Tata Consultancy Services has appointed Ajoyendra Mukherjee, as the global head of HR. Mukherjee has held key leadership positions and headed TCS operations in Switzerland and South Africa in the past.
Ritu Anand has been appointed as the deputy global head of human resources.
TCS which had only 3,691 employees in the year 1990-91 today has over 1,16,000 employees on its roll making it the largest employer in the IT industry in the country
Mukherjee has said that in the first quarter of this year, out of every 100 employees hired, 61 were trainees and 39 were professionals.
He said the company is planning to use employee referral system to reduce cost while hiring new people. He also informed the attrition in the company is leveling out.