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Annual Report 2008-09of international repute delivering a series of lectures. Senior Researchers from TCS Innovation Labs were a part ofthe prestigious Stanford Engineering Symposium, India. TCS’ Academic Interaction Meet "Sangam" held its10 th conclave this year and showcased innovation at TCS. The delegates, heads from noted institutions of researchand higher education, visited several TCS Innovation Labs. TACTiCS - TCS Technical Architects' Conference, was held ina distributed, "Green" format this year and had over 500 delegates in 4 events held across 35 locations connectedby collaboration tools, video conferencing and even a 'Second Life' presence.The Company's efforts have won many awards. TCS' Mobile Agro Advisory Solution won the Wall Street JournalInnovation Technology Award in the wireless category and the Golden Peacock Innovation Award. Scientists fromTCS' Innovation Labs won Tata Innovation Day Awards. Infoworld ranked TCS' Global Certainty IdeaStorm in its list ofTop 100 Innovative IT projects. Further, many of the researchers and scientists have won individual laurels and awards.This year saw greater participation of TCS' CTO and R&D organization in Tata group's innovation efforts: linking upthrough COIN to Group companies on various projects including ones that helped build visibility like the launch of thesocial interaction features for the Tata Nano portal. Many of TCS' scientists have been closely involved with Tata CRL's(Computational Research Laboratories) EKA, which was rated Asia's fastest and the world's fourth fastest 'super'computer.Benefits derivedThe CTO and R&D Go-to-market team were able to influence customers and facilitate business wins in severalverticals. The past R&D efforts of the Company have resulted in the sale of software licenses and usage of theselicenses internally, yielding savings of USD 26 million.PatentsDetails of patents granted during the year are:No. Title/Description Country1 Method and Apparatus for Pattern based Generation of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) USA2 Method and Apparatus for Batch Programs Implementation USA3 Methods for Aligning Measured Data taken from Specific Rail Track Sections of aRailroad with the Correct Geographic Locations of the Sections4 Selective separation of phosphate minerals from other minerals, using aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid), and diethylenetriaminepentakis (methylenephosphonic acid)as depressantsIndiaIndia5 A Device for Handling Message Queues IndiaFuture plan of actionThe global economic scenario makes the year ahead seem challenging. TCS has relied on its innovation strengths inthe face of challenges to create strong differentiators for its customers.TCS will continue to invest in technologies that enhance productivity and operational efficiency to create savings forits customers. Cloud and ubiquity computing will gain focus. Energy, Life sciences and security domains will be domainsof prime importance.30
Expenditure on R&D(Rs. in crore)Year endedYear ended31.3.2009 31.3.2008(a) Capital 1.61 1.84(b) Recurring 42.31 36.94(c) Total 43.92 38.78(d) Total R&D expenditure as percentage of total income 0.20% 0.20%Foreign exchange earnings and outgoActivities relating to exports, initiatives taken to increase exports: developmentof new export markets for products and services; and export plans}Mentioned in theDirectors' Report.(Rs. in crore)Year endedYear ended31.3.2009 31.3.2008(a) Foreign exchange earnings 20836.65 16776.48(b) CIF Value of Imports 302.87 272.81(c) Expenditure in foreign currency 7867.52 6421.96On behalf of the Board of Directors,MumbaiApril 20, 2009R. N. TataChairman31
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