TCS | goIT

Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT    

In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.
The program’s goal is to increase interest in STEM and Computer Science among middle school students in underserved communities.  

goIT achieves this through mobile app development and mentorship from TCS employee volunteers. The curriculum is free and available for schools, non-profits, and other youth-serving institutions to help students engage actively in computational thinking by using a student-driven exploration of community-centered issues.

Participants are familiarized with design thinking through a problem-solving framework, critical experience while troubleshooting, effective teamwork, prototype wire framing, mobile app testing and public speaking/presenting.

Since its start, goIT has engaged more than 12,000 students and over 1,700 employee volunteers across 50 cities, resulting in 75,000 hours of high-impact skill building and computer science programming for students.

goIT is among several commitments made by TCS intended to inspire young people to pursue STEM education and careers. Visit www.ignitemyfuture.org and sign up to learn more about goIT and our other initiatives.

 

Videos from this campaign

TCS New York City Marathon goIT Youth Innovation Event
TCS New York City Marathon goIT Youth Innovation Event
Instructor teaching students wearing safety gear
"TCS goIT Sustainable Development Goal 11"
Large group of people running a marathon
June TCS goIT Challenge
TCS goIT Monthly Challenge: March 2024
goIT Monthly Challenge February 2024: Create a digital innovation conception that helps to improve the health and well-being of indigenous and Aboriginal people across the globe. Pitch your idea in a 2-3 minute video! Deadline: February 29, 2024
TCS Empowers - people floating in zero gravity
goIT Monthly Challenge March 2023

Content from this campaign

Diversity & Inclusion

TCS goIT Challenges at TCS-Sponsored Marathons Encourage Students To Develop Apps Focused on Gender Equality in Sports
The 2024 goIT Student Challenges at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon and the TCS New York City Marathon encouraged students to design concepts for apps that address gender equality and universal availability of sports opportunities.

Health & Healthcare

TCS’ goIT Monthly Challenge for October Invites Students Aged 6-17 to Innovate for a Healthier World
Despite significant advancements, the world is not currently on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3, which aims for good health and wellbeing.

Education

TCS’ goIT Monthly Challenge for September Invites Students Aged 6–17 To Improve Cities & Communities
This month, TCS and partner, global analytics software leader FICO, are calling on students aged 6-17 to answer that call through the goIT Monthly Challenge for September, Thriving Cities.

Environment

TCS’ goIT Program Invites Students to Contribute Ideas for Sustainable Marathons and Win Prizes
Given that so much of their time is devoted to exercising outdoors, it should come as no surprise that the running community has demonstrated a commitment to sustainability.

Education

TCS Breaks New Ground With Generative AI Summer Camp for Students Aged 11–17
Seeking to help prepare members of the future global workforce in the effective and responsible use of generative AI (GenAI), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) recently held a summer camp to train middle and high school students on the fast-growing technology.

Education

TCS’ goIT Monthly Challenge for June Invites Students Aged 6-17 To Reduce Poverty Through Innovation
For the first time in decades, the world’s population is facing increases in the number of people living in extreme poverty, rather than annual decreases which had, according to a major global report, become the norm over several decades.

Education

Students Pitch Ideas for Sustainable Development at Annual goIT Event
More than 225 grade 4 to 8 students from across the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) recently took part in an entrepreneurial showcase featuring pitches with purpose.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TCS Names Toronto Student Its 2023–2024 goIT Global Innovator of the Year
With nearly 80,000 submissions from students in 47 countries, TCS’ 2023-2024 goIT Global Innovator of the Year competition closed with finalists hailing from Canada and Mexico.

Responsible Production & Consumption

TCS’s goIT Monthly Challenge Calls on Students To Innovate Ways To Reduce Food Waste
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted every year.

Events, Media & Communications

TCS’ goIT Monthly Challenge for March: A Call for Greener Cities
The world is rapidly urbanizing, and according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 70% of the global population will be living in cities by 2050.
TCS logo

More from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

  1. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...

  2. TCS | Digital Empowers
    As one of the World Economic Forum’s longstanding Strategic Partners, Tata Consultancy Services is committed to harnessing the power of digital...

  3. TCS | Ignite My Future
    Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Discovery Education (DE) are proud to bring you Ignite My Future.This dynamic educator training and thought...

  4. TCS | Team TCS Teachers
    TCS uses the power of technology as an enabling agent in the communities where we operate. In North America, we are deeply invested in goIT and Ignite...