The Hindu Business Line : Satyam sets up new centre of excellence

Hyderabad, Dec. 21 Information Technology major Satyam Computer Services Ltd has set up a new centre of excellence to offer technology-enabled innovations for the process manufacturing industry.

The centre, christened as PROMICE, would initially offer innovative solutions to the chemical and pharma, food processing and metal and mining sectors by leveraging its technology expertise.

“Eventually, we will expand our reach to about 10 process industry verticals such as textiles, building materials, pulp and paper, leather, plastics and rubber,” Mr Subu D. Subramanian, Director and Senior Vice-President, Satyam Manufacturing and Automotive Business, told newspersons here on Friday.

Consulting skills

The company had been working with clients such as Du Pont and Nestle. It plans to leverage its existing expertise in consulting to help companies fully exploit advances in IT, he added.

The Hyderabad-based company, which has of late been focusing on value addition in its offering to clients, also sees a possibility of earning a significant chunk of revenues from the centre.

Revenue model

“Right now the revenue model is two pronged as it could come from the original consulting work and also from creation of intellectual property down the line,” Mr Subu pointed out.

About 60 domain experts working across the globe in different Satyam locations would be brought on a common platform to make the centre operational. “We will also hire a good number of researchers and domain experts,” he added.

On the investment, Mr Subu declined to give hard numbers and said the initial investment would be in people and physical infrastructure for the centre to be located in Hyderabad.

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