• Synergy Park will be biggest TCS facility in city with 8,000 seats

Hyderabad, February 11, 2008: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization, announced the launch of its second Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in the city. Synergy Park, which is located in Gachibowli will be inaugurated by Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Synergy Park will be the second TCS campus and the largest TCS facility in Hyderabad. Built over an area of 50 acres with a capacity of 8,000 people, the campus is being built in two phases; the first phase is already operational while the construction of phase two will commence in April 2008.

Synergy Park is an approved Special Economic Zone and will serve global TCS customers in industry segments like Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Government, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Hi-tech, Manufacturing, Retail as well as Banking & Financial Services with a focus on technology areas like enterprise solutions, assurance services and infrastructure services as well as IT services.

Speaking on this occasion, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr. S Ramadorai said: “The inauguration of Synergy Park is a significant milestone for our operations in Hyderabad and underlines the importance of the city as a key center in our Global Network Delivery Model. “With a strong education eco-system, plentiful talent and good infrastructure, Hyderabad has emerged as a leading IT destination and the city will continue to play a significant role in our growth plans”, Mr Ramadorai added.

TCS has had operations in the city since 1979 and has helped Hyderabad establish itself as a leading center for the IT industry in India. TCS has an employee base of over 6,000 people in the city currently.

TCS has also partnered with the Andhra Pradesh government to pioneer and provide innovative solutions to improve the quality of life of people in the state. Some of the key partnerships include:

•  SmartDegree, an RFID-embedded degree certificate to eliminate fraud in education for Hyderabad Central University.
• AP Online, the official services delivery portal of the government of Andhra Pradesh, which has redefined the concept of government-citizen interaction in the state.
• The IT solution for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that has brought in complete accountability and transparency in operations and established AP as the role model for the rest of the country.
• Automation of operations in the state government secretariat
• Developed a Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Government of India
• IT solution support for Arogyasree, a healthcare project to benefit less privileged sections initiated by the government.

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 108,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in 47 countries. The Company generated consolidated revenues of US $4.3 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 March, 2007 and is listed on National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

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