Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm today announced that it has completed building sanitation facilities for girl students in 1000 schools across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Bihar States as a part of Prime Minister’s Clean India initiative.
TCS had earmarked a budget of Rs 1 billion for building dedicated sanitation facilities for girls in selected schools. The initiative aims to boost the enrolment rate and reduce the dropout rate of girl students in the adopted schools, and in turn, improve learning outcomes.
''TCS is committed to the Prime Minister's Swachh Bharat' initiative of ensuring safety, dignity and equality for all girls students. We are happy to have completed building toilets in about 1000 schools,'' said N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services.
Shares of the company gained Rs 46.75, or 1.87%, to settle at Rs 2,546.25. The total volume of shares traded was 46,028 at the BSE (Wednesday).