OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2012. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, announced that its new software development campus at Rajarhat will be functional by the end of the financial year 2014-15. The new campus is spread over 40 acres of land and once completed, will have over 16,500 seats.

The campus, being constructed with an investment of approximately Rs1,350 crore, will be built in two phases. The first phase to be completed in the first quarter of 2014 and the second phase by the fourth quarter of the year. In the first phase, 7,000 seats will be ready and the remaining 9,500 seats will be completed in phase II.

The Rajarhat campus will offer TCS employees a worldclass and holistic work environment with facilities like amphitheatre, auditorium, cafeterias, libraries, temporary accommodation and large green open spaces. The campus will house fitness facilities like tennis courts, basketball court and gymnasium for employees.

Using sustainable, local materials for construction and by deploying green technologies effectively across the campus, TCS will aim to get the highest LEED certification to demonstrate its effectiveness in considerably reducing the environmental footprint of the campus. Some of the salient features include:

Generation of 850 kilowatts of solar power for campus use.

Zero waste discharge facility with bio digester, which will turn waste into gas for cooking.

Sewerage treatment plant which will recycle water for use in landscaping and air conditioning.

Extensive rainwater harvesting to recharge aquifers in the area.

Green cover of 3,500 plantations.

S Mahalingam, chief financial officer and executive director, TCS, said, “Our growing presence in Kolkata continues to be of strategic importance for our overall business growth. We remain committed to working in close collaboration with all stakeholders in the state to help develop local talent and provide our customers with world-class IT solutions from this location.”

Commenting on the new facility, Ajoy Mukherjee, executive vice-president and global head, human resources, TCS, said, “The new TCS Rajarhat facility will drive the next phase of our growth in the eastern region and help us access skilled professionals and students from in and around Kolkata. Our investment will also help catalyse further development of the talent and IT ecosystem in the area.”