
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational technology company specializing in information technology services and consulting. Headquartered in Mumbai, it is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries.It is the second-largest Indian company by market capitalization.
As of 2024, TCS is ranked seventh on the Fortune India 500 list.In September 2021, TCS recorded a market capitalization of US$200 billion, making it the first Indian IT company to achieve this valuation In 2012, it was the world’s second-largest user of U.S. H-1B visas.In 2024, parent company Tata Sons owned 71.74% of TCS, and close to 80% of Tata Sons’ dividend income came from TCS.[11]

History Of TCS
In 1975, TCS implemented an electronic depository and trading system named SECOM for Swiss company SIS SegaInterSettle. It also developed System X for the Canadian Depository System and automated the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.TCS also partnered with the Swiss firm TKS Teknosoft, which it later acquired. In 1980, TCS established India’s first dedicated software research and development center, the Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC), located in Pune. The following year, it created India’s first client-dedicated offshore development centre, established for Tandem.
Company type | Public |
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ISIN | INE467B01029 |
Industry | Information technology Consulting Outsourcing |
Founded | 1968; 57 years ago |
Founder | J. R. D. Tata |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chairman) K. Krithivasan (MD & CEO) |
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Number of employees | 612,724[1] (September 2024) |
Parent | Tata Group |
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