TATA Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company with headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a subsidiary of Tata Group and operates in 149 locations across 46 countries. ... It is the world's largest IT services provider.
Founded: 1 April 1968
Headquarters: Mumbai
Founders: Faquir Chand Kohli, Tata Sons, J. R. D. Tata
CEO: Rajesh Gopinathan (21 Feb 2017–)
Website : https://www.tcs.com/
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd is a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization. The company offers a range of IT services, outsourcing and business solutions. They also offer IT infrastructure services, business process outsourcing services, engineering and industrial services, global consulting and asset leveraged solutions. Their segments include banking, financial services and insurance; manufacturing; retail and distribution, and telecom.
The company is a part of Tata Group, one of India's most respected business conglomerates and most respected brands. They are headquartered in Mumbai. They are having 142 offices in 42 countries as well as 105 delivery centers in 20 countries. The company shares are listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange of India.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd was incorporated in the year 1968. Tata Sons Ltd established the company as division to service their electronic data processing (EDP) requirements and provide management consulting services. In the year 1971, they started their first international assignment. The company pioneered the global delivery model for IT services with their first offshore client in 1974.
In the year 1981, the company set up India's first IT R&D division, the Tata Research Design and Development Centre at Pune. In the year 1985, they set up their first client-dedicated offshore development center for Compaq (then Tandem). In the year 1989, they delivered an electronic depository and trading system called SECOM for SIS SegaInterSettle, Switzerland.
In the year 1997, the company opened their new corporate training facility at Trivandrum. In the year 1998, they started virtualization of business. In the year 1999, they got SEI-CMM Level 5 certification for their Qwest, HP, SEEPZ & Sholinganallur centres. Also, in the year 2000, they got SEI-CMM Level 5 certification for their Calcutta, Bangalore, Lucknow, Hyderabad, GEDC, Ambattur and Ahmedabad centres.
In the year 2001, the company completed the acquisition of public sector unit, CMC Ltd. In the year 2002, they expanded their geography into new growth markets like China/ Uruguay. In 2003, TCS became the first Indian software company to cross one billion dollars in revenue. The company saw outsourcing opportunity in E-Commerce and related solutions and set up its E-Business division with ten people. By 2004, E-Business was contributing half a billion USD to the company.
During the year 2008-09, the company acquired Citigroup Inc.'s (Citi) 96.26% interest in TCS e-Serve Ltd (formerly known as Citigroup Global Services Limited), the India-based captive BPO, for a total consideration of USD 504.54 million. In addition, Citi signed an agreement with the company to provide process outsourcing services to Citi and their affiliates for an aggregate amount of USD 2.5 billion over a period of 9.5 years.
During the year, the company through their subsidiary, Tata Consultancy Services Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, subscribed to 100% share capital of Tata Consultancy Services (Thailand) Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services (Philippines) Inc. In June 2008, the company got $11.5 million transformational deal to design, install and integrate a tax administration system for the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). In July 29, 2008, the company won the highest incremental improvement award and moved to the Industry Leader position in the Tata Business Excellence Model ('TBEM') at the JRD QV Awards ceremony.
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