eGov-Feb-2012-[46-47]-The National GIS Programme would be an Attempt to Tag Every Assect-Arvind Thak

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IN PERSON

Arvind Thakur

NIIT Technologies CEO

“The National GIS Programme would be an attempt to

tag every asset”

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IIT Technologies has been pursuing government business very seriously for a while now. What are the latest developments on that front?

eGov Editor-in-Chief Dr Ravi Gupta and NIIT Technologies CEO Arvind Thakur engage in a conversation over NIIT’s current projects with governments and the reason why it has chosen to focus upon only a few verticals. Opportunities in the government sector as the pace of e-Governance in different Departments picks up is also discussed, and so are the company’s plans for expansion into a greater number of functional domains

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In Asia, and particularly in India, there is a very sharp focus on government. As a company, we have been very sharply focused globally on the few industry segments. Government is an activity we do only in Asia. We have pretty good brand salience in the domestic market as far as engaging with the government is concerned. Essentially there are three areas where we are focusing on; first is defence, second is police and the third is power. Each of these three large segments has a significant outlay for investments in technology. We have been working with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Central Police Organisations like CRPF and very recently we have completed a project with the Border Security Force – the Intranet Prahari Project. It is a very large programme, connecting 250 remote border locations and getting people from the force to use the technology, training over 20,000 people. Of late, we have also been involved with the CCTNS Programme. This is largely funded centrally and has to be implemented in every state. We are now working with the states of Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand and are in talks with a number of others. In the power sector there is APDRP Programme. Our engagement is in the specialized area of GIS. The government programmes are large, complex, challenging, and we have been able to build ourselves in these areas. Hopefully we will see our business grow with the same pace. There are peaks and troughs in doing businesses with the government; our government business has varied between 4-10 percent.


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