 On August 2nd , HCL Infosystems Ltd headed IT Consortium (including Accor Services Pvt. Ltd and Virgo Softech Ltd) bagged one of the challenging projects from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for implementing India’s largest food-coupon based Targeted Public Distribution Systems (TPDS) in the state. The project which would involve setting up an efficient model of food & civil supplies distribution in the state based on the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) guidelines, would cover the entire state (50 districts and over 20,000 Fair Price Shops) will be implemented in four phases over the period of 16-18 months. As per industry sources the project is estimated to be worth Rs 1,000 Crore. “We really appreciate the vision of the Government of Madhya Pradesh to become the first state in India to allow technology intervention in revolutionizing the PDS which is fraught with issues around efficiency and transparency. Public Distribution System is vital for sustained life of the people living below poverty line and this project is a step in the right direction to make the Public Distribution System more robust and effective, empowering the underprivileged with systems that are truly people centric”, said J.V Ramamurthy, President & COO, HCL Infosystems. This project looks interesting as the Indian parliament has just seen series of adjournments and ugly face offs on the issue of mismanagement of food grains, and feeble performance of public distribution systems in the country. Digital Edge feels that the project can be a role model for other Indian states which can streamline and optimize their respective PDS mechanisms.
On July 30th, HCL Infosystems deployed perhaps the largest Airport Operation Control Centre (AOCC) at the New Terminal (T3) at the Delhi International Airport. The IT system architecture of the AOCC has been seamlessly integrated in order to facilitate highest level of ‘airside operations’, ‘resources planning & allocation’, ‘terminal operations & security’, allowing various agencies and departments to collaborate real time. This Airport Operation control centre has been designed to handle 34 million passengers annually.
On July 27th, HCL Infosystems got Rs 40 Crore worth of order from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for Census of India. HCL Infosystems will be collaborating with the Government of India to digitise the data generated from Census of India project for the year 2010 –11. This project will involve an epic task of digitising data collected across the country including maintenance, indexing, scanning and storage at a central repository. On July 14th, HCL Infosystems deployed Dial 100 solutions for Noida Police. The solution will provide technology to equip the police force to access automated information that travels much faster which will help the police force of to act in a more efficient way. The control room consists of the state-of-the-art multimedia contact centre and can also track all PCR vans fitted with GPS devices (Global Positioning System) and coordinate their movement to help public. On July 09th, HCL Infosystems picked 60 per cent stake in NTS Group, a leading IT services and Solutions Company based in Dubai. Together, HCL Infosystems and NTS will now further focus on building business with NTS becoming a beachhead to cater to the Middle East and African Market. On June 9th, HCL Infosystems partnership with Wellogic, a renowned healthcare platform and software provider, to create pioneering healthcare solutions. On May 25th, HCL Infosystems bagged an order to implement India's first smart card based solutions for Public Distribution System in the union territory of Chandigarh. The project will see distribution of smart card based ration cards to the families living below poverty line in the region.
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