TCS Weekly Update 24th 30th August 2013 Here is update on TCS as appeared in leading newspapers, periodicals &

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TCS News BPO training (A programme to provide training for youth to make them eligible to work in BPO centres operated by Tata Consultancy Services began) TCS to replace BT at SIA

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The new digital mobile consumer is on the rise, but Computer Weekly what does this mean for the telecoms industry? By Satya Ramaswamy, global head of digital enterprise at Tata Consultancy Services. TCS campus to come up in January 2016 (Indore) TCS declares IT Wiz 2013 Kolkata edition Free Press Journal India Blooms News Service

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Nashik boy 'best student' at IIT Powai ( Mr. S The Times of India Ramadorai, vice-president of Tata Consultancy gave away the prize to Saurabh ) Unraveling Legacy Thinking: 5 New Ways To Think Insurance and Technology About Insurance Technology by Sam Medina, Vice President and Head of Strategy and Transformation for Insurance and Healthcare at Tata Consultancy Services GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School boys Hindu Business Line win TCS IT Wiz (Coimbatore regional round of TCS IT Wiz) Fit hai to hit hai! (TCS has organised an early Onesource - Hindustan morning run 'Bhaag Lucknow Bhaag) times Eastern India to get its first biobank to store cancer tissues for research (we are going to work with TCS to try and develop information technology for genomics) Health

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News in detail Top BPO training (A programme to provide training for youth to make them eligible to work in BPO centres operated by Tata Consultancy Services began) Source: Factiva - The Hindu/30 August 2013 Abstract: PERAMBALUR,TAMIL NADU A programme to provide training for youth to make them eligible to work in BPO centres operated by Tata Consultancy Services began here on Thursday. Participants will be trained by experts from TCS in the requisite skills for business process outsourcing. The 28-day programme was inaugurated by DRO M.A. Subramanian. Top TCS to replace BT at SIA Source: Tech Market View / 29 August 2013 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged itself what looks like a good fit for it in the UK public sector. An OJEU notice confirms TCS as the winner of 13 million, five-year, IT managed services contract for the Security Industry Authority, the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the UK, reporting to the Home Secretary. 36% of the contract by value will be subcontracted to a hosting partner. The contract involves the provision of an integrated operational customer relationship and case managed solution to support delivery of the organisations end -to-end business processes. The system will need to interface with information partners such as the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and HM Passport Office (HM PO). We understand that the incumbent at the SIA is Liverpool Direct Limited (LDL), the joint venture between BT and Liverpool County Council; LDL has held the contract since 2007. TCS will have to enable an effective transition from LDL and existing in-house operational solutions. Top The new digital mobile consumer is on the rise, but what does this mean for the telecoms industry? By Satya Ramaswamy, global head of digital enterprise at Tata Consultancy Services. Source: Computer Weekly/ 27 August 2013 This guest blog post comes from Satya Ramaswamy, who is global head of digital enterprise at Tata Consultancy Services. It looks at how the telecoms industry is being impacted by the fact that mobile activity is becoming the norm in the digital age. The new digital mobile consumer is on the rise, but what does this mean for the telecoms industry? "For many consumers around the world, mobile devices have become one of life's basic necessities, and this passion shows no signs of abating. Over the last decade, consumers have purchased smartphones and tablet computers at an astonishing rate. The iPhone took only eight quarters to ship more than 20 million units following its launch in 2007. In 2010, that adoption rate was eclipsed by the iPad. Two years after it began shipping, Apple's tablet passed the 65 million unit mark - an adoption rate three times that of the iPhone.

Digital disruption Consumers' love affair with mobile devices is not likely to fade away soon. As devices become ever more powerful and as wireless transmission grows in bandwidth and coverage, the adoption rate is likely to only climb further. The telecommunications industry recognises the importance of digital and mobile consumers, and is taking a leading stance across consumer-facing industries. In The New Digital Mobile Consumer report, commissioned by Tata Consultancy Services, telecoms companies have identified that 48% of consumer purchases are currently being made through mobile devices, and they predicted this will rise to 60% by 2015. Indicating the scale of this commitment, last year the telecommunications industry was the sector which most significantly adapted its products and services to meet the needs of digital mobile consumers. The sector is expected to maintain its mobile leadership through 2015. During the period 2012 to 2015, telecoms firms will be the second highest spending of all industries, with the $28.6 million spent per company in 2012 rising to $35 million in 2015. However, other industries expect to close the gap over the next three years. Top TCS campus to come up in January 2016 (Indore) Source: Free Press Journal / 27 August 2013 Indore: One of the countrys IT- giants, Tata Consulting Services (TCS), is gearing up to shape its campus facility in the city. The campus is expected to be up and running in January 2016. This is obviously amongst one of the key developments in Indores ambition to brand itself as the states IThub. On Monday, a special meeting was held in which senior representatives of the TCS, and Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Dubey took part. The meeting was held for reviews and discussions on various aspects of the forthcoming campus facility. During the interaction, Dubey and the TCS team spoke at length regarding all the factors primarily about the services and assistance TCS would be able to procure from the government. Afterwards, a presentation was held, wherein the architecture and design parameters were tabled. The TCS has been given 15 days time to table its proposal, having a blueprint of the campuss overall design and making. Regarding the campus construction, which is due to begin in December, the TCS members said that at least three months prior to commencing the construction, the team would spend the duration acquiring all the necessary permissions and paperwork required for the groundwork. The TCS campus will provide jobs and accommodation for 5,000 employees. Top TCS declares IT Wiz 2013 Kolkata edition Source: India Blooms News Service / 27 August 2013 Kolkata, Aug 27 (IBNS): IT services, consulting and business solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday announced that the Kolkata edition of TCS IT Wiz 2013 will be held on Friday (Sept 6) at the Science city - Grand Theatre here. The event is open to all school students studying in class 8-12 (including Pre University of Junior college students).

There is no entry fee. Each institution is allowed to send multiple teams of two-members each to participate, TCS noted. Going by the reports, this year through the TCS IT Wiz, the hunt for smart Tech Wizard will be held across 14 locations across the country - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune. Top Nashik boy 'best student' at IIT Powai ( Mr. S Ramadorai, vice-president of Tata Consultancy gave away the prize to Saurabh ) Source: The Times of India / 27 August 2013 NASHIK: Saurabh Suryavanshi, a former student (batch 2005-06) of A P Patel High School, Panchavati, has been adjudged the best student of IIT, Powai, Mumbai. He was awarded the 'Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal' at the convocation ceremony of the institute. S Ramadorai, vice-president of Tata Consultancy gave away the prize to Saurabh. Saurabh conducted research in Nanotechnology Solar Sets (equipment based on solar energy) which was appreciated by international journals and magazines as well. He completed his MTech degree from IIT and appeared for the GRE entrance exam to complete his Masters degree in Science at the California University. Top Unraveling Legacy Thinking: 5 New Ways To Think About Insurance Technology by Sam Medina, Vice President and Head of Strategy and Transformation for Insurance and Healthcare at Tata Consultancy Services Source: Insurance and Technology / 26 August 2013 For insurers, the marketplace is changing. Companies, striving to meet evolving customer demands, are launching competitive products and services that enhance the customer experience through additional touch points. As this evolution occurs, many CIOs see their legacy technology systems as dated assets hindering development and innovation. However, it's often legacy thinking -- not just legacy systems -- that prevents insurers from taking the necessary steps to shape their company's future. Legacy thinking, the thought process whereby new ideas are filtered out in favor of existing beliefs, accepted concepts, and widelyknown generalizations, prevents company progress. Legacy thinking can pervade a company culture and actively prevent innovation and new, creative solutions from improving the current models. While legacy systems primarily reside in data centers, legacy thinkers populate the workforce. To successfully transform your businesses, old ways of thinking need to be challenged. CIOs must strive to create an environment that will enable insurers to focus on creating the future of their business. At Tata Consultancy Services, we regularly see the same examples of traditional thinking crop up in our insurance industry clients. My hope is that my responses below to these misconceptions will help you take a little step forward in transforming your thinking and your business, and the insurance industry: Legacy Thought #1: Legacy systems have no value and having them is our biggest problem. Legacy systems are valuable. They contain business rules that have evolved over time, records of products and services, client information, and reflect what experts have learned over many

years. In most cases, legacy systems still run the day-to-day business, are 100% paid-for, and contain data that can be mined to develop new products and services. Top GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School boys win TCS IT Wiz (Coimbatore regional round of TCS IT Wiz) Source: Hindu Business Line / 24 August 2013 P. Nivin Krishnan and R. Rahul from GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Perianaickenpalayam, emerged winners at the Coimbatore regional round of TCS IT Wiz. They will represent Coimbatore in the national finals to be held on December 14. They will contest for the title Smart Tech Wizard 2013. The quiz was organised by Tata Consultancy Services. The GKD team scored 70 points and kept the runner-up team from St. Judes Public School and Junior College, Kotagiri, well behind at 30 points. The winners walked away with an iPad each at the end of the quiz, which was held at Sri Krishna College here on Friday. Top Fit hai to hit hai! (TCS has organised an early morning run 'Bhaag Lucknow Bhaag) Source: Onesource - Hindustan times / 25 August 2013 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) organised an early morning run 'Bhaag Lucknow Bhaag' for its associates and their families at Ram Manohar Lohia Park, Gomti Nagar on Saturday. TCS regional head Jayant Krishna flagged off the run by lighting the ceremonial torch. Around 200 people participated in the event organised to promote fitness, bonhomie and camaraderie. Several TCS seniors like Chandra Pandey, Arvind Kumar, Garima Singh, Amitabh Tewari, Prerna Agarwal Sunil Khanna and Rahul Roychoudhuri joined the run. Later, they all enjoyed a healthy breakfast spread. Top Eastern India to get its first biobank to store cancer tissues for research (we are going to work with TCS to try and develop information technology for genomics) Source: Health / 25 August 2013 The Tata Translational Cancer Research Centre (TTCRC) will come up on a two-acre plot near the existing Tata Medical Centre-Cancer Hospital in New Town, Rajarhat, on the north-eastern fringes of the Bengal capital. TTCRC will house a biobank..it will be the first in eastern India. The project is starting immediately but the construction will be completed in three years. Its a Rs. 60 crore project, Mammen Chandy, director of Tata Medical Centre, told reporters on the sidelines of a fundraising event organised by the Tata Medical Centre and Taj Bengal here. The biobank will store cancer tissues for further researchwith the consent of the patients of course. The tissues which have been surgica lly removed will be preserved, said Chandy.

We are hoping to get 20 scientists for the centre. Biobanking is one aspect..we are going to do preventive oncology ..we are going to work with TCS to try and develop information technology for genomics, he added. Top