Founder · Tata Consultancy Services

F C Kohli

Co-founder & First Managing Director (1968-1996) of Tata Consultancy Services, an it services company based in Mumbai.

Co-founder · First Managing Director (1968-1996)MumbaiIT Services

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F C Kohli is Co-founder & First Managing Director (1968-1996) of Tata Consultancy Services, an it services company based in Mumbai, founded in 1968.

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Company

Est. 1968
Tata Consultancy Services
IT Services · Mumbai · Active

Indian multinational IT services and consulting company, part of the Tata Group. It is India's largest IT services firm by revenue and market capitalisation.

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Journey with Tata Consultancy Services

3 milestones
  1. Apr 1968Founded

    Founded in Mumbai as Tata Computer Systems, a division of Tata Sons, under the sponsorship of chairman J R D Tata and the technical leadership of F C Kohli, later called the father of the Indian IT industry. Early work covers bank reconciliation, payroll and accounting for Tata group companies.

  2. Nov 2025Milestone

    Brings investment firm TPG into data centre subsidiary HyperVault, with the two committing up to ₹18,000 crore over the coming years to build gigawatt-scale AI data centres. TPG's share is around $1 billion.

  3. Sep 2026Milestone

    HyperVault secures 264 acres in Hyderabad for an AI data centre campus of up to 1 GW, with HyperVault and its partners expected to invest up to ₹70,000 crore across a phased build-out.

Also building Tata Consultancy Services

JRJ R D TataFounder · Chairman, Tata Sons (1968)→KKK KrithivasanCEO & Managing Director→

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Who is F C Kohli?

F C Kohli is a Co-founder & First Managing Director (1968-1996) of Tata Consultancy Services, an it services company based in Mumbai, founded in 1968.

Who founded Tata Consultancy Services?

Tata Consultancy Services's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are F C Kohli, J R D Tata and K Krithivasan.

Where is Tata Consultancy Services based?

Tata Consultancy Services is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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