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Patni, Spanco among 4 firms empanelled for power project

By SiliconIndia   |   Sunday, 17 January 2010, 21:56 Hrs
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Mumbai: Among the four technology companies, Patni Computer Systems and Spanco have been empanelled as system integrators, by the Centre for its ambitious 50,000-crore plan to cut power distribution losses in the country.

With this, the four companies can now bid for state-level projects as part of the centre-funded Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP). These companies join Accenture, Capgemini, CMC and others that were earlier empanelled as IT consultants for the R-APDRP project. Out of 50,000 crore, it is expected that 10,000 crore to be spent on IT and technology, according to Deepak Khosla, Patni's President for the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region.

Also, the scope of the IT jobs under R-APDRP include setting up data centres, disaster recovery back-ups and GIS (geographic information system) mapping, besides developing applications for reading meters, billing and collection, energy accounting and auditing and consumer grievance redressal.

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