Tech Mahindra on Jharkhand's digital side

JHARKHAND, INDIA: Now, as a strategic IT partner, Tech Mahindra will work towards promoting technology adoption by the citizens in Jharkhand apart from helping to build an ecosystem with greater participation of industry players.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect has been signed between officials of Jharkhand government and Tech Mahindra in presence of state chief minister Raghubar Das, and Ulhas N Yargop, Director, Tech Mahindra.

Tech Mahindra, a player in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering has been selected by the Government of Jharkhand as a strategic partner to help the state in its digital journey and employment generation through skill development. The partnership also requires Tech Mahindra to work with the Government of Jharkhand to promote digital literacy and skill development working with various industry organizations including Nasscom Foundation.

This apart, Tech Mahindra with the help of the state government would work towards enhancing industry-academia collaboration by supporting local universities and technical institutions in areas like robotics, process management, cloud computing and software development cycle among others.

The Government of Jharkhand has been aggressively pushing various technology led programmes and initiatives such as Skill India, Digital India and Startup India initiatives. Over the next five years, the state has set a target to skill over 2,000,000.

Besides, to position the state as a preferred IT destination, Jharkhand has also announced very progressive IT/ITeS, BPO/BPM, ESDM (Electronics System Design and Manufacturing) and Start-up policies, the announcement said.

“State Government of Jharkhand is very happy to ink strategic MoU with global giant Tech Mahindra under its Digital Jharkhand Programs to promote IT/ITeS sector, Start up, Incubation and skill development,” said Raghubar Das, Chief Minister, Jharkhand. “We look forward to Tech Mahindra as our partner in the journey to provide our citizens state of art services through state’s network upto grass roots level. Tech Mahindra’s proposal to state is perfectly aligned to states IT/ITeS, ESDM, BPO & Start Up policies. We are very excited & do look towards them as our partner in this journey,” he added.