NIIT Tech wins Rs 228 cr deal from BSF

MUMBAI, INDIA: NIIT Technologies, the global IT solutions enterprise, announced today that it will execute a turnkey project – ‘Intranet Prahari’ for the Border Security Force (BSF).

The Rs. 228 crore project, which involves complete set up of infrastructure, network and applications to facilitate operations management, integrated financial activities and human resources management. It will be implemented by next financial year and NIIT will provide support till five years.

According to NIIT Technologies’ CEO Arvind Thakur, the domestic market is presenting tremendous opportunities.

“In the domestic market, the central government is focusing on inclusive growth across various areas using IT. Under the Mission Mode Projects (MMPs), about Rs..230 billion worth funds have been allocated for various central and state government projects,” Thakur said.

He added that NIIT Technologies is focusing on the four key areas of government sector that include defense, internal security, railways and power.

About Intranet Prahari project, Thakur explained it would help the BSF in improving efficiency of the force, its equipments and logistics and managing the people. Apart from the hardware, network and infrastructure, NIIT will deploy the Geographic Information System (GIS) for tracking movements of force, equipments and logistics. Intranet will enable automation in the overall operations of the BSF.

“Our experience in implementing turn-key projects for paramilitary organizations will add value to our engagement with BSF,” he added.

Rajesh C Mathur, NIIT Technologies’ head –Government Practice said the BSF will have a central data center in Delhi and data recovery center at Bangalore.

“The network will link 250 centers of BSF across India. Also there will be help desk support both web and telephonic to help army personnel. NIIT will also provide training to army personnel for using the system,” he added.

Mathur said that GIS is a central tool for the government and NIIT has done a GIS based project for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). Earlier, NIIT had executed a similar Rs..40 crore- project for Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) spread across 54 locations.

While speaking to CyberMedia News, NIIT Technologies’ chairman Rajendra S Pawar said about 5 per cent of the global revenues come from the government sector, while 43 per cent revenues come from the government sector in India.

At 4.15 pm IST the company's shares were trading at Rs. 170.05, up Rs. 11.90 from previous day's closing of Rs. 158.15.

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