration, TCS has successfully built solutions that help customers optimize and transform their businesses using Microsoft technologies. As a Microsoft customer, TCS holds one of the largest enterprise agreements and currently has more than 28,000 consultants working on Microsoft technologies. Through its commitment to drive efficiencies and process improvements, TCS has saved Microsoft millions of dollars, while making significant contributions to the successful testing and adoption of Windows 8, Azure and Microsoft SQL Server technologies Microsoft.

HiTech ISU Head Nagaraj Ijari and Gajanan Phadake, Client Partner, Microsoft account along with the Microsoft team

New Business Developments

TCS joins US2020 as Founding Leadership Partner
Jun 18, 2013 TCS is the Lead Partner in Developing US2020s Web-based Matching Technology to Connect STEM Mentors with Volunteer Placements Across the Country Tata Consultancy Services, the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced that the company has joined US2020 as a Founding Leadership Partner. US2020 is a national STEM Education initiative that aims to engage one million science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals in mentorship opportunities by the year 2020. The announcement was made during President Bill Clintons closing plenary session at CGI America, a nationwide gathering hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative. TCS will be the lead partner in developing US2020s web-based matching technology to connect STEM mentors with high-quality volunteer placements. Through 2012 the online matchingServices platform that All TCS will Reserved. develop, US2020 will help place STEM Copyright Tata Consultancy Limited. Rights

Through the online matching platform that TCS will develop, US2020 will help place STEM volunteers into high impact mentoring opportunities with top nonprofits working across different grades, settings, and delivery models. As more companies join this effort, their early leadership will help catalyze a culture shift in which mentoring becomes the new normal for STEM professionals, much like pro bono work is in the legal profession. We need these one million volunteers to ensure that were going to have students take the courses that will inspire and prepare them for STEM careers, said President Clinton. Tata Consultancy Services is joining as a Founding Leadership Partner of US2020, providing more than $500,000 in cash and in-kind support. TCS is also aspiring to get 20 percent of the companys STEM workforce mentoring students by 2020.

Apollo to scale up IT's role in services

(It has developed in collaboration with the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), across all its hospitals)
Source: Business Standard / 18 June 2013 The Apollo Hospitals Group is planning to scale up its Hospital Information Services (HIS) system Med-Mantra, which it has developed in collaboration with the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), across all its hospitals covering 9,000 beds, in the next 12-18 months. It also expects to roll out technologies as part of eHealth and mHealth in the next 12-18 months. Announcing that the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, has bagged the HIMSS Analytics Asia Pacific Award for its IT capabilities, Sangita Reddy, executive director - operations, Apollo Hospitals Groups, said, "We will have 6,000 beds covered with the system and capabilities by the end of the year and in another six months from that all 9,000 beds of Apollo Hospitals will be covered."

TCS plans to create billion-dollar business from Tata group firms

(Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chief executive is quoted.)
Source: Mint / 19 May 2013 TCS earns just $100 mn annually from Tata firms that give away projects worth 10 times that amount to rivals Bangalore: In March, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chief executive of Indias largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), addressed a group of customers in Chennai that together spend nearly $2 billion on information technology (IT) every year, over half of which could be potentially delivered by his company. These customers were not the usual Fortune 100 firms from the top markets of the US and Europe, but chief information officers and senior executives from the $100 billion Tata group across the businesses of manufacturing, auto and services.

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Pune teens top the country as FB users: Survey
(Survey by Tata Consultancy Services(TCS))
Source: DNA / 18 June 2013 The Twitter-savvy, Facebook-friendly and heavy Internet users that Pune teenagers have turned into may not have even noticed that the trusted old telegraph has said its final goodbye. In fact, this mode of communication never bothered Punes GEN Z who according to a 14 -city Web Youth Survey by Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) have overtaken their counterparts in neighbouring Mumbai and Nagpur as well when it came to Facebooking and Internet usage. The TCS 3.0 Web Youth Survey was conducted to understand the changing habits in the use of digitised commodities of 17,478 school students aged between 12 years-18 years across 14 Indian cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad etc.

Digital divide closes among India's 'Post-Millennials' with 70% students owning smart phones nationally
(Mr.N.Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD TCS and Mr. Ajoy Mukherjee, Executive Vice President and Global Head HR are quoted.)
Source: India PR Wire / 17 June 2013 Ownership of Smart Phones similar across Tier I and II cities - Smart Phone adoption driving mobile Internet access - Three out of four use internet for school-related work - Urban millennials live in 'wired homes'; 84% access internet from home - Social networks are preferred communication mode over calls or mails - Predictably, over 50% own an Androidpowered smart device Tweet Bengaluru, Karnataka, June 17, 2013 /India PRwire/ -- India's 'Post-Millennial' generation seem set to overtake the preceding 'Millennial' generation or 'Gen Y', taking communication over social networks like Facebook and Twitter and instant messaging modes like Whatsapp to newer extremes, according to the findings of the TCS survey 2012-13, which was released today. Commenting on the TCS Survey, N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD said: "Urban school students today are gaining greater online access with more affordable bandwidth and smart devices on offer. They are an ultra-connected generation, using the power of the internet for education as well as collaborating through social networks and building virtual communities. As significant employers of India's talented youth, it is important for us to understand these social and digital trends to create engaging careers for this generation."

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trends to create engaging careers for this generation." Releasing the survey, Ajoy Mukherjee, Executive Vice President and Global Head HR said: "The survey shows the increasing comfort levels that the Post-Millennial generation exhibit with digital technology, social networking, smart phones and gaming, which helps us create conditions to unleash their creativity and innovativeness. This can help us not just attract the best of their talent but also aid in keeping them engaged and energized."

Filling the big data skills gap

( Mr. Ananth Krishnan, CTO, TCS is quoted.)
Source: CMO / 17 June 2013 The growing importance of big data is leading to a significant shortage of skills in data analytics, and producing a number of initiatives aimed at filling the gap. In April, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) published an extensive report on big data - The Emerging Big Returns on Big Data - and TCS CTO, Ananth Krishnan, said that the emerging market for big data analytics would create huge demand for data scientists. To turn data into useful information and business outcomes you need people to analyse, interpret and then, hopefully, come up with insights, Krishnan said. It is not a new skill set. Mathematicians and statisticians would be very good at this. I think there is sufficient capability in academia and inside companies there is a tremendous amount of analytic skill and capability in both the business functions and in the IT functions.

TCS beats ONGC to become most-valued company

Source: The Economic Times / 20 May 2013 MUMBAI: Tata Group software services company Tata Consultancy Services today became the country's most valued firm with a market capitalisation of over Rs 2.87 lakh crore, surpassing energy major ONGC's value of more than Rs 2.84 lakh crore. At the end of trade today, TCS commanded a market cap of Rs 2,87,320 crore. This is about Rs 2,508 crore more than the ONGC's m-cap of Rs 2,84,812 crore.

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Campus Commune Updates

TCS to launch Mega Coding Challenge on 22-July-2013

Following the grand success of the TCS Coding Challenge - CodeVita last year, TCS will be launching CodeVita 2013 on 22-July-2013 With an aim to promote programming as a sport and build a culture in Indian colleges around computer programming, CodeVita 2013 will be open to students from engineering and science colleges in India Students from 1st year till 4th year can form teams to take part in the contest. There is no limit to the number of teams students from your institute can form. Structured to provide students with an ultimate coding experience,students can write their programming solutions in any of the following 7 languages - C, C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python and Ruby CodeVita will have three rounds with the 3rd and final round to be held in one of the TCSL offices in India. Exciting prizes await the winners of the contest along with an Internship Offer with the TCSL Research Team. To take part in the contest, students will be required to create their profile on TCS NextStep and then register for the Contest on Campus Commune We look forward to your support to make this the biggest coding contest in India.
Quick Stats: Campus Commune Over 1.8 Lacs students Top performing Regions for the week for week ending 7 Jul 2013 - Chennai - Pune - Kolkata Over 500 student users added week on week Close to 60% new users from Mumbai and Pune Debates and Polls continue to draw high participation.

Top 50 teams of EngiNX contest declared

TCS Talent Acquisition Team in association with the Engineering and Industrial Services (EIS) team had launched an all India Engineering contest for YOP 2014 and 2015 students on 27May-2013. Of 2880 teams formed for the contest, 2358 teams contested in Round 1 - Quiz . After 3 gruelling levels, 1216 teams finally cleared Level 3 of the first round a neat 51% of teams who attempted Round 1.

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Top ranking regions from where students participated in Round 1 are: Hyderabad (90%) , Trivandrum(85%), Chennai and Lucknow (83%) , Mumbai(82%) and Delhi (81%) Top 50 teams from Round 1 were asked to submit a solution to an engineering problem by 30Jun-2013. 46 teams submitted their unique and innovative ideas to us. Top 5 teams for the Final round will be selected from Round 2. To prepare for the Grand Finale, each Team will be given 3 weeks to develop a working model of their idea submitted. Each team at this level will be reimbursed up to an amount of Rs. 25,000 only (rupees twenty five thousand subject to availability of bills) which is to be utilised towards developing the working model of the proposition submitted. TCSL will encourage development of a working model which is compact and portable. At the end of the third week, along with the demonstration of the model (which may include video clips), the teams will be required to submit an executive summary of the proposition and its development in not more than 500 words Subsequently all teams will be called to TCSL Bangalore for an in-person Demonstration of their model to a selected audience. Top 2 teams will win exciting prizes along with an Internship Offer with the TCSL Engineering and Industrial Services Team

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