Tata Research Development and Design Centre, the R&D division of Tata Consultancy Services, is automating the software development process and reducing the human interaction, is developing software code, Mr Mathai Joseph, executive director of the centre stated. "The research centre develops tools to implement large projects which are otherwise not possible to implement in a limited time," Mr Joseph said on Friday.

Maintaining large teams for big projects is not possible and to overcome this situation the centre constantly develops tools to automate the process, he said. The company has developed many of such tools into new products like MasterCraft, Adex, Consult, Infrex, Darpan, Assent, CemPac among others. The new automation tools developed by the centre like MasterCraft generate about 350 lines of code per person-day against the industry average of 500 lines of code per person-month, thus cutting the time to develop and market the products, he said.

TCS has set up the world's first tools foundry, he claimed. These tools have helped TCS to enter successfully into the product sphere where not many software firms from India are operating, he said adding that the company aims to generate 30 per cent of its revenues from software product segment. The centre files about 15-20 patents every year to protect its intellectual properties, he said.