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IT services firm Wipro has secured an eight-year transformation deal with Singapore-based food and agri-business major Olam Group, which is expected to exceed USD 1 billion (about Rs 9,314 crore) in contract value. As part of the broader engagement, Wipro said it will acquire Olam Group's IT and digital services business, Mindsprint Pte. Ltd., for USD 375 million (about Rs 3,494 crore). "Wipro has secured a multi-year strategic transformation deal with Olam Group, a leading USD 50+ Billion Food and Agri-business headquartered in Singapore, employing nearly 40,000 people, and majority-owned by Temasek Holdings. This 8-year deal with Olam Group is expected to exceed USD 1 billion in contract value, with a committed spend of USD 800 million. "As part of this broader engagement, Wipro will acquire Mindsprint, Olam Group's IT services arm," Wipro said in a regulatory filing on Monday. Mindsprint, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore, employs over 3,200 professionals across Ind
Digital infrastructure and IT services firm Invenia expects to grow its revenue by around 40 per cent to Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years, driven by rising demand for connectivity from data centres and government projects, a senior company official said. Invenia Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director Ankit Agarwal told PTI in an interview that the company sees a multi-billion dollar business that will be largely driven by influx of data centres and government projects like BharatNet to boost connectivity. "We are looking to take the business from about Rs 1,300 -1,400 crore of revenue this fiscal year to closer to about Rs 2,000 crore in about three years time," Agarwal said. He said that the equity capital of Invenia was around Rs 907 crore and its asset value was close to Rs 2,800 crore as on March 31. "We have a very healthy order book. The company had an open order book of around Rs 4,250 crore as on March 31," Agarwal said. Hived out from Sterlite Technologies, Inve