Offer Letter
Offer Letter
Offer Letter
Thank you for exploring career opportunities with TATA Consultancy Services Limited
(TCSL). You have successfully completed our initial selection process and we are
pleased to make you an offer of employment.
This offer is based on your profile, relevant work experience and performance in
the selection process. You have been selected for the position of Systems
Engineer in Grade C1 at TCS - Hyderabad. Your gross salary including all benefits
will be Rs.12,50,008/- per annum. Annexure 1 provides a break-up of the
compensation package.
Kindly confirm your acceptance of this offer on-line through the option 'Accept Offer
letter' and propose your tentative date of joining. If not accepted within 7 days, this offer
is liable to lapse at the discretion of TCSL. Please initiate your Background Check and
submit required documents online within 5 days of your offer acceptance. Kindly note
that your Offer is subject to a positive background check.
On joining and successful completion of joining formalities, you will be issued a Letter of
Appointment by TCSL.
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COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
FIXED COMPENSATION
Basic Salary
Your Basic Salary will be Rs. 36,000/- per month.
Taxation will be governed by the Income Tax rules. TCSL will be deducting tax at
source as per income tax guidelines.
3. Food Card:
You will be eligible for a Food Card. It can be set up to a maximum of Rs. 3,000/- per
month for tax exemption. It can be used to purchase food items at all domestic VISA
enabled restaurants and fast food restaurants including TCS cafeterias.
4. Communication Allowance:
You will be eligible for Communication Allowance in the form of Communication /
Telecom Card. It can be set up to maximum of Rs. 2,000/- per month for tax exemption.
It should be used to pay only Voice and Internet Data related expenses in your name.
5. Personal Allowance:
You will be eligible for a monthly personal allowance of Rs. 29,985/- per month. This
component is subject to review and may change as per TCSL's compensation policy.
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PERFORMANCE PAY
2. Performance Bonus
Your Performance Bonus will be Rs. 3,800/- per month.
This payout will be made after the end of each quarter based on multiple factors such
as the grade and performance of the individual, one’s capability development in line with
organizational requirements, project allocation, fluidity demonstrated by the individual
per laid guidelines, physical presence in the office as required by the company,
performance of the Company and respective Unit, and adherence to organizational
policies, guidelines and imperatives as communicated from time to time. The payment is
subject to you being active on the company rolls on the date of announcement of
Performance Bonus.
This Performance Pay shall be treated as productivity bonus in lieu of statutory profit
bonus.
RETENTION INCENTIVE
You are eligible for Retention Incentive of Rs. 30,000/- payable to you on an annual
basis. This component is in appreciation of continuity of service in TCSL and will be
paid on completion of each year from the introduction of this incentive. The Company
reserves the right to modify the same in line with the TCS Compensation Policy.
CITY ALLOWANCE
You will be eligible for a City Allowance of Rs. 1,200/- per month. This is specific to
India and is linked to your base branch. In the event of a change in your base branch
this amount may undergo a change. It will stand to be discontinued while on
international assignments. This allowance is fully taxable and subject to review.
OTHER BENEFITS
i) Base Cover
Entitlement – Includes domiciliary expenses up to Rs. 6,000/- per insured person per
annum and basic hospitalisation expenses up to Rs. 2,00,000/- per insured person per
annum.
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Premium – Basic premium for self, spouse and up to three children is entirely borne by
TCSL, provided these members are explicitly enrolled by you under the scheme.
Additionally, if you wish to cover dependent parents/parents-in-law or remaining
children, the applicable premium per insured person is to be borne by you.
Floater Cover is mandatory. Under this scheme, you and your enrolled dependents will
be automatically covered under Higher Hospitalization benefits.
Entitlement – You and your enrolled dependents will be entitled for Rs.12,00,000/- as a
family floater coverage towards hospitalization expenses, over and above the individual
basic coverage.
Premium – For Floater Cover, a part of the premium will be recovered from your salary
and the differential premium will be borne by TCSL.
The above Health Plan is applicable to you and your dependents for this FY. In the
subsequent years, you will have the flexibility to opt for a higher plan from the bouquet
of plans offered. The additional premium in case of an upgrade to a higher plan will
have to be borne by you.
*Note: The above Health Insurance Scheme is subject to revision. The policy changes
if any, in future, will prevail.
If you are out of the purview of ESI Act, you will be eligible for compensation benefit in
the event of death / disablement arising out of and in the course of employment as per
the benefits under the Company's Afterlife Benefit Policy / Personal accident insurance
scheme, whichever is applicable. For more details on this, refer TCS India policy -
Afterlife Benefits and TCS India policy - Health Insurance after joining the organization.
3. Maternity Benefits:
Women employees are eligible to avail maternity leave of twenty six weeks. Adopting or
commissioning mother may avail maternity leave for twelve weeks. For more details on
the benefits and eligibility, once you join, please refer to TCS India Policy - Maternity
Leave.
4. Professional Memberships:
You will be eligible for reimbursement of expenses towards professional membership as
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per TCSL’s policy.
RETIRALS
1. Provident Fund:
You will be a member of the Provident Fund as per the provisions of “The Employees
Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952”, and TCSL will contribute 12%
of your basic salary every month towards Provident Fund, as per the provisions of the
said Act.
You are required to Provide your Universal Account Number (UAN), if any, issued by
your previous employer on the TCS’ Declaration Form (Form 9) so as to link your UAN
with TCS PF / Pension account or generate new UAN if not allotted to you earlier.
3. Gratuity:
You will be entitled to gratuity as per the provisions of the TCS Gratuity Scheme or the
Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 as applicable.
Terms of Employment:
1. Relevant Experience:
As per the recommendation of our management review panel, out of your total
experience, 2.62 years are being considered to be relevant to the business of our
organization.
At the time of Induction, your experience from date of management review by TCS
(while in service with current employer) till the date of relieving from your current
employment will be added to your total & relevant experience subject to signing of
declaration to that effect followed by validation of relevance of your experience during
Background Check process.
2. Probation Period:
You will be on probation for 90 Days. If your services are found to be satisfactory during
the period of probation, your confirmation will be communicated to you in writing. TCSL
reserves the right to terminate your employment in case your performance, behavior
and / or conduct during the probation period is found unsatisfactory.
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3. Working Hours:
Your working hours are governed by applicable law. You may be required to work in
shifts and/or in extended working hours depending upon the business exigencies as
permitted by law.
4. Mobility:
TCSL reserves the right to transfer / utilize your services at any of its offices, work sites,
or associated or affiliated companies in India, or outside India, currently in existence or
which may come into existence in future on the terms and conditions as applicable to
you at the time of transfer. The company at its discretion may require you to work
remotely depending upon its business requirement and exigencies.
6. Alternative Employment:
As a full-time employee of TCSL, you are not permitted to undertake any other
business, assume any public office, honorary or remunerative, without the written
permission of TCSL.
The detailed Confidentiality related terms and conditions are set out in Annexure 4.
This is to ensure that the knowledge and information gained by you during your
assignment is shared and available to TCSL and its associates. This transfer of
knowledge and information is essential for TCSL to continue to serve its clients and
customers better.
If you are deputed internationally for training, you will be required to sign an agreement
to serve TCSL for a minimum period of 6 months on completion of training.
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You are required to sign the TATA Code of Conduct and follow the same in your day to
day conduct as an employee of TCSL.
This contract of employment may be terminated by TCSL by giving you 90 days’ notice
or payment in lieu thereof.
Your failure to comply with this clause will entail monetary payment of damages to TCS
as may be determined by TCS at its sole discretion having regard to the responsibilities
shouldered by you while being in the employment of TCS and business continuity.
11. Retirement:
You will retire from the services of the company on the last day of the month in which
you complete 60 years of age, as per the proof of age submitted by you at the time of
joining.
12. Employment in India:
In case, you are not a citizen of India, this offer is subject to your obtaining a work
permit and or any other permissions and / or documentation as prescribed by the
Government of India for permanent employment with TCSL. Keeping your permit /
permission up to date during the course of employment with TCSL and submitting a
valid copy of that to TCSL is your responsibility.
An agency appointed by TCS will check the credentials specified by you in the
employment application Form. BGC verification that remain pending beyond 120
calendar days from your date of initiating the BGC online as stated above or from the
date of your joining TCS, as the case may be, for failure on your part or on the part of
your academic institution/s or your previous employer/s to furnish and/or validate the
requisite information that conclusively helps to corroborate the information provided by
you in the employment application Form, will lead to concluding the BGC verification
process as ‘Negative’. Further any kind of suppression of information and facts
pertaining to any of your previous employment/s irrespective of the period of such
previous employment, will also lead to concluding the BGC verification process as
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‘Negative’.
Verification of your last employment prior to joining TCS is initiated only post your
release from your previous employment. You may be onboarded to TCS during the
period your BGC is in process, however continuity of your employment in TCS will be
subject to a positive clearance of your background check with your immediate previous
employer. For more details on BGC documents submission, please refer to Annexure -
2.
After you join TCS, there would be more sets of Personal Information (PI) attributes
processed for various legitimate purposes. All of it will be processed with compliance to
applicable laws and the TCS Data Privacy Policy. In some scenarios of your PI
processing, you will be provided with appropriate notice and/or explicit consent might be
obtained from time to time.
For the purposes mentioned above, your required PI may be shared with specific
vendor organizations who provide services to TCS, e.g. background check, health
insurance, counselling, travel, transport and visa, payroll services, associate
engagement activities, and financial and taxation services.
As TCS is a global company, your PI may be shared with entities outside India, limited
for the purposes mentioned above and/or in this offer letter.
In case of oversees deputation, available privacy rights would be governed as per
regulatory provisions and / or TCS policies/notice provided applicable at your overseas
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location.
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Offer Letter Validity
If you fail to accept the offer from TCSL within 7 days, it will be construed that you are
not interested in this employment and this offer will be automatically withdrawn.
If you accept the offer from TCSL and fail to join within 120 days from the date of offer,
the offer will stand automatically terminated.
We look forward to having you in our global team.
Yours Sincerely,
For TATA Consultancy Services Limited
Girish V. Nandimath
Global Head, Talent Acquisition & Academic Interface
Encl :
Annexure 1: Benefits Gross Salary Sheet
Annexure 2: Document Submission
Annexure 3: List of TCSL Offices
Annexure 4: Confidentiality, Data and Intellectual Property Protection
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Annexure 1
GROSS SALARY SHEET
In case, you wish not to opt for the BoB, Defined Structure as given in Table 2 will be applicable.
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Annexure 2
Document Submission
List of BGC and Joining Documents
BGC: Joining:
1. Address Proof (Ration card/Landline /Telephone 1. Birth Certificate
bill/Electricity bill/House Lease Agreement). 2. Standard Xth and XII the mark sheets /
• Present and Permanent Address Proof to be equivalents
attached (If different then provide separate 3. Degree certificate and mark sheets for all
proof). semesters
• Mobile phone bill not acceptable as Address 4. Postgraduate Degree certificate and mark
Proof. sheets for all semesters
2. Identify Proof (Passport/Voter’s ID/PAN card/ 5. Passport / Driving License / Ration Card
Driving License/Aadhar Card). 6. Experience certificate from previous
3. Education: Highest Degree/Provisional Degree employers indicating the following:
Certificate & Highest Degree Mark sheets for all • Period of employment
semesters. • Technology areas you have worked on
4. Previous Employment Proof: • Certificates for any training provided by your
• Experience Certificate and Relieving Letter from previous employers in various technologies
all previous employer(s). It is mandatory that • Release letter and experience letter from
you submit the relieving and experience current and all previous employers
certificates from your current employer within 30 indicating date of release
days of your joining TCSL. Your BGC status will 7. PAN card
be positive only after successful completion of 8. Medical certificate of fitness
employment checks including your current 9. Work permit or any other documentation
employer. required to take up permanent employment
• Last 3 Salary Certificates. with TCSL
• Resignation acceptance letter from current 10. Two passport size photographs
employer. 11. Aadhar Card
5. Documents to explain gaps during
Employment/Education: Medical records for
gap due to medical reasons / Affidavit with
Notary Authorization for gap due to other
personal reasons.
Please mention your EP Reference number on all the documents and also carry originals of the
joining documents for verification. Please take a prior appointment with the Regional Point of
contacts mentioned in Annexure - 3.
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Annexure 3
Regional Offices
TCS Careers Serviceline: 1800 209 3111 (Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM) | Email: [email protected]
Ahmedabad Bangalore Bhubaneshwar
TATA Consultancy Services Limited Tata Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited
GARIMA PARK,IT/ITES SEZ, Brigade Bhuwalka Icon IT/ITES Special Economic Zone,
PLOT # 41, ITPL Road Plot 35, Chandaka Industrial Estate,
Gandhinagar – 382007 Whitefield, Bangalore
Patia, Chandrasekharpur,
Tel: 079 - 61705709 Karnataka - 560066
Bhubaneshwar 751 024
Tel: 080 61396172
Tel: 033-66537137
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Annexure 4
Confidentiality, Data and Intellectual Property Protection
1. Confidential Information
“Confidential Information” shall mean all Inventions and Know-how, information and
material of TCS (including for avoidance of doubt any Confidential Information of its
Clients) that comes into the possession or know of the Associate and shall include the
following:
a) Any and all information processing programs, software, properties, items,
information, data, material or any nature whatsoever or any parts thereof, additions
thereto and materials related thereto, produced or created at any time by TCS or the
Associate in the course of or in connection with or arising out of the Associate’s
association with TCS. Program/Software shall mean source code and/or machine
instructions wherever resident and on whatever media and all related documentation
and software,
b) All other information and material of TCS relating to design, method of construction,
manufacture, operation, specifications, use and services of the TCS equipment and
components, including, but not limited to, engineering and laboratory notebooks,
reports, process data, test data, performance data, inventions, trade secrets,
systems, software, object codes, source codes, copyrighted matters, methods,
drawings, computations, calculations, computer programs, narrations, flow charts
and all documentation therefore and all copies thereof (including for avoidance of
doubt any such material belonging to the Clients of TCS) .
c) Corporate strategies and other confidential and proprietary material and information,
which could cause competitive harm to TCS if disclosed,
d) Customer and prospective customer lists, and
e) All other information and material, which may be created, developed, conceived,
gathered or collected or obtained by the Associate in the course of or arising out of
the association with TCS or while in or in connection with or for the purposes of
his/her association with TCS or any of the operations and entrusted by TCS to the
Associate.
2. Associate’s Obligations
Associate agrees to treat the Confidential Information as strictly confidential and a trade
secret of TCS. Associate agrees not to use, or cause to be used, or disclose or divulge
or part with either directly or indirectly any Confidential Information for the benefit of or
to any third parties except for or on behalf of or as directed or authorized by TCS or to a
person having a valid contract with TCS. Upon termination of employment, the
Associate agrees to surrender to TCS all Confidential Information that he or she may
then possess or have under his or her control.
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shall have no right title or claim of any nature whatsoever in the Confidential
Information. Associate shall promptly disclose to an authorized officer of TCS all
inventions, ideas, innovations, discoveries, improvements, suggestions, or reports and
enhancements made, created, developed, conceived or devised by him or her arising
out of his or her engagement with TCS, including in the course of provision of services
to the Clients of TCS and Associate hereby agrees and confirms that all such
intellectual property rights shall at all times vest in and remain vested in TCS and
agrees to transfer and assign to TCS any interests Associate may have in such
intellectual property rights including any interest in and to any domestic or foreign
patent rights, trademarks, trade names copyrights and trade secret rights therein and
any renewals thereof. On request of TCS, Associate shall execute from time to time,
during or after the termination of his or her employment, such further instruments,
including without limitations, applications for letters of patent, trademarks, trade names
and copyrights or assignments thereof, as may be deemed necessary or desirable by
TCS to perfect the title of TCS in the intellectual property rights and to effectuate the
provisions hereof. All expenses of filling or prosecuting any application for patents,
trademarks, trade names, or copyrights shall be borne solely by TCS, but Associate
shall co-ordinate in filing and / or prosecuting any such applications. Associate hereby
expressly waives any “artist’s rights” or “moral rights”, which Associate might otherwise
have in such intellectual property rights.
4. Prior knowledge
Associate acknowledges that prior to his or her appointment by TCS, he or she had no
knowledge of the Confidential Information of TCS and that such Confidential Information
is of a confidential and secret character and is vital to the continued success of TCS’s
business. Associate further acknowledges that he or she is associated with TCS in a
capacity in which he or she will become acquainted with all or part of such Confidential
Information. In order to safeguard the legitimate interests of TCS in such Confidential
Information, it is necessary for TCS to protect such Confidential Information by holding it
secret and confidential.
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Property or any portion thereof, to be so created, unless;
i. Associate has expressly declared to TCS in a prescribed form whether such
exposure was owing to publically available information or under and subject to
any agreement; AND
ii. TCS has expressly confirmed to the Associate that TCS has proper authorization
or license or approval of the respective owner of such Third-Party IP to use the
same in Intellectual Property or portion thereof to be created and authorized in
writing Associate’s participation in such activity.
c) Knowingly access, make reference to or use any Third Party IP (except as permitted
under Section 5(a), directly or indirectly, during the period of association with the
creation (conception, design, development, testing, implementation, support or
marketing) of TCS Intellectual Property or portion thereof, which is in the same
subject area of TCS Intellectual Property or which is same or similar to such TCS
Intellectual Property or portion thereof being created. In case, Associate access or is
exposed to any such Third-Party IP during such association, Associate shall
promptly bring it to the notice of TCS IP asset owner or TCS project manager in
writing and immediately cease to participate in any such activity.
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protection policy, regulation or legislation;
f) Upon expiry or termination of Associate’s engagement with TCS, return all
copies of the Personal Data and Information to TCS in Associate’s possession
or control; and
g) Promptly bring to TCS’ notice of any request received from a data subject to
have access to his/her Personal Data and Information or of any other
communication relating to the access, use or processing of any Personal Data
and Information (including any notice from the regulatory body) and fully co-
operate and assist TCS in relation to any such request or communication.
6.3 Associate expressly consent that TCS and/or its affiliates may collect, use, transfer,
retain or otherwise process Associate’s Personal Data and Information in
connection with his/her engagement with TCS, in accordance with the then /
current TCS policies and procedures and applicable privacy and data protection
legislation. TCS may use Third-Party services or sub-contractors to collect or
otherwise process Associate’s Personal Data and Information for which TCS shall
remain responsible for such Third-Party services provider or sub-contractor’s
compliance with TCS’ obligations hereunder.
8. No License
TCS and Associate agree that no license under any patent or copyright now existing or
hereafter obtained by TCS is granted, agreed to be granted, or implied by the terms of
this Agreement, or by the disclosure to Associate of the Confidential Information.
9. Equitable Rights
Associate acknowledges that any Confidential Information that comes into the
possession and / or knowledge of Associate is of a unique, highly confidential and
proprietary nature. It is further acknowledged by Associate that the disclosure,
distribution, dissemination and / or release by Associate of the Confidential Information
without the prior written consent of TCS or any breach of the Confidentiality Clause by
Associate will cause TCS to suffer severe, immediate and irreparable damage and that
upon any such breach or any threat thereof, TCS shall without prejudice to any other
remedies available to it, be entitled to appropriate equitable relief including the relief of
specific performance and injunctive relief, in addition to whatever remedies it might have
at law.
10. General
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a) The provisions hereof shall be interpreted, determined and enforced in accordance
with the laws of India.
b) In the event of any dispute or disagreement over the interpretation of any of the terms
herein contained or may claim or liability of any party, the same shall be referred to a
person to be nominated by TCS, whose decision shall be final and binding upon the
parties hereto. Subject to the above, the arbitration shall be governed by the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 or any modifications or re-enactment thereof.
Associate confirms that the fact that the arbitrator shall be a nominee of TCS shall
not be a ground for objecting to such arbitration or challenging the decision of the
arbitrator. The venue of arbitration shall be Mumbai. Subject to the above arbitration
clause, the Parties agreed to the binding jurisdiction of the Courts at Mumbai under
the laws of India.
c) If any provision hereof shall be found by a judicial tribunal to be contrary to governing
law, it shall be deemed null and void without annulling or rendering invalid the
remainder of the Agreement and if the invalid portion is such that the remainder
cannot be sustained without it, the Parties herein shall find a suitable replacement to
the invalid portion that shall be legally valid.
d) This Confidentiality clause along with other documents executed by Associate or
referenced in any such documents constitutes the entire understanding between the
parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining to the
subject matter thereof. No delay of omission of either Party in exercising or enforcing
any of their rights or remedies hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.
e) This Confidentiality clause may not be amended except in writing signed by
authorized representatives of both parties.
f) The obligations of Associate in terms of this Confidentiality clause shall continue
during the term of or in the course of employment of the Associate with TCS and
shall continue thereafter in perpetuity.
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