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  1. 1968
  2. 1971
  3. 1973
  4. 1974
  5. 1976
  6. 1978
  7. 1979
  8. 1981
  9. 1983
  10. 1987
  11. 1989
  12. 1992
  13. 1996
  14. 1997
  15. 2000
  16. 2001
  17. 2002
  18. 2003
  19. 2004
  20. 2005
  21. 2008
  22. 2009
  23. 2011
  24. 2012
  25. 2014
  26. 2017
  27. 2018
  28. 2022
Founding of Tata Consultancy Services

1968

Tata Consultancy Services is founded. The initial assignments include bank reconciliation services, payroll and accounting for several Indian companies including from the Tata group

Arrow Tata Consultancy Services
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The Shah of Iran with JRD Tata

1971

Wins a project from an electric company in Iran, the first overseas assignment

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Read more JRD Tata with the Shah of Iran on a visit to India
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A Burroughs machine at TCS premises

1973

Partners with Burroughs Computer to sell and service its systems in India and to develop software for its machines worldwide

This was the first accounting offshore-onsite project

1973

Executes the first offshore delivery project from India for a hospital in the city of Detroit, United States

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Financial accounting solution for a housing society in the UK - the first full software development lifecycle project

1974

Delivers a financial accounting solution for a housing society in the UK on behalf of Burroughs, the first full software development lifecycle project

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F C Kohli receives a top exporter award from the Government of India

1976

Crosses $1 million in revenues

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Read More F C Kohli receives the Engineering Exports Promotion Council top exporter award from Mohan Dharia, Union Minister for Commerce Government of India
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The cover of the 1976 TCS brochure

1978

Parts ways with Burroughs Computers; pivots as an independent software entity

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Read More The cover of the 1976 TCS brochure
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Sets up the new york office

1979

Sets up the New York office, the first sales office overseas

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Read more The office was set up in Park Avenue, Manhattan
The project was executed by TCS engineers in Mumbai

1979

Wins a three-year contract with IGIC that fully leverages the onsite-offshore model and introduces a 24-hour service delivery cycle

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The TRDDC building at Hadapsar, Pune

1981

Sets up Tata Research Development and Design Centre in Pune, India's first software research centre

Arrow The Beginning of TCS’ Research and Innovation Journey
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Read More The TRDDC building at Hadapsar, Pune
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The Swiss National Bank in Berne

1983

Engages with Swiss National Bank for the first offshore project from TCS Delhi

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Read more The Swiss National Bank in Berne, Switzerland. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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The IBM Centre in Chennai

1987

Sets up the IBM Centre of Excellence in Chennai; the IBM 3090 Mainframe opens up several mainframe opportunities

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FC Kohli signing the contract

1989

Signs the Swiss Securities Corporation deal for the world's first real-time securities clearing and settlement system

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National Stock Exchange building

1992

Sets up the core banking platform for India's newly created National Stock Exchange

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Read More The NSE building in Mumbai. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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FC Kohli and S Ramadorai

1996

Faqir Chand Kohli retires; S Ramadorai takes over as CEO

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Read more FC Kohli and S Ramadorai
NSDL is responsible for, among other aspects, demat shares

1996

Builds the core platform for the National Securities Depository Limited, the first electronic depository in India in less than five months

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The TCS Y2K facility in Ambattur, Chennai

1997

Participates in the Y2K rectification opportunity

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Read More The TCS Y2K facility in Ambattur, Chennai
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The division grew to $500 million in five years

2000

Sets up the ebusiness division in Mumbai, which grows to $500 million in five years

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TCS centres in Budapest

2001

Sets up the first nearshore development centre in Budapest, Hungary

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Read more The TCS centre in Budapest
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Ultimatix

2002

Launches Ultimatix, a company-wide ERP system

The present TCS facility in Montevideo, Uruguay

2002

Sets up development centres in Uruguay and China, strengthening the Global Network Delivery Model

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read more The present TCS facility in Montevideo, Uruguay
GE Healthcare is a leader in health tech

2002

Wins a $100 million GE Medical Systems project, till then the largest IT services deal by an Indian company

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F C Kohli and S Ramadorai cut a cake

2003

Crosses $1 billion in revenues, the first Indian IT services company to achieve the milestone; articulates vision statement of Global Top 10 by 2010

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Then Chairman Ratan N Tata and CEO Ramadorai at the IPO

2004

Issues an IPO; lists on Indian bourses and becomes the third-most valuable company immediately

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Read more Then Chairman Ratan N Tata and CEO Ramadorai at the IPO
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Representative picture

2005

Wins $847 million deal to provide insurance back-office transaction processing services to the UK-based Pearl Group (later renamed as the Phoenix Group).

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a passport seva kendra managed by TCS

2008

Partners with the Government of India to reimagine passport services; also acquires Citigroup's back office operations in India for $505 million

Arrow Dial T(CS) for Passport
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N Chandrasekaran takes over as CEO and Managing Director

2009

N Chandrasekaran takes over as CEO and Managing Director; achieves Global Top 10 goal, a year ahead of target

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TCS iON launched

2011

Launches TCS iON, a pay-per-use IT-as-a-service offering for SMEs in India.

Arrow The Game Changer
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TCS leadership celebrating the achievement

2012

Crosses $10 billion in annual revenue

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Read more L-R: Then CHRO Ajoy Mukherjee, CFO S Mahalingam, CEO N Chandrasekaran and Head of Global Corporate Affairs Phiroz Vandrewala
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TCS leadership at the launch of ignio

2014

Launches a cognitive automation product, ignio™, that learns, automates and resolves problems in enterprise IT infrastructure systems autonomously

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Read more TCS leadership at the launch of ignio
All women business process services in Riyadh

2014

Opens all-women business process services centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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read moe TCS associates at the Riyadh centre
Medals from the TCS New York Marathon

2014

Becomes the title sponsor of the New York Marathon, the world's largest marathon

Arrow A Marathon, Not a Sprint
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2017

N Chandrasekaran elevated as Tata Sons chairman; Rajesh Gopinathan becomes CEO and Managing Director

Arrow N Chandrasekaran chairs first board meeting as Chairman of Tata Sons
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Read more N Chandrasekaran with chairman emeritus Ratan N Tata
The new TCS leadership at the launch of Business 4.0

2017

Unveils the Business 4.0 thought leadership framework to help customers leverage digital to fuel their growth and transformation

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read more (L-R) CHRO Ajoy Mukherjee, CEO Rajesh Gopinathan, COO N Ganapathy Subramanian and CFO V Ramakrishnan at the launch of Business 4.0
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50 years of TCS special logo

2018

Completes 50 years; ranks among the top 3 most valuable brands in the global IT services sector and named the fastest growing IT services brand by Brand Finance

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TCS House lit up in the night

2022

TCS is named the second most valuable global IT services brand by Brand Finance

Arrow Tata continues to be the most valuable brand in India
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