CMC Limited
Indian technology services company
CMC Limited was an information technology services, consulting and software company owned by Government of India headquartered in New Delhi, India . In 2001, CMC was sold by Government of India to Tata Consultancy Services and its owner, the Tata Group by the Indian Government.
History
CMC was incorporated on 26 December 1975, as the 'Computer Maintenance Corporation Private Limited'. The Government of India (GoI) held 100 percent of the equity share capital. On 19 August 1977, it was converted into a public limited company, again wholly owned by the GoI.
In October 2001, CMC was privatized by the GoI, and was divested to a leading Indian IT firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which is the largest software services company in Asia.
In 1977, the Janata Party government took office in India. US-based MNCs which were operating in India were told to shut shop and ship out. IBM was one of the companies told to leave. In 1978, CMC took over the maintenance of IBM installations at over 800 locations around India. Subsequently, it also took over the maintenance of computers supplied by other (non-IBM) foreign players.
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