Tata Administrative Service
TAS, formerly known as the Tata Administrative Service, is a Tata Group resource headquartered in Mumbai, India.
It was conceived by J.R.D. Tata, the late chairman of the Tata Group, in 1957. His vision for TAS was to select and groom young managers and provide them with opportunities for professional growth, using that pool of talent as a resource to be tapped by companies across the Tata Group.
At 5th position, TAS is the only Indian employer among the 10 most preferred recruiters at Indian B-school campuses according to ACNielsen’s Campus Track 2006 survey.
TAS participates in the recruitment processes and invites resume applications from 7 management institutes in India – IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, FMS Delhi, SPJIMR and XLRI Jamshedpur.
There are three basic pathways for entry into TAS:
- Summer internships leading to pre-placement offers (PPO's)
- TAS in-house recruitment
- Final placements
The first year as a TAS Manager consists of four cross-functional, cross-business, and cross-location assignments. These include three 15-week business stints in sales and marketing, manufacturing and operations, and corporate strategy, finance and human resources and one seven-week rural assignment. Upon completion of the first year TAS managers are placed with different group companies.
Requirements
A requirement of a GMAT score of 650 and needing to be under the age of 27 is often being stated as a need for TAS by those within the Tata Group.
The selection process has a requirement of needing at least two appraisals if the pathway for entry is from within the Tata Group.