Digital Transformation of PSU's by VarIndia

DIGITAL INDIA - FOCUS PSU

Public Sector units (PSUs) or Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) play an important role in the country’s economy. They promote rapid economic development with emphasis on creating and expanding infrastructure, generate financial resources for the development of the economy, create employment opportunities, promote balanced regional growth and encourage and develop small scale and ancillary industries in India. PSUs provide a huge leverage to the government (their controlling shareholder) in achieving the desired socio-economic objectives. Understanding the role that the PSUs play in the economic growth of the country and at the same time the power of digital in the current era, the Indian Government is playing a pivotal role in pushing forward an agenda of digital transformation in all public sector organizations. It is thereby catalysing several PSUs and government departments to look at leveraging digital technologies in a big way. Four waves of Digital Government innovations have emerged in the contemporary times – s s s s

Digitization – improving internal government operations and delivering better public services Transformation – facilitating administrative and institutional reform in government Engagement – engaging citizens and non-state actors in policy and decision-making processes and Contextualization – supporting policy and development goals in specific sectors and localities.

SIGNIFICANCE OF IT IN PSUS Today leveraging ICT to improve business processes and to perform better in a competitive world has become a necessity for any company, be it a PSU or a private sector firm. Consequently, there has been a significant interest in planning and on developing digital transformation best practices and applying them to ensure that these programmes and initiatives are on the right track and are more aligned to outcomes. Today with the help of ICT, various projects can be monitored, capacity building of individuals can be enhanced and also efficiency and competitiveness of PSUs can get enhanced. It is therefore important for the government to play a crucial role in harnessing the power of digital technologies and data to fundamentally re-imagine and transform the business models of not only the government but also in all the government agencies, institutions and organizations. While much progress has been made by the government, the full potential of digital transformation remains largely untapped. For digital transformation to happen in the real sense, it’s important to implement the latest technologies and ensure that they contribute to specific business measures. A lot of gaps and loopholes need to be filled for the transformation and happen on a large scale and to be effective. VARINDIA therefore presents before its readers a list of 40 agencies and organizations, comprising of PSUs and government nodal agencies that have realized the power of technology and have made inroads into adopting the latest technologies, thereby embracing the ongoing digital transformation.

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Aadhaar identity platform is one of the key pillars of ‘Digital India’

BBNL to provide impetus to the digital economy of India

Unique Identification Authority of India Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

J. Satyanarayana (Chairman) Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey (CEO) WEBSITE

https://uidai.gov.in/ The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (“Aadhaar Act 2016”) on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Aadhaar identity platform is one of the key pillars of ‘Digital India’, wherein every resident of the country is provided with a unique identity or Aadhaar number. The largest biometrics based identification system in the world, Aadhaar is a strategic policy tool for social and financial inclusion, public sector delivery reforms, managing fiscal budgets, increase convenience and promote hassle-free people-centric governance.

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Sarvesh Singh (Chairman & MD) WEBSITE

http://www.bbnl.nic.in Bharat Broadband Network Limited is a special purpose vehicle with an authorized capital of Rs. 1000 Cr, set up under Companies Act by the Government of India. It has been mandated to create the National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) in India. Under this program, a total of around 2, 50,000 Gram Panchayats spread over 6,600 Blocks and 641 Districts are to be covered by laying incremental fiber. The aim is to improve telecommunications in India and reach the campaign goal of Digital India.

It is unique and robust enough to eliminate duplicate or fake identities and may be used as a basis/primary identifier to roll out several Government welfare schemes and programmes for effective service delivery thereby promoting transparency and good governance.

The last mile connectivity with a total of 700,000 wi-fi hotspots to cover all 625,000 villages of India have been created by connecting high-speed 4G base tower stations of commercial telecom operators to BharatNet. BBNL will add 2 to 5 wi-fi hotspots per gram panchayat and minimum one wi-fi hotspot per village, whereby commercially nonviable wi-fi hotspots will be subsidized by the union government grant of ฀36,000 million to sustain the operation.

NPCI helping to transform India into a ‘less-cash’ society

STPI boosting and promoting software exports from the country

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Dilip Asbe (MD & CEO)

Dr. Omkar Rai (Director General)

WEBSITE

https://www.npci.org.in/ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an initiative of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 to operate retail payments and settlement systems and create a robust infrastructure in India. During its journey in the last seven years, it has made a significant impact on the retail payment systems in the country. National Financial Switch (NFS) and Cheque Truncation System (CTS) continue to be the flagship products of NPCI. Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) have been termed as two most revolutionary products in the Indian payment system. The other products include RuPay Credit Card, National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) and National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC). Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is a mobile payment App developed by NPCI that makes payment transactions simple, easy and quick using Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

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WEBSITE

https://ibps.stpi.in Software Technology Parks of India is set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in 1991, with the objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting the Software Exports from India. Envisaged under the Digital India program, STPI launched the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS). The India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) seeks to incentivize the establishment of 48,300 seats in respect to BPO/ITES operations across the country. This is expected to help in capacity building in smaller cities in terms of infrastructure and manpower and would be the basis for the next wave of IT/ITES led growth. This scheme has potential to create employment opportunities of around 1.5 lakh direct jobs, while also creating a good number of indirect jobs. It has also established a joint venture to set up an 'Electropreneur Park' with the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), to support 50 start-ups working on electronics product designing and development over the next five years.

CERT-IN safeguarding the country’s IT security fabric

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN)

CSCs helping in the delivery of e-governance services across India

Common Service Centres (CSC) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Dr. Dinesh Tyagi (CEO)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Sanjay Bahl (Director General)

WEBSITE

https://csc.gov.in/

WEBSITE

https://www.cert-in.org.in/ CERT-In was formed with an aim to secure the Indian cyber space. It has been designated under the Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 to serve in the area of cyber security as the national agency to perform - Collecting, analysing and disseminating information on cyber incidents; Forecasting and alerting of cyber security incidents; issuing emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents; Coordination of cyber incident response activities and Issuing guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents. CERT-In has also signed several MoUs with the ministries in about seven countries - Korea, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Uzbekistan, which encourages the participating companies to exchange technical information on cyber-attacks, response to cyber security incidents and find solutions to counter the cyber-attacks. The MoUs will also help to strengthen cyber space of signing countries, capacity building and improving relationship between them.

MyGov.in initializing policy change and its implementation through collective feedback

The Common Service Centres (CSCs), a mission mode project under the Digital India and the Programme of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. It is a pan-India network enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society. Based on the assessment of the CSC scheme, the Government launched the CSC 2.0 scheme in 2015. It aims to establish a self-sustaining network of 2.5 lakh CSC centres at Gram Panchayat (GP) level under Digital India and deliver various citizen centric services. It is envisaged as a transaction-based and service delivery-based model, delivering a large bouquet of e-services through a single delivery platform, which would increase the sustainability of the CSCs across the Country. The project proposes to strengthen the CSC network across the country.

PSP delivering passport services in a reliable, convenient and transparent manner

MyGov.in HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Arvind Gupta (CEO)

Passport Seva Project (PSP) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

WEBSITE

https://www.mygov.in/

Arun K. Chatterjee (Joint Secretary - PSP & CPO) WEBSITE

http://www.passportindia.gov.in/ MyGov platform is a unique initiative involving the common citizen at large. The idea of MyGov is to bring the government closer to the common man by the use of online platform, thus creating an interface for healthy exchange of ideas and views involving the common citizen and experts, in the country’s governance and development. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the social and economic transformation of India. The website is hosted and managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

With the aim to provide best-in-class experience to Indian citizens, the Passport Seva Project is transforming passport and the related service delivery in India. PSP is enabling Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to deliver passport services in a reliable, convenient and transparent manner. Apart from creating a countrywide networked environment, it integrates with the State Police for physical verification of applicant's credentials and with India Post for delivery of passports.

The crowdsourcing platform launched its version 2.0, with newer features such as hashtags, polls, interactive discussion forums and social media account integration. The impact assessment of this citizen engagement platform was done by Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.

PSP has built a network of 37 Passport offices across the country and 180 Indian Embassies and Consulates abroad for issuing passports to Indian Citizens. The project has been implemented in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with Tata Consultancy Services. The sovereign and fiduciary functions like verification, granting and issuing of passport, while also the ownership and strategic control of the core assets including data/information have been retained by MEA.

Today MyGov has more than 1.78 Million users who contribute their ideas through discussions and also participate through the various earmarked tasks. In addition to this the platform gets more than 10,000 posts per weeks on various issues.

Passport Seva enables simple, efficient and transparent processes for delivery of passport and related services.

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GSTN to enable an integrated tax ecosystem on a shared IT infrastructure

GSTN – Goods and Services Tax Network

GeM enhances transparency, speed in online procurement of goods & services

Government eMarketplace (GeM) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey (Chairman)

Radha S Chauhan (CEO) WEBSITE

https://gem.gov.in/

WEBSITE

https://www.gstn.org/ The GST System Project is a unique and complex IT initiative set up for the first time that seeks to establish a uniform interface for the tax payer and a common and shared IT infrastructure between the Centre and States. Hitherto, the Centre and State indirect tax administrations have worked under different laws, regulations, procedures and formats and the IT systems work as independent sites.

Government eMarketplace has been set up as a dedicated e-market for different goods & services procured by Government organisations/ departments/PSUs. The earlier 100 year old DGS&D has been shut down and was replaced with a digital ecommerce portal for procurement and selling of goods and services.

Integrating them for GST implementation would involve integrating the entire indirect tax ecosystem so as to bring all the tax administrations (Centre, State and Union Territories) to the same level of IT maturity with uniform formats and interfaces for taxpayers and other external stakeholders.

Government e Marketplace (GeM) facilitates online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Government Departments/Organisations/PSUs. Aimed at enhancing transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement, the platform provides the tools of e-bidding, reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to facilitate the government users, achieve the best value for their money.

GSTN would also need a robust settlement mechanism amongst the States and the Centre. This is possible only when there is a strong IT Infrastructure and Service backbone which enables capture, processing and exchange of information amongst the stakeholders (including tax payers, States and Central Governments, Accounting Offices, Banks and RBI).

GeM has also initiated “SWAYATT” (Start-ups, Women And Youth Advantage Through eTransactions) to create an open and socially inclusive marketplace for all sellers and service providers. It seeks to bring together key stakeholders, within the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem to the national procurement portal of Government [GeM].

NBCC contributing immensely to the Infrastructure development in the country

TCIL continues to provide infrastructure facilities in high tech areas

NBCC (India) Limited

Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal (CMD)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

A. Seshagiri Rao (CMD)

WEBSITE

http://www.nbccindia.com/

NBCC is a Government of India Navratna enterprise and a Central Public Sector undertaking. The company has categorized its operations under three main segments - Project Management Consultancy (PMC), Real Estate Development and EPC Contracting. NBCC is also the implementing agency for executing projects under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), Solid Waste Management (SWM) and developmental work in the north-eastern region. NBCC (India) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Raipur SMART City Limited (RSCL). RSCL has appointed NBCC (India) Limited as its Executing Agency for the various infrastructure works under Raipur SMART city Limited at Raipur, for which NBCC has charged project management consultancy (PMC) fees of 8% on the actual cost of work. Furthermore, in line with the Skill India Mission, NBCC equipped more than 200 construction workers with a new set of skills in tune with changing face of the country's construction sector.

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https://www.tcil-india.com/ TCIL is a wholly owned Government of India Public Sector Enterprise under the administrative control of the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India. It was set up for providing Indian telecom expertise in all fields of telecom, Civil and IT to developing countries around the world. As a part of the larger IT modernization project, TCIL is executing a rural hardware project called DARPAN - "Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India" with Ricoh India Limited for Department of Posts, Government of India. Again, TCIL was awarded a prestigious project for “Implementation of Computer aided education in 1500 schools of U.P under ICT scheme on BOOT basis” by Director of Secondary Education, UP. The project was on the BOOT Model for an agreement period of 5 years. TCIL is also executing a project for implementation of class room based video conferencing solution in 15 NIFT centers across India, including bandwidth provisioning & central site on cloud from Service provider.

ITI Limited to diversify its business into the IoT domain

AAI revolutionizing the civil aviation infrastructure in India

ITI Limited

Airports Authority of India

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

K. Alagesan (Director Production & Chairman and MD)

Guruprasad Mohapatra (Chairman)

WEBSITE

http://www.itiltd-india.com/

https://www.aai.aero/en

ITI Limited is the premier telecom company and multi-unit central public sector undertaking in the telecommunications segment. As part of its diversification plans, ITI Limited is foraying into IoT business and has empanelled IoT vendors in various domains. To enter into this business vertical, ITI will leveraging its manufacturing infrastructure and expertise in implementing various smart solutions and will assemble and manufacture various IoT products. ITI will utilize this technology for developing various smart applications in verticals like Smart Metering, Smart Health, Smart Environment, Smart Surveillance, Smart Agriculture, Intelligent Transport & Smart Solutions etc.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, manages a total of 125 Airports, which include 11 International Airports, 08 Customs Airports, 81 Domestic Airports and 25 Civil Enclaves at Defence Airfields. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing the civil aviation infrastructure in India. AAI has successfully implemented the Automatic Dependence Surveillance System (ADSS), using indigenous technology, at Calcutta and Chennai Air Traffic Control Centres. This gave India the distinction of being the first country to use this advanced technology in the South East Asian region.

It has also announced the expansion of its datacenter facility by adding 1000 additional racks in its existing set up in Bengaluru and setting up of a new datacenter of 200 racks capacity in its Naini (Allahabad, UP) plant. The new infrastructure will enable PSU Banks, Central & State Government undertakings, MNCs, corporates and large enterprises to have their data located within the country.

AAI has implemented the GAGAN project in technological collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), where the satellite based system will be used for navigation. AAI has also connected 22 airports under its regional connectivity (UDAN) scheme in the first phase. The scheme is aimed at making flying affordable for the masses.

ONGC continues to be at the forefront of technology innovation

IPA building an advanced port infrastructure through digital transformation

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

Indian Ports Association (IPA) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Sanjay Bhatia (Chairman)

Shashi Shanker (CMD) WEBSITE WEBSITE

http://www.ipa.nic.in/

https://www.ongcindia.com/ wps/wcm/connect/en/home/ Maharatna ONGC, the largest crude oil and natural gas company in India, contributes around 70 per cent to Indian domestic production. The Oil & Gas industry has been known to be at the forefront of technology innovation since the industrial revolution. ONGC, contributing 61% of the total crude oil production, is planning to tap into big data analysis to raise the output and increase efficiency. Big data, along with sensors would help analyze data in ways that have not been possible in the past. ONGC has further set up 3D virtual reality centres known as ‘Third Eye’ for real-time supervision of the Oil & Gas fields, bridging the gap between centres with parallel computing technologies for all its major projects. ONGC has also implemented an enterprise-wide paperless Office solution35. This Paperless Office Project aims to eliminate the age old process of paper bureaucracy within ONGC at all levels.

Indian Ports Association (IPA) was constituted in 1966 with the idea of fostering growth and development of all Major Ports which are under the supervisory control of Ministry of Shipping. IPA has selected Tech Mahindra as a managed service provider for five major ports at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Deendayal Port and Paradip Port Trust. The initiative is expected to support smooth business operations through digital transformation and build an advanced port infrastructure in India. It also aims to integrate the country’s maritime sector, as well as further accelerate the growth and development of major public sector ports throughout the country. IPA has also selected global consultancy services provider Ernst Young to assist in conceptualizing the Port-EBS and support the implementation of the system. IPA has also launched the Port Community System ‘PCS1x’, a cloud based new generation technology, with user-friendly interface. The platform offers value added services such as notification engine, workflow, mobile application, better security features, and improved inclusion by offering dashboard for those with no IT capability.

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BEML has emerged as one of the leading manufacturers of heavy equipments

IOCL continues to meet the growing demand for petroleum products

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)

Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Deepak Kumar Hota (CMD)

Sanjiv Singh (Chairman)

WEBSITE

https://www.bemlindia.in/

https://www.iocl.com/

BEML Limited, a ‘Miniratna-Category-1’, serves India’s core sectors like Defence, Rail, Power, Mining and Infrastructure. On its journey to become a system integrator, BEML will outsource a substantial part of manufacturing activities from Indian vendors, enabling it to enhance the capacity, attain cost effectiveness and improve competitiveness in the global market. To facilitate outsourcing, the company has well established policies, procedures and guidelines. BEML has forayed into the manufacture and supply of hi-tech Metro Cars in 2002. BEML bagged the order for supply of seven train sets of six cars each i.e, 42 metro coaches valued at around Rs 400 crore from Bangalore Metro Corporation Limited (BMRCL). In line with digital transformation, BEML has selected SAP business suite to bring a more integrated and seamless approach to internal processes. The business applications will provide BEML better insights into the enterprise-wide analysis, based on real-time data and key performance indicators.

GAIL executing major projects with the help of technology

GAIL (India) Limited (formerly known as Gas Authority of India Limited)

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (lndianOil), the largest commercial oil company in the country, continues to set up state-of-the-art refineries across the country to meet the growing demand for petroleum products. As on 31st March 2018, the company owns 11 (including two of its subsidiary) of India's 23 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 80.70 MMTPA. As an organization, IOCL has experimented with latest technologies like IoT, AI, and oil terminals for monitoring the health of fuel stations. IOCL has also designed mobile apps for ease and convenience of the customers and dealers - FUEL@IOC is an app on which one can search about the nearest fuel stations, while XSPARSH is a mobile app for IndianOil Dealers. As a commitment to the Startup India initiative, Indian Oil has started a start-up scheme, “an initiative to promote innovation and newer technology in the Oil & Gas sector”. Through this, it aims to provide a platform and market to commercialize its ideas.

SIDBI stands as the principal financial institution serving the MSME sector

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

B. C. Tripathi (CMD) WEBSITE

http://gailonline. com/home.html GAIL is ranked amongst the Top 10 international LNG portfolio players and is the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India. GAIL is executing major capital projects through technology and innovation. For instance it has developed a mobile application that utilizes space technology for its pipeline safety application. A report system integrated with the Bhuvan-GAIL portal sends alerts to relevant executives via SMS and email, and notes the changes along the pipeline. GAIL has also implemented drones for tracking its vast network of pipelines. It did a pilot project on satellite, surveying its 610 km Dahej-Vijaipur pipeline and plans on extending it to 15000 km based on results. GAIL Pankh is another initiative that identifies, invests and nurtures start-ups in its core and some non-core areas that can become successful ventures. Furthermore, GAIL has been a pioneer in introducing e-business systems to bring in transparency and accountability in its business processes and systems for the benefit of various stakeholders.

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Mohammad Mustafa (Chairman & MD) WEBSITE

https://sidbi.in/en SIDBI was established to facilitate and strengthen credit flow to MSMEs and address both financial and developmental gaps in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) eco-system. It thus serves as the principal financial institution in the MSME sector. A web portal www.psbloansin59minutes.com, was launched as a transformative initiative in the MSME credit space. This will enable in principle approval for MSME loans up to Rs. 1 crore within 59 minutes from SIDBI and 5 Public Sector Banks (PSBs). SIDBI Vision 2.0 is another strategic initiative by SIDBI that is aimed at further accelerating the effort of MSME credit by transforming its current role to that of an All India Financial Institution that can create an integrated credit and development support ecosystem for Indian MSEs, thus promoting their inclusive growth. SIDBI has also revamped its portal www.udyamimitra.in with enhanced features to provide easy access to credit and hand-holding services for micro small medium enterprises (MSME).

BEL continues to support Make in India & Digital India through its many initiatives

LIC contributes to a cash-less economy and the digital payment system

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

M V Gowtama (CMD)

M R Kumar (Chairman)

WEBSITE

www.licindia.in

WEBSITE

http://www.bel-india. in/Default.aspx Owned by the Indian Government, BEL primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for the Indian Armed Forces. BEL is one of nine PSUs under the Ministry of Defence and has been granted Navratna status by the Government of India. In line with its technological transformation and keeping with the spirit of Make in India, Digital India and Skill India, BEL presented SWAGAT, the Automatic Fare Collection Gating System jointly developed by BEL & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), which is set to transform the lives of commuters. SWAGAT is compliant with the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) ecosystem for hassle-free commute across India. It is in. BEL strives to achieve its cherished goals of self-reliance by strongly supporting and implementing the Govt's initiative on 'Make In India' and thereby giving further boost to the Indian Industry. It recognizes outsourcing as one of the strategic tools to complement the strengths of the private sector to build a strong industrial base.

NHAI takes the technology route to keep the highways safe and secured

LIC continues to be the dominant life insurer even in the liberalized Indian insurance scenario and is moving fast on a new growth trajectory. LIC has issued over one crore policies during the current year and has crossed the milestone of issuing 1, 01, 32,955 new policies in the year 2015. In a big push to the digital payment drive, LIC is planning to provide Point of Sale (PoS) machines to its lakhs of agents who collect around Rs 1.5 lakh crore premium annually. As part of the strategy for the cash-less economy, LIC is gearing up for premium collection to be done in digitally. The number would ramp up in future from the current 1.5 lakh agents. The state-owned insurance behemoth is also looking at initiating Aadhaar-linked digital transactions that will help policy holders in the rural areas to avoid payment of premium in cash and cash handling burden of agents would come down significantly.

NABARD emerges as a pacesetter in technology adoption

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Nagendra Nath Sinha (Chairman)

Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala (Chairman)

WEBSITE

www.nhai.org

WEBSITE

https://www.nabard.org/

National Highways Authority of India, set up by an act of the Parliament, has been entrusted with the National Highways Development Project, along with other minor projects.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development financial institution in India, and is active in developing financial inclusion policy.

Taking its quest of transformation ahead, NHAI has planned to install the video surveillance system in selected toll plazas to control the traffic congestion and keep the highway commute hassle-free. Under this advanced video surveillance system, NHAI is deploying hi-end cameras at the toll plazas that will send the real-time feed to the concerned regional traffic control rooms and NHAI headquarters. There will be an imaginary IP line set which will be integrated with these cameras and once the traffic queue reached this IP line these cameras will switch to video mode and start sending the video feed to the regional traffic control room.

When it comes to technology adoption, NABARD rolled out an elaborate plan to implement Enterprise Content Management within the organization. Through an RFP- based process, EMC Documentum was selected as the preferred solution for which HCL is the system integrator.

Furthermore, India’s native ODR (Online Dispute Resolution) portal has been specially customized to deal with the disputes related to the National Highway Authority of India and its stakeholders.

NABARD has been instrumental in grounding rural, social innovations and social enterprises in the rural hinterlands. Keeping in view of creating a digital India, NABARD launched a project for digitization of all Self Help Groups (SHG) in the country. The project is being implemented in 100 districts across the country. EShakti or Digitization of SHGs is an initiative of Micro Credit and Innovations Department of NABARD. This initiative will also bring all SHG members under the fold of ‘Financial Inclusion’, thereby helping them access wider range of financial services.

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NHPC integrating technology consecutively with the organization’s growth plans

NHPC Limited (formerly known as National Hydroelectric Power Corp.) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Balraj Joshi (Chairman & MD)

NIC ensuring a wider transparency of the government services

National Informatics Centre (NIC) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Dr. Neeta Verma (Director General) WEBSITE

WEBSITE

http://nhpcindia.com/ NHPC was incorporated as a Central Govt. enterprise for development of Hydro Power in the central sector and since then has become the largest central utility for hydro power development in India. The company is mandated to plan, promote and organize an integrated and efficient development of power in all aspects through Conventional and NonConventional Sources in India and abroad. NHPC, with over 13,000 employees, has drawn up a massive capacity addition plan to become a 20,000 MW company by the year 2017, with total investments of around Rs.1, 00,000 crores. Keeping with the spirit of technology adoption, NHPC has selected IFS Solutions India for its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project titled “Project Kiran”, across all the project locations and NHPC Corporate Office. The company took the strategic business initiative of implementing ERP software system to better manage and coordinate the growth plans. The ERP implementation will be completed within a period of 2 years.

EESL providing an impetus to the e-mobility ecosystem in India

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)

www.nic.in The National Informatics Centre is part of the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's, Department of Electronics & Information Technology and is the premier science and technology organisation of the Government of India in informatics services and information & communication technology (ICT) applications. Ever since its inception, NIC has played a pivotal role in steering e-governance applications in the government departments at the national, state and district levels. Almost all Indian-government websites are developed and managed by NIC. Besides NIC has been instrumental in steering applications of ICT at various levels in the Government, which in a way leverages Digital India. In addition to setting up a National ICT Infrastructure for the Government, NIC has also designed and developed solutions/platforms for various sectors of the Government at the Centre and State. This facilitates wider transparency, data driven planning and management and enhancement in the quality of services.

NTPC uses the power of technology to improve its services

NTPC (formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Saurabh Kumar (Managing Director) WEBSITE

www.eeslindia.org EESL is a joint venture of four National PSEs – NTPC Limited, Power Finance Corporation, REC and POWERGRID, and was set up under the Ministry of Power. Over the past year, EESL has forayed into everything from smart electric meters to electric vehicles and solar power plants. As a part of the digital transformation process, the Noidaheadquartered public sector company has recently launched the National E-Mobility Programme that aims to provide an impetus to the entire e-mobility ecosystem including vehicle manufacturers, charging infrastructure companies, fleet operators, service providers, etc. The Programme will be implemented by EESL which will procure electric vehicles in bulk to get economies of scale. These electric vehicles will replace the existing fleet of petrol and diesel vehicles. EESL had procured 10,000 e-vehicles last year and will issue a new tender very soon for 10,000 more e-vehicles to cater to the growing demand.

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HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Gurdeep Singh (Chairman & MD) WEBSITE

www.ntpc.co.in NTPC is widely responsible for generating and sale of electricity to state-owned power distribution companies and State Electricity Boards in India. The company also undertakes consultancy and turnkey project contracts that involve engineering, project management, construction management and operation & management of power plants. NTPC understood the potential of cutting edge technology in improving its services and efficiency. The company is fully aligned to the needs of adapting to emerging technologies and upgrading the technologies through research and development. NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance) set up in 2009 is the outcome of this vision. NTPC aims to achieve 10% of the estimated market share for supply of electricity in E-mobility business. Some of its core areas of research are - climate change, waste management, carbon capture and Utilization, new & renewable energy, efficiency improvement and cost reduction besides providing scientific support to NTPC and external utilities for improving availability, reliability and efficiency.

RailTel paving the way towards digital transformation of Railways

CIL on the road to deploy state-of-theart information technology system

Coal India Ltd. (CIL) RAILTEL HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Anil Kumar Jha (Chairman & MD)

Puneet Chawla (Chairman & MD)

WEBSITE

www.coalindia.in

www.railtelindia.com RailTel Corporation is one of the largest telecom infrastructure providers in the country. Set up in 2000 as the ICT arm of Indian Railways, RailTel owns the pan-India optic fiber network. The optical fiber and communications (OFC) network covers 70% of India's population, touching all important towns and cities of the country. RailTel has already covered 45,000 plus Rkms with fibre, which connects over 4,500 cities and towns across India. It is closely working with various central, stage and private entities helping them build the next generation digital infrastructure. It has worked with Rajasthan and Haryana governments, Pune Smart City as well as MHRD by providing Campus WiFi in 24 Central Universities. RailTel has also implemented some Digital Transformation projects like e-office for paperless Indian Railways, Telepresence in operational meetings and inauguration ceremonies, Digital information walls and train announcements as well as surveillance of railway stations. Google is also working along with RailTel for offering free WiFi at railway stations.

REC playing a pivotal role in rural power distribution

REC Limited (Formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited)

Coal India Limited is a state owned coal mining corporate. With a modest production of 79 Million Tonnes (MTs) at the year of its inception, CIL today is the single largest coal producer in the world. Operating through 82 mining areas, CIL is an apex body with 7 wholly owned coal producing subsidiaries and 1 mine planning and consultancy company spread over 8 provincial states of India. Coal India Limited had signed an INR 270 Cr deal with Tech Mahindra. The engagement, which will span over five years, is aimed at enterprise modernization and digital transformation. The primary objective of setting up an integrated ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system in Coal India and its subsidiaries is to deploy state-of-the-art information technology system, which can provide all necessary information based on real-time data and help the management in taking quick and timely decisions to achieve the desired results.

ALIMCO working in the interests of PwDs of the nation

Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Ajeet Agarwal (CMD & Director - Finance)

D R Sarin (CMD) WEBSITE

http://www.alimco.in/ WEBSITE

www.recindia.nic.in REC Limited is a Central Public Sector Enterprise and a premier institution supporting the power sector development across India. It is also the nodal agency for Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), which is an integrated scheme covering all aspects of rural power distribution. The scheme is aimed at transforming the lifestyle of villagers and bringing in overall socio-economic development in rural areas. More than 350 Gram Vidyut Abhiyantas (GVA) have been deployed to monitor the progress of village electrification. The GVAs update field photographs, data and other information in the GARV Mobile App (garv.gov.in), which has been developed for ensuring transparency and accountability. REC Foundation, the CSR arm of REC Limited, signed a memorandum to extend a support of Rs. 1 crore for the project â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Development of model schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. As part of the project, REC will identify 20 government schools in Ghaziabad and provide furniture, projector, smartboards, sound system, solar light panel and RO water purifier.

ALIMCO is functioning under the Administrative Control of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). It is set up with the objective of benefiting the PwDs by manufacturing and by promoting, encouraging and developing the availability, use, supply and distribution of Artificial Limbs and other Rehabilitation Aids. ALIMCO as an organization is committed to digital transformation and has launched an online beneficiary registration system, 'On-line OnSite' to ensure transparency in schemes implemented by the ministry to provide assistive aids PwDs. It replaces the old manual registration process and will bring absolute transparency in providing assistive aids and appliances to PwDs. Under the 'Make In India' initiative, ALIMCO has also inked the Transfer of Technology and Technical & Consultancy Services agreement with a multinational company Ottobock for mass manufacturing of lower limb prosthetic systems for PwDs in the country at affordable prices.

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DBT realizes the dream of MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE MINIMUM GOVERNMENT

ECIL remains a leading name in the growth of Information Technology and Electronics

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Rear Admiral Sanjay Chaubey (Retd.) (CMD)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Soumitra Mandal (Director) WEBSITE

WEBSITE

https://dbtbharat.gov.in

http://www.ecil.co.in/

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) was started on 1st January, 2013 with the aim of reforming the Government delivery system by re-engineering the existing process in welfare schemes for simpler and faster flow of information/funds and to ensure accurate targeting of the beneficiaries, de-duplication and reduction of fraud. It tries to realize the dream of MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE, MINIMUM GOVERNMENT.

ECIL was setup under the Department of Atomic Energy with a view to generate a strong indigenous capability in the field of professional grade electronics, with its focus on indigenous Nuclear energy, space and Defence sectors.

As on date, more than 22 crore Jan Dhan Accounts, more than 100 crore Aadhaar and about 100 crore Mobile connections provide a unique opportunity to implement DBT in all welfare schemes across the country including States & UTs.

ECIL also has a strong presence in indigenous Electronic Security, Communications, Networking and e-governance domains. The company played a very significant role in the training and growth of high caliber technical and managerial manpower especially in the fields of Computers and Information Technology. ECIL is credited with producing the first indigenous digital computers called the ‘TDC 12’, solid state Black and white TV called ‘Apsara’, and the first earth station antenna of India. In the area of e-Governance, ECIL provides information technology solutions such as sales tax automation, bus pass computerization, electronic land records automation, and road transport office automation. Under the National Population Register (NPR) project, ECIL has completed data digitization, biometric enrolment and card personalisation in various states.

NALCO emerges as a leading name in the industrial map of Eastern India

PGCIL transmitting about 50% of the total power generated in India

The first phase of DBT was initiated in 43 districts and later on 78 more districts were added in 27 schemes pertaining to scholarships, women, child and labour welfare. 7 new scholarship schemes and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was brought under DBT in 300 identified districts with higher Aadhaar enrolment.

National Aluminium Company (NALCO) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Dr. T.K. Chand (CMD) WEBSITE

www.nalcoindia.com NALCO is one of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-AluminiumPower Complex in the Country and is a public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Mines. NALCO’s presence encompasses the entire value chain from bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting, power generation to downstream products. NALCO is the first Public Sector Company in the country to venture into international market in a big way with London Metal Exchange (LME) registration since May, 1989. The company is also exploring countries like Oman, Iran and Indonesia to set up the proposed smelter plant with an estimated investment of Rs 200 billion, according to CMD, Dr. T K Chand. With the demand for skilled manpower growing multi fold in the Country, the company is setting up a centre of excellence for Mining sector at an investment of Rs 20 crore and also providing skill training to unemployed youths in association with training partners in various demand areas like retail, healthcare, beautician, sewing machine operator etc.

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Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Ravi. P. Singh (Director - Personnel & Additional Charge of CMD) WEBSITE

http://www.powergridindia.com/ POWERGRID or PGCIL is an Indian state-owned electric utilities company that transmits about 50% of the total power generated in India on its transmission network. It is the third largest public sector enterprise in terms of gross block. POWERGRID's telecom company, POWERTEL, operates a network of 47,735 Kilometers and points of presence in 688 locations across India. As part of its diversification plans, PGCIL plans to enter the power generation sector overseas. Under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), infrastructure was created for 4365 number of partially electrified/unelectrified villages in 2017. Cumulatively, till March, 2017, infrastructure has been created for electrification of about 79,000 villages and service connections were provided to about 37.5 lakh BPL households. It is also playing a crucial role in the integration of Renewable Energy Resources with the grid and is undertaking development of Green Energy Corridors as well as transmission schemes for Ultra Mega Solar Parks in a number of states.

SAIL looks to transforming its communication strategies through social media

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

PFC continues to be the lead financier in the Indian Power Sector

Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman

Rajeev Sharma (Chairman & MD)

WEBSITE

https://www.sail.co.in/

http://www.pfcindia.com

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the largest steel-making company in India and one of the seven Maharatnas of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Public Sector Enterprises. SAIL has maintained the record of being the largest steel producer in India and one of the largest steel producers in the world. As a part of its global expansion plans, the company is undergoing a massive expansion and modernization programme involving upgrading and building new facilities with emphasis on state-of-the-art green technology. It has its R&D centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), centre for Engineering in Ranchi, Jharkand. As an effort to digitally transform its communications, SAIL is continuously endeavouring to reach out to the stakeholders through various social media platforms. It wants to intensify its presence on social media and as on date it seeks to engage a suitable agency for managing all the social media accounts on a daily basis.

DPE coordinates with other Ministries, CPSEs to formulate policies & guidelines

Department of Public Enterprises (DPE)

PFC is the financial back bone of the Indian Power Sector and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power. PFC was conferred the title of a 'Navratna CPSE' in June, 2007. PFC plays a crucial role in the rise of India as a global player. With a large fraction of India still without any access to electricity, PFC will become an increasingly important institution in the years to come. PFC has uniquely positioned itself to become a financing provider to implement many government policies. The Union cabinet has recently approved the sale of governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shareholding in REC Ltd to Power Finance Corporation (PFC) along with transfer of management control. Both the companies will continue to play their respective policy roles and will remain the nodal agencies for implementing the government's power sector policies. Further, they are expected to operate all functions independently as they do it currently.

HUDCO continues to develop sustainable habitat development

Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

Seema Bahuguna (Secretary)

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION

M. Ravi Kanth (Chairman & MD)

WEBSITE

dpe.gov.in The Department of Public Enterprises is the nodal department and a centralized coordinating unit for all the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and formulates policy pertaining to CPSEs. It lays down, in particular, policy guidelines on performance improvement and evaluation, autonomy and financial delegation and personnel management in CPSEs. It furthermore collects and maintains information in the form of a Public Enterprises Survey on several areas in respect of CPSEs. The Department has five constituent Divisions, viz; the Financial Policy Division, the Management Policy Division, the MOU Division, the Administration & Coordination Division and Permanent Machinery of Arbitration. DPE also conducts several training programs under DPE's Research Development and Consultancy (RDC) Scheme for the executives of CPSEs and State Level Public Enterprises (SLPEs). The Online Training Nomination System (OTNS) is a web based system on the Nomination Process of various Training Programs conducted by DPE for the Beneficiaries from CPSEs/SLPEs.

WEBSITE

www.hudco.org HUDCO is one of the public sector undertakings (PSU) and is wholly owned by the Union Government. It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. HUDCO started financing for development of infrastructures in 1989. The priority was to provide for infrastructure facilities, including projects in the sectors of drainage, electricity, water supply, sewerage, solid waste management and roads in the urban areas. HUDCO is poised to take a much more significant role in the housing sector by supporting the growing needs of housing and infrastructure in the coming years with the continued growth of economy. HUDCO is also committed to play its unique social role with a special focus on the needs for the economically weaker sections. Keeping in line with the digitization spirit, HUDCO has selected Intellect Design Arena for integrated lending and ERP solutions. The partnership will include provision of digital lending, treasury, general ledger and integrated accounting, procurement management among others.