TCS Selected as a 2018 Finalist for Prestigious U.S. Chamber Foundation Corporate Citizenship Award

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization has been named a finalist for the Corporate Citizenship Awards by the U.S. Chamber Foundation. This year, the U.S. Chamber Foundation selected 25 finalists across eight categories. TCS has been recognized as one of the top three companies in the Best Commitment to Education category.

This year, TCS and Discovery Education's partnership and ground-breaking Ignite My Future in School program is being recognized for its commitment to education. The program was created to empower educators through a transdisciplinary approach to education that integrates computational thinking into core subjects like math, science, art, and social studies. Launched in 2017, Ignite My Future in School is an initiative that combines the best of digital content, lesson plans, career vignettes, and professional learning to help teachers prepare their students for careers of the future.

The initiative offers educators instructional resources and year-round curriculum support to ensure that computational thinking is embedded into the curriculum. This interdisciplinary approach helps students to obtain the necessary skills required for 21^st century careers across all industries. Since launching, IMFIS has provided training materials valued at more than $2 million and engaged over 185,000 students and 3,300 educators in all 50 states.

"We are proud to be named a finalist among such an outstanding group of pioneering organizations in the corporate citizenship space," said Balaji Ganapathy, Head of Workforce Effectiveness, TCS. "Our goal of preparing students, teachers and school districts for the future continues to be our top priority and we are honoured to be receiving recognition, especially from such a respected group of industry leaders judging this competition."

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is dedicated to strengthening America's long-term competitiveness. We educate the public on the conditions necessary for business and communities to thrive, how business positively impacts communities, and emerging issues and creative solutions that will shape the future.

The Citizens Awards honors excellence in corporate citizenship, and over the past 19 years, some of the most accomplished social and community initiatives within the business sector have been recognized through the Citizens Awards including Cisco, Lockheed Martin, GE Foundation, and Capital One.

"Every year, the Citizens Awards recognizes an outstanding group of businesses who are making a positive impact in communities around the world," said Marc DeCourcey, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "This year's finalists exemplify the ability of the private sector to help solve some of today's greatest challenges."

The winners of the 2018 Citizens Awards will be announced on November 15 during 2018 Citizens Awards Gala in Washington, D.C. Learn more about the awards program here.

About The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USCCF)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is dedicated to strengthening America's long-term competitiveness. We educate the public on the conditions necessary for business and communities to thrive, how business positively impacts communities, and emerging issues and creative solutions that will shape the future.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.

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 more than 400,000 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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