BWI: STPI Felicitates Tesco HSC for Best Gender Diversity

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Source: TESCO HSC
Friday, October 19, 2012 11:01 AM IST (05:31 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Entertainment, People; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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STPI Felicitates Tesco HSC for Best Gender Diversity


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Friday, October 19, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (Tesco HSC), the global technology and operations arm for Tesco Group, bags STPI Karnataka IT Export Award under the category "Highest Percentage of Women Employer -IT" by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Department of IT, BT & ST Karnataka for the year 2011-12. The award recognises Tesco HSC's initiative to encourage gender diversity within organisation. The award was presented during the Bangalore IT.Biz 2012 event on October 18, 2012.

As part of company culture Tesco HSC supports women employees with an ecosystem that is supportive of their personal and career aspirations. Initiatives include women's networking forums; interactions with senior women leaders across the company and crèche facilities for working parents. The focus has ensured that women representation is maintained across seniority levels and the Tesco values of "Treat People how you like to be treated" sit at the heart of the business.

On this occasion, Sandeep Dhar, CEO, Tesco HSC said, "This award is recognition of our efforts at improving Gender diversity at Tesco. For us at Tesco, diversity is not a social cause but a business imperative. We believe that more diverse organisations are able to create a greater range of ideas and innovate better. This leads to significantly superior business performance. This award will encourage us at Tesco to further improve our efforts at building a high performing diverse organisation. "

About Tesco HSC:

Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (HSC) is the operations and technology centre for Tesco worldwide. Established in 2004 and currently employing over 6000 people, the centre is an integral part of Tesco and provides IT, business, finance, property, commercial and supply chain services to Tesco operations globally.

Tesco the world's 3rd largest retailer with revenues of £72 billion ($115 billion) operates around 6,600 stores and employs 500,000 employees in the 13 countries it operates in.

For more information on Tesco HSC, please visit http://tescohsc.com/.

About STPI:

Software Technology Parks of India was established and registered as an Autonomous Society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, under the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on 5th June 1991 with an objective to implement STP Scheme, set-up and manage infrastructure facilities and provide other services like technology assessment and professional training.



CONTACT DETAILS
Bonita Narayan, Communications, TESCO HSC, +91 (80) 66588698, Bonita.Narayan@in.tesco.com
Sonali P.S., VOX Public Relations, +91 9844489854, sonalip.s@voxpr.co.in
Garima Singh, VOX Public Relations, +91 9686445991, garima.singh@voxpr.co.in

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