Rolls-Royce Expands Partnerships In India
BUSINESS April 28, 2010 NEW DELHI — Rolls-Royce has signed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an IT services and outsourcing company, as its second engineering partner in India to help it expand its engineering footprint in the country. Its earlier partnership with Quest Global has been extended for another five years. “We will be developing TCS and expose it to Rolls-Royce’s exacting standard methodologies,” Anil Shrikhande, president of Rolls-Royce India, told AVIATIONn WEEK. “The partnership with TCS is part of the continuing Rolls presence in India. We are focused on looking at India for all our business sectors ... and developing India as a research base for engineering services.” Rolls has been active in India and moving along with its plan to make India a node in its supply chain. The new collaboration with TCS, Rolls says, will give it additional quality and cycle-time advantages. “This partnership with Rolls-Royce is significant to TCS. This will lead to high-quality eng...