Prominent clients: "Seven of the top 10 Fortune 500 US companies are TCS customers, as are 49 of the top 100 Fortune 500 US companies. We have an extensive list of clients in the businesses we serve -– banking, insurance, financial services, manufacturing, energy and utilities, retail and consumer goods, transportation, telecom, government, life sciences, healthcare, media and entertainment. We had 780 active customers at the close of the financial year of 2006-07," says Padmanabhan.
Locations: TCS has 175 offices in over 50 countries across the globe. "We have delivery centres in the APAC region, Iberoamerica, Europe, North America and support centres in the Middle East," he adds.
Some of the company's delivery centres outside India are:
~ Phoenix, Iselin, Seattle (US)
~ Toronto (Canada)
~ Peterborough (UK)
~ Budapest (Hungary)
~ Montevideo (Uruguay)
~ Brasilia, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
~ Argentina (Buenos Aires)
~ Chile (Santiago)
~ Melbourne (Australia)
~ Yokohama (Japan)
~ Hangzhou, Shanghai (China)
~ Singapore
~ Luxembourg
Expansion plans: "We are already expanding in most of the cities where we have a presence. These include Ahmedabad, Pune, Lucknow, Trivandrum, Coimbatore, Cochin, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Some of them are Special Economic Zones (SEZs)," explains Padmanabhan.
"TCS is quite open to adopting SEZ, if they suit us -- we are in the process of understanding such possibilities. Our priority is to overcome all hindrances before entering into new spaces. By 2009, the Software Technology Parks of India will be dissolved. Hence, we have to look at SEZ. We are evaluating both models," he adds.
TCS has recently signed an MOU with the government of Andhra Pradesh to acquire 75 acres of land to develop a state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad. Further expansion plans include moving to Tier II cities such as Bhubhaneshwar, Chandigarh, and Coimbatore. "The number of non-Indian employees will continue to grow as we expand our global operations. We will recruit in significant numbers in geographies like Latin America, China, and the US. We have always been expanding in the past, and will continue to do so," signs off Padmanabhan.
Company contact information
Address: 11th floor, Air India Building, Nariman Point, Mumbai -- 400 021
Phone: (022) 6750 5910 (for recruitment-related queries) / 6750 9999
Website: www.tcs.com
Apply here: www.careers.tcs.com
e-mail: careers@tcs.com
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