RailTel Corporation has secured an information technology (IT) work order from Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) for comprehensive computerisation and digitalisation of their functionalities with focus on implementing paperless workflow system. The cost of the project is Rs 208.1 million.
The scope of the work includes e-governance and enterprise resource planning (ERP) from single sign in. In addition, it also includes core financial, borrowing, leasing and lending and risk management with mobile app.
RailTel will also integrate proposed solution with email gateway, SMS gateway, payment gateway, ERP with digital signatures. It will be ensured that the proposed solution is responsive, user friendly, cross browser compatible and cross platform compatible.
Proposed solution is required to be audited by Computer Emergency Response Team – India (CERT-In) empanelled security audit agency as per customer requirement.
RailTel will do design and development of complete solution with 10-years maintenance and support. In addition to implementation, RailTel will also host the application in RailTel’s own cloud with disaster recovery (DR) facility. The project is targeted for completion in 9 months.
Commenting on the development, Aruna Singh, chairman and managing director, RailTel, said, “RailTel has, by way of expansion, diversification and upgradation, has now emerged as a prominent information communications technology (ICT) provider and one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country. RailTel with over 61,000 kilomatres of optic fiber network, its two tier III data centres, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) empaneled RailCloud, specialised security operation centre and a team of highly professionally qualified domain experts is uniquely positioned to implement such hi-tech IT jobs. Such work orders are providing regular stream of revenue generation for RailTel. Also, RailTel will continue to play a pivotal role in the country’s digital transformation activities.”
