New Delhi, 22nd April, 2022.
Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital
transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions,
today announced that it will create new revenue streams and add 1000 jobs in
UK. The tech giant will collaborate with a leading academia and research
institute in UK to co-innovate at Tech Mahindra’s Makers Lab in Milton Keynes.
Makers Lab is a research & development hub for co-innovation of solutions
and services of the future with customers, partner companies, research
institutions, universities, and start-ups.
This is on back of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s
announcements regarding new UK-India collaboration on Artificial Intelligence
made during his visit to India. The initiative aims to grow innovation and
prosperity in both countries and harness the power of emerging technology to
confront global challenges. Tech Mahindra is amongst the top technology Indian
Investors in the UK and together with the academia and research institute, Tech
Mahindra Makers Lab will bolster NXT of AI growth in UK and across 90+
countries where it operates.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, “Trade and investment
between the UK and India is creating good jobs and sustaining livelihoods in
both of our countries. I’m very pleased that Tech Mahindra has decided to join
the legions of Indian companies investing in the UK, boosting our technology
sector and driving economic growth.”
The initiative is in line with Tech Mahindra’s focus on co-innovation
& digital transformation with customers, partners, and academia by
leveraging next gen technologies. The association with academia and research
institute will further enable Tech Mahindra to pave way for job creation and
build an eco-system of interns and scholars to drive innovations in AI and Data
Science.
CP Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra, said, “Innovations
and applications of Artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly
transform the productivity and create revenue streams for businesses in the UK. Tech
Mahindra aims to bring out the best of solutions powered by next-gen
technologies for industries to solve specific challenges. We are also committed
to investing in the local communities we operate in, and initiatives like these
help increase the employability of future technologists in UK as well as
globally.”
Tech Mahindra’s Makers Lab is focused on next generation
technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotics,
Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality, 5G – Network of
the future. There is a range of business problems that Makers Lab aims to solve
to enhance citizen services and customer experiences.
Tech Mahindra believes in DigitALL philosophy for comprehensive
Business Transformation. Digital technologies catalyze the transformations –
they humanize businesses by helping them think, sense, connect, communicate,
secure and act better than before. As part of NXT.NOW™ framework, which aims to
enhance ‘Human Centric Experience’, Tech Mahindra focuses on investing in
emerging technologies and solutions that enable digital transformation and meet
the evolving needs of the customer.