Tech Mahindra bags Rs 270 cr project from Coal India

Tech Mahindra, leading IT services company, on Tuesday said it has bagged Rs 270 crore project from Coal India Limited (CIL) to deploy modern technologies in the state-owned company.

In a release, the company said the engagement, which will span over five years, is aimed at CIL's enterprise modernization.

The primary objective of setting up an integrated ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system in CIL and its subsidiaries is to deploy state-of-the-art information technology system, which can provide all necessary information based on real-time data and help the management in taking quick and timely decisions to achieve desired results.

Commenting on the development, Tech Mahindra India Business & Corporate Affairs President Sujit Baksi said the company is excited to partner with CIL and enable their digital transformation journey with enterprise modernization.

"We will bring the depth of our digital experience into this engagement and deliver connected experience to CIL," said Baksi.

CIL Chairman Anil Kumar Jha said Coal India is very passionate and committed to this project. "We firmly believes that Tech Mahindra will be able to complete it well within the project timelines," said Jha.

This implementation would be taken up in phases. Phase 1st includes the ERP implementation in CIL and its two subsidiaries - Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and Western Coalfields Limited.

Further, the deal also includes supply and implementation of HIMS (Hospital Information management System) across all eight subsidiaries of CIL, covering 21 Hospitals.

Tech Mahindra has also won a five-year project to modernise six Indian ports in September and has started implementation of IT solutions including ERP system, network solution and data centres.