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Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle-East and Africa IT
business unit of Wipro Ltd has been selected by
Jammu & Kashmir Power Development
Department as its IT implementation agency under the
Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reforms
Programme (R-APDRP ).
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 & Kashmir
Power Development, as well as enhance adoption of
information technology in the areas of energy accounting.
As part of the engagement, Wipro will establish a data
centre, a disaster recovery centre, a customer care centre 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 and dismantling etc. Wipro will also sustain the
solution for 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.
According to information available with Electrical Monitor,
CMC Ltd is the IT-Consultant for JKKPD for this project.
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