Indian multinational technology company
Tech Mahindra is an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company. It was formed in 1986 as a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra and BT Group . Part of the Mahindra Group , the company is headquartered in Pune and has its registered office in Mumbai .[ 4]
History
In 1986, Mahindra & Mahindra started a 60:40 joint venture technology services outsourcing firm with British Telecom named Mahindra British Telecom (MBT). In 2000, British Telecom committed business of at least £105 million over three years; as a consideration, British Telecom's stake in MBT increased to 43%.[ 5] MBT primarily served the telecommunications industry in its early years, with British Telecom as its largest client.[ 6]
In 2006, MBT was renamed as Tech Mahindra,[ 7] and it became a publicly-listed company via an initial public offering .[ 8] In December 2010, British Telecom sold 5.5% of its stake in Tech Mahindra to Mahindra & Mahindra for ₹ 451 crore .[ 9] In August 2012, British Telecom sold 14.1% of its stake to institutional investors for about ₹ 1,395 crore. In December 2012, British Telecom sold its remaining 9.1% stake to institutional investors for ₹ 1,011.4 crore. This sale marked the exit of British Telecom from Tech Mahindra.[ 10]
Acquisition and merger of Satyam
In the aftermath of the Satyam scandal , Tech Mahindra emerged as the top bidder for a 31% controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services , beating a bid from Larsen & Toubro , in April 2009.[ 11] [ 12] After the completion of the acquisition, Satyam Computer Services was renamed Mahindra Satyam in June 2009.[ 13] Tech Mahindra's stake in Satyam increased to 42% through a preferential share allotment in July 2009.[ 14]
A building in the Bangalore campus of Tech Mahindra c. 2017
In 2010, Mahindra Satyam and Morpho were awarded a contract by UIDAI to implement the biometric identification system for the Aadhaar programme.[ 15] Mahindra Satyam, along with Tech Mahindra, was the official IT services provider for the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups .[ 16] [ 17]
Tech Mahindra announced its merger with Mahindra Satyam on 21 March 2012, after getting approval of the two company boards.[ 18] The new organization would be led by Anand Mahindra as Chairman, Vineet Nayyar as Vice Chairman, and C. P. Gurnani as the CEO and Managing Director.[ 19] [ 20] On 25 June 2013, Tech Mahindra completed the merger to become India's fifth largest software services company with a turnover of $2.7 billion.[ 21] [ 22] [ 23] The merger diversified Tech Mahindra's revenue mix, with the telecommunication vertical's share declining from over 90% in 2009[ 24] to 47% in 2013.[ 25] [ 26]
Later years
In 2013, Mahindra Group company Mahindra Engineering Services (MES) merged with Tech Mahindra.[ 27]
In 2015, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) jointly purchased a controlling stake in Pininfarina S.p.A., an Italian automotive and industrial design company.[ 28] By March 2016, Tech Mahindra's post-tax earnings had surpassed that of M&M.[ 29]
Tech Mahindra was ranked 5th among India's IT firms and overall 47th on Fortune India 500 list for 2019.[ 30]
In 2023, Tech Mahindra and FIDE organized the Global Chess League , an over-the-board rapid chess league.[ 31] [ 32]
Acquisitions
Notable acquisitions by Tech Mahindra include:
Year
Company
Country
Industry
Acquisition cost
2005
Axes Technologies[ 33]
United States
Telecom engineering
$54 million
2007
iPolicy Networks[ 34]
United States
Network security
Undisclosed
2009-13
Satyam Computer Services [ 35]
India
IT services
$1.75 billion
2012
Hutchinson Global Services[ 36]
United States
Business process outsourcing
$87 million
2012
Comviva [ 37]
India
Telecom VAS
$48 million
2014
Lightbridge Communications Corporation (LCC)[ 38]
United States
Telecom network services
$240 million
2015
SOFGEN Holdings[ 39]
Switzerland
Banking technology consulting
Undisclosed
2015
Pininfarina [ 40]
Italy
Automotive design engineering
€168 million
2016
Target Group[ 41]
United Kingdom
Business process outsourcing
£120 million
2016
The Bio Agency[ 42]
United Kingdom
Digital consulting
£45 million
2017
HCI Group (CJS Solutions Group)[ 43]
United States
Healthcare technology
$89.5 million
2019
BORN Group[ 44]
United States
Content agency
$90 million
2020
Zen3 Infosolutions[ 45]
United States
Enterprise software
$64 million
2020
Cerium Systems[ 46]
India
IC and embedded software
$32.1 million
2020
Tenzing Group[ 47]
New Zealand
Management consulting
$29.5 million
2021
Perigord[ 48]
Ireland
Digital services
€21 million
2021
DigitalOnUs[ 49]
United States
Cloud and DevOps services
$120 million
2021
Eventus Solutions Group[ 50]
United States
CX consulting
$44 million
2021
Brainscale[ 51]
United States
Cloud consulting
$28.8 million
2021
Lodestone (Infostar)[ 52]
United States
Product engineering
$105 million
2021
Activus Connect[ 53]
United States
CX technology
$62 million
2021
Allyis Group[ 54]
United States
IT consulting
$125 million
2022
Com Tec Co (CTC)[ 55]
Cyprus
IT consulting
€310 million
2022
Thirdware[ 56]
India
Enterprise software
$42 million
Locations
Tech Mahindra has offices in around 50 countries.[ 57]
See also
References
^ "Tech Mahindra appoints Mohit Joshi as MD & CEO designate" . 11 March 2023.
^ Nagasundaram, Dhanya (24 April 2025). "Tech Mahindra Q4 Results: Cons PAT soars 76.5% YoY to ₹1,166.7 crore" . Mint . Retrieved 24 April 2025 .
^ "Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter and audited results for the year ended March 31, 2025" (PDF) . Tech Mahindra. Retrieved 24 April 2025 .
^ "Tech Mahindra" . techmahindra.com . TechMahindra. Retrieved 1 January 2018 .
^ "British Telecom commits Rs 7250/- million business to MBT over three years" . Rediff . Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra bags $700 mn deal from British Telecom" . The Economic Times . 16 May 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "MBT to be renamed Tech Mahindra" . Business Standard . 14 February 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra sets IPO price band at Rs 315-Rs 365" . The Economic Times . 27 July 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "BT Group to exit from Tech Mahindra, directors resign" . Economic Times. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015 .
^ "BT exits Tech Mahindra" . The Hindu . 12 December 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015 .
^ "Tech Mahindra wins Satyam Computer bid" . IBNLive . Archived from the original on 16 April 2009.
^ "Tech Mahindra wins Satyam bid" . India Today . 12 April 2009.
^ "Satyam renamed as Mahindra Satyam" . Business Standard . 22 June 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech M now has 42% stake in Satyam" . Business Standard . 2 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ "Mahindra Satyam, Morpho selected as key partners for UIDAI" . The Economic Times . 30 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ Shuey, Scott (12 June 2010). "Mahindra Satyam gets major brand boost through World Cup" . Gulf News . Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ "TechM kicked about World Cup ties" . BusinessLine . 16 June 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ "Tech Mahindra, Satyam get nod to merge" . 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
^ "M-Satyam, Tech Mahindra hope to merge in four weeks" . 11 June 2013.
^ "MSat-Tech Mahindra merger gets court nod" . The Hindu . Chennai, India. 11 June 2013.
^ "Mahindra Satyam merges with Tech Mahindra; becomes 5th biggest IT firm" . Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 2013-06-25 .
^ "Tech Mahindra, Satyam Computer complete merger" . 25 June 2013.
^ "1:8.5 swap for Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam merger" . The Hindu . Chennai, India. 25 June 2013.
^ Mishra, Santanu (28 April 2009). "Headwinds in telecom impact Tech Mahindra's Q4" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ Talgeri, Kunal N. (5 December 2012). "Inside the merger!" . Fortune India . Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ "Annual Report 2013-14" (PDF) . Tech Mahindra. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ Khan, Zahra (29 November 2013). "Mahindra Engineering to merge with Tech Mahindra" . Mint . Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ "Tech Mahindra set to acquire Italian car design company Pininfarina" . timesofindia-economictimes . Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015 .
^ "TECHM Shareholding Pattern - Tech Mahindra Ltd Stock" . fintel.io . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ "Tech Mahindra - Fortune 500 List 2019" . Fortune . Archived 2 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
^ "FIDE and Tech Mahindra Announce Dates for First & Biggest Global Chess League" . www.fide.com . Retrieved 6 August 2023 .
^ "Tech Mahindra, FIDE join hands for franchisee-based chess competition" . Business Standard .
^ "Mahindra British buys Axes Tech for $54m" . The Economic Times . 17 November 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra buys US co iPolicy Inc" . Rediff . Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra completes Satyam merger" . VCCircle . Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ Shivapriya, N. (4 September 2012). "Tech Mahindra announces acquisition Hutchison Global Services for $ 87 million" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra buys 51% of Bharti Group's mobile VAS firm Comviva for $48M" . VCCircle . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra acquires 100% stake in Lightbridge Communications" . Mint . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra to acquire Swiss firm SOFGEN Holdings" . timesofindia-economictimes . Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015 .
^ Merchant, Akbar (14 December 2015). "Mahindra acquires Pininfarina design house" . Autocar India . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra to acquire UK's Target Group for up to $175 mn" . VCCircle . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra acquires UK's The BIO Agency" . BusinessLine . 22 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2025 .
^ Usmani, Azman (6 March 2017). "Tech Mahindra To Acquire U.S.-Based Healthcare IT Consulting Firm, HCI Group" . NDTV Profit . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ Sriram, M. (5 November 2019). "Tech Mahindra acquires New York-based BORN Group for $95 million" . Mint . Retrieved 26 November 2019 .
^ "Tech Mahindra to acquire Zen3 Infosolutions for Rs 460 crore in all-cash deal" . Business Today . 24 February 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ Kapur, Narinder (13 April 2020). "Tech Mahindra tweaks terms to acquire Cerium Systems, Zen3 Infosolutions" . VCCircle . Retrieved 19 July 2025 .
^ Baruah, Ayushman (27 October 2020). "Tech Mahindra acquires Momenton and Tenzing to boost financial services biz" . Mint . Retrieved 11 April 2025 .
^ "Tech Mahindra acquires 70% stake in Dublin-based Perigord for $25.06 million" . Financial Express . 16 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025 .
^ "Tech Mahindra acquires DigitalOnUS for $120 million" . BusinessLine . 20 April 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra to acquire Eventus Solutions Group for up to $44 million" . The Economic Times . 26 April 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra acquires US cloud consulting firm Brainscale" . Business Standard . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra acquires Lodestone, WMW" . The Economic Times . 25 October 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra buys Activus" . Mint . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra to acquire 100% stake in US-based Allyis Group" . Mint . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra Acquires Com Tec Co IT Ltd and invests in two InsurTech platforms" . The Economic Times . 17 January 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra to completely acquire Thirdware for Rs 320 cr" . Business Standard . Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "Tech Mahindra > Location Details" . Retrieved 1 October 2012 .
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