Top 10 Work Points About TCS Work Force ~ Exam Placement

TOP 10 WORK POINTS ABOUT TCS WORK FORCE

· India's largest IT services company by revenue, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), last week posted its 'best ever quarter' reporting a 32 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 2,169 crore, and buoyed by increased outsourcing demand. The largest Indian IT employer also raised its hiring target for the next few quarters to meet the renewed demand in the US and European markets. The company now plans to add another 20,000 people, taking the total intake to 50,000 this fiscal alone. Here is a look at the employee make-up of TCS, which includes number of its foreign employees, women employees, their average experience, age, and more.

· What is the total employee base of TCS?
Country's largest IT services provider has total 174,417 employees. Of this 1,53168 are TCS employees and 21,249 are from subsidiaries.

· How many TCS employees are Indian?
The company's 92.9% of workforce is Indian. The company has associates from 88 nationalities.

· How many TCS employees are nationals of other countries?
The company's 6.7% workforce is from other countries. With employees from 88 different nationalities, these include Argentina: 2.5%; Mexican: 9.1%; American: 12.5%; Chinese: 10.2%; Brazilian: 6.8%; Uruguayan: 8.1%; Ecudarion: 13.2%; Hungarian: 5.3%; Chilean: 13.1%; Colombian: 2.3%; British: 5.4%; other 11.6% During the second quarter of the current fiscal (2010-11), TCS made gross addition of 19,293 employees and Net addition of 10,717. This means that around 8,576 employees quit the company during the quarter. The company's attrition rate stood at 14.1 (LTM), including BPO. The utilization rate excluding trainees is 83.8% and including trainees is 77.7%.

· How many women does TCS employ?
30.4% of company's workforce is women. This means TCS has over 50,000-strong women employees.

· What is company's hiring target for the FY11?
Backed by improved demand for outsourcing, TCS has revised its hiring target. TCS said it expects to add 20,000 people in the second half of FY'11, taking its total hiring during this fiscal to over 50,000. At the beginning of this fiscal, TCS had forecast hiring 30,000 people during 2010-11. For this financial year, the company eyes a lateral hiring of 50-55 per cent of the overall hires. The trainee to lateral ratio is 65:35.

· How many fresher’s TCS plans to hire?
The company which visited 370 institutes for campus hiring last year, plans to visit more campuses this time. TCS announced that it will make 30,000 campus offers this year from about 20,000 last year.

· What's the average length of experience of a TCS employee?
Of the total workforce, 61% of employees have three years or more experience.

· What is the average age of a TCS employee?
The average age of TCS employees is 28 years.

· What was the total number of employees added last fiscal?
The fiscal year 2009-10 saw gross addition of 38,063 professionals and net addition of 16,668 professionals. The Jan-Feb-March quarter (Q4) saw largest ever organic gross addition of 16,851 professionals and net addition of 10,775 employees.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

N.Chandrasekaran
(Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director)

Natarajan Chandrasekaran (“Chandra”) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of the company.

Responsible for formulating and executing the company's global strategy, Chandra has been at helm of several key strategic transitions at TCS since 2002 when he took over the role as head of global sales. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, he was the architect of the new organization structure unveiled in 2008, which created multiple agile business units focusing on domains and markets as well as built strategic business units in order to pursue new initiatives with the ability to invest, develop and mature new ideas.

Under his leadership, TCS pioneered the creation of its unique Global Network Delivery Model (GNDM™) across five continents and ventured into new markets including Europe, China and Latin America. It added new business lines like BPO, Infrastructure and Assurance services. Chandra has also driven the domain diversification drive that has seen the company enter new verticals like Media and Information Services as well as Hi-tech. All of these have matured into sizeable businesses under his mentorship and guidance.

Chandra personifies TCS’ commitment to customer satisfaction and high quality of deliverables. Through his experience in a variety of operating roles across TCS, he has built a reputation in the IT services industry for his exceptional ability to build and grow new businesses and nurture long-term relationships. He has also been a champion of software and business quality for the industry.

Chandra represents TCS on several global and local forums. He is a member of Executive Council, National Association of Software & Service Companies (Nasscom) and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is on the board of Tata Business Support Services, as well as many TCS subsidiaries.

Chandra joined TCSL in 1987 after completing his Masters in Computer Applications from Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu in 1986. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu.

Beyond the office, Chandra is a passionate long-distance runner and has completed marathons in Mumbai, New York, Prague, Stockholm and Vienna. Born in 1963, Chandra lives in Mumbai, with his wife Lalitha and son Pranav.

S.Mahalingam
(Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director)

Seturaman Mahalingam, or “Maha” as he is better known, started his professional career with Tata Consultancy Services in 1970. In his 40-year career with TCS, Maha has been involved in myriad aspects of the Company’s operations and growth, before being appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in February 2003 and as Executive Director in August 2007.

A chartered accountant by qualification, Maha began his career as an IT consultant and thereafter played a major role in marketing TCS' services across the globe, developing processes and creating large software development centers for the company.

As an early starter in the Indian IT industry, Maha has played a key role in helping TCS become a $6.3 billion global company with over 174,000 employees.

Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer in February 2003, Maha has managed many of the key functions in TCS including Marketing, Operations, Education and Training as well as Human Resources. He managed the company’s operations in London and New York in the early days of TCS’ global journey.

Maha’s experience, during the formative years of the IT industry in the 1970s and 1980s, has given him a significant standing within the IT industry. He is a former chairman of the Southern Region of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India’s apex industry body as well as a fellow of the Computer Society of India. He was also the President of the Institute of Management Consultants of India. He is a board member of several subsidiaries of TCS.

In 2006, Maha was conferred the "CFO of the Year" award announced by International Market Assessment (IMA). Maha was also the winner of CNBC TV18’s Best Performing CFO Award in the Technology Sector for 2007.

Born in February 1948, Maha is married with two children and lives in Mumbai.