They are a fraction of TCS's 215, 000-strong workforce but represent the bridgehead of its ambitions to go beyond being merely an outsourced back-office and coding shop and take on such consultancy giants as IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Accenture on their home turf.
Such eye-catching growth, combined with its reputation for high-quality work, suggests clients can be convinced that TCS's consultancy work is worth paying for.