New Delhi, 7July 2020: Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd., India’s largest private sector Oil and Gas Company, has been awarded Excellence in Digital Execution for Quality Transformation at TechCircle Business Transformation Awards 2020.Cairn was selected winner for “Next Generation Workplace – Office 365”, a complete cloud-based solution, which provides a set of collaboration and productivity tools to enhance security and provide remote access to the web versions of office applications.

The next generation workplace solution supported business continuity during the new normal of working from home. Cairn has been rethinking &reinventing the role of operational excellence to gear up for the future, and be part of this digital era, to enable accelerated growth. By adopting best global technologies and practices, Cairn continues to lead business transformation.

Anand Laxshmivarahan R., Chief Digital Officer, Cairn Oil & Gas, says, "Digitalisation is rapidly evolving industries across India. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized the role and importance of technological advancements. Its adoption in the oil & gas industry is ensuring business continuity in trying times like these. In this new normal of working from home, Microsoft's Next Generation Workplace – Office 365 has connected employees at Vedanta, to provide business solutions in real-time. We believe that technology is shaping the future of industries across India and will give India Inc. an edge in supporting the country's economy."

Ankur Goel, Managing Director for Poly India, says, “Poly is happy to partner with Vedanta for NextGen Workplace and provide them with our video solutions for board rooms, huddle rooms and Office 365. As industries are navigating through the new normal during this pandemic, technology plays a crucial role in helping ensure business continuity. Customers look to Poly to deliver a seamless collaboration experience across platforms like Microsoft, Zoom and many other leading platforms. We are happy to be able to support Vedanta in their digital transformation initiatives through our solutions.”

Cairn has been the recipient of a flurry of awards and recognitions for its digitalization initiatives, including the recent CIO Conclave Award 2020 it won for the same project in March.Last year, Cairn also won the FIPI award for its intensive deployment of digitalisation initiatives to drive value-creation across business operations and function, and the SAP Industry Innovation Award 2019 for “Excellence in Operations” and SAP ACE Award for “Breakthrough Innovation”.