The Nashik IT scandal is forcing India’s tech industry to confront failures of power and protection. In the first week of this month, the Nashik city police registered nine cases involving attempt to religious conversion, sexual harassment and harassment at the workplace, all centred on a local branch of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The nine accused, including seven men and two women, held positions of authority such as team leaders and are alleged to have misused their r

The TCS Nashik scandal reveals a profound institutional failure where HR inaction turned a marquee workplace into a site of sustained abuse. Imagine getting your first big job at a famous company. You are young, excited, and full of hope. That is exactly how hundreds of young women felt when Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) opened its Nashik center in March 2016. For many of them, it was the start of a bright future. But for some of those women, the workplace became a nightmar