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Shareholding Info
  • Promoters
    53.24 %
  • Foreign institutions-FII
    4.52 %
  • Other domestic institutions
    0.47 %
  • Retail and other
    40.98 %
  • Mutual Funds
    0.78 %

About Happiest Minds


Happiest Minds Technologies Limited is an IT service management company based out of Bangalore. The company now enables digital transformations for technology and enterprises through business efficiency, actionable insights and a seamless customer experience by leveraging an array of advanced technologies such as AI, blockchain, cloud, digital process automation, IoT, robotics & drones, security, virtual/augmented reality, and more.

Happiest Minds is positioned as a digital-first company whose capabilities span digital solutions, infrastructure, product engineering as well as security. They deliver these exact services across the industry sectors like automotive, consumer packaged goods, BFSI, e-commerce, engineering R&D, edtech, hi-tech, manufacturing, retail as well as travel, transportation and hospitality.

Happiest Minds has also been certified A Great Place to Work.


Core Activities & Products


  1. Agile IT Infrastructure - Supports companies with a slew of services, be it cloud-based applications, mobile-enabled workforce, optimised IT infrastructure or securing the workplace. Basically, companies that need the support of an expert technology partner to help them navigate the various complex touchpoints involved.

  1. Data Management - Happiest Minds assists global corporations in managing their data effectively, creating or managing accurate reports, dashboards, and alerts that help satisfy various reporting needs from MIS reporting to regulatory compliance reporting.

  1. Digital Business Services - With its unique, insight-led processes, Happiest Minds helps corporations by building strategy and objectives as well as value chains. This holistic process includes journey mapping, design engineering, user profiling, rapid prototyping, and market testing.

  1. Managed Infrastructure & Security Services - Happiest Minds helps organisations adopt managed infrastructure services and rapid IT transformations to construct business models that adapt seamlessly to Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Social Collaboration.

  1. Product Engineering Services - With a singular focus on Mobile, Cloud and Social technologies, Happiest Minds helps businesses accelerate business transformation through smart, secure and connected experiences across Enterprise Platforms, Consumer Solutions, Datacenter Technologies, and Internet of Things through two services: Continuous services and Connected Services.

  1. IT Security Services - With its highly secure and effective knowledge, Happiest Minds aims to improve the flexibility, and agility of the IT infrastructure of many corporations. It ensures a risk-driven model for corporations with data protection, risk & compliance, threat management and mitigation, and cyber security monitoring & management.

  1. Web Technologies - Happiest Minds leverages emerging as well as core technologies in web technology solutions to enable enterprises, governments and organisations through Business & Strategy Alignment, Application Portfolio Assessment, Innovation & Consultation, and User Experience.


Board of Directors


  1. Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman
  2. Anita Ramachandran , Independent Director
  3. Venkataraman Narayanan, Managing Director & CEO
  4. Shubha Rao Mayya, Independent Director
  5. Joseph Anatharaju, Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Product Engineering Services.
  6. Rajendra Srivastava, Independent Director


Key Executives


  1. Sridhar Mantha, Chief Technology Officer
  2. Prithvi Kandanda, Vice President Sales
  3. Rajiv Shah, President & CEO, Digital Business Services (DBS)
  4. Ram Mohan, President & CEO, Infrastructure Management & Security Services (IMSS)
  5. Aurobinda Nanda, President – Operations & Deputy Chief Executive Officer, PES


Presence


Happiest Minds has been expanding its presence since its inception. As of today, it boasts of a presence in the UK, US, The Netherlands, Australia, the Middle East and Turkey.

 Bengaluru  
  1. Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, SMILES 1, 3rd & 4th Floor, SJR Equinox, Sy.No.47/8, Doddathogur Village, Begur Hobli, Electronics City Phase 1, Hosur Road, Bengaluru – 560 100
  2. Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, SMILES 2,3 & 4, Registered office : #53/1-4, Hosur Main Road, Madivala, (Next To Madiwala Police Station), Bengaluru-560068, Karnataka, India
 Pune Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, SMILES 6, 8th Floor B wing, MCCIA Trade Tower, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune - 411016 Noida, NCR Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, SMILES 5, 2nd Floor, A-42/6, Pinnacle Tower, Sector-62, Noida, UP - 201301


Strengths


The strengths of the company that effect the Happiest Minds share price are:

  1. The expansion across India and the global presence has increased the reach of the company.
  2. The product portfolio of the company is very wide.
  3. Their online presence is also very strong.
  4. The company's financial position is very strong at the moment and they are earning high revenues.
  5. The strategic acquisition of Cupola Technology.
  6. The workplace is diverse.
  7. A lot of their products hold intellectual property rights, deterring competition.


CSR and Sustainability


Happiest Minds believes in nurturing an environment that brings happiness to its employees. To achieve that, it has undertaken many CSR initiatives from time to time. Its policies and practices have been crafted to create an open culture to enable its people to reach their potential and participate in shaping their own work-life experiences.

Happiest Minds promotes special education and employment enhancing vocational skills among children, women, the elderly, and the differently-abled, It has also set up homes and hostels for women, orphans, and senior citizens. Further, Happiest Minds have been providing health care for the visually impaired and physically challenged by installing toilets in villages, creating awareness programmes, and setting up mobile healthcare vans across Karnataka.

Criticism


The company has received criticism on the following practices:

  1. The environmentalists have criticised the company for poor waste management practices.
  2. The company’s inventory management is seen as poor as they are unable to fulfil demands of customers.
  3. The prices of the products are considered to be high-end and expensive.
  4. The company has been said to have poor customer service.
  5. The organisation’s leadership style and culture as well as business strategy are not aligned well, which leads to decision making taking a long time.


COVID-19 Impact


The way Happiest Minds handled the pandemic has been one for the books. While many organisations struggled during the crisis, Happiest Minds had been highly proactive in sensing the impending crisis and had started devising up a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) much ahead of the actual crisis.

Each employee was adequately supported and well equipped to start work from home while delivering the same level of productivity individually and as a team. It is commendable that within a week, more than 99% of its employees were working from home without their being any business disruption. 

Other than ensuring immediate Business Continuity and zero service disruption, Happiest Minds simultaneously devised long-term plans to effectively counter the negative impact of COVID-19 and also to identify new opportunities created by the crisis.

Future Prospects


As the world’s needs for technology are growing, so is the demand and revenue of companies like Happiest Minds. The company is constantly working on improving their technology as well as launching new technology. Their presence online is becoming stronger, and their marketing is also doing a great job, paving the way for the future of the enterprise.

Did You Know!


Happiest Minds has won a lot of awards over the past several years. It received much praise for supporting employees and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, it was also ranked #29 in India's best companies to work for. Moreover, in 2022, it was recognized as a Finalist for the Microsoft Power Automate Partner of the Year Award.

Initial Public Offering


Happiest Minds Technologies created waves when it opened its IPO for the first time in 2020. It was a huge success in the capital market.

The company’s IPO, which closed on September 9 2020, was oversubscribed 151 times. It got bids for 3.51 billion shares versus the 23.3 million on offer, ranking it among India’s most successful first-time share sales of the current decade. The Happiest Minds share price band for this offer had been fixed at ₹165-166 for every equity share. The quota for institutional investors was subscribed over 77 times. For non-institutional investors, 6.3 million shares were allotted and subscribed over 351 times.

Equity Shares


Beating a 3-year revenue CAGR, Happiest Minds' annual revenue growth of 41.76% outperformed its 3-year CAGR of 23.14%. Moreover, it has spent less than 1% of its operating revenues on interest expenses and 56.69% on employee costs in the year ending 31 March 2022. The Happiest Minds share price has been on a rise and their international presence and robust business promise long term success.

Annual Financial Summary


BALANCE SHEET (in Rs. Cr.)MAR 22MAR 21MAR 20MAR 19MAR 18
 12 mths12 mths12 mths12 mths12 mths
EQUITIES AND LIABILITIES
SHAREHOLDER'S FUNDS
Equity Share Capital28.5428.378.795.977.43
TOTAL SHARE CAPITAL28.5428.378.795.9748.65
Reserves and Surplus637.35514.69215.94-95.86143.24
TOTAL RESERVES AND SURPLUS637.35514.69215.94-95.86143.24
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS669.74546.67229.27-89.89191.89
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Long Term Borrowings17.2436.611.3238.0925.08
Deferred Tax Liabilities [Net]0.000.000.000.000.00
Other Long Term Liabilities41.1936.7817.310.005.77
Long Term Provisions16.1816.5312.559.408.12
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES74.6189.9231.1847.4938.97
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short Term Borrowings173.40109.7269.1686.1368.54
Trade Payables52.9435.7334.6329.0723.84
Other Current Liabilities95.12109.8395.07306.7127.25
Short Term Provisions16.9815.0812.469.989.19
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES338.44270.36211.32431.89128.82
TOTAL CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES1,082.79906.95508.11411.79359.68
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Tangible Assets54.6622.1630.9641.766.94
Intangible Assets8.826.766.8419.3437.10
Capital Work-In-Progress0.000.140.000.000.14
Other Assets0.000.000.000.000.00
FIXED ASSETS63.8329.0637.9761.2744.18
Non-Current Investments60.2597.200.000.0023.40
Deferred Tax Assets [Net]6.9710.260.000.000.00
Long Term Loans And Advances22.740.007.676.1817.27
Other Non-Current Assets25.0738.7317.3612.012.50
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS178.86175.2563.0079.4687.35
CURRENT ASSETS
Current Investments464.00391.4883.3798.15137.30
Inventories0.000.000.000.000.00
Trade Receivables161.27116.10114.87127.5293.93
Cash And Cash Equivalents156.72138.87189.5726.0514.93
Short Term Loans And Advances0.040.141.001.8714.69
OtherCurrentAssets121.9085.1156.3078.7411.48
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS903.93731.70445.11332.33272.33
TOTAL ASSETS1,082.79906.95508.11411.79359.68
OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES, COMMITMENTS
Contingent Liabilities6.3814.4110.796.463.96
CIF VALUE OF IMPORTS
Raw Materials0.000.000.000.000.00
Stores, Spares And Loose Tools0.000.000.000.000.00
Trade/Other Goods0.000.000.000.000.00
Capital Goods0.000.000.000.000.68
EXPENDITURE IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Expenditure In Foreign Currency214.85166.27206.420.00122.14
REMITTANCES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES FOR DIVIDENDS
Dividend Remittance In Foreign Currency----------
EARNINGS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOB Value Of Goods----------
Other Earnings866.66667.58616.33--389.63
BONUS DETAILS
Bonus Equity Share Capital----------
NON-CURRENT INVESTMENTS
Non-Current Investments Quoted Market Value----------
Non-Current Investments Unquoted Book Value60.2597.20------
CURRENT INVESTMENTS
Current Investments Quoted Market Value464.00391.4883.3798.15138.62
Current Investments Unquoted Book Value----------

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