Offer : Computer Consultancy

Ref : TCSL/EP2020IR393648/ Bangalore/1487299

Date : 06-Apr-2021

Ms. Areefa Bathul Shaik

Building : Prem Sai Paradise, Hno: 2a , Vishnu Nagar 1st Line
Sai Baba Road
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Tel No. : 9008735002

Sub: Letter of Offer and Terms of Employment

Dear Ms. Areefa Bathul Shaik,

Thank you for exploring career opportunities with TATA Consultancy Services Limited
(TCSL). You have successfully completed our initial selection process and we are
pleased to make you an offer of employment.

This offer is based on your profile, relevant work experience and performance in
the selection process. You have been selected for the position of Assistant
Consultant in Grade C3A at TCS - Bangalore. Your gross salary including all
benefits will be Rs. 15,00,007/- per annum. Annexure 1 provides a break-up of the
compensation package.

Kindly confirm your acceptance of this offer on-line through the option 'Accept Offer
letter' and propose your tentative date of joining. If not accepted within 7 days, this offer
is liable to lapse at the discretion of TCSL. Please initiate your Background Check and
submit required documents online within 5 days of your offer acceptance. Kindly note
that your Offer is subject to a positive background check.

On joining and successful completion of joining formalities, you will be issued a Letter of
Appointment by TCSL.

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COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The details of your compensation and benefits are given below:

FIXED COMPENSATION

Basic Salary
Your Basic Salary will be Rs. 25,500/- per month.

Bouquet of Benefits (BoB)

Bouquet of Benefits offers you the flexibility to design part of your compensation within
the defined framework, twice in a financial year. All the components will be disbursed on
a monthly basis. The components under Bouquet of Benefits are listed below. The
amounts given here for each of the components are as per the pre-defined structure.
However, you may want to re-distribute the BoB amount between the components as
per your tax plan, once you join the company. To design your Bouquet of Benefits, you
may access the link to BoB in the 'Employee Self Service' link on 'Ultimatix', the internal
portal of TCSL.

Taxation will be governed by the Income Tax rules. TCSL will be deducting tax at
source as per income tax guidelines.

1. House Rent Allowance:

Your HRA will be Rs. 12,750/- per month. While restructuring your BoB amount to
various components, it is mandatory that at least 5% of monthly basic pay be allocated
towards HRA.

2. Leave Travel Allowance:

You will be eligible for annual Leave Travel Allowance which is equivalent to one
month's basic salary or a pro-rata amount in case you join during the financial year. This
will be disbursed on a monthly basis along with the monthly salary. To avail income tax
benefits, you need to apply for a minimum of three days of leave and submit supporting
travel documents.

3. Food Card:
You will be eligible for a Food Card. It can be set up to a maximum of Rs. 3,000/- per
month for tax exemption. It can be used to purchase food items at all domestic VISA
enabled restaurants and fast food restaurants including TCS cafeterias.

4. Personal Allowance:
You will be eligible for a monthly personal allowance of Rs. 44,614/- per month. This
component is subject to review and may change as per TCSL's compensation policy.

5. Vehicle Maintenance Allowance:

You will be eligible for a vehicle maintenance allowance of Rs. 1,500/- per month.

PERFORMANCE PAY

1. Monthly Performance Pay

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You will receive a monthly performance pay of Rs. 10,900/-. The same will be reviewed
on completion of your first Anniversary with the company and will undergo a change
basis your own ongoing individual performance.

2. Performance Bonus
Your Performance Bonus will be Rs. 10,800/- per month, and will be paid at the closure
of each quarter based on the performance of the company and your unit and to the
extent of your allocation to the business unit.

Performance Bonus is subject to review on your first anniversary and may undergo a
change based on the actual performance of the Company, your business unit and your
own ongoing individual performance. The payment is subject to your being active on the
company rolls on the date of announcement of Performance Bonus.

This Pay / Allowance shall be treated as productivity bonus in lieu of statutory profit
bonus.

RETENTION INCENTIVE

You are eligible for Retention Incentive of Rs. 80,000/- payable to you on an annual
basis. This component is in appreciation of continuity of service in TCSL and will be
paid on completion of each year from the introduction of this incentive. The Company
reserves the right to modify the same in line with the TCS Compensation Policy.

CITY ALLOWANCE

You will be eligible for a City Allowance of Rs. 2,700/- per month. This is specific to
India and is linked to your base branch. In the event of a change in your base branch
this amount may undergo a change. It will stand to be discontinued while on
international assignments. This allowance is fully taxable and subject to review.

OTHER BENEFITS

1. Health Insurance Scheme

TCSL brings the benefit of health insurance cover to you and your dependents under
the company’s Health Insurance Scheme (HIS). For the current financial year, you and
your dependent will be covered under the ‘Gold Plus’ health plan.

The entitlements under the ‘Gold Plus’ plan are as follows:

i) Base Cover
Entitlement – Includes domiciliary expenses up to Rs. 6,000/- per insured person per
annum and basic hospitalisation expenses up to Rs. 2,00,000/- per insured person per
annum.

Premium – Basic premium for self, spouse and up to three children is entirely borne by
TCSL, provided these members are explicitly enrolled by you under the scheme.
Additionally, if you wish to cover dependent parents/parents-in-law or remaining
children, the applicable premium per insured person is to be borne by you.
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ii) Floater Cover
Floater Cover is mandatory. Under this scheme, you and your enrolled dependents will
be automatically covered under Higher Hospitalization benefits.

Entitlement – You and your enrolled dependents will be entitled for Rs.14,00,000/- as a
family floater coverage towards hospitalization expenses, over and above the individual
basic coverage.

Premium – For Floater Cover, a part of the premium will be recovered from your salary
and the differential premium will be borne by TCSL.

The above Health Plan is applicable to you and your dependents for this FY. In the
subsequent years, you will have the flexibility to opt for a higher plan from the bouquet
of plans offered. The additional premium in case of an upgrade to a higher plan will
have to be borne by you.

*Note: The above Health Insurance Scheme is subject to revision. The policy changes
if any, in future, will prevail.

2. Compensation Benefits under ESI Act / Employees' Compensation Act*:

If you are covered under Employees State Insurance Act (ESI Act), you are entitled to
claim the benefits in the event of accidental injury resulting into death or disablement
arising out of and in the course of employment, from Employees' State Insurance
Corporation.

If you are out of the purview of ESI Act, you will be eligible for compensation benefit in
the event of death / disablement arising out of and in the course of employment as per
the Employee Compensation Act (Amendment Act of 2017) or the benefits under the
Company's Group Term Life Insurance scheme / Personal accident insurance scheme
as the case may be, whichever is more beneficial. For more details on this, refer TCS
India policy - Group Life Insurance and TCS India policy - Health Insurance after joining
the organisation.

* inclusion or exclusion of an employee under 'Employee State Insurance Corporation'

is as defined as per the ESI Act

3. Maternity Benefits:
Women employees are eligible to avail maternity leave of twenty six weeks. Adopting or
commissioning mother may avail maternity leave for twelve weeks. For more details on
the benefits and eligibility, once you join, please refer to TCS India Policy - Maternity
Leave.

4. Professional Memberships:
You will be eligible for reimbursement of expenses towards professional membership as
per TCSL’s policy.

5. Tata Sons & Consultancy Services Employees’ Welfare Trust (TWT):

You will become a member of the TWT, on completion of continuous service of one

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year from the date of joining TCSL and a nominal annual membership fee of Rs. 250/-
will be recovered from you. The Trust provides financial assistance by way of grants /
loans in accordance with the rules framed by the Trust from time to time for medical and
educational purposes and in case of death of members while in service.

RETIRALS

1. Provident Fund:
You will be a member of the Provident Fund as per the provisions of “The Employees
Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952”, and TCSL will contribute 12%
of your basic salary every month towards Provident Fund, as per the provisions of the
said Act.

You are required to submit your Universal Account Number (UAN), if any, issued by
your previous employer on the Declaration Form (Form 9) so as to link your UAN with
TCS PF / Pension account.

2. Employees' Pension Scheme:

Your enrolment under the Employees’ Pension Scheme will based on the details you
provide under the Declaration Form (Form 9) at the time of joining TCSL.

3. Gratuity:
You will be entitled to gratuity as per the provisions of the Gratuity Act 1972.

Terms of Employment:

1. Relevant Experience:
As per the recommendation of our management review panel, out of your total
experience, 10.53 years are being considered to be relevant to the business of our
organization.

At the time of Induction, your experience from date of management review by TCS
(while in service with current employer) till the date of relieving from your current
employment will be added to your total & relevant experience subject to signing of
declaration to that effect followed by validation of relevance of your experience during
Background Check process.

2. Probation Period:
You will be on probation for 3 Months. Your confirmation will be communicated to you in
writing. TCSL reserves the right to terminate your employment in case your
performance, behavior and / or conduct during the probation period is found
unsatisfactory.

3. Working Hours:
Your working hours are governed by applicable law. You may be required to work in
shifts and/or over time depending upon the business exigencies as permitted by law.

4. Mobility:
TCSL reserves the right to transfer / utilize your services at any of its offices, work sites,
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or associated or affiliated companies in India, or outside India, on the terms and
conditions as applicable to you at the time of transfer.

5. Increments and Promotions:

Your performance and contribution to the company will be an important consideration
for salary increments and promotions. Salary increments and promotions will be based
on TCSL’s Compensation and Promotion Policy.

6. Alternative Employment:
As a full-time employee of TCSL, you are not permitted to undertake any other
business, assume any public office, honorary or remunerative, without the written
permission of TCSL.

7. Confidentiality, Data and Intellectual Property Protection:

As part of the joining formalities, you are required to sign a confidentiality agreement,
which aims to protect the intellectual property rights and business information of TCSL
and its clients.

The detailed Confidentiality related terms and conditions are set out in Annexure 4.

8. Overseas Agreement / International Assignment Agreement:

If you are on international assignment, you will be covered by the TCSL International
Assignment policy from the date of deputation.

Accordingly, you will be required to sign the applicable Overseas Deputation /

International Assignment Agreement(s). In case of every international assignment that
exceeds 30 days, you will be required to serve TCSL as per the Notice Period
mentioned below.

This is to ensure that the knowledge and information gained by you during your
assignment is shared and available to TCSL and its associates. This transfer of
knowledge and information is essential for TCSL to continue to serve its clients and
customers better.

If you are deputed internationally for training, you will be required to sign an agreement
to serve TCSL for a minimum period of 6 months on completion of training.

9. TATA Code of Conduct:

You are required to sign the TATA Code of Conduct and follow the same in your day to
day conduct as an employee of TCSL.

10. Notice Period:

During your employment with TCSL, including probation / training, either you or TCSL
can terminate the appointment by giving 90 calendar days written notice or 3 months
basic salary in lieu of the notice.

If you are covered under Deputation Agreement / International Assignment Agreement,

either you or TCSL can terminate the appointment by giving 90 calendar days written
notice as set out in the Separation Policy of TCSL.
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TCSL reserves the right, if it is in the interest of the business and current assignment, to
ask you to complete your notice period or decide whether your existing earned vacation
or basic salary in lieu of notice period may be adjusted against the entire or partial
notice period.

11. Retirement:
You will retire from the services of the Company on reaching your 60th birthday as per
the proof of age submitted by you at the time of joining.

12. Employment in India:

In case, you are not a citizen of India, this offer is subject to your obtaining a work
permit and or any other permissions and / or documentation as prescribed by the
Government of India for permanent employment with TCSL. Keeping your permit /
permission up to date during the course of employment with TCSL and submitting a
valid copy of that to TCSL is your responsibility.

13. Medical Certificate of Fitness:

You are required to submit a Medical Certificate of Fitness (in the format prescribed by
TCSL), issued by a registered medical practitioner having a minimum qualification of
MBBS, to the Induction coordinator.

14. Background Check:

Please initiate your background check within 5 days of your offer acceptance. Your
background check initiation is complete only when you initiate your BGC online at
www.tcs.com/careers/lateral-hiring and submit all the relevant documents for
background check online.

An agency will check the credentials specified by you in the application form. The
process is normally completed within 5 weeks after Background Check initiation.
Verification of your last employment is initiated only post you are released. Your offer
will be subject to a positive clearance of your background check. For more details on
BGC documents submission, please refer to Annexure - 2.

15. Joining Documents:

For a convenient joining process, the joining documents as mentioned in Annexure – 2
should be submitted within 5 days of Offer Acceptance, after due verification against
originals. For any clarification on the above, please connect with the point of contact for
your joining location as mentioned in Annexure - 3.

16. Letter of Appointment:

You will be issued a letter of appointment at the time of your joining post completing
joining formalities as per TCSL’s policy.

17. Data Privacy:

Your personal data collected and developed during recruitment process will be
processed in accordance with the TCS Data Privacy Policy. The personal data referred
therein are details related to contact, family, education, personal identifiers issued by
government, social profile, background references, previous employment and
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experience, medical history, skillset, proficiency and certifications, job profile and your
career aspirations.

It will be processed for various organizational purposes such as recruitment,

onboarding, background check, project assignment, performance management, job
rotation, career development including at leadership level, diversity and inclusion
initiatives, global mobility, wellness program, statutory and legal requirements and
specific organizational initiatives in force during your tenure in TCS.

After you join TCS, there would be more sets of Personal Information (PI) attributes
processed for various legitimate purposes. All of it will be processed with compliance to
applicable laws and the TCS Data Privacy Policy. In some scenarios of your PI
processing, you will be provided with appropriate notice and/or explicit consent might be
obtained from time to time.

For the purposes mentioned above, your required PI may be shared with specific
vendor organizations who provide services to TCS, e.g. background check, health
insurance, counselling, travel, transport and visa, payroll services, associate
engagement activities, and financial and Click
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your mobile to validate the offer letter
As TCS is a global company, your PI may be shared with entities outside India, limited
for the purposes mentioned above and/or in this offer letter.
In case of oversees deputation, available privacy rights would be governed as per
regulatory provisions and / or TCS policies/notice provided applicable at your overseas
location.

18. Terms and Conditions:

The above terms and conditions of employment are specific to your employment in India
and there can be changes to the said terms and conditions in case of deputation on
international assignments during the course of your employment.

19. Rules and Regulations of the Company:

Your appointment will be governed by the policies, rules, regulations, practices,
processes and procedures of TCSL as applicable to you and the changes therein from
time to time.

20. Compliance to all clauses:

You will be required to fulfill all the terms and conditions mentioned in this letter of offer.
Any failure to fulfill any term and / or condition would entitle TCS in withdrawing this
offer letter at its sole discretion.

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Offer Letter Validity
If you fail to accept the offer from TCSL within 7 days, it will be construed that you are
not interested in this employment and this offer will be automatically withdrawn.

If you accept the offer from TCSL and fail to join within 120 days from the date of offer,
the offer will stand automatically terminated.
We look forward to having you in our global team.
Yours Sincerely,
For TATA Consultancy Services Limited

Girish Nandimath
Head Talent Acquisition – India

Encl :
Annexure 1: Benefits Gross Salary Sheet
Annexure 2: Document Submission
Annexure 3: List of TCSL Offices
Annexure 4: Confidentiality, Data and Intellectual Property Protection

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 Annexure 1
GROSS SALARY SHEET

Name Ms. Areefa Bathul Shaik

Designation Assistant Consultant
Grade C3A Relevant Experience 10.53 years

Table 1: Compensation Details: (All Components are in Rs.)

Component Category Monthly Annual

1) Fixed Compensation
Basic Monthly 25,500 3,06,000
Bouquet Of Benefits # 63,489 7,61,868
2) Performance Pay
Monthly Performance Pay 10,900 1,30,800
Performance Bonus * 10,800 1,29,600
3) City Allowance 2,700 32,400
4) Annual Components/Retirals
Health Insurance NA 7,900
Provident fund 3,060 36,720
Gratuity 1,227 14,719
Total of Annual Components & Retirals 4,287 59,339
Retention Incentive NA 80,000
TOTAL GROSS 1,17,676 15,00,007
# Refer to Table 2 for TCSL defined Structure

In case, you wish not to opt for the BoB, Defined Structure as given in Table 2 will be applicable.

* Amount depicted will be paid-out on a quarterly basis

Table 2: TCSL defined structure for BoB (All Components in Rs.)

Component Category Monthly Annual

House Rent Allowance 12,750 1,53,000
Leave Travel Assistance 2,125 25,500
Food Card 2,500 30,000
Vehicle Maintenance Allowance 1,500 18,000
Personal Allowance 44,614 5,35,368
GROSS BOUQUET OF BENEFITS 63,489 7,61,868

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 Annexure 2
Document Submission
List of BGC and Joining Documents
BGC: Joining:
1. Address Proof (Ration card/Landline /Telephone 1. Birth Certificate
bill/Electricity bill/House Lease Agreement). 2. Standard Xth and XII the mark sheets /
• Present and Permanent Address Proof to be equivalents
attached (If different then provide separate 3. Degree certificate and mark sheets for all
proof). semesters
• Mobile phone bill not acceptable as Address 4. Postgraduate Degree certificate and mark
Proof. sheets for all semesters
2. Identify Proof (Passport/Voter’s ID/PAN card/ 5. Passport / Driving License / Ration Card
Driving License/ Aadhar Card). 6. Experience certificate from previous
3. Education: Highest Degree/Provisional Degree employers indicating the following:
Certificate & Highest Degree Mark sheets for all • Period of employment
semesters. • Technology areas you have worked on
4. Previous Employment Proof: • Certificates for any training provided by your
• Experience Certificate and Relieving Letter from previous employers in various technologies
all previous employer(s). It is mandatory that • Release letter and experience letter from
you submit the relieving and experience current and all previous employers
certificates from your current employer within 30 indicating date of release
days of your joining TCSL. Your BGC status will 7. PAN card
be positive only after successful completion of 8. Medical certificate of fitness
employment checks including your current 9. Work permit or any other documentation
employer. required to take up permanent employment
• Last 3 Salary Certificates. with TCSL
• Resignation acceptance letter from current 10. Two passport size photographs
employer. 11. An affidavit/notarized undertaking that there is
5. Documents to explain gaps during no criminal offence registered/pending
Employment/Education: Medical records for against you
gap due to medical reasons / Affidavit with 12. Aadhar Card
Notary Authorization for gap due to other
personal reasons.
Please mention your EP Reference number on all the documents and also carry originals of the
joining documents for verification. Please take a prior appointment with the Regional Point of
contacts mentioned in Annexure - 3.

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 Annexure 3
Regional Offices

TCS Careers Serviceline: 1800 209 3111 (Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM) | Email: careers@tcs.com
Ahmedabad Bangalore Bhubaneshwar
TATA Consultancy Services Limited Tata Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited
GARIMA PARK,IT/ITES SEZ, Brigade Bhuwalka Icon IT/ITES Special Economic Zone,
PLOT # 41, ITPL Road Plot 35, Chandaka Industrial Estate,
Gandhinagar – 382007 Whitefield, Bangalore
Patia, Chandrasekharpur,
Tel: 079 -61705709 Karnataka – 560066
Bhubaneshwar 751 024
Tel: 080 61396172
Tel: 033-66537137

SPOC: Sonali Tripathy SPOC: Salini P SPOC: Swathi Yadav

Joining: Joining: Joining:
sonali.tripathy@tcs.com bangalore.onboarding@tcs.com yadav.swathi@tcs.com
BGC: BGC: BGC:
mumbai.bgc@tcs.com nandini.shreeg@tcs.com kolkata.hrtabgc@tcs.com
Chennai Delhi Hyderabad
TATA Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited
A1 Module, 415/21-24, Kumaran Nagar, 5th Floor, PTI Building, Deccan Park No.1,
Sholinganallur, Old Mahabalipuram, 4, Parliament Street, Software Units Layout, Madhapur,
Chennai 600 119 New Delhi 110 001 Hyderabad 500 081
Tel: 044-66162209 Tel: 011-66506283 Tel: 040-66673510

SPOC: Vaishnavi Mahadevan SPOC: Vinaya Sandhu SPOC: Priyanka Kumar

Joining: Joining: Joining:
vaishnavi.mahadevan@tcs.com vinaya.sandhu@tcs.com kumar.priyanka@tcs.com
BGC: BGC: BGC:
chennai.hrtabgc@tcs.com delhi.bgc@tcs.com hyderabad.hrtabgc@tcs.com
Kochi Kolkata Lucknow
TATA Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited
TCS Centre SEZ Unit, ODC 1-K-1, Gitanjali Park, TCS Awadh Park, Vibhuti Khand,
Infopark PO, IT/ITES SEZ, Plot- IIF / 3, Gomti Nagar
Kochi - 682042,Kerala Action Area - II, New Town Calcutta - Lucknow 226 010
Tel: 0484-6187117 700156, West Bengal Tel: 0522-6661135
Tel: 033-66537137

SPOC: Anju Dinesh SPOC: Swathi Yadav SPOC: Vinaya Sandhu

Joining: Joining: Joining:
anju.dinesh@tcs.com yadav.swathi@tcs.com vinaya.sandhu@tcs.com
BGC: BGC: BGC:
nandini.shreeg@tcs.com kolkata.hrtabgc@tcs.com lucknow.hrtabgc@tcs.com
Mumbai Pune Thiruvananthapuram
TATA Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited TATA Consultancy Services Limited
Atithi Building, Yantra Park, Plot No. 2 & 3, MIDC-SEZ, Peepul Park, Technopark Campus,
Pokhran Road No. 2, Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Kariyavattom P.O.
Subhash Nagar, Hinjewadi Phase III, Thiruvananthapuram 695 581
Thane West 400601 Pune 411 057 Tel: 0471-6624569
Tel: 022-67782616 Tel: 020-67943058

SPOC: Abhishek Shukla SPOC: Venkatprasat Rb SPOC: Anju Dinesh

Joining: Joining: Joining:

abhishek1.shukla@tcs.com venkatprasat.rb@tcs.com anju.dinesh@tcs.com
BGC: BGC: BGC:
mumbai.bgc@tcs.com pune.hrtabgc@tcs.com nandini.shreeg@tcs.com

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 Annexure 4
Confidentiality, Data and Intellectual Property Protection
1. Confidential Information
“Confidential Information” shall mean all Inventions and Know-how, information and
material of TCS (including for avoidance of doubt any Confidential Information of its
Clients) that comes into the possession or know of the Associate and shall include the
following:
a) Any and all information processing programs, software, properties, items,
information, data, material or any nature whatsoever or any parts thereof, additions
thereto and materials related thereto, produced or created at any time by TCS or the
Associate in the course of or in connection with or arising out of the Associate’s
association with TCS. Program/Software shall mean source code and/or machine
instructions wherever resident and on whatever media and all related documentation
and software,
b) All other information and material of TCS relating to design, method of construction,
manufacture, operation, specifications, use and services of the TCS equipment and
components, including, but not limited to, engineering and laboratory notebooks,
reports, process data, test data, performance data, inventions, trade secrets,
systems, software, object codes, source codes, copyrighted matters, methods,
drawings, computations, calculations, computer programs, narrations, flow charts
and all documentation therefore and all copies thereof (including for avoidance of
doubt any such material belonging to the Clients of TCS) .
c) Corporate strategies and other confidential and proprietary material and information,
which could cause competitive harm to TCS if disclosed,
d) Customer and prospective customer lists, and
e) All other information and material, which may be created, developed, conceived,
gathered or collected or obtained by the Associate in the course of or arising out of
the association with TCS or while in or in connection with or for the purposes of
his/her association with TCS or any of the operations and entrusted by TCS to the
Associate.

2. Associate’s Obligations
Associate agrees to treat the Confidential Information as strictly confidential and a trade
secret of TCS. Associate agrees not to use, or cause to be used, or disclose or divulge
or part with either directly or indirectly any Confidential Information for the benefit of or
to any third parties except for or on behalf of or as directed or authorized by TCS or to a
person having a valid contract with TCS. Upon termination of employment, the
Associate agrees to surrender to TCS all Confidential Information that he or she may
then possess or have under his or her control.

3. Intellectual Property Rights

Associate agrees and confirms that all intellectual property rights in the Confidential
Information shall at all times vest in and remain with or belong to TCS and Associate
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shall have no right title or claim of any nature whatsoever in the Confidential
Information. Associate shall promptly disclose to an authorized officer of TCS all
inventions, ideas, innovations, discoveries, improvements, suggestions, or reports and
enhancements made, created, developed, conceived or devised by him or her arising
out of his or her engagement with TCS, including in the course of provision of services
to the Clients of TCS and Associate hereby agrees and confirms that all such
intellectual property rights shall at all times vest in and remain vested in TCS and
agrees to transfer and assign to TCS any interests Associate may have in such
intellectual property rights including any interest in and to any domestic or foreign
patent rights, trademarks, trade names copyrights and trade secret rights therein and
any renewals thereof. On request of TCS, Associate shall execute from time to time,
during or after the termination of his or her employment, such further instruments,
including without limitations, applications for letters of patent, trademarks, trade names
and copyrights or assignments thereof, as may be deemed necessary or desirable by
TCS to perfect the title of TCS in the intellectual property rights and to effectuate the
provisions hereof. All expenses of filling or prosecuting any application for patents,
trademarks, trade names, or copyrights shall be borne solely by TCS, but Associate
shall co-ordinate in filing and / or prosecuting any such applications. Associate hereby
expressly waives any “artist’s rights” or “moral rights”, which Associate might otherwise
have in such intellectual property rights.

4. Prior knowledge
Associate acknowledges that prior to his or her appointment by TCS, he or she had no
knowledge of the Confidential Information of TCS and that such Confidential Information
is of a confidential and secret character and is vital to the continued success of TCS’s
business. Associate further acknowledges that he or she is associated with TCS in a
capacity in which he or she will become acquainted with all or part of such Confidential
Information. In order to safeguard the legitimate interests of TCS in such Confidential
Information, it is necessary for TCS to protect such Confidential Information by holding it
secret and confidential.

5. Use of Third-Party material

Associate expressly agrees that Associate shall not in the course of his or her
association with TCS and while working on the premises or facilities of TCS or its
Clients or in connection with the development of any intellectual property rights or work
for or on behalf of TCS;
a) Use any Third-Party material or intellectual property rights except those intellectual
property rights provided by TCS or expressly authorised by TCS or without having
proper authorisation or license or approval of the respective owner of such
intellectual property rights.
b) Participate in any activity for creation (including conception, design, development,
testing, implementation, support or marketing) of any Intellectual Property for or on
behalf of TCS or its affiliates if Associate has been exposed, directly or indirectly, to
any Third Party IP which is in the same subject area (such as research area,
technology or application area) as, or which is same or similar to, the Intellectual
Property or any portion thereof, to be so created, unless;
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 i. Associate has expressly declared to TCS in a prescribed form whether such
exposure was owing to publically available information or under and subject to
any agreement; AND
ii. TCS has expressly confirmed to the Associate that TCS has proper authorization
or license or approval of the respective owner of such Third-Party IP to use the
same in Intellectual Property or portion thereof to be created and authorized in
writing Associate’s participation in such activity.
c) Knowingly access, make reference to or use any Third Party IP (except as permitted
under Section 5(a), directly or indirectly, during the period of association with the
creation (conception, design, development, testing, implementation, support or
marketing) of TCS Intellectual Property or portion thereof, which is in the same
subject area of TCS Intellectual Property or which is same or similar to such TCS
Intellectual Property or portion thereof being created. In case, Associate access or is
exposed to any such Third-Party IP during such association, Associate shall
promptly bring it to the notice of TCS IP asset owner or TCS project manager in
writing and immediately cease to participate in any such activity.

6. Security policies and Guidelines.

6.1 Associate agrees to abide by and be bound by any and all policies, documents,
guidelines and processes including IP, Information Security and Confidentiality of
TCS in force from time to time whether expressly endorsed or not.
6.2 Associate acknowledge and agree that in the course of, and as a result of his/her
engagement with TCS, Associate will have access to, obtain or come across
personal data or information of other TCS Associates or Clients, including without
limitation, sensitive personal data or information (collectively “Personal Data and
Information”) within the meaning of the applicable Indian Law and Rules or any
other applicable Law, directive or regulation anywhere in the world. In respect of
any such Personal Data and Information accessed, obtained, acquired or
processed by Associate for and on behalf of TCS, its affiliates or Clients, Associate
undertake that he/she will:
a) Process the Personal Data and Information only on behalf of TCS, its Affiliates
or Clients, as the case may be, and only on and in accordance with instructions
received from the data controller from time to time;
b) Abide by such technical and organizational measures necessary to prevent the
accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, un-authorized
disclosure or access to the Personal Data and Information;
c) Promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of awareness) bring to notice of TCS
or its Affiliates, as the case may be, of any actual or suspected incident of
unauthorized or accidental disclosure of, or access to, the Personal Data and
Information or other breach of this section (a “Security Breach”);
d) Promptly provide TCS with all information in Associate’s notice, possession or
control concerning any Security Breach and not make any public
announcement regarding a Security Breach without TCS’ prior written consent;
e) Not do, or omit to do, anything, which would cause TCS or any of its employees,
officers or agents to be in breach of its obligations under any privacy or data
protection policy, regulation or legislation;
f) Upon expiry or termination of Associate’s engagement with TCS, return all

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 copies of the Personal Data and Information to TCS in Associate’s possession
or control; and
g) Promptly bring to TCS’ notice of any request received from a data subject to
have access to his/her Personal Data and Information or of any other
communication relating to the access, use or processing of any Personal Data
and Information (including any notice from the regulatory body) and fully co-
operate and assist TCS in relation to any such request or communication.
6.3 Associate expressly consent that TCS and/or its affiliates may collect, use, transfer,
retain or otherwise process Associate’s Personal Data and Information in
connection with his/her engagement with TCS, in accordance with the then /
current TCS policies and procedures and applicable privacy and data protection
legislation. TCS may use Third-Party services or sub-contractors to collect or
otherwise process Associate’s Personal Data and Information for which TCS shall
remain responsible for such Third-Party services provider or sub-contractor’s
compliance with TCS’ obligations hereunder.

7. Restriction on Associate’s Rights

Associate agrees that he or she shall not make, have made, replicate, reproduce, use,
sell, incorporate or otherwise exploit, for his or her own use or for any other purpose,
any of the Confidential Information including intellectual properties of TCS that is or may
be revealed to him or her by TCS or which may in the course of his or her employment
with TCS come into his or her possession or knowledge unless specifically authorized to
do so in writing by TCS.

8. No License
TCS and Associate agree that no license under any patent or copyright now existing or
hereafter obtained by TCS is granted, agreed to be granted, or implied by the terms of
this Agreement, or by the disclosure to Associate of the Confidential Information.

9. Equitable Rights
Associate acknowledges that any Confidential Information that comes into the
possession and / or knowledge of Associate is of a unique, highly confidential and
proprietary nature. It is further acknowledged by Associate that the disclosure,
distribution, dissemination and / or release by Associate of the Confidential Information
without the prior written consent of TCS or any breach of the Confidentiality Clause by
Associate will cause TCS to suffer severe, immediate and irreparable damage and that
upon any such breach or any threat thereof, TCS shall without prejudice to any other
remedies available to it, be entitled to appropriate equitable relief including the relief of
specific performance and injunctive relief, in addition to whatever remedies it might have
at law.

10. General
a) The provisions hereof shall be interpreted, determined and enforced in accordance
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 with the laws of India.
b) In the event of any dispute or disagreement over the interpretation of any of the terms
herein contained or may claim or liability of any party, the same shall be referred to a
person to be nominated by TCS, whose decision shall be final and binding upon the
parties hereto. Subject to the above, the arbitration shall be governed by the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 or any modifications or re-enactment thereof.
Associate confirms that the fact that the arbitrator shall be a nominee of TCS shall
not be a ground for objecting to such arbitration or challenging the decision of the
arbitrator. The venue of arbitration shall be Mumbai. Subject to the above arbitration
clause, the Parties agreed to the binding jurisdiction of the Courts at Mumbai under
the laws of India.
c) If any provision hereof shall be found by a judicial tribunal to be contrary to governing
law, it shall be deemed null and void without annulling or rendering invalid the
remainder of the Agreement and if the invalid portion is such that the remainder
cannot be sustained without it, the Parties herein shall find a suitable replacement to
the invalid portion that shall be legally valid.
d) This Confidentiality clause along with other documents executed by Associate or
referenced in any such documents constitutes the entire understanding between the
parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining to the
subject matter thereof. No delay of omission of either Party in exercising or enforcing
any of their rights or remedies hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.
e) This Confidentiality clause may not be amended except in writing signed by
authorized representatives of both parties.
f) The obligations of Associate in terms of this Confidentiality clause shall continue
during the term of or in the course of the employment of the Associate with TCS and
shall continue thereafter in perpetuity.

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