TCS’ tsunami warning system receives top honours

Tsunami Early Warning System developed by TCS for Indian National Center for Ocean Information has won the Platinum Icon award.

Tata Consultancy Services has announced that the Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) developed by TCS for Indian National Center for Ocean Information has won the Platinum Icon award for innovative use of technology at the Web Ratna Awards,2009.

The Web Ratna Awards have been instituted under the ambit of the National Portal of India to promote innovative e-governance initiatives and to give due recognition to the exemplary efforts in this direction.

The Tsunami Early Warning System was envisioned as a national importance e-governance project by the Ministry of Earth Sciences after the 2004 Tsunami disaster. TCS was chosen to develop and implement the TEWS for INCOIS as part of the National Tsunami Early Warning Centre at Hyderabad.

A first-of-its-kind implementation in the Indian Ocean Region using state-of-the-art IT and geospatial technologies,the solution provides real-time seismic data to INCOIS scientists helping them detect,assess and monitor Tsunamigenic earthquakes and issue Tsunami alerts.