Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has set up an advanced research center in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) to produce research in the areas of digital health, robotics, and intelligent systems leveraging edge computing, embedded systems, and AI.
This research center is located in New Town, Kolkata, with three laboratories where over 150 TCS scientists will explore their innovation. The laboratories will be in the domains of Sensing and Communications, Edge Computing and Analytics, and Robotics and Visual Computing.
Dr Harrick Vin, Chief Technology Officer, TCS, said: “TCS is transforming the way in which industry has traditionally engaged with elite institutes of research and learning. One of our focus areas is to co-locate our research and innovation labs in academic institutions to enable a more efficient exchange of knowledge and talent. We initiated this journey with our move into the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai a few years back.”
“The establishment of our research and innovation lab at the IIT Kharagpur Research Park is the next step of this strategic journey. At IIT KGP, we are funding several research programs; co-innovating with them will lead to vastly improved outcomes for both parties,” he added.
This TCS Research Center at IIT KGP will also boast a customer experience center where TCS clients across industries such as mining, agriculture, mobility, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail can gain exclusive experience of original research concepts by TCS.
Professor Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director of IIT Kharagpur, said: “The Advanced Research Center will strengthen our strategic collaboration with TCS, underscored by their presence in the newly established IIT KGP Research Park, Kolkata. This partnership represents a significant leap forward in harnessing cutting-edge technologies to address some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare and automation.”
“By combining IIT Kharagpur’s world-class research capabilities with TCS’s industry-leading expertise, we aim to drive transformative innovations that can enhance quality of life, improve healthcare delivery, and contribute to the growing field of intelligent systems. This center will not only foster groundbreaking research but also create opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations, empowering the next generation of technologists and researchers to shape the future,” he added.
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