Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
Mumbai, 13th March, 2006

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: TCS.BO, NSE: TCS.NI), the world's leading IT services and consulting firm, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the challengers quadrant for the 'Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Implementation Services, North America, 2006' report.

"The Business Intelligence practice is one of the fastest growing segments of our business," said Dr. Santosh Mohanty, Global Head Business Intelligence Practice, TCS. "Our industry focused BI solutions, technology agnostic approach, proven track record, combined with our Global Delivery Model, have all contributed to extremely high levels of customer satisfaction. We believe this report is further evidence of what our customers tell us every day, that TCS is a valued partner and solution provider."

TCS has global development centers in virtually every continent and today has thirty-three centers in ten countries including Australia, Hungary, Uruguay, Canada, Japan, and throughout the U.S. and India. TCS also has a number of BI centers of excellence in various countries including Latin America, Australia, China, and Hungary.

According to Gartner, business intelligence (BI) projects are having a greater impact at higher levels of the enterprise as organizations seek to achieve higher business value from the use and analysis of their information. This more strategic focus means that clients need to address:

• The strategic business impact and value of BI
• A significantly broader user base (for example, business workers at all levels, salespeople, partners and customers, customer service, and IT operations)
• The breadth of their BI portfolio, which needs to expand to encompass a wider range of performance management applications, both at the corporate and the operational level

The report states that inclusion of consulting and systems integration (CSI) service providers in this Magic Quadrant resulted from meeting several criteria. In particular, Gartner focused on companies offering services in North America. The criteria are designed to select CSI companies that can match the increasing complexity of BI projects that clients undertake. The market for BI consulting and integration services is a fragmented market when looking for just technology staffing services. Companies evaluated here have the capabilities not just for staffing but also to manage BI programs.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2006 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world leading information technology consulting, services, business process outsourcing and engineering services organization that envisioned and pioneered the adoption of the flexible global business practices that today enable companies to operate more efficiently and produce more value. TCS achieved this by creating and perfecting a unique method of global deployment and delivery of high quality, high value services and products in IT consulting and business process outsourcing. Known as the "Global Delivery Model," this strategic services delivery concept has reshaped the IT services industry.

More than 95% of TCS customers reward the company's reliability, passion, creativity, and unique ability to handle the broadest range of their IT needs by continually extending and deepening their partnerships with TCS. With over 50,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants located in 34 countries, TCS is uniquely positioned to deliver its flexible world class services seamlessly to any location. TCS reported consolidated revenues of $2.24 billion (U.S.) in the fiscal year 2004-2005. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information: www.tcs.com