HCL Infosystems has been appointed as the IT implementation agency by Jharkhand State Electricity Board for the R-APDRP (Part A) project. HCL's scope under the 138-crore contract will cover 30 towns covering 66 subdivision offices and 354 other offices of JSEB.

The project will help JSEB to establish an integrated IT solution for CRM, metering reading, billing collection, energy auditing, etc. As part of the project, a data centre, a disaster recovery centre and customer care centres will be set up at specified locations. Wipro, it is learnt, is involved in the project as the IT-Consultant.For HCL Infosystems, this is the third order as IT-IA, after a 500-crore order in Rajasthan in 2009, and 100-crore mandate in Himachal .