TCS moved to 16th rank

NEW DELHI, MAY 7:
Three out of top five Indian IT firms have moved up the global ranking in terms of revenues in 2011.

According to Gartner, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) moved to rank 16 in 2011 compared to 21 in 2010, Cognizant has moved to the 27th spot compared to 30 in 2010 and HCL Technologies also moved up to rank 46 during 2011 against its 48 in 2010. Infosys and Wipro have held their last year's ranking of 26 and 31, respectively.

Market share of these five companies grew to 3.5 per cent in the worldwide market in 2011 compared with 3.1 per cent in 2010.

Overall, these companies grew at 23.8 per cent in 2011 as compared to 7.7 percent growth of the global IT services market as a whole. However, Gartner did not have any figures of previous year to compare with.

During the year, Cognizant displaced Wipro to become the third-largest Indian IT services provider that experienced the highest growth rate of 33.3 per cent amongst the top five providers in 2011.

TCS grew by 29.4 per cent, while second ranked Infosys grew by 17.8 per cent. Wipro had grown with least percentage at 12.3 per cent during 2011.

HCL Technologies also had a healthy growth with 26.2 percent, Gartner said in its report.

“Indian providers have historically found it more difficult to gain market share in the Western Europe IT services market than in the US market. But, as a group, the top five increased market share in the region from 2.3 per cent in 2010 to 2.8 per cent in 2011,” Principal Research analyst at Gartner, Mr Arup Roy, said.

He said 2011 signalled a change in mind-set of European buyers, particularly Continental Europe for offshore services.

The report said that on average, the tier 1 companies outperformed growth rates of tier-2 and tier-3 providers, despite consolidation and acquisitions among some of the smaller firms.

There were some standouts, however, with Genpact rose 27 per cent and Syntel up 21 per cent. Smaller providers were charged with creating a more compelling marketing message that went beyond labour arbitrage, it said. “In the past five years, they have been increasingly winning large outsourcing deals with a total contract value of more than $ 100 million. Their target customer segment still remains the Fortune 1000 companies, which is their ‘sweet spot',” Mr Roy said.

However, in recent years, these top five providers have greatly expanded their service portfolios and have been cross selling and up selling their application services client base with offerings such as infrastructure services, business process outsourcing (BPO) services, cloud and analytics services, he added.

TCS wins Eaton award

An article from HINDU
Tata Consultancy Services has announced that it received the 2011 Eaton Premier Supplier Award for the Indirect Supplier in Information Technology Services category.

“We congratulate each of our suppliers for their efforts in establishing Eaton as a global power management company and look forward to their continuing contributions in 2012,” said Mr. Craig Reed, Eaton's Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management.

Mr. Milind Lakkad, TCS’ Global Head of Manufacturing said, "TCS remained committed to providing Eaton with the capabilities and support it needs to be successful in all its endeavours."

ILP @ Bhuvaneshwar

This Post is for the  TCS fresher who are going to do their  ILP Phase in Bhubneshwar
ILP Training in TCS is just like a paid training.
we stayed at STAR CITY , a underconstruction flat.The beds stank like hell and the pillows smelled of moisture. No surprise, it was so hot and humid. Little did I know that soon it would be rainy season in Bhubaneswar and I would be having the time of my life.

-Bathroom had a broken commode seat (in two halves), the pipes leaked so that when you flushed the water would squirt straight at your face, the basin tap was weird. If you opened it the water would squirt out sideways at almost 90deg. I had never seen anything like that. After being drenched and using the commode I relaxed on the bed. I was afraid of what would happen since I didnt know how strict it would be in TCS and whether it would be ok ..

Food was not bad, (later on, after a few days, we heard the news that someone had spotted a cockroach in the food,  haha but it was ok. After all this was the first job of my life!)

On the next day, we attended at KIIT auditorium for documents verfication(PAN Card, Degree,Affidavit etc) for next 2 days.After that our classes start at Koel Campus , KIIT.
Everyday thousands of PPTs are created and half of them was screwing the trainees.. We were given a desktop of PPT's to study all through the day..

Classes consists of 45 days includes 2 compulsory test (EC1 & EC2) and Brain Bench etc.
Both the test EC1 & EC2 are utmost important to get arrgegate 50% marks out of 200.
EC1 consists of programmimg language where only error finding , output of prg are to be asked in test.Dont go for programmimg ....do smart Study only and go for the only ppt which were given by TCS , it is more than enough.
EC2 consists of Java .Get ur concepts more clear on Encapculation, Aggregation, Association ,Normalization and little bit concept of programming on Java. Question will related to theory not like EC1.
In both Test u have to score above 50% aggregate.I got 97% and finally qualify for the phase 2 training at base center .

Had different experience during ILP with people from different states.Had lot of fun too both at villa and in office.All of us had a trip to NandanKanan Zoo.Then we visited few places like Konark,Puri temple and Piply where we bought some handicraft items.Missed few places like Chilka lake due to shortage of time. The places were greenish in and around Bhubaneswar,Ever raining,Early bird and Early Owl.Any way life was good

Overall TCS ILP training is something like smart training and tough for those who dreams that now TCS will not kick them out... All the best :-)

2011 PAT questions - JAVA

 ILP PAT TEST on Java


1.Which of the following statements is false about objects?
            a.An instance of a class is an object
            b.Objects can access both static and instance data
            c.Object is the super class of all other classes
            d.Objects do not permit encapsulation

2.Which methods can access to private attributes of a class?
            a.Only Static methods of the same class
            b.Only instances of the same class
            c.Only methods those defined in the same class
            d.Only classes available in the same package.

3.What is an aggregate object?
            a.An object with only primitive attributes
            b.An instance of a class which has only static methods
            c.An instance which has other objects
            d.None of the above

4.Assume that File is an abstract class and has toFile() method. ImageFile and BinaryFile are concrete classes of the abstract class File. Also, assume that the method toFile() is implemented in both Binary File and Image File. A File references an ImageFile object in memory and the toFile method is called, which implementation method will be called?
            a.Binary File
            b.Image File
            c.Both File and Binary Files
            d.None of the above

5.A class can have many methods with the same name as long as the number of parameters or type of parameters is different. This OOP concept is known as
            a.Method
            b.Invocating
            c.Method
            d.Overriding
            e.Method Labeling
            f.Method
            g.Overloading

6.Which of the following is considered as a blue print that defines the variables and methods common to all of its objects of a specific kind?
            a.Object
            b.Class
            c.Method
            d.Real data
            e.types

7.What are the two parts of a value of type double?
            a.Significant Digits,
            b.Exponent
            c.Length, Denominator
            d.Mode, Numerator

8.After the following code fragment, what is the value in fname?
Code:
String str;
int fname;
str = "Foolish boy.";
fname = str.indexOf("fool");

            a.2
            b.-1
            c.4

9.What is the value of ‘number’ after the following code fragment execution?
Code:
int number = 0;
int number2 = 12
while (number < number2)
{number = number + 1;
}

            a.5
            b.12
            c.21
            d.13

10.Given the following code snippet;
Code:
int salaries[];
int index = 0;
salaries = new int salaries[4];
while (index < 4)
{
salaries[index] = 10000;
index++;
}

What is the value of salaries [3]?
            a.4000
            b.5000
            c.1500
            d.1000

12.Which of the following is not a return type?
            a.boolean
            b.void
            c.public
            d.Button
13.If result = 2 + 3 * 5, what is the value and type of ‘result’ variable?
            a.17,byte
            b.25, byte
            c.17, int
            d.25, int

14.What is the data type for the number 9.6352?
            a.float
            b.double
            c.Float
            d.Double

15.Assume that the value 3929.92 is of type ‘float’. How to assign this value after declaring the variable ‘interest’ of type float?
            a.interest = 3929.92
            b.interest = (Float)3929.92
            c.interest = 3929.92(float)
            d.interest = 3929.92f

2011 PAT Questions- DBMS

ILP PAT Test:   DBMS

1)      The DBMS acts as an interface between what two components of an enterprise-class database system?
A.    Database application and the database
B.     Data and the database
C.     The user and the database application
D.    Database application and SQL
            Ans: A

2)      SQL stands for ________ .
A.    Structured Query Language
B.     Sequential Query Language
C.     Structured Question Language
D.    Sequential Question Language
            Ans: A

3)      Because it contains a description of its own structure, a database is considered to be ________ .
A.    Described
B.     metadata compatible
C.     self-describing
D.    an application program
            Ans: C

4)      You can add a row using SQL in a database with which of the following?
A.    ADD B.
B.     CREATE
C.     INSERT
D.    MAKE
            Ans: C

5)      The wildcard in a SELECT statement is which of the following?
A.    %
B.     &
C.     ∗
D.    #
            Ans: C

6)      The command to eliminate a row from a table is:
A.    REMOVE FROM CUSTOMER
B.     DROP FROM CUSTOMER
C.     DELETE FROM CUSTOMER
D.    UPDATE FROM CUSTOMER
            Ans: C

7)      The SQL WHERE clause:
A.    limits the column data that are returned.
B.     limits the row data are returned.
C.     Both A and B are correct.
D.    Neither A nor B are correct.
            Ans: B

8)      Which of the following is the original purpose of SQL?
A.    To specify the syntax
and semantics of SQL data definition language
B.     To specify the syntax
and semantics of SQL manipulation language
C.     To define the data
structures
D.    All of the above.
            Ans:-D

9)      The wildcard in a WHERE clause is useful when?
A.    An exact match is necessary in a SELECT statement.
B.     An exact match is not possible in a SELECT statement.
C.     An exact match is necessary in a CREATE statement.
D.    An exact match is not possible in a CREATE statement.
            Ans: B

10)  A view is which of the following?
A.    A virtual table that can be accessed via SQL commands
B.     A virtual table that cannot be accessed via SQL commands
C.     A base table that can be accessed via SQL commands
D.    A base table that cannot be accessed via SQL commands
            Ans: A

11)  The command to eliminate a table from a database is:
A.    REMOVE TABLE CUSTOMER;
B.     DROP TABLE CUSTOMER;
C.     DELETE TABLE CUSTOMER;
D.    UPDATE TABLE CUSTOMER;
            Ans: B

12)  ON UPDATE CASCADE ensures which of the following?
A.    Normalization
B.     Data Integrity
C.     Materialized Views
D.    All of the above.
            Ans: B

13)  SQL data definition commands make up a(n) ________ .
A.    DDL
B.     DML
C.     HTML
D.    XML
            Ans: A

14)  The SQL keyword(s) ________ is used with wildcards.
A.    LIKE only
B.     IN only
C.     NOT IN only
D.    IN and NOT IN
            Ans: A

15)  Which of the following is the correct order of keywords for SQL SELECT statements?
A.    SELECT, FROM, WHERE
B.     FROM, WHERE, SELECT
C.     WHERE, FROM,SELECT
D.    SELECT,WHERE,FROM
            Ans: A

16)  A subquery in an SQL SELECT statement is enclosed in:
A.    braces — {…}.
B.     CAPITAL LETTERS.
C.     parenthesis — (…).
D.    brackets — [...].
            Ans: C

17)  The result of a SQL SELECT statement is a(n) ________ .
A.    report
B.     form
C.     file
D.    table
            Ans: D

18)  Which one is not the command of DDL
A.    create
B.     alter
C.     delete
D.    drop
            Ans: C

19)  Grant & Revoke are the commands ___________.
A.    DDL
B.     DML
C.     DCL
D.    TCL
            Ans: C

20)  Commands of TCL are ?
A.    COMMIT & ROLLBACK
B.     DROP & TRUNCATE
C.     UPDATE & DELETE
D.    NONE OF THESE
            Ans: A

21)  Which of the following are the five built-in functions provided by SQL?
A.    COUNT, SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN
B.     SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, MULT
C.     SUM, AVG, MULT, DIV, MIN
D.    SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, NAME
            Ans: A

2011 PAT questions -UNIX

As soon u enter into ILP, u ll have PAT test within 2 or 3 days. This test is just to evaluate your level. Here u have 2011 PAT test questions which will help u some extent ..

ILP PAT Test UNIX
SET 1

1)      UNIX uses ls to list files in a directory. The corresponding command in MS environment is:
A.      lf
B.      listdir
C.      dir

2)      A file with extension .txt
A.      Is a text file created using vi editor
B.      Is a text file created using a notepad
C.      Is a text file created using word

3)      In the windows environment file extension identifies the application that created it. If we remove the file extension can we still open the file?
A.      Yes
B.      No

4)      Which of the following files in the current directory are identified by the regular expression a?b*.
A.      afile
B.      aab
C.      abb
D.     abc
E.      axbb
F.       abxy

5)      For some file the access permissions are modified to 764. Which of the following interpretation are valid:
A.      Every one can read, group can execute only and the owner can read and write.
B.      Every one can read and write, but owner alone can execute.
C.      Every one can read, group including owner can write, owner alone can execute

6)      The file’s properties in Windows environment include which amongst the following:
A.      File owners’ name
B.      File size
C.      The date of last modification
D.     Date of file creation
E.      The folder where it is located

7)      Which of the following information is contained in inode structure
A.      The file size
B.      The name of the owner of the file
C.      The access permissions for the file
D.     All the dates of modification since the file’s creation
E.      The number of symbolic links for this file

8)      File which are linked have as many inodes as are the links.
A.      True
B.      False

9)      Which directory under the root contains the information on devices
A.      /usr/bin
B.      /usr/sbin
C.      /usr/peripherals/dev
D.     /etc/dev

10)  A contiguous allocation is the best allocation policy. (True / False)
A.    True
B.    False

11)  An indexed allocation policy affords faster information retrieval than the chained allocation policy.
A.      True
B.      False

12)  Absolute path names begin by identifying path from the root.
A.      True
B.      False



SET 2

1)      With what can you stop a process?
A.      Stop
B.      Shutdown
C.      Kill
D.     Delete

2)      What does the command ls do?
A.      Shows a calendar
B.      Display of the contents of a file
C.      Display of files and folders, present in the folder where you are
D.     Opening a file

3)      With what command you can see your user name?
A.      whoami
B.      I
C.      pwd
D.     me

4)      How to create a new file without opening it?
A.      less filename
B.      pico filename
C.      more filename
D.     cat filename
E.      touch filename

5)      How can you display a list of all files, including the hidden files?
A.      find all
B.      ls -a
C.      find -a
D.     all

6)      How can you append the output of a command to a file?
A.      command < file
B.      command <> file
C.      command << file
D.     command > file
E.      command >> file

7)      What do you use to forward errors to a file? -
A.      filename
B.      filename
C.      /dev/null
D.     filename

8)      What command do you have to use to go to the parent directory? -
A.      cd ~
B.      cd ..
C.      cd /up
D.     cd -

9)      How do you delete a file? -
A.      rm filename
B.      dl filename
C.      touch filename
D.     less filename

10)  With what command you can see what folder you are in? -
A.      place
B.      map
C.      pwd
D.     whereami



SET 3

1)      How do you get help about the command "cp"?
A.      help cp
B.      man cp
C.      Cp ?

2)      How do you list all the files that are in the current directory?
A.      list all
B.      ls -full
C.      ls -a

3)      How do you rename file "new" in file "old"?
1)      mv new old
2)      Cp new old
3)      Rn new old

4)      How do you visualize the content of file "not_empty"?
A.      type not_empty
B.      cat not_empty
C.      more not_empty

5)      How do you create a new directory called "flower"?
A.      newdir flower
B.      mkdir flower
C.      crdir flower



SET 4

1)      works as a command interpreter
A.      Hardware
B.      Kernal
C.      Shell
D.     CPU

2)      The major no for a floppy disk device is
A.      1
B.      3
C.      2
D.     4

3)      chown
A.      Changes the mode of operation to kernel mode
B.      Creates a thread
C.      Changes the users and/or group ownership of each given file
D.     Creates a child process

4)      lilo
A.      Uninstalls the boot loader
B.      Installs the boot loader
C.      Is a login utility
D.     Invokes a daemon to logoff

5)      netdevice
A.      Provides low level access to Linux network devices
B.      Provides low level access to Linux storage devices
C.      Provides an interface to communicate with graphic devices
D.     None of the other option listed for this question

6)      The process which terminates before the parent process exits, is called as
A.      Zombie
B.      Orphan
C.      Child
D.     None of the other option listed for this question

7)      Context switch means
A.      Kernel switches from executing one process to another.
B.      Process switches from kernel mode to user mode.
C.      Process switches from user mode to kernel mode.
D.     None of the other option listed for this question

8)      The following socket provides two way, sequenced, reliable and unduplicated flow of data with no record boundaries.
A.      Sequential packet socket
B.      Datagram socket
C.      Stream socket
D.     Raw socket

9)      Identify the point(s) that is not true w.r.t. signals
A.      Signals are software generated interrupts that are sent to a process when an event happens
B.      Signal delivery is analogous to hardware interrupts in that a signal can be blocked from being delivered in the future.
C.      Most signals are synchronous by nature.
D.     Most signal cause termination of the receiving process if no action is taken by the process in response to the signal.

10)  Identify the point(s) that is true wrt Semaphore
A.      Only one process at a time can update a semaphore.
B.      All the other options listed for this question
C.      They are often used to monitor and control the availability of system resources such as shared memory segments.
D.     Is a process with exclusive use of a semaphore terminates abnormally and fails to undo the operation or free the semaphore, the semaphore stays locked in the state the process left it.

TCS to hire 15,000 this year

An article from BUSINESS TODAY


TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), India's largest software services provider, on Tuesday said it will hire close to 15,000 people in the January-March quarter and with addition the company will exceed its target of hiring 60,000 people for the 2011-12.


"If you look at the gross, we have already done 51,000 and as far as this quarter is concerned, we will do close to 15,000 more. So the 60,000 number will go up," TCS Vice-President and Head (Global HR) Ajoy Mukherjee told reporters.


At the beginning of the year, TCS had said it expected to hire about 60,000 people during FY12.


The company has added 18,907 (gross) and 11,981 (net) employees during the October-December quarter, taking its total headcount to 2,26,751 employees.


In the previous quarter, TCS added 20,349 people, which was the highest addition by the company in any three-month period.


The attrition rate during the third quarter fell to 12.8 per cent, Mukherjee added.


TCS on Tuesday reported an 18.26 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,802.77 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, compared to a net profit of Rs 2,301 crore in the year-ago period.

LIFE HISTORY OF TCS

TCS began as the "Tata Computer Centre" for the company Tata Group whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. F C Kohli was the first general manager. J. R. D. Tata was the first chairman, followed by Pankaj Roy.
One of TCS' first assignments was to provide punched card services to a sister concern, Tata Steel (then TISCO). It later bagged the country's first software project, the Inter-Branch Reconciliation System (IBRS) for the Central Bank of India.[5] It also provided bureau services to Unit Trust of India, thus becoming one of the first companies to offer BPO services.

Early 1970s—Tata Consultancy Services started exporting its services.

1974—The company pioneered the global delivery model for IT services with its first offshore client . TCS's first international order came from Burroughs Corporation, one of the first business computer manufacturers.

1975—TCS counducted its first-ever campus interview which was at IISc,Bangalore. The recruits comprising 12 IITians and 3 IISc graduates were the first to get formal training at the company.

1979—TCS delivered an electronic depository and trading system called SECOM for SIS SegaInterSettle, Switzerland. It was by far the most complex project undertaken by an Indian IT company.

1981—TCS set up India's first software research and development center, the Tata Research Development and Design Center (TRDDC) in Pune

1985—The first client-dedicated offshore development center was set up for Compaq (then Tandem).

1999—TCS saw outsourcing opportunity in E-Commerce and related solutions and set up its E-Business division with ten people. By 2004, E-Business was contributing half a billion dollars (US) to TCS.

August 9, 2004—TCS became a publicly listed company, much later than its rivals, Infosys, Wipro and Mahindra Satyam.

2005—TCS ventured into a new area for an Indian IT services company—Bioinformatics.

2006—TCS designed the ERP for IRCTC.

2011—TCS entered the Small and medium enterprises (SME) market with cloud-based offerings.

2012-TCS became the first Indian IT company to cross the 10 billion dollar revenue milestone.

ILP @ Coimbatore

ILP experience by a trainee

 First few days in TCS was really hectic.In a day we will be having technical and BIZSKILLS (business skills).As if now its going on smoothly.  First 2 days  they taught us basics of User Interface(UI) and the various other topics are covered to design UI. then the HTML,we explored more in it. I should tell you guys,mentors here are very professional and experts. After we learnt HTML and few of its attributes we were given a small assignments. A team of 2 will have to give a presentation.

In the bizskills they are teaching us all the business skills, way of dressing(grooming ),gesture,posture,how to carry ourselves. it will be very much fun. everyday a new activity . ya the mentor is so energetic and a key observer. and advising, suggestions given to each individual when needed.
ILP experience by a TCSer in Coimbatore

ILP structure has changed from our batch. i dont know about other centers. but in Coimbatore ILP,it is a continuous evaluation process were ,you will be evaluated on a daily basis. you need to perform daily ,and the mentors will be observing you all the time. you cannot fool around them. and the good part is,by this you will have  a good chance to perform and work hard. solve the problem and you be will be confident enough to finish off the work which is given to you. because you dont have other choice. if u  want good rating you have to perform. I have learnt a lot in 1st week.

and its strict in terms of dress code and the other details which they have mentioned . and you need to follow. if you get caught you have to pay the price!

to brief a little from the first day:

you will be having 2 days of induction,
1.document verification
2.opening account in bank
3.they show some videos about tcs.
4.temp id will be given.

3rd day ,your actual ILP would start.
you will be given aspire test which is just formality no need to worry. its basically easy test for IT, we had the quest from database,s/w testing,java,c++.
after that you will get to know about the stream /domain.
I got JAVA/J2EE.
we have 4 batches ,2 batches have got Java/J2EE, and other two got C++ and .NET.

Hope u ll have great time in TCS ...

ILP @ kolkatta

ILP Experience by a trainee @ kolkatta.

At first day , we were asked to report at the TCS main campus in Kolkata at around 8 am. The campus was quite big and there were three buildings, Lords, Wanderers and Eden (yes, they named the buildings after the famous cricket grounds!) and we were seated at Wanderers at the conference hall. The proceedings started at around 8:30 am.

At first each of us were given the TCS visitor’s card for the day but in a short while, Smart cards were handed out to most of us and the rest were given a temporary card and were told to receive the Smart card in a few days. Next was the document verification process, we were asked to make two sets of documents, set-1 would consist the service agreement, surety verification form/surety’s passport photocopy, surety’s IT return, PAN card photocopy of surety, Medical certificate and the non-criminal affidavit, all in the said order.

Now, one thing is very important. Your surety’s signature on the documents and the signature on surety’s PAN card should match otherwise you may face problems during the document check as they would carefully match the signatures. Other than that, there were no issues mostly.

The second set of documents would consist the original copies of your 10th, 12th and all your degree mark sheets and course completion certificate along with PAN card, passports and NSR e card print outs. If you haven’t completed the NSR process by the time of your joining, you would be asked to complete at least the first phase in three or four days. They would just check the originals and update in their database after which your original documents will be returned to you.

We were also asked to open a salary bank accounts in one of the three banks SBI, Axis bank and Kotak Mahindra. The representatives from the respective banks were there, they introduced us first to what they are willing to offer and later on, they provided forms and we had to fill it up there and submit it with the required documents.

The first two days that is today and tomorrow we will be required to report at the Wanderers building and after that our training would be shifted to the Vishnu towers which is within one kilometer from the campus. We had two tea breaks each of 10 minutes and one lunch break of 45 minutes. The canteen was just below our floor and both the quality and the price of the food was reasonable. Once the smart cards or temporary cards were provided, we were allowed to visit the outside of the premises. The day ended at 7:05 pm after Ramanjit asked us to be present at the same place by 8:50 sharp tomorrow and that we would have plenty of sessions on different subjects tomorrow.

So that was my first 11 hours and 5 minutes spent at TCS. It was a little boring at some point of time as we had to sit idle at most of the times but we met plenty of new people and also friends from our respective colleges, so it was a good first day.

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ILP @ Chennai

ILP experience by a trainee @ chennai

1ST DAY OF TRAINING:The day started at 7.45 am, where we were seated in a lecture hall allocated to our batch... The first good news i heard from them in the early morning was that ‘dotnet’ stream was allocated to our batch. With that, we had an intro among ourselves infront of others. We were also asked to tell the unique character of us(The response from many guys were interesting). The session went on and they gave few instructions reg. the rules and regulations to be followed in TCS, Ambattur, and also the instructions about the PAT test.Break time at 10 am. Cafeteria is quite like a canteen with a token system (not a food court type but there are small shops too where u can pay directly as well). Again, don’t worry about the rates, where it merely takes around 60-70 Rs for finishing Breakfast, Lunch and eve tea together..Next session started at 10.30am, “THE PAT TEST”.... We were allotted each cabins for the doing the test...It is a 45 mins, 36 questions objective type(4 or 5 options) of exam...

I must be the first person to finish the exam, coz i dint know anything in that (though it was about the programming basics (told by CS-IT students))... It dint take too much time for me to complete it as i did it in an ‘inky pinky ponky’ manner.. But i later realized that most of my friends and batchmates also were blank about the test ... The test coverd the basics in Unix, java, c++, webtech, DBMS, and all other topics mentioned in aspire(cant remember the exact questions)Next session at 12.00pm, ‘Business skills’... You will enjoy a lot in this session, where they make us to practice to become a perfect communicator.. First activity, the mentor gave a card for each of us, with a topic written on it, and we had to speak about it for a minute.. There was also a ppt regarding an intro about Biz skills. Session was over by 1.45.Lunch time is 1.45 -2.30... Meals Rs 33/-, veg rice Rs 25/- , veg burger Rs 20/- and Chick burger Rs 25/-, which are the major items.Nxt session at 2.30.. I felt, this session should have been kept for the whole day... It was again the business skills session, where 2 activities were given for us as a team... First one was to perform a skit with a topic given , and the next one was also a fun activity... The session was full of fun...Break time at 4 -4.30.. Had tea, came back and the final session was from 4.30 to 5.45pm.. We did nothing in this session other than sitting in the hall. Few guys performed their talents infront of others(danced, sung, and had few fun games too but wasn’t that much of fun :P)..Finally, at 5.45, all of rushed out as like how the children rushes when the school bell rings... As i said earlier, we were told that this would be the last day to enjoy!!! :(..Note: All the faculties so far i met in Ambattur office are very friendly, interactive and are jus 3-5 years old in their software career...That was the whole day about. First Week @ TCS, Ambattur, Chennai.

 My views about ILP:All I can say is I am enjoying ILP and everyone will enjoy ILP. It depends on how we take the given tasks. We are given with a descent level of freedom to make our views in a laughable way. I will stress the fact that the entire faculty I met so far in ILP centre are v.friendly, caring, skilled and most importantly, they all treat us with a smile. Since, they are jus 3-7 years older than me, i feel less hesitation to call them by their name (though I am not fully used to it. Still the mam mam, sir sir words come often).Each and every task done by a trainee will be assessed and instant feedback is given. Feedback in the sense, a friendly advice... Even though, we are not learning about the core programming concepts from the first day, we are slowly approaching to it. I like this gradual approach because the Non CS-IT students won’t feel a depression from the initial day. It jus makes them feel that they are one among and all they have to do is to put a bit more effort than others.As told by a HR in the induction program," a training may not make a trainee, a perfectly skilled one in the core skills (programming). But it is also to make the trainee to learn the behaviour, mannerisms, corporate culture and work ethics along with the core skills (programming)". TCS ILP-Centre is providing all these in exact proportions to make a trainee to adopt himself to the corporate culture.Since we are put into groups, we don’t feel that we are loaded with works personally, but at the same time it gives the individual responsibility to execute the split up tasks within the group. The smile and respect given by the securities and canteen suppliers makes ourselves feel that we are employees and not studentsAll the views I stated above may vary from person to person. But I mentioned already that, its all how we take that. Even I have felt like “oh god, plz finish the weekdays soon”. But those were timely feelings, and when I look it back at the end of the day, it will be just a kind of learning what we need acquire as a software engineer.UPTO NOW 3 WEEKS ARE PASSED .........................From these 3 weeks, I can say that the ILP is a 3 months extension of a college life, just like another semester (Though the aim of the ILP is to transform to corporate life, we can feel a mixed environment, i.e. college fun with frnz, corporate in infrastructures)...Here also we have classes, presentations, tests, assignments, and most importantly fun factors in all of them... But I have also heard that the seriousness of ILP will only be known at the end of the ILP, which means we and our activities will be watched each and every second throughout the ILP and based on our way of behaviour, they will asses us....Technical presentations, Biz skills and Zone (lab)... These are major 3 sessions we have throughout the ILP and thats all what we had in the last week too... Each day, we will be having a combination of these 3 sessions....As an advice from our senior faculty, she told us not to neglect any project offerings after the ILP...Even though, the project is not from our domain, we should accept the offering and get into it... Then only, we will get the further projects easily...

ILP @ Hyderabad

ILP Experience by a trainee @ hyderabad


The Initial Learning Program[ILP], is a 90 day training program designed and evolved by Tata Consultancy Services[TCS]. Our batch was the first to have the new curriculum, and its working really good so far. So let me sum up the how things are going.

The first two days, was kind of hectic and tensed. The reason is the Documentation. TCS had quite an amount of Joining formalities, with Documentation being the most difficult one. Many would not have taken seriously when they get the annexure and you are asked to do stuff. But TCS takes this seriously, they will scrutiny your every document, and fault in producing any would result in lots of confusion and running around. You have to reproduce the faulted documents in 5 working days. Again, these formalities differ according to the ILP locations. The process was way more relaxing at ILP Hyderabad. Go through this Document - TCS Recruitment, Procedure, Surety Verification and Service Agreement and join this community to find answers to your queries, TCS ILP 2011.

   End of the second day, you will get to know your Stream(In my case we have 4 streams - Java/.Net/Unix/Mainframe), Base Branch Location(i.e., where you will be joining after ILP) and your Batch. We don't have a choice to chose our Stream or Batch, and the Base Branch location was 90% based on the preferences you gave earlier at Nextstep portal. At the end of day, I got into Java stream with Base Branch as Bangalore, but most of my friends landed in Mainframe(which turned out to be hectic later on)

   From the next day on, we attended session according to our respective batches. We basically had four sessions every day comprising of three technical sessions and one Business Skills session. The third day would be pretty much an intro to the whole procedure, which in our case was an intro to the new curriculum. The curriculum changed, now we had no more weekly exams and hardcore theory sessions. Instead we have continuous evaluation with a Project Based training, which I should say has come out very well. We were put into one of the two shifts, Morning shift - 7am - 1.45pm and Night shift - 2.15pm to 9pm. You can have extra sessions, you can come Saturdays and Sundays, and workout whenever you wish to(i.e., apart from these sessions).
   The faculties are really good, we can talk, ask, request anything to everything! They will really help us to solve the issues we face. This has been particularly helpful to the students without a Computer background. And I have a note to those students, never feel like you will suffer in here. If you have the basics, you will conquer this world. Or else, you still have the time to frame the basics! Your friends from Computer background and the faculties will help you in every way possible.
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Here, in hyderabad, TCS has availed us the accommodation and all that stuff .TCS has hired an apartment consisting of almost 600 flats with different blocks. All of the flats are 3BHK and are newly constructed.   Our accommodation was in Kondapur, Hitech City. Our stay was in Hotel Supreme Landmark, just opposite Satyam office. Training centre was at 20 mins distance by bus. Rooms were very nice. There were 2 buildings. All the girls were in the main building, except on the ground floor. We were in the other building just opposite to the main building. On each floor there were 3 rooms and a common hall. In the hall, there was a TV, a sofa set and a water cooler, also a common bathroom. There was a cafeteria in the main building.   Here, we are supposed to stay with 5 TCSers of our own choice . As far as the other utilities are concerned, when have been provided with bedding, almirahs and all other facilities such as dusting.
Coming to the food, hyderabad is famous for spicy food, yes it is being influenced by me as well. Here, good quality of food is not accessible in the 6-7 kms range of my apartment. That's why, we need to travel to have access to good quality of food. Any way, thatt's negotiable if you have some good people staying with you or have good company to walk with..

TCS Peepul park, TVM photos

ILP @ ahmedabad

 This post will give u a breif idea about the ILP @ ahmedabad.

You will have ur ILP in infocity is located in gandhinagar, and is about a 45 minute drive from ahemdabad railway station.
Infocity:
There are various kinds of buildings here, including residential, commercial offices and shops. residential buildings are of studio apartments, flats and bungalows. commercial offices are located in various towers. some of the towers are still under construction. TCS has its office in IT tower 1 and IT tower 3. IT tower 3 is also called as “Nal Sarovar” which is the name of the building.The park is quite big, and its maintained in a very nice way. more information on the infocity can be found at its own website:www.infocity.com.

Accommodation is provided in studio apartments. normally, one apartment is occupied by 4 people. now, there four people are never from the same college. TCS allots random rooms to the people in order to make them communicate with new people and co-ordinate with them. rooms are nicely maintained and are cleaned everyday.
There is one canteen contractor who provides food both at IT tower canteen and at studio apartments. quality of food is nice, laundry facility is available with manageable rates. hra will be deducted from u after u leave the flat..

ILP Experience by a trainee:
first thing: tie is compulsory. they said previously that tie is optional, but its not. there are strict security policies here. we are not allowed to carry any media inside ILP centre which includes mobile phones, pen drives, CDs and other electronic media. they have five levels of confidentiality, out of which only first level can be made public (which is there on tcs.com). all the ILP related presentations had confidentiality level 2 which is tcs-internal. this information can only be shared with people inside TCS.

 There are many presentations explaining various processes inside TCS. it also explained various portals that we would be using as employee of TCS. then there was information about importance of security rules, copyright rules and punctuality etc. all the sessions were very informative, but sadly only few of them were interesting. rest all were either not very exciting or had obvious information conveyed.
All the batches had size of around 250. hence they were divided in groups

TCS has affiliation with HDFC bank, so we are offered customized accounts for our salary and reimbursement accounts. they also offer nice gold debit card and demat card options. almost everything is free of cost, with accounts being zero balance accounts. but the activation takes 7 days. If u filled out forms today, so by next Tuesday,  u ll get your accounts activated and ready to use.

Coming to weather,its  bit colder here,  but bearable. the temperature will go down in coming weeks, so then it would be slightly tougher to manage. most people didn't anticipate this and have no warm clothes with them.

ILP is far from Ahmedabad railway station....around 50min journey...U'll  have to catch a bus from Kalupur(Ahm railway station) to GH-0(nearer to TCS hostel)..buses are available opposite side of the Ahm railway station.. and if u can't find the bus of G'nagar from Railway station then go to the Bus Station (Gita Mandir). It's just 3 KM away from Railway Station and catch the bus of G'nagar.

Route map from ahmedabad railway station to infocity

FAQ's for TCS ILP freshers

Will accommodation be provided by TCS during training?

Yes, accommodation will be provided by TCS for the period of the
training and the rent towards the same will be deducted from your HRA
(House Rent Allowance).

You will receive an email giving complete details of the accommodation
one week prior to your ILP Schedule. In case you do not receive the
e-mail, kindly connect with your ILP center four days in advance. The
contact number of the training centre is mentioned in the joining
letter.

In general, accommodation is provided two days prior to the ILP date
and is available only for the trainees and is on a sharing basis. It
is mandatory to use accommodation provided by TCS during the course of
ILP. Trainees can directly report at the accommodation place two days
prior to the ILP. Accommodation is available 24X7


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How is the food arrangements organized during ILP?

Food is available at subsidized rates and expenses towards the same
have to be borne by you (the trainees).


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Are travel expenses reimbursed by TCS?

Travel expenses need to be borne by the trainee. TCS ensures that you
are intimated of the ILP Joining date at least 20 days in advance so
there is sufficient time to book your ticket to the ILP and also
complete the documentation required for joining TCS.


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Can I have a preference on the ILP centre?

No. The ILP center mentioned in your Joining Letter is non-negotiable.

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Can I reschedule my ILP?

No. The ILP dates cannot be rescheduled.


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Where is my posting after ILP?

Your posting can be at any of the TCS centers purely on project
requirement basis and not on personal requests. This posting will be
decided by TCS on successful completion of your ILP training.

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What does the training include during the course of ILP?

The joining letter annexure will contain a bird's eyeview of the
course, and the details shall be conveyed during the ILP induction on
joining.


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What is the duration of the ILP?

The duration of the ILP is nine weeks.


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Is a time off given to trainees after they complete the ILP training
and before they report to their respective posting branches? If yes,
Minimum how many days vacation do they get?

Trainees are given time off after the ILP training and there is a
relocation gap of maximum 4 days.


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Incase the trainees have to immediately report to their base branch
after the ILP, who bears their expenses and handles their travel
requirements?

The trainees have to take care of their own travel arrangements. The
Second A/ C train fare from the ILP Training centre to the respective
base branch shall be reimbursed by TCS


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What if the trainees do not have a passport?

The trainees may apply for a passport and submit the details as and
when they obtain a valid passport.


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When will I receive my joining letter and which address is sent?

The joining letter is sent at least 20 days prior to your ILP and is
sent to the permanent address.


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Does TCS provide any relocation expenses?

As a policy, TCS does not provide any relocation expenses.


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How do I correct any mistakes in my name and other details in the
offer letter / joining letter?

After joining TCS, Trainees may fill in the details in the system as
per their requirement. Any minor mistakes in the offer/joining letter
can be corrected at that time.


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Will I be allowed leaves during the ILP?

The ILP is 5 days a week with Saturday - Sunday offs. No other leaves
are permitted during the ILP.


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What is the documentary proof required for nominees of Provident Fund
and Gratuity?

No documentary proofs are required for nominees of Provident Fund and
Gratuity. Only details of their name and address are required.


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What if I have received the joining letter late and there is delay in
sending across the acceptance?

The time limit of seven days starts after the trainee receives the
joining letter and hence can send the acceptance on receipt of the
joining letter.


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Where should the Service agreement, Surety Verification and Personal
Documents (i.e., certificate & mark sheet copies) be submitted?

All the above documents should be submitted at the ILP centre on the
day of joining. Only the acceptance of joining should be sent to the
TCS Gateway Park - Mumbai office.


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Should the Original Documents be carried to the ILP centre?

Yes. Original as well as the attested documents should be carried to
the ILP Centre. The Originals will be returned back after verification
on the same day. TCS will only retain attested copies of the documents
as a part of your Personal File. This attestation is mandatory and can
only be done by a competent authority


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Who can attest the documents?

The documents can be attested by anyone of the following authorities:
==> Manager of a nationalized bank where the candidate holds an account
==> District Collector of the district in which the candidate resides
==> Gazetted Officers
==> Tehsildar of the village


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Will I be able to attend the ILP without the Provisional Certificate?

Yes. Trainees can attend the ILP by submitting the Course Completion
Certificate issued by the Head or Director in case you do not have the
Provisional Certificate. However, this is a temporary arrangement and
the Provisional Certificate should be submitted before the completion
of the ILP.

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What if I do not have a birth certificate?

A birth certificate is a mandatory document. Incase of non
availability of the same, trainees are requested to apply for it. As a
temporary arrangement trainees may produce an affidavit in English of
the passport or xth passing certificate on a Rs. 10/- Stamp paper
containing their name, place and date of birth.

Note : An affidavit is a written declaration made by a notary public
or other authorized officer.


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What if my birth certificate does not have my name?

If the Birth Certificate does not contain the name, trainee will have
to get the birth certificate revised from the concerned authority.

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What if my date of birth differs in the birth certificate and other
documents (SSC passing certificate/ passport/ leaving certificate
etc.)?

Trainees will have to get their other documents aligned with the birth
date mentioned in the birth certificate since TCS considers birth
certificate as a legitimate document.


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What if the birth certificate is not in English?

The trainee will have to translate the certificate in English and make
an affidavit of the English document. However both the documents i.e.
the original birth certificate (non-English) and the affidavit have to
be submitted


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What if I do not have a ration card?

Incase of absence of ration card, you may produce a copy of the leave
and license agreement / ownership agreement of the house you are
staying in / a society letter on the letter head of the building
stating that you are a resident of the place / a government telephone
or electricity bill.


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I live in my current place on temporary basis and do not have any
address proof of the same but have an address proof of my permanent
address.

You may provide a copy of the leave and license/ ownership agreement
of the house you are staying in / a society letter on the letter head
of the building stating that you are a resident of the place and the
address proof of your permanent residence.


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I live with a relative on a temporary basis and do not have any address proof.

Your relative needs to obtain a society letter stating that they are a
resident of the society and you are staying with them.


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What if I do not have an identity proof (Driver's license/Voters Id/
PAN card/ Passport)?

Incase of unavailability of ID proof, you may not submit any proofs.


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What if I do not have a degree or provisional certificate?

You may submit a course completion certificate issued by the head/
principal of your college.

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What if I do not have a passport?

You may not provide it as a part of the BGC documents. However you
need to apply for a passport and provide the details as and when you
obtain it.


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FAQ's on service agreement

FAQ's on service agreement

1.Should I notarized service agreement ?
Ans: Should not be notraized. Because you will be giving the service agreement on the date which is your date of joining.. it means you have made the agreement on that date.. and if u get it notarised even a day earlier.. the notary’s sign with date causes discrepency.

2.Is it a problem if i already notarised service agreement?
Ans: a notary is a means of authenticating your signature. It is a way of telling that this signature is correct and is signed before me. So notary is a seal of trust..hence even if you get it notarised, on the general basis of evaluation TCS considers it as a mark of autheticated signature and still accept your service agreement.

3.Can we fill up the all the blanks given in SA by pen?? or hav to type it??
Ans: Use black or blue ball point pen to fill the form.. U are not supposed type the blanks given in SA bcoz some ILP centres will  not accept (especially trivandrum)

4.Can i edit the sentences given in SA?
No, u should not edit anything in the service agreement

5.My ILP posting location is chennai, but in the first page of SA,it s given  as mumbai.. do i need to change??
 No, u should not change the place MUMBAI given in the first page ,bcoz it is the head office of TCS

6. What is the date of agreement of SA?
The date of the agreement is the date of your joining the Initial Learning Programme (ILP) at your respective location.

7. Is the surety verification form is the part of Service agreement?
 You can carry the Surety verification form separately

8.Do I need to use the stamp paper for my Service Agreement?
Yes, you will need to use a Rs. 100 stamp paper. The first page of the service agreement, provided to you with the joining letter, should be typed on the Rs. 100 stamp paper. You can attach the remaining pages
as it is to the stamp paper. Incase of non availability of Rs.100 stamp papers, trainees can opt
for 2 stamp papers of Rs. 50

9. In whose name should I purchase the stamp paper?
The stamp paper has to be purchased in the name of the trainee.

10.What is the duration of the service agreement period?                                                                  
The duration of the Service Agreement is of two years.

11.How many sureties should sign the agreement?                                                                                     The agreement has to be signed by only one surety

12.Who can be a surety?                                                                                                                            A Surety can either be an individual who is an Income Tax payee/possesses landed property.                     A surety can be any individual including parents & relatives who is known to the trainee.                             A retired employee filing an Income Tax Return & has a pan card can also stand as a surety.

13.What are the Documentary proofs that the surety must submit along with the Service Agreement?          In case the surety is an Income tax payee, then the Original or attested photocopy of LATEST Form 16 (for salaried individuals) else Form 2 D (for self-employed individuals) / IT Returns (acknowledged copy)                                                                                                                                                      In case the surety is not an Income Tax Payee, then submit Original/ attested photocopy of the Surety's Land Deed / Land Passbook along with a recent Valuation certificate of the property (in English only) duly signed and sealed by the competent authority (civil authorities, architect , tehsildar)py of IT Assessment order copy)

14.Do I need to carry the original documents of the surety?                                                                  
 No. Only the attested copies of the surety's verification

15.Is there any age limit for the person giving surety for me?                                                                  
 No as long as the surety conforms to the requirements of being a surety  any person can be a surety.

16.What if I am not able to arrange a Surety?                                                                                        
In case you are not able to arrange for a surety, Submit a Fixed Deposit in the trainee's name, for an amount of Rs. 50,000/- deposited in any of the nationalized banks. The FD should be 'Assigned to Tata Consultancy Services Ltd'. The FD certificate has to be submitted on the day of joining ILP. The FD along with the interest will be returned to the candidate after completion of two years of service with TCS.

17.What if the Valuation Certificate of the Land is not in English?                                                      
The trainee will have to translate the certificate in English and make an affidavit of the English document. However both the documents i.e. the original valuation certificate (non-English) and the affidavit have to be submitted

18.If the surety is an income tax payee and a self employed person, who should do the signature verification of the surety verification form?                                                                                          
 Surety verification can be done by the Bank Manager of the bank where the surety holds an account. Alternatively a copy of the surety's passport may also be attached.

SALARY AND OTHER ALLOWANCES

Package for freshers in TCS is declared to be 3.16 lacs.
This makes Rs. 26,333 per month.
According to the information got from facebook posts and other,
During training period we ll get 12k with accomadation and 16k without accomadation . After posting we will get around Rs. 22,000 in hand after deductions and all.(liable to vary).

Taxation

Income Tax rates:
From April 1, 2010 new tax slabs apply, which are as follows:
No income tax is applicable on all income up to Rs. 1,60,000 per year.
From 1,60,001 to 5,00,000 : 10% of amount greater than Rs. 1,60,000
From 5,00,001 to 8,00,000 : 20% of amount greater than Rs. 5,00,000 + 34,000
Above 8,00,000 : 30% of amount greater than Rs. 8,00,000 + 94,000

Our Salary Taxation

We are getting a salary of 3.16 lacks.

Till 1.6 lacks.. there is no tax..

After that according Section 80C of INCOME TAX you may save 1,00,000 without paying tax... by showing some savings... for one lack..

its now 2.6 lacks.. so only 50,000 is renaming .. in that if u keep some Bills for HRA.. which for 60,000 there is no need to pay tax at all...

so be clever at taxation.. our financial year starts from this April to March end..


Deductions

Section 80C Deductions
Section 80C of the Income Tax Act [1] allows certain investments and expenditure to be tax-exempt. The total limit under this section is Rs. 100,000 (Rupees One lac)

Deductions from your salary
A amount of Rs. 1,500 will be deducted from your salary .. and TCS will add 1000 for that and save its as Provident Fund.
So monthly TCS is saving Rs. 2500 for you.
you can get this money while you resign the job or at the time of retirement.

If you want increase the savings you can go for VPF- voluntary provident fund

interest for PF is 8%..

Save Income Tax in India

Income up to Rupees one lac and sixty thousand need not pay any tax under the Income Tax Act in India. Other whose income falls on the slabs are required to pay the percentage of Tax as specified.

1.Save Income Tax in India through House rent allowance:- If a portion of the Salary is paid as House Rent allowance and the person is staying in a rented house and paying rent, he could produce the rent receipt. In such cases the person is eligible for deduction from the source to the extent of rent paid for the year or the House rent paid whichever is less.

2. Savings through , Provident Fund, Life Insurance Schemes, Post Office savings
3. Save Income Tax in India through Home Loans:- A person who has availed loan for house construction is eligible for deduction of Rs.1,50,000 towards payment of interest on housing loans. The person is also eligible for a rebate of Rs.1,00000 on the principal. However the house should be self occupied.

4. Infrastructure Bonds : The amount investment made on infrastructure bond is eligible for exemption under Income Tax in India.

5. Interest paid on education Loan - A person can claim deduction on the interest paid on the loans taken for Higher education for self, spouse and children. There is no limit on the deduction, however the loan taken should be at Graduation level, Post Graduation level in Engineering, Medicine etc.,

6. Donations paid to Charitable Institutions- Donations paid to Charitable institutions are also entitled for saving Income Tax in India.

7. Transport Allowance : A person eligible for exemption Transport Allowance of Rs.9600/- per annual under Income Tax in India.

8. Medical Allowance- A person can claim up to Rs.15,000 annual rebate towards expenditure on medical for self or dependent's under the Income Tax in India.

ILP@ TRIVANDRUM

Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum was quite unlike many cities that I have been to. People in this place don't mind rains - even if it rains throughout the year. 100% literacy rate in Kerala means that everyone knows how to read and write Malayalam - and all of them can put in their signature. The autorickshaws charge for both to and fro - if you travel from A to B, then you need to pay double the amount given on the meter, so if you want to come back from B to A - you need not pay anything more. The buses have no numbers and everything everywhere is written only in Malayalam. Everyone in Trivadrum knew about Technopark - that's where TCS is situated, and I later realized that Technopark is the only place famous in Trivandrum apart from the beaches.


TCS Executive Hostel has around 150 rooms - each room is furnished with 2 beds, 2 study tables, a cupboard for 2 people, a dressing table, 1 plug point for mobile phone charging and an attached bathroom - believe me, the accomodation can't get better than this. The hostel has two outdoor shuttle courts, a gym (not many facilities in the gym though), a recreation room with a TV, carrom board and Table Tennis table, a common TV for each floor and a restaurant that can seat around 200 people at a time. Each floor gets three newspapers - The Hindu, The Indian Express and ET. There is also a browsing center which charges Rs. 25 for an hour of browsing (half the computers don't work most of the time though), a small utility shop for buying things like from pencils to badminton racquets, two STD booths and a laundry service (called Al-Khobar Laundry service; charges are exorbitant - Rs. 13/- for a pair of shirt and trousers - washing and pressing). The only bad thing about the hostel is the restaurant - the food served is not great - and the fact that the hostel is located in a village and there are few places to go to around the hostel - you do have a number of small restaurants outside the hostel at walkable distance - recommended ones are Hotel Chennai and Veg World.


The daily schedule will have 4 slots with 2 tea/coffee breaks and 1 lunch break and it may typically be like this


9 to 11 - A Slot
11 to 11.30 - Break
11.30 to 1.15 - B Slot
1.15 to 2.00 - Lunch
2.00 to 3.30 - C Slot
3.30 to 4.00 - Break
4.00 to 5.30 - D Slot
5.30 to 5.45 - Submission of feedback forms/meetings.


From 2006, the ILP pattern has been changed - it is for 50 days for all branches (earlier CS ppl had ILP for 33 days and non CS for 44 days) - now mind you - 50 days means 50 working days - which would mean that the ILP is for 63 days (9 weeks), coz we would get around 12 or 13 holidays (Sundays and alternate Saturdays - TCS works on alternate Saturdays). So, this 50 day ILP schedule is broken up into two phases -
1. Induction
2. Integration


TCS ILP Center at Trivandrum has around 4 labs - which are in the top floor each having around 90 computers. There are around 12 classrooms - including 2 classroom having 35 computers each. All classrooms are fully air conditioned (this is for those who demand specifics). And there is an auditorium which could seat around 150 students.


In a day, you may have 2 technical sessions and 2 life skill sessions, or in worst cases - you may have all 4 technical sessions - which can be very taxing coz you tend to fall asleep what with the AC also on ;). Technical sessions can get really boring. We had most of the fun during the life skills sessions. Life skills mainly includes the written and oral communication and the professional grooming.


Please switch off your cell phones when you attend the sessions in the ILP center, or atleast keep them in silent mode. Some of the faculty members take this seriously and if your cellphone rings in the classroom - then you will have to generously contribute to the MOBILE FUND (TCS named it like that) - you have to shell out around 100 bucks for the first time and if you are caught again, then 300 and if for a third time you are found with a ringing cellphone in the classroom - you need to contribute Rs.500/- only. This affects the PVA of your batch.
PVA - Professional Value Add


The integration phase is where you will have project specific training - it could be J2EE, mainframes, .NET and some others which I am not aware of. Along with the project specific training you will also be taught a foreign language which could be German, French or Japanese.

Documents Submission!!!

What are the Documents To be submitted on DOJ???

1.Matriculation or intermediate marksheets:

•              Get attested in the xerox copy of ur Marksheet
•               Keep Ur Original copy also..( original copy is not required, just to be on the safer side)

2.All Semester Marksheets  of post-graduation, graduation and diploma

•               Get attested in the xerox copy of all ur sem Marksheet
•               Keep Ur Original copy also..

3. Degree/Provisional Certificate for post-graduation, graduation and diploma

•               Get attested in the xerox copy of ur certificate
•               Keep Ur Original copy also. 
•               If the same is awaited from the university/institute, you are required to produce the ‘Course   completion Certificate’ issued by your institute head or director, which is only a temporary arrangement.

4.   Birth Certificate

•              Get attested in the xerox copy
•              Keep Ur Original copy
•              The class X and/or XII marksheets or  certificates from the hospital/community and nativity  certificate will not suffice. In case you do not possess a birth certificate containing your name, date of birth and place of birth, you are needed to obtain an affidavit on a Rs. 20 stamp paper signed by a notary with these details. Since this is a temporary arrangement, you will be required to furnish the birth certificate before the completion of the ILP
•               Keep in mind that your birth certificate should in English, if it is any other language other than English ,you need to produce Birth certificate affidavit on a 20 rupees stamp paper

5. Passport

•             Get attested in the xerox copy
•              Keep Ur Original copy
•             It is not mandatory on the DOJ, but need to submit before the completion of ILP

6.Offer Letter and Joining Letter

•             Keep Ur Original copy
•             It should be signed by you in all the pages of joining letter and offer letter

7.12 passport size photograph

•            Have atleast 30 photos to be on the saferside

8.Date of birth and other details of the person you would like to  nominate for Gratuity, Superannuation, Provident Fund and Health Insurance Scheme

•            Get attested in the xerox copy
•             Keep Ur Original copy

9.Permanent Account Number (PAN) card

•            Get attested in the xerox copy
•             Keep Ur Original
•            Any delay in the PAN card will result in the delay of ur salary

10.Medical Certificate

•           Get the sign and seal on the photograph attached in the certificate
•           Keep one xerox copy of the original
•           get attested

11.Study gap Certificate (if any)

•           should be notarised
•           keep the original

12.Non-Criminal Affidavit

•           should be notarised
•           keep the original

13.Service Agreement
          The first page should be typed in 100 rupees stamp paper (two 50 rupees stamp paper also serve the purpose) and the rest can be typed in a green paper
           The stamp paper must be purchased in ur name
           The date of the agreement is the date of your joining the Initial Learning Programme (ILP) at your respective location.
           The link for service agreement guidelines is https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4KYmv5mCZIjRDk5RkM4Y2RkTzA/edit?pli=1
           There are 3 ways in selecting the surety
OPTION 1: (easy)

•            Surety can be a income tax payee
•            In this case, photocopy of the surety's PAN card and Latest IT return form is required
•            Get attested in both PAN card and Latest IT form of the surety  

OPTION 2:( bit complex)

•             Surety must posses a land of worth Rs50,000 minimum
•             In this case,Original/Attested photocopy of the Land Deed or Land Passbook (for those having agriculture as occupation) along with a recent valuation certificate of the property (in English only) from the Competent Authority duly signed and sealed. 
•  The present market estimate of the property should not be less than Rs.50, 000.

OPTION 3:( easy)

•          If u  do not have a surety to sign on this agreement, you may bring a Fixed Deposit of Rs 50,000/- (Rs Fifty Thousand Only)
•         The fixed deposit could be taken in either of the following formats:

1. Joint account between Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and you
OR
2. In your name either assigned to Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
OR
3. Lien noted in favor of Tata Consultancy Services Limited

• The FD should be issued by a Nationalized Bank.You can seek further clarification on this from the bank you intend to make the FD from.

Note:   1.   Ensure that the signatures of the Surety affixed on the Service Agreement, Surety Verification form, Passport and other supporting documents (IT return/PAN card) match.
             2.   If you do have any doubt about filling up any blanks in the service agreement, please leave it blank and fill it up while submitting the same at your respective training centre.
             3.  Please make sure that you have taken all requisite signatures from the surety.


Documents to be attested by any of the following officials:

•          Manager of a nationalised bank where the Surety holds an account
•          District collector of the district in which the Surety resides
•          Gazetted officer
•          Tahsildar of the village in which the Surety resides
•          Employer of the Surety, if the Surety is an income tax payee. In this case, attach a photocopy of Form 16, which has been issued to the Surety and signed by the Employer