Introduction

On International Women’s Day 2025, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) launched CodeHerPower ’25, a India wide technology initiative to celebrate and empower women coders. The campaign sought to recognize top female technologists across India through a large-scale coding challenge, followed by interview opportunities for high-performing participants.

TCS, a global leader in IT services and consulting, is known for driving inclusion and innovation through technology. As part of its ongoing efforts to create equitable access to career opportunities, TCS needed a solution that could manage the logistics, assessment, and fairness of a India wide event completely online mode.

Having successfully leveraged Talview’s AI-powered talent assessment and hiring platform in prior recruitment programs, TCS decided to expand this partnership for CodeHerPower ’25.

The objective was to deliver a seamless, secure, and scalable experience for thousands of women candidates while upholding the integrity and inclusivity of the initiative.

Challenges

TCS aimed to create a high-impact, India specific campaign that reflected its brand values of fairness, efficiency, and empowerment. However, delivering this at scale presented several challenges:

• Operational Scale: Managing registration, assessments, and evaluations for thousands of participants simultaneously without compromising performance or accessibility.

• Assessment Integrity: Maintaining exam security and fairness using AI monitoring and identity checks.

• Candidate Experience: Providing a seamless and stress-free user experience across devices, ensuring fairness and inclusion for candidates from diverse regions. 

• Data Reliability: Handling large volumes of assessment data securely and ensuring real-time analytics for quick decision-making.

Talview Solutions and Benefits

After careful consideration, TCS extended its partnership with Talview to power CodeHerPower ’25 through a suite of integrated, AI-driven solutions that addressed every challenge:

• AI-Proctored Coding Assessments: Talview’s secure coding environment enabled thousands of candidates to complete assessments simultaneously while maintaining strict proctoring and anti-cheating measures.

• AI-based facial and audio verification ensured authentic participation and upheld the credibility of results.
  

• The cloud-native platform handled peak participation effortlessly, enabling uninterrupted access for candidates across India.
  

• Intelligent Scheduling: Talview’s scheduling engine automated interview coordination, reducing manual intervention and improving recruiter productivity.

Results and Future Prospects

The partnership between TCS and Talview yielded measurable outcomes that reinforced the success of CodeHerPower ’25:

• 600+ women technologists successfully participated in the initiative across India.

• Streamlined assessment and interview workflows significantly reduced manual effort and administrative time for recruiters to shortlist Top Performers.

• Improved candidate satisfaction, with positive feedback highlighting fairness, transparency, and ease of use.

• Stronger employer brand equity, positioning TCS as a leader in diversity, inclusion, and innovation-driven hiring.

• The initiative established a repeatable, scalable framework for future India-wide talent campaigns, leveraging Talview’s AI platform for consistent performance and reliability.

Conclusion

The collaboration between Tata Consultancy Services and Talview exemplifies how technology can drive equitable access and transform large-scale talent initiatives.

By leveraging Talview’s AI-powered platform, TCS successfully delivered CodeHerPower ’25 an initiative that not only celebrated women in technology but also built a sustainable, diverse talent pipeline for the future tech roles.

As TCS continues to expand its inclusive hiring programs, Talview remains a trusted partner in delivering fair, secure, and scalable assessment experiences that reflect the organization’s commitment to innovation and diversity.