Reading, London, December 7 2012:  Prince Andrew, Duke of York, dropped by the Reading(UK) offices  of Happiest Minds, the Bangalore-headquartered next generation IT solutions & Services Company,   yesterday,   to  help celebrate the first anniversary of the facility.

The Prince visited  the UK end of  Happiest Minds after his meeting with Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman of Happiest Minds, during  his last visit to Bangalore as part of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. 

Happiest Minds has acquired a number of marquee customers, with the UK operations contributing 20% to its global business. The company is exploring setting up a delivery centre in Manchester to meet possible client needs in Northern England and creating local jobs.

Happiest Minds was launched in August, 2011 by Ashok Soota  who earlier cofounded Mindtree and was a key  member of the leadership at Wipro.Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Happiest Minds has operations in the US, UK and Singapore.