HAL and Tech Mahindra sign contract of Rs 400 crore

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Tech Mahindra signed Rs. 400-crore deal in Bengaluru for implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to support HAL’s ‘Project Parivartan’. ‘Project Parivartan’ is a comprehensive business transformation exercise initiated by HAL through the enhancement of technology and centralized ERP.

Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Tech Mahindra signed Rs. 400-crore deal in Bengaluru for implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to support HAL’s ‘Project Parivartan’.

"The ‘Project Parivartan’ is a comprehensive business transformation exercise initiated by HAL through enhancement of technology and centralized ERP," said R Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director, CMD of HAL. The exercise would enable HAL to adopt the best practices followed in some of the similar industries globally, he added.

Sujit Baksi, President of Corporate Affairs and Business Head Emerging Markets, Tech Mahindra, said: “Tech Mahindra’s contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd extends our vision of supporting government’s ‘Atmanirbhar’ initiative to enhance our indigenous capabilities. This project will transform HAL’s ERP system, serving the Armed Forces in an efficient and effective manner. This is in line with our TechMNxt charter that focuses on leveraging new generation technologies with original equipment manufacturers and aims to deliver an enhanced experience to our customers.”

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Dibyendu Maiti, Executive Director of HAL and Prashanth S, Group Competency Head of Tech Mahindra signed the contract in the presence of R Madhavan, CMD of HAL. Reportedly, Tech Mahindra would be responsible for the transformation and modernisation of the ERP System as an implementation and support partner enabling HAL to streamline and standardize its business processes across the organisation. As a system integrator, Tech Mahindra would implement ‘Project Parivartan’ over a period of nine years at a cost of Rs 400 crores.

Tech Mahindra would transform the distributed application to a centralized application, for all the 20 divisions and R&D Centers of HAL based on a business transformation engineering process. This includes centralized ERP Turnkey Solution to meet HAL’s business requirements with the implementation of Supplier Relationship Management SRM, Customer Relationship Management, CRM along with select non-ERP applications.

With inputs from PTI