{"id":93461,"date":"2023-03-03T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?p=93461"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:39:56","slug":"biz-tech-mahindra-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-tech-mahindra-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Mahindra to invest Rs 700 cr in products and platforms division in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-4257173566\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>IT services company Tech Mahindra on Friday said it will invest up to Rs 700 crore in the newly carved out division of products and platforms in the next two years.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-539440343\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script 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president for corporate development Vivek Agarwal said the company will be leveraging on existing customers who will form the first of the clients for the products and platforms offerings, and also the embedded domain knowledge it has earned by working for customers.<\/p><p>He also said the products and platforms play will help expand the margins for the company, which has been aspiring to improve on profitability for some time now.<\/p><p>Gurnani said the investments are not very significant and will be made using its existing balance sheet strength, and added that the investments will be in technology, which will involve research and development tools and creation of labs.<\/p><p>It will be getting people internally, and also hiring specialized talent with domain expertise from outside for the new division, he added.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-2853279409\"><script async 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partners SAP, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, Gurnani said.<\/p><p>Tech Mahindra will also focus on co-creation with customers, he said, pointing out that it has agreed to create solutions with a Japanese customer which can help the broader auto industry worldwide as well.<\/p><p>It will also be working with other companies in the group on this aspect of co-creation, he added.<\/p><p>Speaking to investors earlier in the day, its chief financial officer Rohit Anand said the company will be focusing on organic growth, margin expansion and driving portfolio synergies in the future.<\/p><p>Its business head for Business Process Services Birendra Sen said generative artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT will not have a major impact on the business.<\/p><p>Tech Mahindra scrip settled at Rs 1,085.45, down 2.19 per cent on BSE on Friday. 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