Friday, June 20, 2008

Documents needed while joining TCS.

On Your Date of joining, you are compulsorily required to bring the following documents:

1. Academic Records

a) Matriculation & Inter/Higher Secondary Mark sheets.
b) All semester mark sheets for Post Graduation, Graduation & Diplomas. If the final semester mark sheet is yet to be issued by the University, you are required to submit the same before you complete the ILP.
c) Degree certificate/Provisional certificate for Post-Graduation, Graduation & Diplomas. If the same is awaited from the University, you are required to produce the 'Course Completion Certificate' issued by your Institute Head or Director, which is only a temporary arrangement.

2. Previous Employment(if any):

Relieving Order from your previous employer(s) is a mandatory requirement. This document should be issued on the letterhead of the company, duly signed and sealed, clearly stating your name, designation, the period for which your were employed and the date withe effect from which you have been relieved. You will be required to mention your Provident Fund Number under your previous PF coverage if you intend to transfer the same to your new TCS account.

Note: In the event of your not being able to produce this document on your joining for the Initial Learning Programme, we will not be able to permit you to undergo the ILP.

3. Other Relevant Documents/Requirements :

a)Birth Certificate issued by the concerned government authorities. Please note that Std X/XII Marksheets / Certificates from the hospital/Community And Nativity Certificate will not suffice. In case you do not possess a Birth Certificate containing your name, date of birth and place of birth, you are needed to obtain an Affidavit signed by a Notary with these details. Since this is a temporary arrangement, you will be required to furnish the Birth Certificate Prior to completion of the ILP.

b) A valid passport (if any)

c) Offer Letter, Joining Letter

d) 12 Passport size photographs

e) Date of birth and other details of the person you would like to nominate for Gratuity, superannuation, Provident Fund and Health Insurance Scheme.


Note: The Originals of these documents along with one set of attested photocopies of each needs to provided on joining for ILP: The original documents stated above will be returned to you after scrutiny. You should necessarily have completed all course formalities, including Project Work and viva from your respective Institute before you report for the ILP. No leave is permissible during the ILP.

4. Service Agreement:

Only one surety is required to complete the formalities in your Service Agreement. The Service Agreement (it will be enclosed with your joining letter) needs to be duly completed, bearing your Surety's signature on the bottom part of all pages and at the designated places on the last page. A surety can be a person who is an Income Tax payee or who possesses land property.

You are required to produce the following documents as an annexure to the Service Agreement. Only attested copies would be accepted.

Original or attested photocopy of LATEST (Form 16 / PAN Card /IT Returns(acknowledged copy of IT Assessment order copy))

OR

Original / Attested photocopy of the Land Deed or Land Passbook (for those having Agriculture as occupation) along with a recent Valuation certificate of the property (in English only) from the competent authority, duly signed and sealed. The present market estimate of the property should not be less than Rs.50,000/-

Alternatively, in lieu of the Surety you may bring a Fixed Deposit taken in either of the following formats:

  • Joint account between Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and You
  • In Your name either ASSIGNED to TCS Ltd or Lien noted in favour of TCS Ltd.
5. Surety Verification form: (will be enclosed with the joining letter) which must be completed by your surety, attested by a competent authority, and submitted along with your service agreement.

Dress Code:

We follow a formal dress code on all business occasions, but allow business casuals for Friday and Saturday. men's wardrobe include full sleeved formal shirts, trousers, tie and black leather shoes. Ladies may wear salwar kameez, formal trouser and top or Sari.



Largest word in Enlish

1. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - 45 letters
*description -
a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust causing inflammation in the lungs.

2.
floccinaucinihilipilification - 29 letters
* description -
the act of describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by deprecation

3. antidisestablishmentarianism - 28 letters
* meaning -
opposition to the belief that there should not be an official relationship between a country's government and its national church

4. Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylseryll
eucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminyll-eucyllysylglut
amylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyv
alylprolylphenylalanyl-valythreonylleucylglycylas
partylprolyglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylsery
lleucyllysyl-isoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleuc
ylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucy-
lglutamylleucylglycylglycylisoleucylprolylpheny
lalanylserylaspartylprolylleucelalanyla-spartygly
cylprolythreonylisoleucylglutamiylasparaginyla
lanylthreonylleucylarginylala-nylphenylalanyla
lanylglycylvalyltheonylprolylalanylglutaminyl
cysteinylphenylalanygll-utamylmethionylleuc
yalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylh
istidylprolylthreonyl-isoleucylpriIylisoleucylg
lycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylaspa
raginylleucylvalyp-henylalanylasparaginylly
sylgyycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyla
lanyltyrosylalanyl-gutaminyllcysteinylgluta
myllysylvalylglycylavlylaspartylserylvalyll
eucylvalylalanylasp-artylvalyprolylvalylglu
taminylglutamyllserylalanyprolyphenylala
nylarginylglutaminylal-anylalanylleucylarg
inylhistidylasparaginylvaylalanylprolylisol
eucylphenylalanylisoleu-cylcysteinylproly
lprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspart
ylleucylleucylarginyglutam-inylisoleucyla
lanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosy
lthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylser-ylarginyla
lanylglycylvalythreonylglycylalanylglutam
ylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleu-cylproly
lleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvaylalanylly
sylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasarag-inylgl
ycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprol
ylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylala-ny
lisoleucylaspartylalanylalanyglycylalanyla
lanyglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycyseryla-
lanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucylisoleucylg
lutamyyylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylis
ole-ucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethi
onylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylph
enylalaby-lvalylglutaminlylprolylmethion
yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine

* description- "Scientific name for Trypthophan synthetase (that is a protien with 267 amino acids) (1 909 letters)

* Debates are still active on this topic (The largest word in English). it is said that there is a word
189,819 letters long. It is titin, a protein that is important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues. But of no use, who is going to use it..

*
floccinaucinihilipilification -

With 29 letters, is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which presents it as "enumerated in a well-known rule from the Eton Latin Grammar". The OED dates its first use in literature at 1741 in William Shenstone's Works in Prose and Verse: "I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money".


  • flocci facere (from floccus, -i a wisp or piece of wool)
  • nauci facere (from naucum, -i a trifle)
  • nihili facere (from nihil, -i nothing; something valueless (lit. "not even a thread" from ni+hilum))
  • pili facere (from pilus, -i a hair; a bit or a whit; something small and insignificant)

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Microsoft WindowsXP shortcut keys

Alt + Tab Switch between open applications.

Alt + Shift + Tab Switch backwards between open applications.

Alt + double-click Display the properties of the object you double-click on. For example, doing this on a file would display its properties.

Ctrl + Tab Switches between program groups or document windows in applications that support this feature.

Ctrl + Shift + Tab Same as above but backwards.

Alt + Print Screen Create a screen shot only for the program you are currently in.

Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot the computer and/or bring up the Windows task manager.

Ctrl + Esc Bring up the Windows Start menu.

Alt + Esc Switch Between open applications on taskbar.

F1 Activates help for current open application.

F2 Renames selected Icon.

F3 Starts find from desktop.

F4 Opens the drive selection when browsing.
F5 Refresh Contents.
F10 Activates menu bar.
Shift + F10 Simulates right-click on selected item.
F4 Select a different location to browse in the Windows Explorer toolbar.
Alt + F4 Closes Current open program.
Ctrl + F4 Closes Window in Program.
F6 Move cursor to different Windows Explorer pane.
Ctrl + Space bar Drops down the window control menu.
Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad) Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer
Alt + Enter Opens properties window of selected icon or program.
Shift + Del Delete programs/files without throwing them into the recycle bin.
Holding Shift Boot Safe Mode or by pass system files as the computer is booting.
Holding Shift When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing.
Enter Activates the highlighted program.
Alt + Down arrow Display all available options on drop down menu.
* (on the keypad) Expands all folders on the currently selected folder or drive in Windows Explorer.
+ (on the keypad) Expands only the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer.
- (on the keypad) Collapses the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer.





Mozilla Firefox shortcut keys

Alt + Left Arrow Back a page.
Backspace Back a page.
Alt + Right Arrow Forward a page.
F5 Refresh current page, frame, or tab.
F11 Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc Stop page or download from loading.
Ctrl + (- or +) Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase.
Ctrl + Enter Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.computerhope.com.
Shift + Enter Complete a .net instead of a .com address.
Ctrl + Shift + Enter Complete a .org address.
Ctrl + Shift + Del Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data.
Ctrl + D Add a bookmark for the page currently opened.
Ctrl + I Display available bookmarks.
Ctrl + J Display the download window.
Ctrl + N Open New browser window.
Ctrl + P Print current page / frame.
Ctrl + T Opens a new tab.
Ctrl + F4 Closes the currently selected tab.
Ctrl + Shift + T Undo the close of a window.
Ctrl + Tab Moves through each of the open tabs.
Spacebar Moves down a page at a time.
Shift + Spacebar Moves up a page at a time.
Alt + Down arrow Display all previous text entered in a text box and/or available options on drop down menu.

F1 through F12 keys


F1

  • Almost always used as the help key, almost every program will open the help screen when this key is pressed.
  • Windows Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
  • Open the Task Pane.

F2

  • In Windows commonly used to rename a highlighted icon or file.
  • Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens a new document in Microsoft Word.
  • Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word.

F3

  • Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows.
  • Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

F4

  • Open find window.
  • Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
  • Alt + F4 will close the program currently active in Microsoft Windows.
  • Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsoft Windows.

F5

  • In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or document window.
  • Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
  • Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.

F6

  • Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
  • Ctrl + Shift + F6 opens to another open Microsoft Word document.

F7

  • Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.
  • Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
  • Turns on Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox.

F8

  • Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly use to get into Windows Safe Mode.

F9

  • Opens the Measurements tool bar in Quark 5.0.

F10

  • In Microsoft Windows activates the of an open application.
  • Shift + F10 is the same as right-clicking on a highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.

F11

  • Full-screen mode in all modern Internet browsers.

F12

  • Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.
  • Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word document.
  • Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word.

Basic PC shortcut keys

Alt + F File menu options in current program.
Alt + E Edit options in current program
F1 Universal Help in almost every Windows program.
Ctrl + A Select all text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected item.
Shift + Del Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
Ctrl + V Paste
Shift + Ins Paste
Home Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl + Home Goes to beginning of document.
End Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End Goes to end of document.
Shift + Home Highlights from current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End Highlights from current position to end of line.
Ctrl + Left arrow Moves one word to the left at a time.
Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.