We believe that optimizing the capabilities and leveraging the strengths of women will serve as a strategic differentiator. We have a heightened focus on ensuring programs targeted at hiring and retaining women, giving them a safe and secure working environment, and providing them platforms learning, development and leadership platforms. Focused initiatives that help us attract and retain talented women professionals include flexi-time practices, safe traveling, zero Tolerance on Sexual Harassment, and other support geared to facilitate smooth onboarding / re-absorption of women after career breaks.

• Equal Hiring

  Tech Mahindra is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate for or against any gender during the staffing exercise, or at any other time during their employment with us. We hire a minimum of 50% women from across campuses in India and a minimum of 30% of our lateral hiring consists of women.

• Equal Career Development

  We have programs like COLORS, Mentoring Tables, Role Model Series, fAIM, Women Leaders program, etc. to give women opportunities to develop their careers.

• Flexible Policies

  We have several progressive policies ranging from flexible work arrangements to work-life programs for new mothers. Through the Junior TechMighty program, we send personalized gifts to new mothers.

• Physical & Financial Well Being

  We facilitate self-defense sessions as well as financial planning workshops to provide women a secured future.

• Reverse Mentoring

  We pair experienced associates with GenZ and allows them to learn from each other about how businesses work and how new ways of thinking can improve them.

• Young CEO

  The Young CEO program brings out our true spirit as a company of entrepreneurs by grooming high-potential talent for leadership roles.

• 1000 Leaders

  Creating a future pipeline of leaders by giving employees diverse opportunities to learn, grow and lead in multiple roles of their choice, competency, and interest

• Global Leadership Cadre (GLC)

  We put management students from tier one schools with 4-5 years of work experience on a fast-track career growth path

• Achievers in the Making (AIM)

  We put management students from tier one schools with 4-5 years of work experience on a fast-track career growth path

• EnAble

  Tech Mahindra’s EnAble initiative is designed to enable equal opportunities for people with all kinds of abilities. One of the key objectives of the initiative is to ensure that the quality of organizational diversity and collaborative work environment at Tech Mahindra is developed and maintained at all times.

• Tech4Good

  Tech Mahindra’s flagship tools, technologies, and in-house products (like the sZensEYE: sight-enabling googles for people with blindness) enable disability-free experiences for people with disabilities with far superior human connects. Tech Mahindra actively develops and contributes to development of these aids (audio books, for example) which make everyday lives of people with disabilities far easier.

• Learning and development

  Tech Mahindra imparts need-based training to people with disabilities both within the organization (through the learning and development teams) as well as outside (through Tech Mahindra Foundation’s ARISE+ and SMART+ initiatives).

• Celebrating differently

  Celebrating each moment is one of the key aspects of the Tech Mahindra culture. The International Day for People with Disabilities is a festival in itself at Tech Mahindra globally. It is celebrated with positive energy, respect, and cheer for people with disabilities – a day that brings us together as one TechM, as we participate together in joint activities, which would otherwise often be the barrier for a certain group’s participation in them.

• Talent localization

  With a deep belief in the philosophy of ‘think global, act local’, Tech Mahindra works on the localization of talent in the countries where we operate in, by hiring locally.

• Localization of policies

  Steering away from the ‘one size fits all’ philosophy and understanding the specific needs of every culture, we have localized general policies for every region.

• Cross-cultural learning and integration interventions

  We run cross-cultural awareness and learning workshops for both associates and customers to sensitize them on cultural differences and remove any cultural barriers to communication. Other initiatives in this area include cultural clubs and special introduction, sensitization, and inclusion sessions with people from different cultures.

• Celebrating differently

  Celebrating each moment is one of the key aspects of the Tech Mahindra culture. The International Day for People with Disabilities is a festival in itself at Tech Mahindra globally. It is celebrated with positive energy, respect, and cheer for people with disabilities – a day that brings us together as one TechM, as we participate together in joint activities, which would otherwise often be the barrier for a certain group’s participation in them.

• Kaleidoscope

  LGBTQ+ committees have been formed in Philippines & Brazil. These groups share stories of their community members to the larger audience to create cultural assimilation and sensitize people.

• Sexual Reassignment Surgery Policy

  Employees planning to undergo SRS are helped by Tech Mahindra at every step. 30 calendar days of paid time-off is granted to them. The company ensures a smooth transition and accommodates any request for change of location, name, work, etc. To help our employees financially, we reimburse sexual reassignment surgery to help our employees up-to 5 Lakhs. We also make sure that they are given access to gender-neutral washrooms, the right to comply with any dress code in a way that reflects their gender identity as well as the option to change gender status in company records.

• Same Sex Partner Insurance

  We understand the need for insurance for our loved ones. Extending it to same-sex partners, we now ensure all our employees insure their partners against any untoward accidents. Usage metrics cannot be disclosed due to confidentiality reasons.

• Gender Neutral Infrastructure

  All large campuses at TechM have male & female washrooms, medical rooms, gymnasiums, and indoor games facilities for use by associates. We have also created gender-neutral washrooms at all our TechM offices across India to cater to our LGBTQ+ and/or Transgender associates. We have also introduced an‘others’ category under ‘Sex’ in all our digital employee records.