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Tech Mahindra Collaborates with ASKA to Create the
Best Drive-and-Fly Experience

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital composites and advanced materials, scalable to solve the problem of traffic
transformation, consulting and business crash dynamics (automotive and congestion. Lakshmanan Chidambaram,
re-engineering services, announced that aerospace), battery and structural testing. President – Enterprise Americas, Tech
it has collaborated with ASKA, a drive and Guy Kaplinsky, Co-founder and CEO of Mahindra, said, “The development of
fly company that offers consumers a new ASKA, said, “We are confident that our drive-and-fly vehicles is an emerging area
generation commuter vehicle by combining engagement with Tech Mahindra will of innovation globally, which can play a
the convenience of an automobile, with boost ASKA’s development, testing and great role in creating best travel experience
the safety, ease and efficiency of VTOL certification process to meet ASKA™’s with minimal infrastructure investment
(Vertical Take-off And Landing) and STOL commercialization target for 2026. Tech and low environmental impacts. We
(Short Take Off and Landing) flight, to Mahindra’s aim to deliver tomorrow’s look forward to creating synergies with
create the best drive-and-fly experience. experiences today, solidly supports our ASKATM by working on the engineering
The collaboration aims to solve the mission to solve the worldwide problem design and analysis of fly and drive
worldwide problem of traffic congestion of traffic congestion and improve people’s eVTOL, and thereby delivering tomorrow’s
and improve people’s quality of life with quality of life.” ASKATM is a 4-seater experience today, which forms the core
the world's first viable drive & fly eVTOL electric flying vehicle that can drive like a objective of our NXT.NOWTM strategy.”
(Electric drive & fly Vertical Take-off and car and take off vertically to fly efficiently As part of the NXT.NOWTM framework,
Landing). This collaboration will leverage like an aircraft with a maximum flight Tech Mahindra aims to enhance human
Tech Mahindra’s extensive expertise in range of 250 miles on a single charge. It centric experiences for businesses. This
the engineering space that comes with is also equipped with a range extender means focusing on investing in emerging
decades of experience of working with engine that charges the batteries during technologies and solutions that enable
top aerospace and automotive customers. flight. The collaboration will accelerate digital transformation to better meet the
Further, through this engagement, Tech the eVTOL’s development, testing and evolving needs of its customers through
Mahindra will support ASKA in the areas certification and thereby escalate its our DigitALL framework
of design, analysis, development of commercialization by 2026, making it

Tech Mahindra Emerges as the Only Indian Company in the Forbes’
Blockchain 50 List

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital
transformation, consulting, and business
re-engineering services & solutions, today
announced that it has been included in
the Forbes Blockchain 50 list, a highly-
respected global listing of pioneering
companies, startups, and influencers
in the distributed ledgers space, for the
second consecutive year. Tech Mahindra
is the only Indian company out of the 50
companies that has been included in the
list. Tech Mahindra has been recognized
for developing more than 60 blockchain-
based products spanning telecom, media
and entertainment, manufacturing, retail,
and energy. Its work around blockchain-
based unit-level traceability solution for Dhuddu, VP & Practice Leader, Blockchain supply chain operations, facilitate real-
global vaccine supply, ‘VaccineLedger’ was & Cybersecurity, Tech Mahindra, said, time view of all transactions, and eliminate
specifically highlighted. The solution helps “The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the the ‘trust gap’ amongst all the emerging
in predicting and preventing failures in adoption of emerging technologies and technologies. At Tech Mahindra, we are
supply chains, including problems related Blockchain has emerged as one of the at the forefront of leveraging Blockchain-
to wastage through expired vaccines, key technologies that is best equipped to based solutions and are pioneers in
stock-outs, and counterfeiting. Rajesh significantly improve the efficiency of any leveraging NFTs and Digital Identities to

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