TCS Corporate Social Responsibility flagship programs and initiatives, under the TCS Empowers umbrella aims at empowering people and communities leapfrog to opportunities in the digital economy. TCS Empowers is committed to building equitable and inclusive pathways for women, youth, and marginalized groups on a meaningful scale through breakthrough innovation.
In a free enterprise, the community is not just another stakeholder in business, but is in fact the very purpose of its existence.
TCS’ go Innovate Together (goIT) is TCS’ signature no-cost digital innovation and career readiness program that engages, mentors, and equips students from diverse backgrounds with 21st-century skills.
Using the theory of cognition and laws of perception since 2000, TCS’ Adult Literacy Program, Literacy as a Service, leverages technology to impart functional, digital, and financial literacy to empower non-literates in their native languages for a new start. Read about TCS bringing literacy to the inmates at Bhaderwah Prison.
This transdisciplinary education program ignites the spark of curiosity and problem solving through computational thinking—a foundational skill for successful careers in every sector. The program has now impacted over 1 million students! Read more.
Helping to create brighter futures for young people in India by ensuring a continual availability of a diverse talent pool for industries seeking better gender parity. Read about the impact of the program on its beneficiaries.
This program enables entrepreneurship and addresses prevailing socio-economic inequalities in India. It builds a bridge to access and opportunity between youth from marginalized communities using IT tools, training them to become digital entrepreneurs.
Here's an independent impact report on a BridgeIT program that was run in two Indian states.
