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Tata Interactive Systems opens a new development centre in Kolkata

17 May 2005Learning NewsMPS Interactive Systems

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the global e-learning pioneer which recently joined an elite group of organisations worldwide that have been assessed and certified as achieving the British Standards Institute (BSI)'s information security management standard, BS7799, has opened a new development centre in Kolkata.

The development centre - which has created over 230 jobs - will play a significant role in developing some of TIS's key projects for organisations, drawn from all over the world, that operate in the corporate sector.

"In the last 15 years, TIS has designed and developed innovative and cutting-edge custom-built solutions for more than 300 blue-chip corporations, educational institutions and government bodies worldwide," explained TIS's CEO, Sanjaya Sharma.

"TIS now has a global team of 850 multi-disciplinary specialists, with its marketing offices spread across the UK, Europe, the USA, Australia, Japan and Middle East as well as India. It also has a state-of-the-art development centre in Mumbai, India.

"Having grown rapidly - by over 45 per cent CAGR - in the last decade, TIS is poised for further expansion and utilisation of market opportunities," he added. "A new development centre was therefore imperative to back the endeavour.

"We chose Kolkata for the new development centre because the city nurtures the broad skill mix required for a flourishing e-learning environment - content developers, instructional designers, graphic designers, software engineers and project managers. In addition, the city has a fast-growing, sound infrastructure and is fast becoming known for its efficient servicing of the global IT industry."