NEW YORK and MUMBAI,
India, May
23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Consultancy Services (BSE:
532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and
business solutions organization, announced that it received
four Stevies® at the 2019 American Business Awards®, the nation's
premier business awards program. TCS was recognized with Gold
Stevies for Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the
Year and Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year, a
Silver Stevie for Mobile Marketing Campaign of the Year, and
a Bronze Stevie for Human Resources Department of the
Year.
More than 3,800 nominations from organizations of all sizes and
in virtually every industry were submitted this year for
consideration, and more than 200 executive professionals worldwide
participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie
Award winners.
TCS received a Gold Stevie in the Corporate Social
Responsibility Program of the Year category for its Ignite My
Future in School program, a first-of-its-kind, multi-million dollar
initiative that leverages computational thinking and online
curriculum resources as a catalyst to transform the way K-12
students learn across America. Since the program's launch in 2017,
more than 8,000 teachers and 467,000 students, in 81 school
districts across the US, have already benefited from the program –
being far ahead in its goal to engage 20,000 educators and one
million students by 2021.
TCS also received a Gold Stevie in the Fastest Growing Tech
Company of the Year category, given its double-digit growth
year-over-year, strategic partnerships with the World Economic
Forum and the European Business Summit, and alliances with notable
academic institutes such as Cornell Tech and Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, Brand
Finance recognized TCS as a Top 100 Brand in the US across all
industries – for the fifth consecutive year – and as a Top 15 Brand
based in New York State for the
second consecutive year.
"TCS prides itself in helping US businesses navigate and
digitally transform utilizing our Business 4.0™ thought leadership
framework, having an unwavering commitment to be a good corporate
citizen and being an employer of choice," said Surya
Kant, Country Head, TCS North America, UK and Europe. "Winning multiple Stevies
across categories from the American Business Awards is a testament
to our commitment to putting our customers, employees and
communities first."
TCS received a Silver Stevie in the Mobile Marketing Campaign
of the Year category for its 2018 TCS New York City Marathon
App. Since TCS became title sponsor in 2014, the official race
app continues to break global download records, with an
incredible 436K downloads in 2018,
representing a 30 percent increase from 2017. Driving the high
engagement were features such as the ability to track up to 20
runners in real-time, a Spectator Planning Tool that allows users
to create itineraries of various locations to cheer on runners, and
150K Digital Cheer Cards created and
shared during the race. The iOS version of the app ranked #1 among
top free sports and free apps overall in the App Store on race
day.
TCS also received a Bronze Stevie in the category, Human
Resources Department of the Year for its focused development of
a diverse workforce, which comprises 147 different nationalities
operating in 46 countries. The implementation of structured
diversity programs globally has helped TCS achieve a strength of
over 150,000 women employees, making it the world's largest private
sector employer of women in technology. TCS was also recognized for
its campus recruitment, hiring practices and training programs that
help employees in their development and growth at the company.
"The nominations submitted to the 2019 American Business
Awards were outstanding. They illustrate the continued vibrancy of
innovation and high level of achievement across the American
economic landscape," said Michael
Gallagher, President and Founder, Stevie Awards.
Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2019
Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA. The
American Business Awards, nicknamed the 'Stevies' for the Greek
word 'crowned,' will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at
the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New
York on Tuesday, June 11,
2019.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in
seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie
Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business
Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards
for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer
Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000
entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations.
Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind
them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the
workplace worldwide.
Learn more about the Stevie Awards at
http://www.StevieAwards.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.
To stay up-to-date on TCS news in North America, follow @TCS_NA. For TCS
global news, follow @TCS_News.
TCS media contacts:
Asia
Pacific:
|
Email:
charlene.lee@tcs.com
Phone: +65 9138
4370
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Australia and New
Zealand:
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Email:
Kelly.ryan@tcs.com
Phone: +61 422 989
682
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Benelux:
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Email:
Joost.galema@tcs.com
Phone: +31 615
903387
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Central
Europe:
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Email:
anke.maibach@tcs.com
Phone: + 49 172
6615789
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Europe:
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Email:
mattias.afgeijerstam@tcs.com
Phone:
+46723989188
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India:
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Email:
arushie.sinha@tcs.com
Phone: +91 22 6778
9960
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Japan:
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Email:
douglas.foote@tcs.com
Phone: +81
80-2115-0989
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Latin
America:
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Email:
martin.karich@tcs.com
Phone: +569 6170
9013
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Nordics:
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Email:
roland.bagen@tcs.com
Phone: +46 70 317 80
24
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UK:
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Email:
peter.devery@tcs.com
Phone: +44 20 3155
2421
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USA /
Canada:
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Email:
b.trounson@tcs.com
Phone: +1 646 313
4594
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