By Ravi Menon
October 24th 2010
Wipro Technologes has won a managed services provider contract from the Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI) to manage the enrolment process in Jharkhand and Tumkur, Karnataka, under the UID programme.
The respective state registrars for UID enrolment have rolled out the projects. Wipro joint chief executive officer and a member of the board Suresh Vaswani said the projects would see the company carrying out enrolments of approximately five million citizens over the next six months.
“The project will be managed and executed completely by Wipro, leveraging franchisees in rural areas as applicable,” Vaswani said. He did not reveal the financial scope of the contract.
The companies shortlisted so far for the UID programme are Wipro, Accenture Services,HCL Infosystems, HP India Sales, HCL Technologies, IBM India, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Tech Mahindra.
Wipro executed a similar project for the Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the Project Panchdeep, where it integrated all ESIC hospitals and dispensaries across India into a single e-health environment.
of India (UIDAI) to manage the enrolment process in Jharkhand and Tumkur, Karnataka, under the UID programme.
The respective state registrars for UID enrolment have rolled out the projects. Wipro joint chief executive officer and a member of the board Suresh Vaswani said the projects would see the company carrying out enrolments of approximately five million citizens over the next six months.
“The project will be managed and executed completely by Wipro, leveraging franchisees in rural areas as applicable,” Vaswani said. He did not reveal the financial scope of the contract.
The companies shortlisted so far for the UID programme are Wipro, Accenture Services,HCL Infosystems, HP India Sales, HCL Technologies, IBM India, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Tech Mahindra.
Wipro executed a similar project for the Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) under the Project Panchdeep, where it integrated all ESIC hospitals and dispensaries across India into a single e-health environment.