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Annual Report 2008-09
trained and fully deployed in FY08-09. Since
the inception of the program, the total number
of graduates trained and deployed is 2,517. The
project leader community rated deployability
of Ignite trainees as very high.
Ignite trainees are encouraged to pursue higher
education while working. For example, for a
MCA degree program at Sastra University in
Tamil Nadu, students are given credit for their
training in TCS and by completing the remaining
credits, they are awarded a MCA degree.
Around 1000 Ignite trainees have enrolled for
this program. The top 1% of Ignite trainees
enroll for a challenging MSc Computer Science
program at the Chennai Mathematical Institute.
Chart 27: Number of students hired
through TCS Ignite
5.6 Learning and Development: As the
recruitment mix of new employees becomes
biased towards hiring greater numbers of fresh
engineering graduates from campuses, the
capacity of Initial Learning Program (ILP) had
to be increased. Two new ILP centers were
opened in Ahmedabad and Guwahati, in
addition to one in Thiruvananthapuram. More
than 19,500 trainees completed the ILP.
Our employees gained 23,000 new technology
certifications during 2008-09 as part of the
Continuous Learning Program (CLP) in FY09. The
e-Learning coverage increased to 32% of total
learning days with modules in Portuguese,
Mandarin and Spanish rolled out. A new version
of Competency Management System (iCALMS)
and a Learning Planning System have been
implemented to increase the automation of
L&D Processes.
Chart 28: Number of trainees who
completed the initial learning program
Chart 29: Number of additional
certifications gained by TCS employees
C. OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS
1. Opportunities
TCS is the largest Indian IT Services Company in
terms of revenues and number of employees.
Established in 1968 as a division of Tata Sons,
TCS has pioneered the concept of offshore IT
services since 1974 and has emerged as an
integrated full-services player with a global
footprint and scale.
Opportunities for the Company for sustaining
profitable growth emerge from:
� Increasing deployment of technology to
sustain competitive advantage in business
resulting in increasing global IT spends
thus generating demand for our services
portfolio
� Validation and acceptance of multisourcing
as a relevant business strategy
in a globalised world
� Emergence of new services that can be
delivered from remote locations like
infrastructure services and business
process services