TCIL building a digital infrastructure for a New India

A Seshagiri Rao
Chairman and Managing Director - Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL)

Vision of CMD 

TCIL shall move up the value chain from a simple IT infrastructure service provider (Projects Organisation) to a Digital Enablement organisation in the country. With its core competencies in the fields of Telecom and IT, it shall work as a single stop solution to Ministries and PSUs for providing all Digital services such as Smart cities, SWAN Networks, Cybersecurity solutions, ERP solutions, Datacenter related services and Health and Education services. It shall work as a trusted organisation between Govt. and PSU. AS the country is full of resources TCIL shall provide the right mix of Government and private sector expertise selected through an open process to deliver the best output.  

The Journey

Set up in 1978 by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Telecommunication Consultants of India (TCIL) is a wholly owned Government of India Schedule, a Mini Ratna Enterprise engaged in consultancy and Turnkey project execution in the fields of Telecom, IT and Civil & Architecture. The organization today, is an IS/ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified, the only profit-making Telecom PSU under the Ministry of Telcom with operations spread across the world.

Today, having completed almost 4 decades, TCIL has a renowned and respected name across the globe. The organisation has planned, guided and executed traditional wire-line, Hi-tech wireless, Satellite and IT projects in over 70 countries across the world. In India, TCIL’s inland consultancy divisions have worked across various sectors including Transport, Irrigation, Oil & Gas, Power, Fertilizers, Education, Defense and Security and many more. TCIL has diversified its operation and has been executing turnkey projects for Power Transmission, Rural Roads and Civil Construction. The organisation has been implementing projects in latest technologies like FTTH, VOIP, 4G etc.

With the approach of providing delight to Clients, the organisation offers a full spectrum of end-to-end services. With the customer in the core of everything they do, the organisation is always open to customising offerings supported by an adaptable workforce that works as per the specific requirements of the customers. Right from implementing telecom infrastructures to telecom consultancy to building Tele-education and Telemedicine networks, and e-governance networks, the organisation has developed expertise and experience across several service areas.

The organisation has also exhibited outstanding operational strength over the years through implementation of best practices across the organisation. 

In India, the organisation has worked with respected names like India Post, Indian Railways, Indian Navy, Indian Army, Ministry of Home Affairs, MTNL, BSNL, NTPC and many more. The organisation is working with several governments and private sector organisations across Asia, Africa, Europe and America.