Hyderabad, Sep 24 - General Electric (GE) has extended its multi-million dollar contract with India's leading consulting and IT services provider Mahindra Satyam for the next three years, the company said Thursday.

Among Satyam's top five customers for over a decade, GE is supported in the specialised areas of application development maintenance, business intelligence and engineering services.

The New York-based GE has similar contract with 11 other technology vendors worldwide.

'We recognise the support extended over the years by Satyam and their commitment to delivery excellence even during tyring times,' GE's global development centre leader Steve Morrison said.

According to Satyam's global account executive Arvind Malhotra, the extension of the deal by GE was a testimony to the commitment the company's engineers demonstrated.