Under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) aegis, IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have signed a pact to develop an indigenous technology that delivers AI-enabled cloud platform that boosts the country’s digital transformation.
In a regulatory filing on Friday, TCS said its collaboration with C-DAC will focus on research to develop indigenous technologies and deliver scalable, AI-enabled cloud platforms that align with India's data localisation mandates and support the digitisation of critical public sector services.
“The collaboration with C-DAC, India's premier R&D institution under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), will develop and integrate indigenous innovations into TCS' sovereign cloud stack. This move will support the secure and compliant hosting of critical government applications, including e-Sanjeevani, Dial 112, and workloads from central ministries,” it said.
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The development of the cloud computing software will not only improve security and compliance but also reduce India’s dependence on global hyperscalers by creating a future-ready sovereign cloud ecosystem based on OpenStack and indigenous technologies to be used across key sectors such as healthcare, defence, smart cities, and BFSI.
Through joint initiatives and public sector engagement, TCS and C-DAC further aim to establish sovereign cloud platforms as the primary choice for digital transformation initiatives in India.
"By collaborating with C-DAC, we are combining indigenous R&D, public sector infrastructure, and TCS's enterprise expertise to deliver secure, scalable, and future-ready cloud platforms tailored to the needs of a digitally empowered India," said Girish Ramachandran, President, Growth Markets at TCS.
