Less manpower is goal, says Tech Mahindra's Vineet Nayyar

Interview with the vice-chairman of TechM

Information technology firm Tech Mahindra’s vice-chairman, Vineet Nayyar, tells Romita Majumdar how his firm is planning to increase productivity. Edited Excerpts:

What are the cost-optimisation measures that have helped you improve margins?

We look at the number of people, productivity. We are looking at increasing productivity through a number of measures and relative reduction of manpower. Same quantum of work with less manpower is the goal. 

There has been a decline in software headcount by about 3,400. Is this a part of the same measure?

You can see that there is a greater turnover (revenue) with fewer people. We may still not be