Barclays and TCS partner to Help Children with Locomotor Disabilities
Tata Consultancy Services’ Virtual Habilitation Solution Helps Children with Autism and Cerebral Palsy Gain Mobility and Functional Skills
PUNE | MUMBAI, March 22, 2019: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has joined hands with Barclays to launch the TCS VHAB (Virtual Habilitation) solution at the ZEP Rehabilitation Centre in Pune, to help children with neuro-muscular disabilities become more self-dependent.
As part of the partnership, REACH – the Barclays Disability and Mental Health Network, is providing the hardware and equipment, while TCS is deploying and supporting its VHAB solution. The initiative was launched at ZEP rehabilitation centre in Pune by Sean Dunphy, Senior MD, Barclays and Anita Nanadikar, Head-Incubation, Research and Innovation, TCS.
VHAB is a digital assistive solution conceptualized, designed and developed by TCS to significantly improve the physiotherapy regimen for children with locomotor disabilities due to cerebral palsy or autism. The solution uses motion sensors, progressive analytics, gesture analysis, finger mapping and real-time simulation in an immersive VR environment to create a series of personalized simulated environments that children can interact with in a gamified environment and develop skills that will enable them to carry out tasks closely related to real life.
VHAB is already being successfully used by over 500 students across three schools for children with special needs. The results have been positive with the children exhibiting a visible increase in their attention, concentration and other learning skills.
Speaking at the launch of this program, Sean Dunphy, Senior MD, Barclays, said, “This is the start of an exciting journey towards making a difference in the lives of India’s specially-abled population, with the aim to replicate globally. It is a great example of two global firms coming together to leverage their core expertise to make a positive difference for the communities that we live and operate in.”
“With advancements in motion sensing technologies, wearables and gamification, digital technology solutions are increasingly transforming wellness and healthcare. TCS has been at the forefront of innovation that uses these technologies to make a real impact in the lives of people,” said K Ananth Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, TCS. “We are working to expand the VHAB solution to further address the full scale of the autism spectrum and are glad to partner with Barclays as we take this unique program to more children.”
ZEP Rehabilitation Centre, an NGO established in 2008, runs specially designed programs to help improve the mobility of children with locomotor disabilities. These programs enable the development of daily skills, self-help skills, functional skills and academics and is made available to all children irrespective of their socio-economic status.
About Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US.
With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs 82,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com
About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for the last fifty years. TCS offers a consulting-led, Cognitive powered, integrated portfolio of IT, Business & Technology Services, and engineering. This is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development.
A part of the Tata group, India's largest multinational business group, TCS has over 417,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $19.09 billion for year ended March 31, 2018 and is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock Exchange) in India. TCS' proactive stance on climate change and award winning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.
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