A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in the presence of Prof. Subir Kumar Saha, Ashutosh Dutt Sharma, Narender Gaur representing IHFC, and Sanjay Kukreja representing eClerx.

New York // May 24, 2022 // eClerx Services Ltd (ECLERX.NS) and the Technology Innovation Hub of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IHFC), today announced the formation of a strategic partnership to jointly invest and co-create innovative solutions in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Intelligent Automation (IA), and Mobility Solutions.

Established in 2020, the IHFC consists of a partnership between India’s Department of Science Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), with a mission to empower growth in the country through academic support, collaboration, creation and commercialization.

The joint effort between eClerx and the IHFC will focus on investing in and building new solutions in image recognition, speech recognition, natural language processing, text mining, and intelligent automation. This will ensure that eClerx improves its own technology products—while innovating on new solutions like the Metaverse and blockchain—that will form the bedrock for new and improved offerings to clients and industries we serve.

“We are excited and proud to collaborate with IHFC to create innovative solutions in AI/ML, intelligent automation, mobility, and data engineering,” said Sanjay Kukreja, Global Head of Technology at eClerx. “eClerx has invested heavily in building cutting-edge applications as part of the Technology Research & Development team. We look forward to working closely with Dr. Saha and Ashutosh Sharma on a number of initiatives in the near future.”

“Apart from augmenting capabilities of our existing tools, we plan to leverage the expertise of IHFC to invest in newer applications around data engineering, blockchain, and the Metaverse to expand our portfolio of services,” added Manish Mittal, Head of the Centre of Excellence for AI, ML, Data, and Cloud Practices at eClerx.

 “IHFC is very excited to take this next step in forging ahead a mutually beneficial partnership utilizing the upcoming technologies for creating solutions for the benefit of the industry,” said Ashutosh Dutt Sharma, Chief Executive Officer at IHFC.

“We see this collaboration as a great opportunity for the organizations to come together, ideate, create, and execute various projects and services which will be mutually beneficial for both our brands,” added Professor Subir Kumar Saha, Project Director at IHFC.

About eClerx

eClerx provides business process management, automation, and analytics services to a number of Fortune 2000 enterprises, including some of the world’s leading financial services, communications, retail, fashion, media & entertainment, manufacturing, travel & leisure, and technology companies. Incorporated in 2000, eClerx is today traded on both the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges of India. The firm employs more than 16,800+ people across Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, and the USA.

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