About TCS iON

TCS iON is a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services focused on manufacturing industries,
educational institutions and exam boards. We provide technology by means of a unique IT-as-a-Service
model, offering end-to-end business solutions for the sector.

TCS iON caters to the needs of multiple industry segments, through innovative, easy-to-use, secured,
integrated, hosted solutions in a build-as-you-grow, pay-as-you-use business model. We serve our
clients with the help of best practices gained through TCS’ global experience, domestic market reach,
skills, and delivery capabilities.

For more information, visit us at www.tcsion.com

Contact
To know more about the iON Education Solution
Toll Free Number 1800 209 6030
Email ion.salessupport@tcs.com

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that
delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match.
TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled infrastructure, engineering, and
assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model TM,
recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group,
India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has a global footprint and is listed on the National
Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com

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iON Education Solution Our Clientele
With an increasing emphasis on personalised learning, the education sector is witnessing a radical transformation We cater to a wide range of market segments from K12 schools to universities across India. Our
in the evolving technology landscape. In the process of imparting progressive and quality education, the clients include:
management of an institution faces several challenges, including:
§ Streamlining admissions for every nancial year
§ Adhering to the speci cations for accreditation, affiliation, and compliance requirements. K12 Schools
§ Enabling accountability
§ Optimizing costs

Educators also nd themselves balancing learning activities with administrative activities, such as: Affiliated Colleges
§ Preparing lesson plans
§ Monitoring attendance
§ Keeping track of timetables
§ Managing miscellaneous activities
Deemed Universities
An integrated solution that would enable the head of the institute and the educators to focus on delivering
educational excellence is the need of the hour.
Government Institutes
TCS iON provides educational institutions an end-to-end solution that streamlines operations and management of National Importance
across the institution and its campuses. The iON Education Solution digitizes processes throughout the student
lifecycle including admissions, lesson planning, exams, evaluations, and community collaboration. It provides a
single interface for viewing the entire transactional history of a student from admission until graduation – from
anywhere, at any time. Universities

With a host of features, for conducting examinations, digital evaluations, and seamless communication, as well as
other collaboration tools, iON facilitates learning beyond the classroom.
Vocational Institutes

Government
iON Demat
Services Regulatory Authorities
iON Digital
Assessments

CERTIFICATION

DELIVERY

?
Teachers
COMMON Publishers iON Content
Product Services
AUTHORING ENGINE Evaluators iON Digital Evaluation
Content Providers iON Academy
Why iON
EVALUATION

Driving No
iON Exam Management iON Learning Exchange Trusted End-to-End Superior
Decision- Technology
Brand Solution Results
Making Obsolescence
ADMIN

ACADEMICS Promise of quality Integration of Pre-con gured Powerful Automatic updates

and unmatched entire student business processes Analytics without interruption
iON Assessment Management services lifecycle based on industry
ADMISSION best practices
iON Communicator iON PrepTest
iON Campus Management

ENTRANCE EXAM
iON Education Solution 360-Degree Educational Excellence Using Digital Technologies:

With an increasing emphasis on personalised learning, the education sector is witnessing a radical transformation At iON, we have de ned four primary pillars of excellence for every institution. These pillars empower
in the evolving technology landscape. In the process of imparting progressive and quality education, the institutions to achieve 360-degree educational excellence.
management of an institution faces several challenges, including:
§ Streamlining admissions for every nancial year TCS iON Education Solution helps you strengthen these four pillars of excellence
§ Adhering to the speci cations for accreditation, affiliation, and compliance requirements.
§ Enabling accountability
§ Optimizing costs Ÿ Effective
Ÿ 21st century admission
pedagogy in practices
Educators also nd themselves balancing learning activities with administrative activities, such as: Ÿ Collaboration Ÿ Digital campus
course delivery
§ Preparing lesson plans Ÿ Industry
(powered by transformation
§ Monitoring attendance Ÿ Leveraging connect Ÿ Automating
LMS)
digital tools for Ÿ Research governance &
§ Keeping track of timetables connect
Ÿ Improved
assessment collaboration compliance
§ Managing miscellaneous activities Ÿ Adopting global Ÿ Innovation &
between student
standards for creative
& faculty
An integrated solution that would enable the head of the institute and the educators to focus on delivering outcome improvement
Ÿ Continuous

Faculty Excellence

Academic Excellence
measurement

Institutional Excellence
educational excellence is the need of the hour. learning to
frameworks & faculty through

Student Excellence
rubrics professional
TCS iON provides educational institutions an end-to-end solution that streamlines operations and management Ÿ Effectively using development
across the institution and its campuses. The iON Education Solution digitizes processes throughout the student learning
lifecycle including admissions, lesson planning, exams, evaluations, and community collaboration. It provides a analytics for
improved
single interface for viewing the entire transactional history of a student from admission until graduation – from student
anywhere, at any time. outcomes

With a host of features, for conducting examinations, digital evaluations, and seamless communication, as well as
other collaboration tools, iON facilitates learning beyond the classroom.
iON Education Solution - 360-degree education excellence

iON Demat
Services iON Digital
iON Education Solution Stack
Assessments

CERTIFICATION iON is a one-stop education solution provider for all your needs, touching every aspect of your technology
requirement from the Extranet layer to the ERP layer.
DELIVERY

Teachers
COMMON Publishers iON Content Social
Product Services
Prep. Test Summative Demat
AUTHORING ENGINE Evaluators iON Digital Evaluation Services Learning Assessments Services
Content Providers iON Academy Secured In-course Digital Exam
Data Mgmt. Assessments Evaluation Management
EVALUATION
Extranet layer
iON Exam Management iON Learning Exchange

Education Communication Academy Services

ADMIN

ACADEMICS
ERP layer
iON Assessment Management
ADMISSION Procurement HRMS Admission Exam
iON Communicator iON PrepTest & Inventory Grading
iON Campus Management Finance & Payroll Academics Administrative
Accounting Services
ENTRANCE EXAM
TCS iON Education Solution addresses all your processes An Overview of TCS iON Education Solution
Business Process Support: Our Solutions:
TCS iON Education Solution provides intuitive tools to drive efficiency across business processes to
enable you to focus on your core functions. iON Campus Management Solution
This solution comprises a suite of offerings catering to academic
events, mapped to the speci c departments of an institution.
With our solution, you can streamline processes across the entire Ÿ Integrate core business functions
student lifecycle – from enquiry to graduation. Ÿ Easy-to-con gure
School Boards & University Management Ÿ Streamline processes
Regulation & Affiliation Regulation & Affiliation Faculty Lifecycle Management The Campus Management Solution is an integrated, yet modular solution that Ÿ Go digital with minimal loss in time
Performance Monitoring R&D; Govt. Schemes Monitoring Decision Support & Reporting Module allows you to customize and digitize functions on the basis of your and resources
Governance Portal RTI; Feedback Mgmt. Survey Mgmt.; Grievances Mgmt requirements and objectives. The pre-built business processes and easy-to-
con gure solution capabilities ensure that you can seamlessly migrate to
digitized processes, with minimal implementation time and effort.

Institute Admin Management

Financial Mgmt. (Fees, Grants) Procurement & Inventory HR Management & Payroll
Library; Hostel & Transportation Mgmt. Relationship Management (CRM) iON Assessment Management
MIS Dashboards; Accreditation; Governance & Compliance This solution makes assessment processes simple, efficient,
Ÿ Make assessment processes efficient and hassle-free. Right from scheduling examinations,
and transparent assigning test centres and distributing question papers
Ÿ Create online and offline assessments securely to evaluating and managing results, iON provides
in a secure environment comprehensive assessment management. We also offer end-to-end
Ÿ Communicate exam shifts to support services.
Admission Mgmt. & Student Records Attendance Management candidates
Student Letters & Feedback Mgmt. Communication Management
Project Intern & Placement Mgmt. Alumina Management (Collaboration)

iON Digital Evaluation

Course & Learning Management
Lesson Plans & Course batches
Course Content Management
Faculty & Student (Collaboration)
Enable transparency, accuracy, and efficiency in the evaluation Ÿ Electronic Scanning of Answer Scripts
Faculty Aids & Course Repositories process with iON Digital Evaluation Solution. The answer scripts Ÿ Questions & Marking Scheme Uploaded
Home-work/Project Management and tabulated reports are made accessible to the evaluators, Ÿ Evaluators & Reviewers Assigned
Industry & Research Collaboration supervisors, and other select members of your institution. Our Individual User names & Passwords
solution combines the ease of manual evaluation with the accuracy and Ÿ E-Review of Answer Scripts
efficacy of a computer. Through role-based accesses and exible functions, Ÿ Comprehensive Report Generation
you can ensure a faster, error-free evaluation.

Outcomes & Measurement Management

Gradebook (Exam & Grading) QP Management
Examination Management In-course Assessments iON Demat Services
Results Publishing Smart Degree Management With iON Demat Services, you can leverage IT to seamlessly
Ÿ Bring speed, accuracy and efficiency manage the issuance of certi cates across a student lifecycle.
to certi cate issuance You can carry out student record collection, certi cate
Ÿ Ensure robust security printing, and digital veri cation in a secure, organized,
Ÿ Enhance availability and accessibility and cost-effective manner.
Skill & Learning Enhancement
Learning Analytics & Rubrics Prep Tests (Competitive Exams) You can also avail of digitization and secure storage of your
Pro ciency Tests (Psychometric) Skill Courses (Domain & iON) physical registers, enhancing the ease of accessibility and availability. Employing digital encryption technologies, we ensure
MOOC Courses Simulation & Gaming Platforms robust data security and integrity with digital veri cation.

Campus management Solution iON Communicator

Learning Exchange Connect key stakeholders in real time with iON Communicator. Ÿ Enhance communication between
Assessment Platforms
School management, teachers, parents, and students can the key stakeholders
communicate from anywhere, at any time using this tool. You Ÿ Ensure that parents and students
Learning Analytics can convey any type of information – news, alerts, calendar never miss on important
Academy Services events, photographs, activities, or homework on a single platform. information
Ÿ Engage parents and students for an
iON Communicator Solution is also available as an intuitive smartphone app, improved experience
offering convenience, exibility, and ease of access to the parents.
TCS iON Education Solution addresses all your processes An Overview of TCS iON Education Solution
Business Process Support: Our Solutions:
TCS iON Education Solution provides intuitive tools to drive efficiency across business processes to
enable you to focus on your core functions. iON Campus Management Solution
This solution comprises a suite of offerings catering to academic
events, mapped to the speci c departments of an institution.
With our solution, you can streamline processes across the entire Ÿ Integrate core business functions
student lifecycle – from enquiry to graduation. Ÿ Easy-to-con gure
School Boards & University Management Ÿ Streamline processes
Regulation & Affiliation Regulation & Affiliation Faculty Lifecycle Management The Campus Management Solution is an integrated, yet modular solution that Ÿ Go digital with minimal loss in time
Performance Monitoring R&D; Govt. Schemes Monitoring Decision Support & Reporting Module allows you to customize and digitize functions on the basis of your and resources
Governance Portal RTI; Feedback Mgmt. Survey Mgmt.; Grievances Mgmt requirements and objectives. The pre-built business processes and easy-to-
con gure solution capabilities ensure that you can seamlessly migrate to
digitized processes, with minimal implementation time and effort.

Institute Admin Management

Financial Mgmt. (Fees, Grants) Procurement & Inventory HR Management & Payroll
Library; Hostel & Transportation Mgmt. Relationship Management (CRM) iON Assessment Management
MIS Dashboards; Accreditation; Governance & Compliance This solution makes assessment processes simple, efficient,
Ÿ Make assessment processes efficient and hassle-free. Right from scheduling examinations,
and transparent assigning test centres and distributing question papers
Ÿ Create online and offline assessments securely to evaluating and managing results, iON provides
in a secure environment comprehensive assessment management. We also offer end-to-end
Ÿ Communicate exam shifts to support services.
Admission Mgmt. & Student Records Attendance Management candidates
Student Letters & Feedback Mgmt. Communication Management
Project Intern & Placement Mgmt. Alumina Management (Collaboration)

iON Digital Evaluation

Course & Learning Management
Lesson Plans & Course batches
Course Content Management
Faculty & Student (Collaboration)
Enable transparency, accuracy, and efficiency in the evaluation Ÿ Electronic Scanning of Answer Scripts
Faculty Aids & Course Repositories process with iON Digital Evaluation Solution. The answer scripts Ÿ Questions & Marking Scheme Uploaded
Home-work/Project Management and tabulated reports are made accessible to the evaluators, Ÿ Evaluators & Reviewers Assigned
Industry & Research Collaboration supervisors, and other select members of your institution. Our Individual User names & Passwords
solution combines the ease of manual evaluation with the accuracy and Ÿ E-Review of Answer Scripts
efficacy of a computer. Through role-based accesses and exible functions, Ÿ Comprehensive Report Generation
you can ensure a faster, error-free evaluation.

Outcomes & Measurement Management

Gradebook (Exam & Grading) QP Management
Examination Management In-course Assessments iON Demat Services
Results Publishing Smart Degree Management With iON Demat Services, you can leverage IT to seamlessly
Ÿ Bring speed, accuracy and efficiency manage the issuance of certi cates across a student lifecycle.
to certi cate issuance You can carry out student record collection, certi cate
Ÿ Ensure robust security printing, and digital veri cation in a secure, organized,
Ÿ Enhance availability and accessibility and cost-effective manner.
Skill & Learning Enhancement
Learning Analytics & Rubrics Prep Tests (Competitive Exams) You can also avail of digitization and secure storage of your
Pro ciency Tests (Psychometric) Skill Courses (Domain & iON) physical registers, enhancing the ease of accessibility and availability. Employing digital encryption technologies, we ensure
MOOC Courses Simulation & Gaming Platforms robust data security and integrity with digital veri cation.

Campus management Solution iON Communicator

Learning Exchange Connect key stakeholders in real time with iON Communicator. Ÿ Enhance communication between
Assessment Platforms School management, teachers, parents, and students can the key stakeholders
communicate from anywhere, at any time using this tool. You Ÿ Ensure that parents and students
Learning Analytics can convey any type of information – news, alerts, calendar never miss on important
Academy Services events, photographs, activities, or homework on a single platform. information
Ÿ Engage parents and students for an
iON Communicator Solution is also available as an intuitive smartphone app, improved experience
offering convenience, exibility, and ease of access to the parents.
 iON BizApp 360-Degree Educational Excellence Using Digital Technologies:
iON BizApp is a cloud-based solution that allows you to collate, validate, secure, store, transact, process,
and publish data across geographically-dispersed stakeholders in a pay-per-use model. The solution At iON, we have de ned four primary pillars of excellence for every institution. These pillars empower
comprises: institutions to achieve 360-degree educational excellence.

§ Creating and deploying Forms for Collating, Validating and Storing Data
§ Incorporating custom speci c business rules in collating and management of data TCS iON Education Solution helps you strengthen these four pillars of excellence
§ Deploying Analytics to generate secondary data and / or analyse data for generating speci c reports
§ Con guring automated work ow processes to meet business requirements
Ÿ Effective
§ Sharing Reports with various stakeholders
Ÿ 21st century admission
§ Addressing Communication and Noti cation requirements based on multiple triggers. practices
pedagogy in
Ÿ Collaboration Ÿ Digital campus
course delivery
Ÿ Industry transformation
(powered by
Ÿ Leveraging connect Ÿ Automating
LMS)
digital tools for Ÿ Research governance &
Ÿ Improve manageability iON Exam Process Management Ÿ Improved
assessment connect compliance
Ÿ Reduce costs and administrative efforts Reduce logistical overheads and costs and increase collaboration
Ÿ Adopting global Ÿ Innovation &
Ÿ Achieve end-to-end exam security in the University and Board exam management between student
standards for creative
management with iON Exam Management Solution. We offer end-to- & faculty
outcome improvement
Ÿ Continuous
Ÿ Schedule compliance failures and end management of the entire process through

Faculty Excellence

Academic Excellence
measurement

Institutional Excellence
learning to
unforeseen errors digitization and automation. frameworks & faculty through

Student Excellence
Ÿ Enable ease of communication rubrics professional
Right from ensuring uncompromised secrecy in the creation and Ÿ Effectively using development
distribution of examination question papers to enrolling students and exam centre management, iON Exam Management learning
analytics for
drives efficiency in all processes. You can also send alerts and noti cations to key stakeholders, signi cantly reducing your
improved
manual efforts. student
outcomes

iON In-Course Assessment

Leverage computer-based testing to improve the quality of professional higher education delivered.
iON In-course Assessment Solution empowers educators to develop and evaluate collaborative content
for effective student assessment. Your staff can seamlessly deliver tests, capture student responses and iON Education Solution - 360-degree education excellence
generate comprehensive reports to monitor students’ understanding and performance with
iON In-Course Assessment.

iON Learning Exchange

iON Education Solution Stack
Ÿ Provide an enriching learning Provide an unmatched learning experience to your
platform students through iON Learning Exchange. It is a iON is a one-stop education solution provider for all your needs, touching every aspect of your technology
Ÿ Enhance the learning experience collaborative learning platform that provides an requirement from the Extranet layer to the ERP layer.
Ÿ Enable students to leverage the incremental and interactive learning environment for
power of collaborative learning better learning outcomes. Powered by a best-in-class
Learning Management System (LMS), the Learning Exchange offers a
Prep. Test Social Summative Demat
suite of collaboration tools in an enriching learning space, enabling
Services Learning Assessments Services
learners to learn from each other in a community model. Secured In-course Digital Exam
The intuitive learning dashboards and assessment engine create a personalized feedback-led learning environment for each Data Mgmt. Assessments Evaluation Management
learner, facilitating synergistic learning.
Extranet layer

iON Prep Test

Offer a wide range of preparation resources to enable individuals to prepare for competitive exams. Education Communication Academy Services
iON Prep Test Services provide a real-time experience of the exams, with strong learning analytics that
help your students realign and achieve their targets, and ful ll their aspirations.
ERP layer
Procurement HRMS Admission Exam
& Inventory Grading
Finance & Payroll Academics Administrative
In addition to the above solutions, TCS iON delivers the promise of a trusted brand, with a commitment to fuel Accounting Services
transformation in the education sector, offering local support and price/performance as well as exible models for
adoption.
 iON BizApp Our Clientele
iON BizApp is a cloud-based solution that allows you to collate, validate, secure, store, transact, process,
and publish data across geographically-dispersed stakeholders in a pay-per-use model. The solution
comprises: We cater to a wide range of market segments from K12 schools to universities across India. Our
clients include:
§ Creating and deploying Forms for Collating, Validating and Storing Data
§ Incorporating custom speci c business rules in collating and management of data
§ Deploying Analytics to generate secondary data and / or analyse data for generating speci c reports K12 Schools
§ Con guring automated work ow processes to meet business requirements
§ Sharing Reports with various stakeholders
§ Addressing Communication and Noti cation requirements based on multiple triggers.

Affiliated Colleges

Ÿ Improve manageability iON Exam Process Management

Ÿ Reduce costs and administrative efforts Reduce logistical overheads and costs and increase
Ÿ Achieve end-to-end exam security in the University and Board exam management Deemed Universities
management with iON Exam Management Solution. We offer end-to-
Ÿ Schedule compliance failures and end management of the entire process through
unforeseen errors digitization and automation.
Ÿ Enable ease of communication
Government Institutes
Right from ensuring uncompromised secrecy in the creation and
of National Importance
distribution of examination question papers to enrolling students and exam centre management, iON Exam Management
drives efficiency in all processes. You can also send alerts and noti cations to key stakeholders, signi cantly reducing your
manual efforts.

Universities
iON In-Course Assessment
Leverage computer-based testing to improve the quality of professional higher education delivered.
iON In-course Assessment Solution empowers educators to develop and evaluate collaborative content
for effective student assessment. Your staff can seamlessly deliver tests, capture student responses and
Vocational Institutes
generate comprehensive reports to monitor students’ understanding and performance with
iON In-Course Assessment.

Ÿ Provide an enriching learning
platform
Ÿ Enhance the learning experience
Ÿ Enable students to leverage the
power of collaborative learning
Government
iON Learning Exchange Regulatory Authorities
Provide an unmatched learning experience to your
students through iON Learning Exchange. It is a
collaborative learning platform that provides an
incremental and interactive learning environment for
better learning outcomes. Powered by a best-in-class

?
Learning Management System (LMS), the Learning Exchange offers a
suite of collaboration tools in an enriching learning space, enabling
learners to learn from each other in a community model.
The intuitive learning dashboards and assessment engine create a personalized feedback-led learning environment for each
learner, facilitating synergistic learning. Why iON

Driving No
iON Prep Test Trusted End-to-End Superior
Decision- Technology
Offer a wide range of preparation resources to enable individuals to prepare for competitive exams. Brand Solution Results
Making Obsolescence
iON Prep Test Services provide a real-time experience of the exams, with strong learning analytics that
help your students realign and achieve their targets, and ful ll their aspirations. Promise of quality Integration of Pre-con gured Powerful Automatic updates
and unmatched entire student business processes Analytics without interruption
services lifecycle based on industry
best practices

In addition to the above solutions, TCS iON delivers the promise of a trusted brand, with a commitment to fuel
transformation in the education sector, offering local support and price/performance as well as exible models for
adoption.
About TCS iON
TCS iON is a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services focused on manufacturing industries,
educational institutions and exam boards. We provide technology by means of a unique IT-as-a-Service
model, offering end-to-end business solutions for the sector.

TCS iON caters to the needs of multiple industry segments, through innovative, easy-to-use, secured,
integrated, hosted solutions in a build-as-you-grow, pay-as-you-use business model. We serve our
clients with the help of best practices gained through TCS’ global experience, domestic market reach,
skills, and delivery capabilities.

For more information, visit us at www.tcsion.com

Contact
To know more about the iON Education Solution
Toll Free Number 1800 209 6030
Email ion.salessupport@tcs.com

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that
delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match.
TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled infrastructure, engineering, and
assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model TM,
recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group,
India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has a global footprint and is listed on the National
Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com

Education Solution
Drive educational excellence in digital age
TCS Design Services I M I 010 I 15

Follow us on: www.tcsion.com

All content / information present here is the exclusive property of Tata Consultancy Services Limited ( TCS). The content / information contained
here is correct at the time of publishing. No material from here may be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, uploaded, transmitted, posted
or distributed in any form without prior written permission from TCS. Unauthorized use of the content / information appearing here may violate copyright,
trademark and other applicable laws, and could result in criminal or civil penalties.
Copyright © 2015 Tata Consultancy Services Limited