TCS appoints Mukherjee as global head of HR

New Delhi, 5 February 2008: Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization, announced that Ajoyendra Mukherjee has been appointed as the global head of human resources following S. Padmanabhan's move to Tata Power as an executive director, operations. Ritu Anand has been appointed as the deputy global head of human resources and will report to Ajoy Mukherjee in her new role.

A key member of the corporate leadership team, Mr Mukherjee was the Vice President and head of operations, eastern region. He has successfully handled various managerial roles in the company. He has been a key architect for TCS' growth in eastern India and has led the delivery of a number of challenging programs for TCS customers world-wide from the delivery centers located in eastern India.

"S. Padmanabhan (Paddy) has been an integral part of TCS' success and growth in the last two decades. We are particularly appreciative of the tremendous leadership and contribution he has made in the area of HR, a function he took over four years back. On behalf of all TCSers, we wish Paddy every success in his new assignment," said S. Ramadorai, CEO and MD. "We would like to welcome Ajoy Mukherjee in his new role which he is well equipped to perform given his vast experience in this company and industry."

A graduate of BITS (Pilani), Mr. Mukherjee joined the company in 1980. He has held key leadership positions and headed TCS operations in Switzerland and South Africa.

Mr Mukherjee is on the board of AP Online, a joint venture between TCS and Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is also a director on the WEBEL board, a Government of West Bengal enterprise responsible for the development of Electronics & IT Industry in West Bengal. He is a member of IEEE and CSI (Computer Society of India).

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development.

A part of the Tata Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 108.000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in 47 countries. The Company generated consolidated revenues of US $4.3 billion for fiscal year ended 31 March, 2007 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.