TCS ‘Billion Steps Challenge’ Registers Huge Success

TCS’ unique employee challenge, part of its golden jubilee celebrations, draws 200,000 participants globally who log a record 3 billion steps

MUMBAI, October 9, 2018: Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that its ‘Billion Steps Challenge’ to employees evoked an overwhelming response, with over 200,000 participants across the globe registering and collectively logging a record three billion steps. At over 2.4 million kms, this distance is equivalent to three return trips to the moon, or going sixty times around the Earth, or five and a half times around Jupiter.

The TCS 'Billion Steps Challenge’ is one of the biggest employee engagement initiatives undertaken by the company, and is a part of the TCS50 program – an enterprise-wide initiative celebrating fifty years of TCS. At a larger level, ‘Billion Steps’ is an expression of energy and coming together of all TCS employees as a part of #OneTCS. TCS employees literally stepped up to the challenge to walk or run individually and in groups, so as to collectively log a billion steps in a special app. The app, designed in-house, created a lot of excitement amongst employees as they got a minute by minute view of their contribution to the ‘Billion Steps’ initiative. Employees were ecstatic as the app provided a real-time view of the company crossing the aggregate goal of billion steps within a few days and touching three billion steps at the end of the challenge period. The challenge, conducted between Sep 28^thto Oct 7^thdrew an overwhelming response, attracting over 200,000 TCSers across 48 countries and registering a 300 percent result over the original goal.

Ajoy Mukherjee, EVP & Head, Global Human Resources, TCS, said,“The very fact that so many of our employees spread across so many locations, came together to accomplish this astounding feat, is a testimony to the spirit of #OneTCS. These kinds of innovative employee engagement initiatives are what make TCS a progressive and fun workplace that attracts and retains the best talent across the world. This is indeed a landmark in TCS’ 50 year journey, capturing the resounding voice of TCS, across the world.”

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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