This is the story of freedom. The freedom to explore the world. The freedom to shine bright. The freedom to grow. The freedom to fly. The freedom to learn. The freedom to try. The freedom to dream. Of freedom to create a better future. The story of progress of India is the story of TCS. Happy Independence Day. Hello went away warm. Welcome to this special show TCS Studios presents. Transforming India. The story of progress of India is the story of TCS wishing everyone joining us a very happy Independence Day. Over the last 75 years, Digital India has come a long way from transacting in paper shares to digitally transacting at the click of a button to carrying wads of cash to actually transferring funds. Again at the click of a button from standing in lines for pension or for your passport to getting your pension in your account directly or getting your passport in just 24 hours, the stories are beautiful and we are TCS are proud to be a part of this journey. As we venture into the 76th year of Independence, we want to take a closer look at everything that is transpired so far, the journey, what went behind the journey of Digital India and what lies ahead. Let's first start the show by speaking to Samir Singh. Maria, the CFO, and Krishna Ramanujan, the President and global head of the Enterprise Growth Group, on where India has come and what lies ahead. It's a very proud moment for all Indians on completion of 75 years of independence and especially for TCS. TCS has been part of the overall nation building exercise and we are proud to be participating in the growth journey for India and personally having born in the 70s and watching through the progress which India has made in the last 4045 years. Gives me immense pride. Wishing you all a very happy Independence Day. As a child of the 70s and the 80s. To see the India at 75. I could not have imagined this when I was a child, so. India, at 75, is a land that made hundreds of millions of dreams possible. In many ways, technology has been the key enabler of this transformation for India. Either in terms of economic opportunities and growth or in terms of people's own advancements. Fundamentally on the basis of automation, obviously in our industry technology has played a very big role in lifting. 10s of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people and associated families to the next higher state of society. And so even beyond our industry, whether you take manufacturing, even agriculture, many of those industries, technology has been at the forefront of all the revolutions that have happened. So TCS has always had the honor and the privilege of being a part of every nation building project right starting from the early days to even now if you look at Ayushman Bharat income tax related portals, passports have obviously so many of those citizen services and nation building projects thesis has been an instrumental force in. So this is obviously very proud to be India's partner in its advancement. My dream for I100 would obviously be. Probably the number two economy in the world, if not number one absolutely, and an economy in which there is no poverty. There is no illiteracy. And great social cohesion and harmony and a very prosperous country that the world looks up to as a role model in terms of advancement and global citizenship. There was ever smiling Samir Seksaria and the Cherubi Krishnan Ramanujan. Now it's incomplete to talk about the growth of India and citizen services without talking to Ujwal Mathur, the India Business Unit head, as well as the Bhatla who is the head of the citizen Services unit. I caught up with them earlier to understand how the development of. Digital India has been the stories that actually were the milestones that led us to where we are today and what really lies ahead. Take a look when I say I75. Comes to you. So critical. It is very difficult to say that one single thing comes to mind. The several things that come to mind. A strong India. A resilient India. After the pandemic, it has become very important to us that the country has stayed resilient. A country that is moving towards Artman, Alberta. Order being self-sufficient. Digitally connected India. And India that is poised or in the on the way to become a major global player. It is even today. But these are some of the points that come to my mind when I think of India at 75. OK, they say. Question to you. The first thing that comes to my mind, Kritika, is probably progressive, right? I think India as a country, we've progressed in the last 75 years in every dimension of growth that you can think of, right? And the same thing, cloud probably applies to TCS. You know, when I look at R 75 years, it's also been, you know, a massive growth in the last 7 decades. So, and India is no longer a third world country, right? And we now kind of deserve a place at every round table in the world leaders and similarly TCS. Has gone farther ahead from say a coding factory to being global partner to some of our customers in the world. I'm glad you brought that up. Page, so you don't question to you then would be, there are a lot of areas that TCS has been embedded across India. We played a significant role in nation building, but there's a lot that the common man still doesn't know. So to your mind, tell me some facts that you feel the world should know that you're proud. I think, I mean to be honest, every project that we execute for Government of India, we feel proud of, right? Because we feel that every project kind of touches billions of life during the life of the project, right? But there several, there are examples which are. Which are not generally known in the public domain. So maybe will I will focus on some of them. You know, first thing that comes to my mind is India Post. You know it was a transformation for the core business of department of Post right and. One of the largest implementations of SAP in the world, but not known. To many. We also implemented a TCS IP's for point of sale solution which runs at more than 26,000 post offices, a single integrated point of sale solution across such a large dimension. If you just look at the numbers, probably the number of point of sales would actually compare very well with some of the largest retailers like Walmart in the world, right? There is a project that we execute for CBIC called Saksham. It's, you know, I proudly call it cloud ahead of its time because you know, it's been running for the last 9-10 years and you know, we've been providing infrastructure service on demand to CBIC for all their applications 24 by 7 across all locations in India. Another project that comes to my mind is this, you know, sparse program, which is the pension for armed forces. I think this is probably the only program which know touches all three forces in the defense setup, whether it is Army, whether it is Navy or whether it is Air Force. Ayushman Bharat, a flagship scheme which was implemented just about four months flat in 2018. Many other projects, right, especially in current cost context where everybody's looking for growth, the series of ease of doing business projects both at central level in single window portal. And the national infrastructure pipeline and same thing getting replicated across multiple states. You know, AP, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, many others. I've had this conversation with you many times and it is very significant that kind of large scale transformation that we have adopted not just in citizens across corporate sector as well. Tell me a little bit about how the financial transformation of the country has been and the work that you are proud of because I know that obviously there are there is only so much that we talk about in the world, but there are, I mean someone once told me that you know if TCS. Take like a day long break from 7080% of. May not work for that particular point, so tell me a little more. So, Kritika, I think one thing which we can be very humbly proud of is being a part of setting the financial infrastructure of the country. Whether it be the banks, I think we work with more than 200 banks in the country. Or the insurance companies I believe as per our. Own estimates that two third of general insurance claims go through a TCS system. Or it is setting up of the systems for the regulators? Reserve Bank of India or any of the other regulators. Or running the stock exchanges. Running the depositories, the core systems. The depositories. Or setting up the infrastructure for financial inclusion system. Which today has onboarded close to 300 million unbanked onto the banking system. So all these have formed the financial backbone of the country. And including the key processes that. Make the payment system in the country survive like the NEFT, RTGS. TCS has been a part of that journey too. So if you look at the work that TCS has done in the country, it is setting up of the financial backbone. It is. Building so this financial backbone has been a part of building the country, it has been a part of sustaining the country and now when we talk of the whole digital initiatives that are going on. The backbone has to be strong for any of the digital initiatives to kick off and that is what we have set up for India, which we are very humbly proud of. So there's like with what we're saying and to me it seems like digital seems to be the backbone in a very big way for the development of the country. So in that case, your mind, what's next, you know, let's be a little more immediate about it, Say what are the innovations in the next, say immediate decade that you would want to see or you aspire to see. There are going to be the next game changer so to speak. The biggest focus at this stage obviously is on self-reliance, right. A lot of technology elements being brought in whether it is manufacturing or whether it is trying to create solutions. The focus on Digital India and Startup India to say how can we create solution for India's problems within India and you know implement some of those solutions. So that's definitely going to be one big. Area where government and TCS would focus on. The technologies like cloud IOT are only from a government perspective. I'm saying it's only beginning to kind of take a shape in some of the projects, right. So those are the areas where a lot of focus would be, whether it is railways, whether it is difference, whether it is agriculture. I think that's the areas where we see a lot of focus in the coming decades. Technology for you know environment, right? Sustainable environment? What technology solutions can be implemented? Or India has obviously committed to very audacious goals from UN. Overall development goals,Ujjwal first tell me for the perfect india perspective. So that's another area where I think there will be a lot of focus in the coming decades. India perspective Tell me the big dreams, India in 100 you know, what are the things that we can actually achieve? Boy. India at 100. I would see India at 100 very differently. Poverty, free India. Obviously an integrated India. And India. That is world number one in all aspects. And India, where literacy is. Next two 100% in India where people are healthy and the health index is extremely high. Happy India. India that can defend itself. Against any aggression and plus remain peaceful and integrated India. So India at 100 is a big dream for, yeah. What are you excited about? We are really looking at artificial intelligence and automation. And looking at US and government making continuous efforts to what I feel would be to move from a digital India to an intelligent India going forward. An exciting conversation with Ujjwal Mathur and Tej Bhatla on the intricacies of many large transformational projects that have been undertaken not just by TCS but by the country at large. On that note, we'll take a very short break state. You lost. More up ahead after this very short video. Know what drives the world's belief? A belief that the world can be a better place. A place where human life is celebrated. A place where equality has a seat in the boardrooms, where viruses have left the building and the planet. Where the only room for hunger is in the eyes of champions. Where there is thirst for moon shots, Where sustainability is not just part of a cool hashtag goals, a place where we can breathe. And so can the communities we belong to. These beliefs may sound audacious to many. But you are not alone. We at TC's share your beliefs and we know how to bring them to life. We are fellow travelers on your journey, equally excited bringing everything know how Innovation and agility. What do you believe we can do together? We are TCS. Building on belief. Welcome back. You're watching a special series brought to you by TCS studios. Now, the growth of the country has been significant in the last 10 years, but if you look at Digital India specifically, we are already on the map with global peers and global economies. But what will it take to retain that position and what lies ahead? We spoke to Senior Vice President Dinanath Kolkar to discuss the areas that require growth. He believes that health care, education and several other. Areas that are centered around skilled development are going to be very critical in the long term. Today we have with us deenanath kolkar welcome to the show deena thanks a lot for having me on deena 75 years of independence what does that mean for you what does it mean for TCS so it's a fantastic milestone that we should celebrate and I think the excitement that has been created with the azadi ka amrit mouths of initiative as well as har ghar teranga I think it's it's a phenomenal thing it's a visually very appealing and pleasing moment for all of us and I feel that. We should take some time off, reflect on where we have been in this journey and what we should do going forward as well. Absolutely. So Deena, TCS has been a catalyst in the growth of Digital India, right? And you've also been closely associated with some of the transformational projects. So can you walk us through some of these transformational projects that we've done for India? So I think let's look at it from a talent perspective, just the talent aspect, you look at the workforce that has been created in India. We should be very proud about the contributions we have made to the education ecosystem in India and specifically building out our talent in computer science and various other fields. I think TCS has played a very crucial role right from the days Mr. Kohli initiated various things in the country towards skill development, towards adult literacy and various other things through the current digital initiatives that Rajesh under his leadership has played a very crucial role. I think that's very fundamental. And we have also taken this not just to the urban locations but also to the rural locations. So I think it's a very big difference that we have made. And then there are various of the initiatives that you look at be the passport, Seva, Kendra, the entire financial ecosystem of India has been predominantly enabled by TCS. You look at the healthcare ecosystem which is there, You look at the ION ecosystem that we have enabled. It's a it's a very proud moment for us as an organization that we have been associated with. So many transformations, so many digital initiatives that we have been a part of and I think each one of us has TCS should feel proud about it, especially when people come and tell you, look, here is something which I've experienced and then you can say, look, yes, we have been part of that journey. Would it be right to say that TCS built the digital backbone of the country? Absolutely. It is not just the backbone, but we are the DNA. I think we should really be very much there in all part of what we do for India. And as I've heard Chairman and I've heard Mr. Tata talk about that Tatas did what was right for India and I think PCs just carried on that in its right spirit. And we were the technology powerhouse for have been the powerhouse for many years. We initiated things and we have enabled that entire ecosystem not just TCS. But our partners or competitors, we've enabled it and we have done it because it was right for India. And I think that is a very, very big thing for us, especially celebrating this 75 years. Now I want you to take a step back and talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. That is when the country needed us to step up and TCS did step up. So can you tell us what all we did during the COVID-19 pandemic? So a few things I would like to call out, especially all the administrations especially in large cities required help and many of our associates volunteered right from gathering data to building applications to enabling startups to play a crucial role in creating solutions and stuff like that. So there was things which were at an operational level getting things right, but there was also advisory committees are CTO Anand and few of the folks from the research organization played a very crucial role and one of those. Initiatives where my team was very closely involved was the implementation of the data marketplace. You know, when you look at the COVID pandemic outbreak, we were largely dependent on the COVID testing kits which were imported into India and the cost was quite exorbitant. And if you look at the transformation that has happened or ₹3300 test is now available for ₹300, which is quite significant and the core to it was to enable that ecosystem of component creators to product. Manufacturers to the consumers of that product, I think deploying that as part of the Ccamp setup that the Principal Scientific Advisors office created, it was a very proud moment for us. And getting that done in a very short time period between July and September was another key thing. And I think initiatives like these really defined what we were contributing to the country. Something very interesting very specifically in the city of Pune, we actually helped to create a digital twin. For the entire pandemic data and while we talk about digital twins and context of business and things like that, but creating a digital twin for the administration to look at the data and then take decisions on lockdowns on various things that they were doing was quite phenomenal. We've talked about the past 75 years of independence, but I wanted to talk to us about the future. What will India look like 100 years after Independence? I feel that there are a great many opportunities. Make a difference and at a core fundamental level, OK. And if you have read the Chairman's book on Bridgeton Nation, it talks about education, it talks about healthcare and we just take these areas. There is tremendous amount of opportunity for us to make a difference and these are very core for any countries success. And as Jrd once said that I want to see India as a happy country. And if you really have to be a happy country, we have to be a healthy country, we have to be well educated, we have to be looking at some of these things and I think. Digital has an ability to scale things significantly and as Doctor Mashelkar says, we should not look at leapfrogging, we should look at pole vaulting. And the pole, the length of that pole is what will define how high we will jump and how quickly we will do that. And I think digital is that pole for us and I think TCS being right at the center of the entire transformation journey that we are leading will play a very crucial role in enabling this. Dina Kolkar, They're talking about how our talent, ecosystem and healthcare are going to be important growth drivers. We will take another very short break on that note. On the other side, we get you a Power Pack women's panel and we understand the growth of manufacturing or Indian engineering with the senior leader. Stay tuned. You still with us watching our special series Transforming India? Now when you talk about the growth of India, you'll be remiss to not talk about diversity. Diversity has become an important conversation in every single walk of life, be it in the political corridors or in boardrooms. But it's important to really understand, yes, women have left no stone unturned, but what else is left to do? Can women really make the strides and talk about gender equality in an actual way and in a positive way in terms of contribution, my colleague. Shankar, who caught up with the Power Pack panel of women leaders from TCS, take a look. We are celebrating 75 years of independence of India and at the same time we're all is also celebrating India 2.0. And we'd be remiss if we did not mention the growth of India and the growth of women along with it and who best to talk about it than are women leaders. Shalini, I want to start off with you by asking a very basic question that do you agree that in the 75? Because in the past 75 years, India has grown independent, India has grown, but also at the same time women have grown along with it. So the journey of India, would it be fair to say that the journey of India and the journey of women in India has gone hand in hand? Absolutely, Priyanka. Today we are having these channels with the advent of the Internet, with the advent of e-mail. I think over the last two years, we've almost run all our business using technology and I think that's it. That's a huge change in the way we've been doing business over the years and seeing the growth of India, the growth of technology enabling the way. We work the way we interact amongst ourselves, the way we do our day-to-day course and our shopping and everything else, right? So yes, that's been a huge change. Prabha than my, I mean my question to you is in the past few years the number of women in the workforce has grown, especially in STEM and now women make up 33% of the workforce. So do you think technology has played a part in that? I think technology is of course a major enabler for women entering the workforce and for not just women, I would say for youth and for anybody who wants to start a business or work in their own interest area. But if you really look at it, while the number of women in the workforce have increased over the years, and in fact in services industries like ours, the numbers are. In fact very, very high and to be proud, something to be really proud of. But the fact also remains, I would say that you know, during the pandemic actually in India, the percentage of women in the workforce reduced. Of course that was you know, hopefully it's only an aberration in this period. But technology brings in so much of access to, you know, whether it is the stakeholders whom we want to connect with the business you want to do, we know of so many. Women for example starting small businesses, right, using the technology available to them whether it is through social media or a Facebook or many other aspects which are available. Everybody today has a mobile phone even. I mean all the people whom we work with, right, whether it is the Chai wala or the maid or the security guard or anybody you take, right? Or the women who are selling, sitting in the market selling things, all of them have a phone. So I think. The bringing that phone into the hands of every person in India and in India we know is a huge, huge consumer of I think for the cell phone which has reached rural parts of the country that itself enables 1 to and gives access to many things of course. Have we, are we there yet? I don't think so. India is a very diverse country. People in urban areas or certain parts of the country obviously have. Much more access to the required technology, but I'm sure with the initiatives that the governments are taking, corporates are taking, we will get there one day. So can you, I want to come to you and talk about the workforce. So I just did mention that the number of women in the IT sector is almost reaching 33 to 35%. At TCS it's close to 35%. So I want to understand, are we reimagining the workforce? And you know, what is the contribution of women in the higher number of women in the workforce? Will it directly have an impact on the growth of India? No, thank you, Priyanka. Priyanka, I think it's an important aspect to look at, right, and the growth of the nation. And I think IT services in particular has been a significant contributor to the know the growth of the nation, especially in the last, I would say no 3-4 decades. And if you look at it is a very organic dimension. It's not something that has happened overnight. When I joined. Not the number of women in engineering colleges. We were just two of us in the computer science, no class. And then if I look at my daughter when she did her biotechnology and no, there were more than 50% of girls in her class. And I think that's a very important dimension to see that. You know as we grow, we have enough supply base that is feeding in and I think that. Is a important dimension and in TCS it's very encouraging because there are various avenues to take care of a lot of these. Aspects as well. And what is also encouraging is when we interact with customers, we're also seeing that in their own organizations there is enough and more women leaders as well. So whether it is the Cxos, the CIO's or their direct reports, there's a lot of interaction that we do where there are no women leaders. So I think overall. Significant focus and it's very encouraging. Right. So Prabha did talk about the importance of technology. Shalini, I wanna come to you and I wanna ask you, what are some of the key technology transformations that have happened, have happened over the last 75 years that have helped India and the women in India grow special? I think technology is playing a key role in the entire process, right from, you know, the availability of information, the availability of opportunities for education, learning for job, opportunities that are available, career progression. Communication and engagement, right, How we communicate amongst us as an organization or amongst, how we engage with our associates, how we engage with leadership, how we connect as a team. I think all of that has changed thanks to technology and I think all of this creates a very positive. Environment and helps and an employee or an associate in his overall being in the organization and I think we have seen that in TCS as well I think thanks to technology. Everything is available for us at our fingertips in the comfort of our home and, you know, in a very democratic manner. So, Prabha, I wanna toss the next question to you. So Kenya did talk about her experience right when she joined and now when her daughter is joining. So I want to look, I want you to look further. So imagine your granddaughter. So what kind of India would you want your granddaughter to live in? Yeah, now I have to really. I don't think I've thought that far, but let me try. But let me take a step back, actually, when I joined TCS, almost in. 28 years ago, my first project was a banking project, OK? And the TCS we were implementing our banking product. Of that I'm talking about 941994 in 7-8 banks in India which I was responsible for. But when I look at that and then you know 25 year years hence, now the entire, you know the way banking is done in the country has you know really changed right 25 years then and now we know how technology has transformed it. And if I look at that particular industry and look at 25 years hence, I can tell you that my our 30.