Tribute messages: S.Mahalingam I came in contact with Mr.Ratan Tata in 1970, soon after I joined TCS. He had returned to India and was learning about the various businesses of the Group. After spending a few months in Jamshedpur at TISCO(as Tata Stee
Dear members, I hope this message finds you well! We are excited to share with you our Annual Report for '23-'24, which highlights the achievements, milestones, and key developments of the past year. Your contributions have played a significant role
Dear members, Hope this mail finds you well. We are elated to invite you all to yet another interesting session as part of our monthly series - Xpert Talks. We are honoured to invite Dinanath Kholkar, Independent Advisor & Former SVP, TCS to address us
Smartlabs is a FORTESS initiative that aims to drive Digital literacy to the rural areas, opening up opportunities for students from marginalised sections of the society by making them digitally equipped. Following implementation in Sirkazhi in TN, Krishna
FORTESS inaugurated the Smartlab in 11 Govt schools in the district of Kumbakonam on the 8th of July. The event was presided by Mr. S Ramadorai, President Fortess & ex Vice Chairman, TCS, Mr S Mahalingam Vice President, Fortess, ex CFO TCS and Dr Kamakodi,
FORTESS is happy to announce it's next project implementation - Launch of Kalvi40 Digital initiative in 10 Govt. schools in Kumbakonam on the 8th of July. The launch will be part of Fortess' vision to upgrade lesser privileged schools across the country v
FORTESS hosted yet another ex-TCSers gathering at the FORTESS Networking Concalve held on April 12th at Ecohub, New Town, Kolkata. Attended by close to 100 former TCSers from Kolkata, it was an engaging and memorable evening. The presence of industry st
FORTESS SMARTLABS Students of Govt. school in Sirkazhi, TN engrossed in a Summer course imparting basics of AI tools in the FORTESS sponsored SmartLab Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan Mahalingam Seturaman PRK PR Krishnan Vijaya Deepti P H Chandini C Sevalaya
SMARTLABS is a FORTESS initiative that aims at driving Digital Literacy at the grassroots levels of the society. Following a successful pilot launch at Sirkazhi in Tamilnadu, the second edition of the program was launched at Krishnachandrapur High school i
Fortess hosted its 4th Networking Conclave in Pune, following Chennai, Hyderabad & Bengaluru on the 9th of March, and we can confidently say that these events are only getting bigger & better! There were 75 participants in total, with more than 5
A memorial event was organised by Fortess in memory of Mr. Jack Schmid, TKS-Teknosoft on the 4th of February at Chennai. Mr Pierre Page, a dear friend and close associate of Mr Schmid graced the occasion. It was indeed a very poignant occasion when clos
One of the objectives of Fortess as an Association, is providing a platform for ex-colleagues to reconnect and share experiences. These networking meetings bring not only members, but ex-TCSers who are not Fortess members together, to share a platform and
28.09.2023 Dear members, We are happy to invite one and all for our 5th Annual General Body Meeting, which is scheduled to happen on the 28th of September, 2023. PFB the Notice calling for the same. Below are the Zoom meeting dial-in details:
Tribute messages from Fortess members: Tribute to Late Shri Pawan Kumar 1 July 1947 – 6 Feb 2023 I had the opportunity to work closely with Pawan Kumar when he was the President of IBM Global Services and I was the CFO for IBM in India. he was th
On Nov 22nd, few of our Fortess board members including Vice President Mahalingam, PVLN Rao, PR Krishnan and members Vijaya Deepthi, Prashant Reddy, MPGL Narayana among others met with a group of ex-TCSers from Hyderabad. Needless to mention, the meeting w
A re-run of the AGM presentations was made for the benefit of our overseas members who were unable to attend the AGM held on 24.09.2022 in Mumbai. Below was the Agenda for the session: Opening remarks and the journey of Fortess - Chairman o
Fortess hosted its 4th Annual General meeting on the 24th of September at the Tata Communications office in Mumbai. The meeting was attended by members from Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru. Agenda for the day: 1. Election of Chairman for the meeting an
Undoubtedly, India has an advantage this time, being on the cusp of digital transformation in all spheres of the economy. Digital transformation is creating unprecedented opportunities for innovation across industries, with the total reinvention of pro
R Chandra, Secretary FORTESS and chief mentor - FORTESS Education, has been championing the cause of taking Digital literacy to his alma mater, the Govt Higher Secondary School in Sirkali. Last year, a Digital classroom was set up with computers, Network a
FORTESS hosted it's second Annual General meeting on September 13th, 2021. The meeting was attended by 75 members. The recording of the meeting has been shared for the benefit of members who were unable to attend the same. The Age
Dear all, Thank you for joining the Memorial meet held in remembrance of Prof Kesav Nori on June 4th. The overwhelming outpouring of love and respect for the man speaks for itself. Special thanks to the Nori family for attending the event and m
Article written by FORTESS member Vish Iyer for the Deccan Herald, published on March 9, 2021Significant regulatory changes are round the corner in respect of CSR, strongly signaling that CSR is no longer a nudge, but mandatory, with serious repercussion
FORTESS joins the Nation in mourning the loss of the Father of the Indian I.T industry. We invite all present and past employees of TCS to share their memories along with commemorative messages for Mr Kohli, which will be published in our website. Do e-mai
About the writer: Bala (as he is known) was with TCS from July-1981 thru May-2018. He held several leadership roles during his tenure with TCS. His last role, prior to retirement, was Vice President - Chief Risk & Compliance Officer based out
Image Source: Wikimedia An Article by Mr. Ramadorai on twitter India has a positive demographic opportunity, with over 60 percent of its population in the working-age group. Needless to say, education and skill development are the tool
NOTICE for the Annual General Meeting of FORTESS to be held at 06:30 pm on October 7th,2020, to transact the following business: AGENDA Welcome Address by Chairman of the meetingPresentation of Report of Activities for the year ended March
Message from Jayant’s family: We are utterly devastated to inform you that our dear Jayant/Daddy/Nana left us suddenly, without any warning, on Sunday, May 12 around 3:45 pm. He had spent a lovely morning and afternoon playing golf, hanging out with G
The meeting happened at the IIT Alumni Club and was chaired by Maha. Here is the summary of the meeting. Session 1: Briefing on activities of FORTESS in various centres - Maha Maha briefed the participants on the various initiatives done by the differen
Bengaluru: Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) has invested over $100 million in building talent in the US and has created 17,000 US jobs between 2011 and 2017, which helped convince a California jury that it had no motivation to discriminate against locals, a
Edappadi K Palaniswami, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (right)presenting Lifetime achievement award to FC Kohli, First CEO, TCS; with M Manikandan , Minister for IT, Tamil Nadu at the valedictory session of CII Connect 2018 in Chennai on Wednesday - Bijoy Gh
A very significant FORTESS (Former Employees of Tata Consultancy Services Association) event took place on Oct 28, 2018 at Chennai, India. Following a personal invite from Mr S Mahalingam (Vice President – FORTESS), a group of 70+ ex-TCSers showed up for
Former TCS CEO and Managing Director, and Fortess Chairman S Ramadorai was conferred the Distinguished Alumni Award by IISc and IISc Alumni Association in an impressive function on 16th December 2017 at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Ramadorai
Could you give us a brief idea about how life has been post-TCS? While I would have liked to believe that post-retirement life would entail sitting on my verandah, sipping some freshly brewed filter coffee and enjoying a science magazine (yes, I do read
Former TCS CFO S Mahalingam chimes in on Jayant’s anecdote on the ICL 1903 system (you can read the post here) This should be in the blog in FORTESS. Most TCSers will not directly relate to it – but they need to read this to understand how TCS was
Disclaimer: Issued in the interest of Fake News and Alternate Facts. The following contents are based on the suspect memory of the author who does not accept any responsibility for fake news. Lapses in memory are overcome by creative licence. Dear Alum
Dear reader: You must have read about the very heavy rains, which lashed Mumbai on August 29, 2017. About 12 inches (30cm) of rainwater pounded the city for about 6 hours and that too during the busiest hours. That morning at about 6:00 am I made the
Dear Alumni: I have spent two innings in TCS: In this article, I will focus on TCS Part 1 1971 to 1979 After graduating from IIT (Bom) in 1968, and IIM (A) 1970 my first job was as Development Officer at SICOM (State Industrial and Investment Corporatio
