Aimed at facilitating Digital Transformation for the Indian Navy under the 'Armed Forces Secure Access Card' (AFSAC) Project

New Delhi, May 21^st, 2019: Tech Mahindra a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, today announced its biggest defence order worth INR 300 crores to enable digital transformation for the Indian Navy. As part of the ‘Armed Forces Secure Access Card' (AFSAC) Project, Tech Mahindra will implement RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) based Access Control System across all naval bases and ships.

The new AFSAC Card will replace the existing paper based Identity Card for all Navy personnel including dependents and ex-servicemen. Using the CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) level 5 processes, Tech Mahindra will develop a secure application to manage the access control devices, network devices and the AFSAC Card through a Data Center. Scheduled to be implemented over the next two years, the project will ensure smooth issuance, handling, administration, management and life cycle support of AFSAC Cards on turnkey basis.

Sujit Baksi, President, India Business & Corporate Affairs, Tech Mahindra, said, "It is an incredible feat for us to work with the Indian Navy on this project to enhance our national defence security systems. Tech Mahindra has shown renewed focus in the India market with key wins in the recent past like - Coal India, India Ports Association, Kanpur Smart City, to name a few. This order further cements our role as one of the leading system integrators globally. With our proven expertise in tech enablement and digital transformation, we look forward to collaborating with the Indian Navy in ramping up the national security infrastructure."

Commodore Atul Kumar, Project Director, Indian Navy, remarked, “The security of Indian Naval establishments against unauthorized access, is a thrust area and the AFSAC Project will be an important step towards achieving this aim; with a combination of cutting edge technology and professional execution. We look forward to collaborating with Tech Mahindra in this path-breaking endeavour."

As part of the TechMNxt charter, Tech Mahindra is focused on leveraging next generation technologies to cater to the customer’s evolving and dynamic needs. As a leading digital transformation company, Tech Mahindra continues to deliver tangible business value and experiences to solve real business problems of its customers globally.

About Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates and the Society to Rise™. We are a USD 4.9 billion company with 121,000+ professionals across 90 countries, helping 938 global customers including Fortune 500 companies. Our convergent, digital, design experiences, innovation platforms and reusable assets connect across a number of technologies to deliver tangible business value and experiences to our stakeholders. Tech Mahindra is the highest ranked Non-U.S. company in the Forbes Global Digital 100 list (2018) and in the Forbes Fab 50 companies in Asia (2018).

We are part of the USD 21 billion Mahindra Group that employs more than 200,000 people in over 100 countries. The Group operates in the key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, after-market, information technology and vacation ownership.

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