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TCS to set up Corporate Learning Center in Thiruvananthapuram
Tata Consultancy Services has announced that it will set up the corporate learning and development centre in Thiruvananthapuram on a 97-acre property in the Technopark area of the city. The center will have a total capacity to train 15,000 professionals at one time and 50,000 professionals annually.
The campus will be built over an area of 6.1 million square feet and will feature residential accommodation for professionals and faculty at the center.
At a ceremony at the TCS's current training facility, TCS Peepul Park, The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the project. Other dignitaries present included the Governor of the state of Kerala, Nikhil Kumar, the Chief Minister, Oomen Chandy, the Minister for Industries and IT, P.K. Kunhalikutty, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister TKA Nair as well as the local MP, Shashi Tharoor.
The project will boost the local economy in the region and during the construction period alone, it is expected that this project will provide direct employment to over 2,000 skilled and unskilled local people for a period of 4 years. An integral part of the project will be the skill development programs run by TCS to upgrade the skills of local youth and facilitate opportunities to work in the construction project, through contractors.
The proposed TCS Learning Campus will provide a natural, contemporary vision for education by linking elegant design, ecological thinking, and modern technology. The integrated design has been organized around a centralized, iconic Training Facility with collaboration rooms and libraries on the high plateau at the middle of the site with residential and support buildings around it. The master plan of the campus, inspired by the rich regional heritage, incorporates the local architecture influences and used local materials in construction. It incorporates several green concepts such as zero waste discharge with 100% recycling of sewage, energy efficient systems, large area of green cover, rain water harvesting systems and integrated building management systems.