TECHNOLOGY -S Ramadorai in 2002

TCS wants to be among the top ten IT consulting companies in the world by 2010, TECHNOLOGY -S Ramadorai in 2002

It could be rightly called the mother(board)of all IT services. TCS, India’s largest software company, has logged on to super-success worldwide and covered itself in a...

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THE NUMBERS GAME Where is TCS placed in the software industry? INTERVIEW: Right at the top as recent reports show

JUNE 26, 2002, THE TIMES OF INDIA MAR 27, 2010, THE TIMES OF INDIA “Our aim is to achieve TCS chief is among top consultants 25 something audacious”

Asia’s largest software maker Tata Consultancy Ser- Mumbai: IT industry vices (TCS) chief executive officer analysts have been S. Ramadorai is concerned about the impact of travel voicing concern about advisories on India’s future as a software development the snail’s pace at base. Mr Ramadorai, who has recently been appointed which the sector has as an IT consultant to the Chinese province of Shan- been growing lately. dong was named as one of the 25 most influential con- However, none of the sultants globally by US based Consulting Magazine. noise seems to have breached the heritage structure that houses JUNE 14, 2010; THE ECONOMIC TIMES Tata Consultancy Ser- vices (TCS), India’s TCS ranked in global tech survey largest software com- 5th pany. Inside the taste- IT Major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Sunday fully done up glass and wood modern of- said that it ranked fifth overall, and topped the list fice, it is business as usual. CEO & MD, for IT services in a survey, a ranking of the world’s N Chandrasekaran, 46, who downplays best performing tech companies. To compile this the so-called threats faced by the IT in- list, over 6,500 actively traded primary securities dustry as he aims to “achieve something across 13 tech sectors were initially considered. audacious”. Companies which did not meet the require- “As long as you are strong enough to ments of a minimum capitalisation of $1 billion, capture, adapt and evolve with the new revenues of at least $500 million, under a 5 de- business models, I think there is enough cline in revenues from 2008 and 2009, and less opportunity,” he adds nonchalantly. He than a 50 per cent drop in stock value in the should know. For a man who joined TCS last year ending April 30, 2010, were eliminat- straight out of the Regional Engineering ed, a press release issued here stated. College, Trichy, in 1986 and never “thought about leaving the company”, he has seen the IT industry growing by JULY 3, 2003; THE TIMES OF INDIA leaps in the last two decades. During that period, both Chandra and TCS have grown in rank and size, re- spectively. From a software programmer TCS becomes 9th at TCS, Chandra is now its MD & CEO. largest software co And TCS is a $6 billion-plus IT firm compared to its revenues of $160 million in Tata Consultancy Services 1996-97. Or consider this: TCS recently (TCS) has become the said that it plans to recruit 30,000 in the world’s ninth-largest soft- next fiscal. These are numbers that the ware services company top management casually talks about in terms of revenues, these days. This was not the case when its chairman, Ratan Chandra, as he is known among his col- Tata, told sharehold- leagues, joined the industry several ers at the company's years ago. fifth annual general “[During] the foundation period, TCS meeting on Friday. build credibility, established itself in the The big daddies in market place [proving] that India can do the global IT in- it, built confidence in the system, in the dustry include company that you can take on big proj- IBM with rev- ects. You need to build the right people. enues of $96 bil- Then you can scale [up]. I think in the lion, Microsoft last 10 to 12 years we have done that,” he ($58 billion) adds. and Accen- ture ($22 billion). For the THE $6.3 billion- TCS, the focus now BILLIONAIRES’ “would be to climb CLUB the value chain in a bid to differentiate its services from competition,” said Tata. TCS was started as a division of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group, in 1968 to service the in-house electronic data processing needs. The company today is the DEC 12, 2001, THE ECONOMIC TIMES largest software services firm in the country. In a bid to be part of the top league, the company has been bagging clients across geographies, building domain expertise, besides adding TCS aims for a place in on a large number of employees. the $1-b club

JAN 23, 2011; THE ECONOMIC TIMES India’s largest software services company Tata Consultancy Services has ambi- TCS becomes country’s 2nd largest firm in terms of M-cap tions of joining the $ 1 billion club. The “It would be to climb the value chain company is targeting revenues in excess of Rs 4,800 crore ($ 1 billion) for the fis- Driven by smart December quarter earnings, IT major Tata Consultancy Services has be- cal year ending March 2002, according to come the country's second largest firm in terms of market valuation. in a bid to differentiate its services senior TCS officials. TCS, which was the top gainer among the country's 10 most valuable companies in the from competition” last week, saw its valuation surging by Rs 18,378.11 crore to Rs 2,37,330 crore in the week. The country's largest software firm, TCS, last week posted 29.93 per cent growth in con- – Ratan Tata on the $6.3 billion-TCS, solidated net profit at Rs 2,369.83 crore for the October-December quarter. explaining the next focus. JUN 20, 2003, THE ECONOMIC TIMES TCS moves closer to the billionaires’ club

INDIA’S largest software services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), AND THE WINNER IS… is likely to join the $1bn club. The company has generated revenues in excess of Rs 4,800 crore ($1bn) for the year end- TCS has so many feathers in its cap vis-à-vis national and international awards and the recognition it garners, it really ed March ’03, even without consolidat- ing the revenues of group company should be flitting around like a feather-weight boxer. The software giant is hardwired for success it appears CMC, sources said. S Ramadorai, CEO, is expected to make an announcement SEP 16, 2000; THE ECONOMIC TIMES of the ET500 . Yes! It is out and the big ment for every one of the 72,000 TC- crore. Compared to TCS, Infosys’ on Friday when the company’s results news is that Tata Consultancy Ser- Sers spread across 35 countries... this market capitalisation was Rs 1.59 for financial ’03 will be made public. TCS’ profit more than vices (TCS) has made it to the top slot award truly belongs to them.” lakh crore as the stock of the Banga- in the list. Despite the market crash lore-based company rose a marginal Wipro+Infosys in May, the total market capitalisation 0.7 per cent to end the session at Rs JUN 21, 2003, THE ECONOMIC TIMES of ET500 companies is 25 per cent JUL 17, 2010; THE TIMES OF INDIA 2,778. By now, almost everyone knows that higher than the previous edition (Feb- Ratan Tata is sitting on a goldmine ruary ’06) at Rs 22.9 lakh crore TCS pips Infy, is Billion club: TCS ’02-03 named TCS. Nor is it a huge secret that AUG 8, 2010; THE TIMES OF INDIA Tata Consultancy Services, is larger most-valued IT revenues at Rs 5,012 cr JAN 17, 2011; THE ECONOMIC TIMES than both Wipro and Infosys. But OCT 9, 2006; THE ECONOMIC TIMES TCS BPO bags six INDIA’S largest software services com- here’s the real cracker. A fact very few company pany, TCS, on Friday reported that it people are aware of. TCS’ net profit is TCS company of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has awards for HR Analysts cheer TCS Q3 had generated revenues of Rs 5,012 crore larger than that of Wipro and Infosys again emerged as the most valuable results; ($1.04bn) in `02-03. This is the first time combined. year leadership that TCS has reported its revenues sepa- software company in India after After muted performance by IT bell- WHILE some of the winners used wit three months, leaving Infosys Tech- TCS BPO Services, the business rately from that of Tata Sons, of which AUG 14, 2006; THE ECONOMIC TIMES wether Infosys, the country's largest it is a division. and sarcasm to amuse the audience, nologies behind. On Friday, backed process outsourcing arm of Tata software firm Tata Consultancy Ser- Mr Ramadorai stuck to his script. It by a robust first quarter result, TCS Consultancy Services (TCS), has won ET had reported on Thursday that the vices (TCS) has cheered market ob- company will cross revenues of $1bn. TCS On Top Of The Heap was simple, and echoed the TCS way rallied over 6 per cent on the BSE to six awards for outstanding HR lead- servers by posting 30 per cent jump in IF IT is not surprising or informative, of doing business: the outcome is Rs 832 and closed the session with a ership at Asia’s Best Employer Brand The company did not report its bottom- net profit at Rs 2,369.83 crore for the line as it is still a division of Tata Sons. it is not in ET. The August ’06 edition predictable. “It is indeed a proud mo- market capitalisation of Rs 1.63 lakh Awards 2010, in Singapore. third quarter ended December 31, 2010.