TCS China

= 塔塔信息技术（上海）有限公司 =

TCS in China is the first CMMI & PCMM Level 5 Company in China.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) commenced its operations through its wholly owned foreign enterprise (WFOE) Tata Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (TITL) in Shanghai in June, 2002. Subsequently, TCS has set-up a global development center (GDC) in Hangzhou and a liaison office in Beijing. In fact, TCS is the first Indian company to set-up a development center in China.

National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) selected TCS as the strategic partner to create a large-scale outsourcing base in China. This would be a tripartite Joint Venture (JV) between National Software Export Base (NSEB), TCS, and Microsoft. This is JV intends to scale-up to 5’000 people in next 6 years and become a role model for Chinese IT Industry. This entity would focus on key markets particularly USA, UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific including Chinese Domestic market. A MOU was signed towards this in June 2005 in Beijing by Microsoft, NDRC, and TCS.

The first development center will be at Zhongguancun Software Park, Beijing and subsequent development centers will be set-up in other software bases in China.

TCS has made substantial investments in China which resulted into a solid delivery foundation. TCS in China received a number of accolades from customers, industry, and the government. Some of them include:

- Emerging Supplier Award from GE Energy Services for TCS’ support to their China migration Initiative.

- Ratan N Tata, Chairman, TATA Group, named as Honorary Economic Advisor to government of Hangzhou.

- S Ramadorai, Managing Director & CEO, TCS, named as Honorary Information Technology (IT) Advisor to government of Hangzhou and Qingdao.

- Exemplary Award from government of Hangzhou for TCS’ support to prevent and control SARS.

- Westlake Friendship Award from Zhejiang province for TCS’ contribution to economic development of Zhejiang Province.

- Management Innovation Award from Government of Hangzhou for leadership in Quality.

Relationships with Chinese AcademiaTCS established strong relationships with a number of local leading universities in china through a wide variety of collaborations. Some of them include:

Sponsoring professors and students for attending TCS Excellence in Computer Science (TECS) week held at TCS’ Research and Development (R&D) arm Tata Research Design and Development Centre (TRDDC).Sponsoring two students of Masters in Computer Science for their internship of six months at TRDDC.Invited lectures by TCS China associates on latest technologies which are not part of the academic curriculum.Offering Internships at TCS China.Participating in National and International Conferences organized by Chinese Universities.Cooperation with Universities on competency building