Tata Consultancy Services

www.tcs.com

Formed in 1968, TCS is India’s largest IT Company; Asia’s largest global software and Services Company; and the sixth fastest growing consultancy organization in the world. Set up in 1976, TCS Kolkata is the largest ISO certified software house in eastern India. It engineers some of the world’s most complex applications and next generation information technology infrastructure, by combining in-depth knowledge of diverse business domains with expertise across various technologies.
TCS Building

The Kolkata branch handles assignments in virtually all IT areas, including, but not limited to, e-business strategy and e-architecture, ERP implementation, application development, porting and migrations, re-engineering, new software development, and maintenance of existing systems. In early 2000, TCS Kolkata was assessed at SEI - CMM Level 5, the highest achievable worldwide standard in IT consultancy profession.

The company currently employs around 1,500 persons in Kolkata. In terms of office space, they are located in TCS New Building at SALTLEC occupying 130,000 sq.ft, the office at SDF Building, SALTLEC, has 28,000 sq. ft., and the one at ITC Centre is spread over 12,000 sq. ft.

During the year 2002-03 the export turnover, as registered under STP was Rs. 342.50 crores. They also have sizeable export turnover, which is not captured in the STP figures.

"We plan to grow aggressively within Kolkata as we find the city ideal for the IT industry, given the availability of land, power supply, and excellent educational institutes as well as the low attrition rates among the employees. Another important criteria being the IT policy of the Government of West Bengal towards accelerating the growth of the IT industry." – Ajoyendra Mukherjee, Resident Manager, TCS, Kolkata