TCS to shut down operations in Lucknow, Employees seek help of UP CM Yogi Adityanath

India’s largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services has decided to shut its operations centre in Lucknow. Staff members said that their team leaders had informed them about the decision on Wednesday.

TCS Vice- President Tej Paul Bhatla was in Lucknow on Wednesday, where he met and asked project managers to finish their programmes by December or shift to the centres in Indore, Noida and continue working there. The project managers have also been asked to convey the message to their team members as per News18 report.

With Company’s decision, employment of around 1000 IT professionals could be affected. ‘A few employees have allegedly written a letter to UP CM Yogi Adityanath and raised questions about how a company earning Rs 25,000 crores in profits could be short of funds,’ states the report. The employees have asked for an inquiry into the matter and stated that the company was not going to invest a rupee in Varanasi, but were looking to outsource it.

However, TCS came out with an official statement and said, “The Lucknow centre had less than 1000 employees. It was not a convenient place for client related work. TCS is looking to consolidate its operations in Uttar Pradesh and the current Lucknow workforce will shift its operations to Noida and Varanasi. All employees will be relocated, no one will be fired.”

Tata Consultancy Services had launched its development centre at TCS Awdh Park in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in 2009. Spread over three acres of land, TCS Awdh Park is the second-largest IT establishment in UP after the TCS facility in Noida, with 1,500 seats.