TCS Innovation Labs house an environment conducive to sophisticated research. An environment that nurtures tenacity and teamwork. Our labs are headed by senior researchers and scientists who are thought leaders in their chosen fields. Research at TCS has produced numerous patents.Our research portfolio makes room for different types of innovation along different timelines providing plenty of scope for serendipity. Our researchers also work with customers, thereby facilitating transformations through new solutions for the real world. TCS believes in an open collaborative environment of research connecting its labs, multilateral institutions, customers, startups, strategic partners, academic researchers and students.

Research at TCS

At TCS we work at consistently translating  new trends and technologies  from being corporate

buzzwords into solutions  capable of delivering against business imperatives. And we can help you to steer clear of the hype and build a systematic roadmap to innovation.
The TCS  Innovation  Mantra

At TCS, we recognize that innovations are not just about ideas, big or small. They are about extracting value from ideas by bringing them to market before others do.

Our systematic approach to innovation is tested, well established and scales easily to work within environments of our clients organizations. An understanding of the level of acceptable failure, predefined ‘kill rates’ and vigilant tech watch systems help us deliver and plan across the ‘Innovation Spectrum’.

We follow the Harvard Business School Professor Clay Christensen's classification of innovation, facilitating:

Derivative or Sustaining Innovation by which we continually provide improvements on current services and solutions.
Transformational improvements or Platform Innovations by which we swiftly move to visible adjacencies in terms of emerging technologies as well as markets.
Disruptive Innovation by which we create breakthroughs and evolve potentially game-changing or and new market business models.

We are equipped to help you achieve your business goals across this spectrum.
Innovation Engine: The TCS Innovation Labs


We are equipped to help you achieve your business goals across this spectrum   

We have today 19 Innovation Labs across the globe, and the number is growing. TCS’ Innovation Labs attract the best talent as they have grown to be a great place to work and innovate. Our Labs are equipped with best in class infrastructure, and well networked with external academia and industry experts, to provide an environment that is conducive to harboring sophisticated research. Our Labs have continuously evolved new standards of technology, business and domain innovations.

These labs lead the technological ecosystem across clients. They own and guide the innovation life cycle and guide their clients business.

They give TCS customers ‘on-demand’ access to innovation and creativity with a team comprising of domain experts, business process analysts, technology specialists and a R&D team.  

Our Labs work on next generation software processes, human-computer interface, bioinformatics, nanotechnologies, embedded solutions, grid computing, utility computing and other technologies. Some of our Lab work on applying these technologies to create domain specific solutions in Travel and Hospitality, Retail, Telecomm, Insurance, Media & Entertainment and Financial Services Businesses
Synergies of Open, Collaborative Innovation: The TCS Co-Innovation Network (COIN)TM

We believe that utilizing synergies and collaboration will push growth through innovations. 

As a co-innovation partner dedicated to clients' business success, we innovate for and with enterprises. We help them achieve differentiators to stay ahead of competition with incremental operational innovations, or disruptive breakthroughs.

Our Co-Innovation Network (COIN)TM does just that. It brings ready to use solution to address the challenges of this new order, in addition to an ecosystem perspective to innovation. (COIN)TM leverages shared synergies across the innovation ecosystem with entities such as alliances, start ups, academic institutions and multi lateral organizations to bring truly collaborative innovations for your benefit.