Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC) is a software research centre in

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

, India, established by

Tata Group The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate group of companies headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest business conglomerate, with products and services in over 160 countries, and operations in 100 c ...

's TCS in 1981. TRDDC undertakes research in

Machine Learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of Computational statistics, statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalise to unseen data, and thus perform Task ( ...

Software Engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

Process Engineering Process engineering is a field of study focused on the development and optimization of industrial processes. It consists of the understanding and application of the fundamental principles and laws of nature to allow humans to transform raw mate ...

and Systems Research. TRDDC developed TCS Code Generator Framework (formerly called MasterCraft), an

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

software that can automatically create code from a simple computer language and rewrite the code based on the user's needs. Research at TRDDC has also resulted in the development of Swach (formerly known as Sujal), a low-cost water purifier that can be manufactured using locally available resources. TCS deployed thousands of these filters in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster of 2004 as part of its relief activities.

Innovation

In 2007, TCS launched its Co-Innovation Network, a network of TCS Innovation Labs, startup alliances, University Research Departments, and venture capitalists. In addition to TRDDC, TCS has 19 Innovation Labs based in three countrie

*''TCS Innovation Lab, Convergence:'' Content management and delivery, convergence engines, networks such as 3G, WiMax, WiMesh, IP Testing for Quality of Service, IMS, OSS/BSS systems, and others. *''TCS Innovation Lab, Delhi:'' Software Architectures, Software as a Service,

natural language processing Natural language processing (NLP) is a subfield of computer science and especially artificial intelligence. It is primarily concerned with providing computers with the ability to process data encoded in natural language and is thus closely related ...

(NLP), text, data and process analytics, multimedia applications and graphics. *''TCS Innovation Lab, Embedded Systems and Robotics, Kolkata and Bengaluru:''

Medical electronics Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...

, Machine Vision, Robotics,

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a family of wireless broadband communication standards based on the IEEE 802.16 set of standards, which provide physical layer (PHY) and media access control (MAC) options. The WiMA ...

, and

WLAN A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office buildin ...

technologies. *''TCS Innovation Lab, Hyderabad:'' Computational methods in life sciences, meta-genomics, systems biology, e-security, smart card-based applications, digital media protection, nano-biotechnology, quantitative finance. *''TCS Innovation Lab, Mumbai:'' Speech and natural language processing, wireless systems and wireless applications. *''TCS Innovation Lab, Insurance – Chennai:'' IT Optimisation, Business Process Optimisation, Customer Centricity Enablers, Enterprise Mobility,

Telematics Telematics is an interdisciplinary field encompassing telecommunications, vehicular technologies (road transport, road safety, etc.), electrical engineering (sensors, instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and computer science (multimedia ...

, Innovation in Product Development and Management (

Product lifecycle management In industry, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its inception through the engineering, design, and manufacture, as well as the service and disposal of manufactured products. ...

) in

Insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to protect ...

. *''TCS Innovation Lab, Chennai:'' Infrastructure innovation,

green computing Green computing, green IT (Information Technology), or Information and Communication Technology Sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT. The goals of green computing include optimising energy ef ...

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 (also known as participative (or participatory) web and social web) refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content, ease of use, participatory culture, and interoperability (i.e., compatibility with other products, systems, a ...

and next-generation

user interface In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine fro ...

s. *''TCS Innovation Lab,

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, England'': New-wave communications for the enterprises,

utility computing Utility computing, or computer utility, is a service provisioning model in which a service provider makes computing resources and infrastructure management available to the customer as needed, and charges them for specific usage rather than a fl ...

and

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When tri ...

(chips, tags, labels, readers and middleware). *''TCS Innovation Lab: Performance Engineering, Mumbai'': Performance management, high performance technology components, and others. *''TCS Innovation Lab,

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, United States'': Engineering and Manufacturing IT solutions. Some of the assets created by TCS Innovation Labs are DBProdem, Jenso
Jensor released as Open Source
Wane
Wanem released as Open Source
Scrutinet. In 2008, the TCS Innovation Lab-developed product, mKrishi, won the

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Technology Innovation Award in the

Wireless Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information (''telecommunication'') between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided transm ...

category. mKrishi is a service that would enable India's farmers to receive useful information on an inexpensive mobile device. TCS' Co-Innovation Network partners include

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, Cassatt, foreign academic institutions such as

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, various IITs, and venture capitalists like Sequoia and

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