Mindtree Limited was an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company, headquartered in Bangalore. Mindtree was acquired by Larsen & Toubro in 2019, before being merged with L&T Infotech (LTI) in 2022 to form LTIMindtree.[6][7][8]

Mindtree
Company typePublic
ISININE018I01017
IndustryInformation technology
Consulting
Outsourcing
Founded18 August 1999; 25 years ago (1999-08-18)
FounderAshok Soota
Subroto Bagchi
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Parthasarathy NS
Scott Staples
Anjan Lahiri
Kalyankumar Banerjee
Janakiraman
Kamran Ozair
Rostow Ravanan
Defunct2022
FateMerged with Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI)
SuccessorLTIMindtree
HeadquartersGlobal Village Tech Park, ,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease 10,520 crore (US$1.3 billion)[3] (2022)
Increase 1,953.5 crore (US$230 million)[3] (2022)
Increase 1,652.9 crore (US$200 million)[3] (2022)
Total assetsIncrease 5,156.60 crore (US$620 million)[4] (2020)
Total equityDecrease 3,156.80 crore (US$380 million)[4] (2020)
Number of employees
38,518 (July 2022)
ParentLarsen & Toubro (61.08%)[5]
Websitewww.mindtree.com

The company had business interests in e-commerce, mobile applications, cloud computing, digital transformation, data analytics, testing, enterprise application integration, and enterprise resource planning. Mindtree had more than 307 active clients and 43 offices in over 18 countries, as of 31 March 2019.[8][9]

History

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In August 1999, Mindtree Consulting Private Limited was founded by ten IT professionals, three of which invested through an entity incorporated in Mauritius.[10] It was funded by the venture capital firms Walden International and Sivan Securities and received further funding in 2001 from the Capital Group and Franklin Templeton.[11]

It became a public company on 12 December 2006, and was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. Its IPO debuted on 9 February 2007, and closed on 14 February 2007.[12] The IPO was oversubscribed by more than a hundred times.[13] Mindtree announced a new brand identity and logo, with the slogan "Welcome to possible" on 28 September 2012.[14]

In 2012, Mindtree set up its first U.S. delivery center (USDC) in Gainesville, Florida, under the leadership of Scott Staples, co-founder and Global Head of Sales.[15] As of 2017, the company has 43 offices in over 17 countries.[16]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), an infrastructure major and one of the largest conglomerates in India, took over control of Mindtree in June 2019 and currently has a 61.08% stake in the company.[17][18][5] L&T's takeover of Mindtree was described at the time as the first hostile takeover in the Indian IT industry.[19][20]

In March 2020, Mindtree announced the appointment of Dayapatra Nevatia as COO with immediate effect. He joins the company from Accenture where he was the managing director as well as the director for delivery for advanced technology centers in India.[21]

In May 2022, L&T announced that Mindtree will be merged into Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI).[22] The merger was completed in November 2022 and the combined entity was named LTIMindtree.[23][24]

Services

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A building at Mindtree's Global City Tech Park campus in Bangalore
 
Mindtree building at Mahindra World City, New Chennai

Mindtree works in Application Development and Maintenance, Data Analytics, Digital Services, Enterprise Application Integration and Business Process Management, Engineering R&D, Enterprise Application Services, Testing, and Infrastructure Management Services.[25]

Mindtree's business is focused clients on Banking, Capital Markets, Consumer Devices & Electronics, Consumer Packed Goods, Independent Software Vendors, Manufacturing, Insurance, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Semiconductors and the Travel and Hospitality industry.[26]

Mindtree's workforce includes thousands of employees who serve as Microsoft Azure outsourced support agents.[27]

Employees

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Mindtree has a total of 35,071 employees as of fiscal year 2022.[28] Its workforce consists of employees from over 80 nationalities working from various offices around the globe. Out of its total workforce, 95% are software professionals and remaining 5% work in support and sales.[29]

Acquisitions

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Name Acquisition date Activities Country of HQ Price Employees
(at acquisition)
Reference
ASAP Solutions 2004 SAP & ERP India & United States NA 120 [30]
Linc Software Services Pvt Ltd 2005 Application development and Maintenance domains for Mid-Range Systems India $7 million 220 [31]
CoSystems 2005 Telecom (Captive Development Center – Indian division) United States 10 million 20 [32]
TES-Purple Vision 2007 Electronics(IC Design). Indian Division. Subsidiary of TES Electronic Solutions SA. France $6.55 million 150 [33][34]
Aztecsoft 2008 Product engineering and Testing services company. Aztecsoft had previously acquired Disha Technologies, a testing company, in 2004. India 40 million 2200 [35][36]
Kyocera Wireless India Pvt Ltd 2009 Wireless services. Indian R&D Division Japan $6 million 600 [37][38]
7Strata 2010 Remote infrastructure management services India 7.2 million 90 [39][40]
Discoverture Solutions LLC Jan 2015 Property and Casualty Insurance United States $15 million 300 [41]
Bluefin Solutions Limited July 2015 IT solutions, SAP HANA solutions United Kingdom £42.3 million [42]
Relational Solutions Inc July 2015 IT solutions –CPG United States $10 million [42]
Magnet 360 Jan 2016 Salesforce consulting USA $50 million 100 [43]

Subsidiaries

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Name Location
Mindtree Software (Shanghai) Co. Ltd[44] China
Bluefin Solutions Limited United Kingdom
Bluefin Solutions Inc. United States
Bluefin Solutions Sdn Bhd Malaysia
Bluefin Solutions Pte Ltd Singapore

Philanthropy

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Mindtree Foundation is a unit of Mindtree that works towards improving the lives of people with disabilities and the enhancement in the quality of primary education.[45] Mindtree Foundation was incorporated on 20 November 2007, under section 25 of Companies Act. Mindtree's employees, assistive technologies and associations with NGOs led to the following:[46]

  • The launch of 'Udaan', a scholarship program to support the medical education of underprivileged students in association with Narayana Hrudayalaya Charitable Trust.[47]
  • The launch of 'I Got Garbage', a cloud-based platform aimed to simplify waste management and transform every waste picker in Bengaluru, India, into an entrepreneur through a structured and governed waste management framework.[48]
  • Individual Social Responsibility – Employees join the cause of donation of old clothes/toys/books, distribution of solar lanterns, caring for the elderly, cleaning up the city, blood and organ donation.[49]

See also

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