The stock of IT major hit its highest level since October 4, 2018 on the BSE. Boosted by 7 per cent rally in stock post March quarter results, the market valuation of TCS regained the Rs 8 trillion-mark today to reach Rs 8.04 trillion at 12:50 pm, BSE data shows.

For the quarter ended March 31, TCS reported Rs 8,126 crore in net profit, a jump of 17.7 per cent over the corresponding quarter last year. Revenue, at Rs 38,010 crore, saw an increase of 18.5 per cent on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis. When compared with the trailing quarter, net profit was almost flat, while revenue grew 1.8 per cent.

Internet companies dominate the top 10 spots in LinkedIn's fourth edition of the '2019 Top Companies' list for India.

The virtual habilitation platform, TCS VHAB, will be launched at ZEP Rehabilitation Centre, Pune. This centre, established in 2008, carries out programmes to help improve the mobility of children with locomotor disabilities. These programmes are aimed at enabling development of daily skills, self-help skills, functional skills and academics.

The software major accounts for 73% or nearly three-fourths of the combined market capitalisation of ten top 10 companies; this share was just 59% in February 2017, when Chandra took over the reins at the group as chairman, Tata Sons.

Under the agreement, it will also offer consulting and system integration services around digital technologies to optimise supply chains for customers worldwide.

These trends are the third positive development for India’s $167 billion information technology (IT) outsourcing sector, after the first six months of the current fiscal saw IT firms adding more employees and raising salaries of some of them by as much as 40%.