Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) expansion plan is on track even with the slowdown and recessionary trend experienced in the IT industry over the last three quarters.

Work on the Noida development centre is complete, while work on the software facility at Madhapur in Hyderabad has commenced recently and is likely to be completed in the next 12 months.

Meanwhile, TCS announced the launch of its joint venture company with APTS (Andhra Pradesh Technology Services) and its s-Governance practice. s-Governance stands for SMART-Governance (simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent).

TCS, which had acquired CMC Ltd, has decided to make the CMC R&D centre, located at Gachibowli in Hyderabad, its centre for s-Governance practice, which is headquartered at Hyderabad. TCS has about 600 professionals handling the s-Governance practice.