TCS Named 2018 Top Supplier of the Year by QIAGEN

Accolade Awarded to Tata Consultancy Services for its Strategic and Successful Partnership with the Molecular Diagnostics and Life Sciences Major

FRANKFURT | MUMBAI, June 19, 2019: Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization has been named the 2018 Top Supplier of the Year by QIAGEN, a global provider of Sample to Insight solutions for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic and pharmaceutical research.

TCS has been a strategic partner for QIAGEN since 2012, managing IT services delivery and enabling digital transformation in several business areas. TCS received the recognition for its deep domain and contextual knowledge, digital technology expertise and agile delivery model.

Commenting on the award, Serge Van Vooren, Chief Procurement Officer, QIAGEN, said, “The partnership with TCS is performance driven and is built on creating value in IT and non-IT services. Recognizing TCS as our best supplier of the year is a reflection of TCS' unwavering commitment to drive growth and transformation aligned with our company vision of making improvements in life possible.”

Vikas Jain, Business Head, Life Sciences, TCS, said, “TCS is honored to receive this award from QIAGEN. This recognition is a validation of our Business 4.0™ framework that is helping Qiagen achieve its strategic business objectives. We will continue to leverage our deep industry knowledge and extensive expertize in digital technologies to help Qiagen in its business transformation journey.”

TCS established its presence in Germany in 1991 and serves more than 100 customers, including 17 DAX-30 companies, partnering them in their digital transformation journeys. TCS’ high quality, high impact services have resulted in significant repeat business from its customers, making it one of the fastest growing technology solution providers in Germany. It is also ranked as the #1 IT service provider for customer satisfaction by Whitelane Research and the #1 Top Employer in the region by the Top Employers Institute.

About QIAGEN

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare), Applied Testing (primarily forensics), Pharma (pharma and biotech companies) and Academia (life sciences research). As of December 31, 2018, QIAGEN employed approximately 5,000 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.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 business, technology and engineering services and solutions. 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 424,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $20.9 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, 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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