PM inaugurates TCS training center in Assam

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently inaugura­ted the new training center
of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Guwahati, Assam. He also made joint
address to the current batch of TCS trainees and IIT students.

As per a TCS statement, it is the first Indian IT company to invest in the
northeast region of India. The new learning center is based at the IIT campus in
Guwahati. It has the capacity to train up to

200 professionals at one time and is already operational. The trainees in the
learning center can also have access to all facilities on the IIT campus
including classrooms, library, sports and recreational facilities.

TCS had signed an MoU with IIT-Guwahati and the Assam Government in March
2008 to set-up a dedicated training facility in the state. It would also
collaborate with IIT, Guwahati in research and development efforts based on
mutual interest. “TCS has always been a pioneer in developing talent in the
country. The dedicated training center in Guwahati now extends this commit­ment
to develop the abundant talent available in the northeast,” said S Ramadorai,
CEO and MD, TCS.

The company has been partnering with various northeastern states to implement
several e-governance projects in the region.

“Almost 300 people have already been trained at the Guwahati center. This
initiative to further enhance the suitability of talent here will help link
talent from the northeast of the country to the fast-growing Indian IT
industry,” said Ajoy Mukherjee, VP and Head- Global HR, TCS.

TCS has plans to increase interoperability of various government machineries
in the six northeastern states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and
Arunachal Pradesh.