Cultivating the future ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16 Expertise-led Culture-backed Always ready Developing talent for today and tomorrow To stay ready for new growth and to nurture engineering skills. Mindtree plays a large part in collaboration, as challenges, a global company needs to Minds must also remember that we are people of different capabilities and attract, develop and inspire the highest running a business, with the additional backgrounds must work together caliber people. At Mindtree, we believe goal of helping communities flourish toward comprehensive solutions. We that organizational culture and values as a result of our actions. We help our must persevere to solve problems for are just as important for success as talent develop the right mindset by our clients, which means bringing our technical skills are, which is why we call focusing on the engineering, business expert thinking to the forefront. our talent development program “C2” and social aspects of thinking. We want (Culture and Competence). to help Mindtree Minds become the Growing and perpetuating our vision best at what they do—and make it easy and values requires a robust culture. Since the company’s founding in 1999, for them to keep learning throughout Our culture also makes us distinct and we have recognized our people as our their careers, so they are always ready helps us attract, retain and cultivate the greatest asset by referring to them for whatever comes next. best people. We strive to give Mindtree as Mindtree Minds. We’ve invested in Minds the opportunity to grow, develop their future with our new state-of-the- Our culture and values for and give back—to clients, coworkers, art global learning center, Mindtree building the future partners and the communities we work Kalinga. This facility introduces new in. Knowledge is a living resource at hires to our corporate culture and The Mindtree values of collaborative Mindtree. Whether they’re new or values with the aim of nurturing the spirit, unrelenting dedication and expert senior, Mindtree Minds are always engineers of tomorrow. thinking reflect how we approach the learning from each other, our partners world. and other industries. The three elements of success Working with others will become When we designed Kalinga, we asked even more important going forward, ourselves what kind of mindset would because a complex digital landscape lead to success. As a result of this self- presents challenges that no individual reflection, we saw that it’s not enough can address alone. Embracing diversity Cultivating the future A blueprint for talent and sabbaticals to lead and learn from new leadership development Mindtree Minds while improving their own skills. Our culture is bolstered by leadership and learning programs, feedback, Throughout their careers, our people have and recognition opportunities. access to holistic learning to improve Mindtree takes a bottom-up approach their technology, domain, behavioral and to development, so the leadership managerial skills as needed. We nurture and learning journey starts during Mindtree Minds with access to leadership onboarding and progresses through learning through a cultural immersion The program at every career stage. program called leadership homing. Kalinga combines They also get guidance via individual New Mindtree Minds recruited straight assessments. In addition, everyone at real-world experience from university go to our Kalinga campus the company is eligible to apply for building apps with in Bhubaneswar, India. At this stage, they recognition and reward opportunities, focus on nurturing curiosity, igniting such as the Chairman’s Awards and the immersive learning courage and fostering responsibility so Pillars program. to help develop the they can become domain experts and engineering, business good global citizens. The program at But leadership and learning programs Kalinga combines real-world experience are not enough on their own. Plans and social aspects of building apps with immersive learning and dreams are only as good as their thinking. to help develop the engineering, execution. Our progress is powered by business and social aspects of thinking. Mindtree Minds, who demonstrate our ideals every day at work. Midcareer and senior Mindtree Minds can give back by sharing their knowledge and time through teaching at Kalinga. The center has no permanent faculty; experienced Mindtree Minds take Cultivating the future Mindtree Kalinga We support all our Mindtree Minds by The Mindtree approach energy and water conservation, providing learning and development horticulture or social impact programs opportunities that start with immersion Kalinga’s mission is to encourage curiosity, via Individual Social Responsibility programs, such as the one at Kalinga, ignite courage and foster responsibility. initiatives. and span their entire careers. Our We instill and encourage these values flagship corporate learning center in early because they differentiate us as a Good stewardship is modeled for our Bhubaneswar, India, opened in March company. students through the campus itself. 2015 as the embodiment of Mindtree’s Kalinga is one of the world’s most commitment to learning. We believe that curiosity should be sustainably built and maintained nurtured throughout a career. Curiosity residential campuses. Kalinga earned The program at Kalinga was designed to inspires Mindtree Minds to seek new Leadership in Energy and Environment fill any knowledge gaps between new knowledge and to question existing Design (LEED) Platinum certification Mindtree Minds’ university curriculums processes. New Mindtree Minds from the India Green Building Council. and the skills they need in today’s are taught courage as the ability to All 272,000 square feet of Phase 1 technology marketplace. They learn the stand up for their values, challenge campus structures were built with mud engineering tactic of using technology belief systems and even risk failure. bricks made from soil excavated during to solve a problem. At the same time, Courage also requires the integrity to construction. Reliance on rainwater and we introduce them to the foundational take responsibility for your actions. use of passive cooling systems keep values of our company: collaborative This kind of accountability includes facility operations energy- and water- spirit, unrelenting dedication and expert environmental stewardship: At Kalinga, neutral. thinking. Mindtree Minds can participate in Cultivating the future A cycle of learning and leadership Kalinga has the capacity to produce Activities at Kalinga include group The entire Kalinga experience is designed 2,500 graduates annually. These hackathons to create apps that to help our new engineers succeed in new hires absorb Mindtree’s culture automate the campus; working on the global, hyper connected world of and values in a 90-day immersive engineering issues for actual Mindtree tomorrow. experience that reflects our unique clients; individual study sessions; and approach and point of view. one-on-one mentoring. This program is designed to foster To keep the experience based on deep learning, collaboration and the real world and to ensure that inquisitiveness. It incorporates peer- Mindtree’s culture is transmitted based, experiential instruction inspired effectively, Kalinga has no external by methods from Harvard University, faculty members. Seasoned technical Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leads take turns volunteering to teach the ancient Nalanda University and and mentor new Mindtree Minds. experiments at the Khan Academy. It’s The cycle of learning and leadership all designed to address the physical, development begins at Kalinga, which digital, intellectual and emotional can be considered the first step in aspects of becoming an engineer of grooming tomorrow’s executives. But tomorrow. Even the buildings are it’s also a chance for the faculty to Internet of Things (IoT)–enabled and update their own technology, domain, equipped with advanced technology. behavioral and managerial skills. Cultivating the future Learning programs: Communication, culture and development Mindtree seeks to nurture the best During their first six years with the technologists and consultants in the company, Mindtree Minds work on industry—our success depends on learning effective ways to interface with these highly skilled people. That’s why clients, work in a global environment, learning is a vital part of our company. and improve their English language Individual development Individual development fuels much of skills if necessary. Leads, managers, and our organizational growth and keeps senior leaders also learn to present their fuels much of our Mindtree Minds’ skills current in a ideas to clients and teams; give feedback organizational growth changing technology landscape. The to team members; work effectively in need for learning never ends, so we multicultural environments; and inspire, and keeps Mindtree make opportunities available to our influence and engage others. Minds’ skills current in people at every level of the company. a changing technology Communication: A business landscape. basic Effective communication is a key leadership competency. Mindtree offers programs that range from honing English language skills to using communication to influence, inspire, and engage clients, peers, and team members. Cultivating the future Role-specific learning initiatives Learning initiatives at Mindtree are part of our Culture and Competence (C2) program, which has