Mumbai, January 27, 2021: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. today announced that despite various global supply chain challenges faced by the Auto industry, it has met its commitment of billing the first 14000 XUV700s by January 2022. It also announced that the XUV700 has clocked almost 1,00,000 bookings since its commencement on 7^th October 2021. Upon completion, it will be the fastest for an SUV to reach the 1 Lakh booking milestone in India. The XUV700 has also been able to attract newer segments with many first-time buyers for the brand. It has further strengthened the Mahindra Automatic and Petrol offerings with ~60% and ~35% of the bookings coming in for these variants respectively. 

The company also stated that, while the dynamic supply chain issues continue to be a challenge in streamlining and ramping up production, it is doing its best and focusing on meeting its committed delivery timelines to customers. Given the unprecedented bookings and the continued strong demand for the XUV 700, the waiting period for a majority of the variants stands at 6-10 months, while the AX7 series has a waiting period of well over 12 months. 

Mahindra Automotive also recently recognized the efforts by Indian athletes lauding their trailblazing performance at the Tokyo Olympic and Tokyo Paralympic games. In addition to the specially designed XUV700s already gifted to other medal winners, yet another custom-made XUV700 was recently delivered to Avani Lekhara for her performance in the 10m air rifle standing at the Tokyo Paralympic 2021. Mahindra was privileged to customize the XUV700 to cater to her accessibility needs, while also including subtle design elements to immortalize the historic performance by Avani. 

Social Media Addresses for Mahindra XUV700:

• Brand website:  https://auto.mahindra.com/suv/xuv700
•  Instagram: @mahindraxuv700
•   Facebook: @mahindraxuv700
• Twitter: @MahindraXUV700
• YouTube: Mahindra XUV700

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#HelloXUV700

#MahindraXUV700

About Mahindra

Founded in 1945, the Mahindra Group is one of the largest and most admired multinational federations of companies with 260,000 employees in over 100 countries. It enjoys a leadership position in farm equipment, utility vehicles, information technology, and financial services in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume. It has a strong presence in renewable energy, agriculture, logistics, hospitality, and real estate.  

The Mahindra Group has a clear focus on leading ESG globally, enabling rural prosperity and enhancing urban living, with a goal to drive positive change in the lives of communities and stakeholders to enable them to rise.

Learn more about Mahindra on www.mahindra.com / Twitter and Facebook: @MahindraRise/ For updates subscribe to https://www.mahindra.com/news-room

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New Delhi/Mumbai, December 1st, 2021: A special Commemorative Postage Stamp to mark the 75th anniversary of Mahindra Group was released by Devusinh Chauhan, the Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications along with Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group in the presence of officials from the Department of Post and colleagues from the Mahindra Group.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications said, “Over the last 75 years, the Mahindra Group through its various businesses in farming, automotive, finance, IT & telecommunications has contributed significantly towards the growth and development of our nation. The Government of India under the visionary and dynamic leadership of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has taken several initiatives during the last 7 years, which have immensely benefited Indian industries and businesses and unleashed their true potential. Among the most notable of them is “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”, which supports homegrown products, industries, and businesses. I am happy to state that Mahindra Group is a fine example of Atma Nirbhar Bharat, which is worth emulating and encouraging for all. I can assure you that the support of the Modi Government, through its proactive policies, will continue in aforesaid areas. I congratulate the Mahindra Group for their extraordinary and sustained success. I also wish them all the best for their future initiatives.”

Remarking on the Group’s journey, Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group said, “We at the Mahindra Group are truly honored to have this commemorative postage stamp issued on our 75th anniversary and are thankful to the Department of Posts and honorable minister for this acknowledgment. Commencing its journey as a steel-trading venture seven decades ago, Mahindra was founded with a vision of being a firm imbued with a national purpose and a new outlook. Since then, Mahindra Group has steadily evolved into a global brand, spanning nations and industries. We are very proud of our legacy and are humbled by the opportunities we have had along the way to contribute to the rise of our nation. As we take the next steps in our journey, we are committed to driving growth and prosperity. I take this opportunity to thank all associates, partners, and stakeholders for their contributions in our efforts towards helping people Rise.”

The commemorative stamp design features the founders of the Group- JC and KC Mahindra and is inspired by miniature art and uses a modern graphical style to illustrate the various facets of the Group. A closer look at the stamp reveals the various business and life-centric activities of the Mahindra Group. In the release function, a First Day Cover (FDC) and an Information Brochure were also unveiled.

The Commemorative Postage Stamp, FDC, and Information Brochure would be available for sale at Philatelic Bureaux situated in every corner of the country as well as can be ordered online via the e-post office. (Visit https://www.epostoffice.gov.in/).

About Mahindra

Founded in 1945, the Mahindra Group is one of the largest and most admired multinational federations of companies with 260,000 employees in over 100 countries. It enjoys a leadership position in farm equipment, utility vehicles, information technology, and financial services in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume. It has a strong presence in renewable energy, agriculture, logistics, hospitality, and real estate.

The Mahindra Group has a clear focus on leading ESG globally, enabling rural prosperity and enhancing urban living, with a goal to drive positive change in the lives of communities and stakeholders to enable them to rise.

Learn more about Mahindra on www.mahindra.com

For updates subscribe to https://www.mahindra.com/news-room

Twitter and Facebook: @MahindraRise

For further inquiries, please contact:

Varsha Chainani

SVP, Group Communications, Mahindra Group

Email: chainani.varsha@mahindra.com

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Mumbai and London, June 11, 2021:  The Mahindra Group today announced the appointment of Pratap Bose as the Executive Vice President and Chief Design Officer to lead its newly formed Global Design organization. The new Global Design organization renews Mahindra’s commitment to reshaping the future of mobility by designing and developing dynamically engineered next-generation authentic products with global appeal.

The Global Design organization will comprise the recently announced Mahindra Advanced Design Europe (M.A.D.E), which is being set up in Coventry in the West Midlands, U.K, and the existing Mahindra India Design Studio (M.I.D.S). The Global Design Organization will harness the world-class talent pool and expand its global technology footprint.

In this role, Pratap will be responsible for both M.A.D.E and M.I.D.S and will oversee the design of all key business segments such as authentic SUVs including Born Electric Vehicle (BEV), LCV products (under <3.5 T), Last Mile Mobility (LMM), Large CVs, Peugeot Scooters (France) and Tractors & Farm Machines. Pratap will join on June 24, 2021, and will report to Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director, Auto, and Farm Sectors, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.

Pratap is an alumnus of Royal College of Art, London, and the National Institute of Design, India. He brings with him over 20 years of rich global automotive design experience. His last assignment has been with Tata Motors in the UK where he spent 14 years. Earlier he had worked in Piaggio, Italy, and Daimler Chrysler, Japan.

Speaking about the announcement, Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director, Auto, and Farm Sectors, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., said, “We are at an inflection point in our Auto and Farm Sectors growth journey as we accelerate our transformative initiatives. Our robust pipeline of 23 new products that will be launched in the next five years would bring our design and advanced engineering capability across automotive, farm equipment, and two-wheelers to the fore. Having Pratap on the team will strengthen our design capability, enhance our products and widen our customer base. We are very excited to welcome him on board and look forward to writing a new chapter in Mahindra’s rich product legacy.”

The Global Design organization is a strategic initiative aimed at ensuring that products are future-ready and exceed the expectations of customers across the world. To ensure world-class creative output and program execution, dedicated verticals are being created in each studio location that will maximize and enhance creativity and ensure program delivery on schedule. The organization will sharpen Mahindra’s distinctive product designs and differentiated technology offerings across its portfolio.

About Mahindra

The Mahindra Group is a USD 19.4 billion federation of companies that enables people to rise through innovative mobility solutions, driving rural prosperity, enhancing urban living, nurturing new businesses, and fostering communities. It enjoys a leadership position in utility vehicles, information technology, financial services, and vacation ownership in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume.  It also enjoys a strong presence in defense, renewable energy, agribusiness, logistics, and real estate development.  Headquartered in India, Mahindra employs over 2,56,000 people across 100 countries.

Learn more about Mahindra on www.mahindra.com | Twitter, and Facebook: @MahindraRise

Media Contact information:

Pramuch Goel

Group Communications, Mahindra Group

E-mail: goel.pramuch@mahindra.com 

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Mumbai, December 17, 2020: Mahindra Group today announced that in its 75^th milestone year, its skilling initiatives like Mahindra Pride Schools & Classrooms, SMART ACADEMY, SMART Plus, and Surya Mitra have skilled 500,000 youth, and Mahindra Pride School alone has created 100,000 jobs in the last 15 years. It commits to further skill 500,000 youth in the next 5 years. At an event today, Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group unveiled ‘The Job Factory’ a coffee table book that chronicles riveting stories of 75 young alumni of Mahindra Pride School. With an aim to spread awareness about skilling for employability, a digital film #SkillHaiTohFutureHai was launched on social media recently.

The protagonists of India’s economic growth story are its youth, its demographic dividend. Gainful employment provides under-resourced youth dignity, identity, empowerment to overcome socio-economic challenges. However, the skill-gap continues to remain a critical challenge. In 2005 on its 60^th anniversary, the Mahindra Group had taken a pole position towards affirmative action in youth skilling in presence of Hon. Former President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam and announced the setting up of two Mahindra Pride Schools (MPS) as part of its CSR initiatives. In the wake of the disruptions caused by the pandemic, Mahindra Group with Naandi Foundation as the implementation partner will re-calibrate the curriculum to impart employable skills required in the post-COVID era. The program will look to expand the curriculum to new domains of agriculture, healthcare, eCommerce, services, and entrepreneurship in addition to technology. MPS will also treble the pace of job creation by providing 100,000additional jobs in the next five years vis-à-vis 15 years.

Anand Mahindra commented on the impact of the skilling initiative and said, “Mahindra Pride School was created with an aim to nurture and unlock the potential of youth from weaker sections of our society. The more I interact with the Pride School alumni I wonder why we address them as youth from ‘weaker’ sections, their indomitable spirit in fact makes them the ‘stronger’ section of our society. Their achievements and career trajectory strongly complement this viewpoint. I couldn’t be more heartened to see the impact Mahindra Pride School has brought to these youth, living up to the promise we made years ago.”

Manoj Kumar, CEO, Naandi Foundation, said, “Despite our demographic advantage, millions of India’s youth from socially & economically disadvantaged communities never make it to the Job Market in the organized sector. Through the Mahindra Pride School program we created a unique curriculum that enabled such youth to access these ‘Job readiness courses’ and ensured they got secure proverbial ‘five-figure salaried jobs’. The 100,000 jobs that we created is a testimony that the misfortune of an ovarian lottery can be reversed. But for that, we all need to support such efforts.”

‘The Job Factory’coffee table book is visualized and authored by Manoj Kumar, photography and design are by the ace photographer Nevin John and drawings are by Nijeena Neelambaram. It is available online (click here)or please write to dmello.sabina@mahindra.com for a printed copy.

Sheetal Mehta, Senior Vice President – CSR, Mahindra Group, said, “It has been fulfilling to see our graduates being offered placements based on skills learned at Mahindra Pride Schools. Through their jobs, not only have their standards of living improved but more importantly they are looked upon with respect by their communities. We are confident that in the future too we will be to create more jobs by focussing on demand-driven skills training.”

Mahindra Pride School (MPS) is a Mahindra Group CSR initiative established in 2005 that aims to skill the youth of India. MPS has been spread across the country with centers in Chennai, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Srinagar, Patna, and Varanasi over the years. It is meant exclusively for youth (18-25 years) from socially disadvantaged sections i.e., (SC), (ST), (OBC), Notified Tribes (NT), and De-notified Tribes (DNT). They offer equal opportunity for men and women, with a focus on rural youth. It is non-residential and offers various alternative livelihood options to the students free of cost. ‘Road Shows’ are conducted for a month in specific communities /hamlets with a high SC/ST/OBC/NT/DNT population to spread information about MPS and encourage the youth to enroll in the training offered by the school. The youth are groomed in spoken English, grooming, and soft skills and imparted domain-specific training either of the verticals – IT-enabled services, Organised Retail, Hospitality and QSRs, and the Automotive Sector.

The Mahindra Pride program was designed with the Naandi Foundation to operate as a hub and spoke model. The hub being Mahindra Pride Schools, and the spoke being Mahindra Pride classroom set up within Polytechnics, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), and Arts & Science colleges across the country. Naandi Foundation further curated the skilling curriculum in the domains of Retail, Hospitality, ITES, and Auto by collaborating with 300-400 corporates in these sectors to ensure its students would be “job-ready”. During the pandemic, Mahindra Pride schools worked on remote learning thus ensuring continuous training for its students.

About Mahindra

The Mahindra Group is a USD 19.4 billion federation of companies that enables people to rise through innovative mobility solutions, driving rural prosperity, enhancing urban living, nurturing new businesses, and fostering communities. It enjoys a leadership position in utility vehicles, information technology, financial services, and vacation ownership in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume.  It also enjoys a strong presence in renewable energy, agribusiness, logistics, and real estate development.  Headquartered in India, Mahindra employs over 2,56,000 people across 100 countries.

Learn more about Mahindra on www.mahindra.com | Twitter, and Facebook: @MahindraRise | Youtube: https://youtu.be/cYZlyCxhmsY

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