Wipro Infotech announced that it has been selected by
the  Jammu and Kashmir Power Development
Department (JKPDD) as its IT Implementation agency  under
the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme
(R-APDRP).

 

A
project funded by the Ministry of Power and one of India’s largest Power
Reforms initiatives, the focus of the programme is to reduce aggregate
technical and commercial losses in power distribution and management across
State Utilities.

 

The
engagement with Wipro will establish reliable and automated systems for sustained
collection of accurate baseline data for Jammu and Kashmir Power Department, as
well as enhance adoption of Information Technology in the areas of energy
accounting.  This will further help the Jammu and Kashmir government
reduce AT&C losses, outages and interruptions, thereby increasing consumer
satisfaction.

 

 As part of the scope, Wipro will
establish a Date Center, a Disaster Recovery Center, a Customer Care Center as
well as implement an integrated Solution for rollout across the state. The integrated solution will comprise core Utility application modules
like Meter Data Acquisition, Energy Audit, Metering, Billing, Collections, GIS,
New Connection and Disconnection & Dismantling etc. Wipro will also be
responsible for sustaining the solution for a period of five years.

 

The
engagement includes supply, installation and commissioning of the required
hardware and establishing a LAN/ MPLS VPN network in the identified
towns.  Wipro will undertake Differential Geographical Positioning System
(DGPS) based GIS survey and consumer indexing in the identified project areas.

 

We
are delighted to have been selected as the IT implementation agency for the
Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department.  We are confident that
with this implementation, the Department will be able  to significantly
enhance its performance both in terms of reducing outages as well as increasing
consumer satisfaction through better power management and distribution across
the state,” said Rajat Bhaduri, general manager – Utilities & Metals
Vertical, Wipro.

 

Wipro
was chosen after a rigorous techno-commercial selection process which saw top
IT firms contesting for the deal. Wipro was finally selected based on its
technical expertise and commercial proposition.