Tata Interactive Systems
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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | ed-tech |
Founded | 1990 |
Founder | Sanjaya Sharma |
Fate | Acquired by MPS Limited |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Global |
Services | E-learning services and solutions |
Number of employees | 300 |
Parent | MPS Limited |
Website | www![]() |
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) was an Indian developer of custom e-learning based in Mumbai, India. TIS was founded by Sanjaya Sharma in 1990 and he remained the Founder-CEO from 1990 till 2015.[1] The company was acquired by MPS Limited (a global publishing and content and platform developer) in June 2018.[2] The company was represented across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the Middle East, India, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Switzerland.[3] TIS' offered corporations, universities, schools, publishers and government institutions training including simulations, story based learning, courseware and curriculum design & development, special-needs education, assessment tools, electronic performance support systems (EPSS), mobile learning, game-based learning, consulting services and training outsourcing services. Until the acquisition, TIS was a part of the $100 billion Tata Group.[4] The newly acquired company is now known as MPS Interactive Systems.
TIS was the only e-learning organization in the world to be assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM (Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model) and P-CMM (People-Capability Maturity Model) frameworks.[5]
Key milestones
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- 1990 – TIS founded by Mr. Sanjaya Sharma
- 1991 – Developed India’s first Computer-based Training (CBT) product and got its first export order
- 1994 – First US and Europe orders
- 1995 – First simulation-based CBT on Waste Water Treatment Plant
- 1996 – TIS entered UK market; proposes and designs Website for the Tata Group
- 2002 – Entered the Middle East and Australia markets
- 2004 – Opened a new Development Center in Kolkata, India
- 2006 – Acquired TOPSIM, a simulations company in Germany and Tertia Edusoft AG a Swiss e-learning company
- 2007 – Expanded operations in Germany and Northern Europe by setting up offices in Köln and Amsterdam
- 2011 – Launched CLASS EDGE, a comprehensive learning solution for Indian Schools[6]
- 2018 – Sold to MPS Limited.
Achievements
Tata Interactive Systems created about 3000 hours of e-learning content annually for more than 50 Fortune 500 clients.[7] TIS had an 800+ strong team working on 220+ concurrent projects.[8]
References
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- ^ "Tata Will Sell Its 27 Year-Old E-Learning Platform, Tata Interactive Systems To MPS Ltd". Inc42 Media. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Special Correspondent. "Business / Companies : Tata Interactive Systems deepens engagement in school segment". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
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