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ILP induction was by Mr. Koshy Vaidyan (who later became Koshy - our technical coord.) - he told us about the ILP in general. Let me digress to tell you in detail about the ILP at TCS. From this year on, i.e from 2006, the ILP pattern has been changed - it is for 50 days for all branches (earlier CS ppl had ILP for 33 days and non CS for 44 days) - now mind you - 50 days means 50 working days - which would mean that the ILP is for 63 days (9 weeks), coz we would get around 12 or 13 holidays (Sundays and alternate Saturdays - TCS works on alternate Saturdays). So, this 50 day ILP schedule is broken up into two phases -
1. Induction
2. Integration

The Induction is the same for all the batches - it basically deals with the fundamentals of software engineering and other courses. Here is the unofficial TCS schedule for Induction phase -

Induction phase 25 days
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HR Induction }
LS Induction }
Admin Induction }
Finance Induction } 2 days
IS Induction }
MATC Induction }
Library Induction }

Technical

Process Models 4 slots
Requirements Analysis 5 slots
Design 5 slots
Testing and Debugging 5 slots

Good Programming Skills 3 slots
UNIX and C 4 slots
Data structures and Algorithms } 3 slots
Programming Techniques }
Operating Systems 3 slots

Life Skills

Oral and Written Communication 11 slots
Professional Grooming and Etiquette 6 slots

Business Orientation 10 slots
Systems Thinking 3 slots

Ultimatix and IPMS 1 slots
TBEM 2 slots
IQMS 3 slots
ISecurity 2 slots
Business Continuity Planning 1 slots
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The integration phase is also called the project specific training - about which I shall tell you later.