Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services firm, has set goal to enlarge academic faculty talent pool in India by sponsoring research scholars working on the development of Computing Sciences through the TCS research fellowship program. TCS is committed in helping bridge the academic gap by offering real‐world‐solution‐creation environment to research fellows. 22 candidates have been shortlisted and an additional 18 candidates will be announced in February 2011. TCS plans to financially assist 200 doctoral candidates over a 5 year period to take up PHD programs in reputable institutions of India. Research scholars would receive stipends, conference sponsorships, access to TCS Innovation Labs, interaction with TCS researchers and co‐ innovation network depending on their project requirements in addition to the research support offered to the candidates by TCS.