The annual report 2017-18 of the Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department was released on Friday by K T Rama Rao, Hon’ble Minister for IT, Industries, MA&UD and NRI Affairs. This annual report marks the fourth year of the IT Department’s practice of putting its activities and accomplishments in the public domain and bringing in new standards of transparency and accountability into Governance.
Telangana’s IT exports have been growing at a Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15.6% since its formation. This is roughly 150% of the national average during the same period, with India growing at an annual rate of 10.3%. This unprecedented growth has resulted in the creation of over 1.5 lakh new IT jobs since 2014. A few salient highlights of this year are as follows-
T-Wallet – With the aim of developing a complete ecosystem of cashless transactions in the state, T-Wallet has been integrated with the services of more than 10 departments. Today, with a user base of over 3.4 Lakhs and with financial transaction volumes crossing well beyond INR 221 Cr, T-Wallet is the single largest used payment application developed by any state govt.
T-App Folio – With the intent to bring governance to the fingertips of every citizen, T-Wallet is a single stop providing access to more than 160 G2C, B2C, and information services. Having recorded close to 2 Lakh downloads within 3 months of its launch, this key m-Governance initiative promises to grow even more rapidly and overcome any hurdle that one could face while availing government services.
T-Fibre – Through the Technology Demonstration Network (TDN), the ITE&C Department has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of T-Fiber in 4 villages of Maheshwaram Mandal in Rangareddy District. With the ability to deliver speeds up to 1 GBPS, T-Fiber shall soon bring the benefits of technology enabled programs in areas such as education, healthcare, agriculture, etc. to each and every household in the state.
Innovation Cell – Another unique initiative that the department has launched this year is the Telangana State Innovation Cell. The mandate for the Innovation Cell is three-fold: to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the entire State, to promote innovation within Govt. departments and organizations, and lastly, to build culture of innovation early on, right from school stage.
WE-Hub – WE-Hub has seen tremendous response with over 300 startups run by women entrepreneurs applying to be part of its incubation program. The first cohort is expected to commence this month.
The Hon’ble Minister also touched upon major events hosted by Hyderabad. During the last one year, Hyderabad has grown significantly to solidify its position on the global economic map. Having hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), World Congress on Information Technology, and National Conference on eGovernance, Hyderabad stands as the preferred global destination for conferences and meetings.
The event also witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of Telangana and Data Security Council of India to set up a Centre of Excellence on Cyber security in Hyderabad. This CoE, the first of its kind in India, will focus on creating an ecosystem for cyber security R&D, product development, capacity building, and innovation.
The Annual Report launch event, in addition to recounting achievements of the last year, also saw launch of several new initiatives aligned with the vision of Digital Telangana. The Minister launched four major initiatives of Government of Telangana, namely, T-Web, TASK Mobile VAN T-SOC, T-SWAN, and TSTS ABAS.
Telangana Security Operations Centre or T-SOC aims to secure the government data and critical infrastructure using state-of-art threat detection and response capabilities by setting up a Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) solution. In phase-1 of T-SOC, entire infrastructure of State Data Centre (SDC) and Secretariat Area Network (SCAN) has been integrated with T-SOC.
Telangana State Wide Network, or T-SWAN, marks major up gradation in the erstwhile SWAN infrastructure of Telangana. Under T-SWAN, the broadband connectivity at District HQs and Mandal HQs has been enhanced significantly in a short span of 6 months from October 2017. The HQs of all 31 districts (earlier, 10) have been provided with 34 Mbps internet connection along with a 20 Mbps (earlier 12 Mbps) dedicated intranet connection. More importantly, the connectivity to old and new Mandal HQs has been improved from 4 Mbps to 12 Mbps bandwidth. The beneficiaries of a 200% increase in bandwidth include more than 46 government departments and 101 sub departments, MeeSeva Centres and other online services.
In a first of its kind implementation, Telangana State Technology Services has developed an Aadhaar based Attendance System, called TSTS ABAS providing all three critical components for an effective biometric based attendance system i.e. Device, Connectivity and authentication solution. Through a soft launch earlier this year, the solution has already been implemented for Students of JNTU, GHMC Sanitary workers, Property Registration, Board of Intermediate education etc. and is witnessing around 1 lakh authentications every day. The initiative is a key step towards Digital Governance.
Electronic Service Delivery is continuously looking for avenues to improve the incomes of the Mee Seva Franchisees. As part of this ESD signed a MoU with IFFCO BAZAR, a leading e-commerce portal for agricultural inputs. Under this MoU, the farmers will be able to access IFFCO Bazar, through MeeSeva Centres, to purchase and get home delivery of agricultural inputs at no additional cost. Mee Seva Franchisees will get additional income paid by IFFCO. This is a first of its kind initiative in the country wherein the farmers can use assisted online service of Mee Seva to buy agricultural inputs through on line.
The Minister concluded by saying that 2017-18 has been a phenomenal year for the ITE&C Department with numerous initiatives taking off and shaping up really well. The progress seen this year and the numerous new initiatives undertaken have laid a very strong foundation to achieve even greater results in the years to come. Internally the IT Department has set very ambitious targets for itself the coming year in its pursuit to cement Telangana’s positions as the go-to destination for technology across the globe.
T-Web Project Launched
Minister KT Rama Rao and Chief Secretary SK Joshi launched T-Web Project (URL: https://tweb.telangana.gov.in/), an ITE&C Department initiative, with an objective to make Telangana Govt. Websites usable, uniform, user-friendly and universally accessible. The Components of the Project are:
1. T-Web Search: A One Stop Shop (OSS) for Telangana Govt. Information and Services. The T-Web Search is launched today.
2. GTGW Compliance: The Guidelines for Telangana Government Websites (GTGW) were prepared based on Guidelines prepared by GoI but goes beyond to include Compliance to Govt. Acts, SEO and Mobile-friendliness, Social Media Integration and Localization.
3. Standardized Website Framework: A standardized website framework that serves as a guiding document for building Telangana Govt. Websites quickly, easily and economically.
State Formation Day Awards list with Awards category and Awardees names
HIGHEST IN SOFTWARE EXPORTS
INFOSYS LIMITED
HIGHEST IN SOFTWARE EXPORTS IN THE SME SEGMENT
VALUE MOMENTUM SOFTWARE SERVICES PVT LTD
HIGHEST IN EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
INFOSYS LIMITED
HIGHEST IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE SME SEGMENT
RMSI PRIVATE LTD
OUTSTANDING CSR AWARD
TECH MAHINDRA LTD., HYDERABAD
MOST INNOVATIVE BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP
CHITMONKS
MOST PROMISING ADTECH STARTUP
ADONMO
MOST INNOVATIVE SMART CITIES STARTUP
AYASTA
ESTABLISHMENT IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (SANATHNAGAR)
CALIBER TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
PROMOTION OF THE EASTERN CLUSTER (UPPAL)
NSL INFRATECH
PROMOTION OF A TIER-II CITY (WARANGAL)
TECH MAHINDRA
PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S SAFETY, SECURITY AND DIVERSITY IN CYBERABAD
MRS. JANAKI SHARMILA IPS
BEST IN CATALYSING THE GROWTH OF IT SECTOR IN TELANGANA
CBRE
DIGITAL LITERACY LEADER
MRS. R. PAVANI
DIGITAL LITERACY LEADER
MRS. V. NAGARANI
DIGITAL LITERACY LEADER
MRS. PULYALA RAJANI
DIGITAL LITERACY LEADER
MR. P. KOTESHWAR RAO
DIGITAL LITERACY LEADER
MR. GUGULOTH RAJESH
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION IN LOCALIZATION
MR. PRANAYRAJ VANGARI
NGO WITH THE BEST OUTREACH
TELANGANA IT ASSOCIATION (TITA)
EXTENSIVELY PROMOTING HANDLOOMS IN IT CORRIDOR
FACILITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (FMC)
EXEMPLARY WORK IN TRAINING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TASK
INFOSYS LIMITED
EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL YOUTH IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THROUGH TSAT
MRS. DEEPIKA REDDY
HIGHEST IN SOFTWARE EXPORTS
INFOSYS LIMITED
● Infosys has recorded 10,889 Crores in exports.
● Infosys has two campuses, the STPI campus located in Gachibowli and the SEZ campus located in Pocharam.
● Request Mrs. Manisha Saboo, the center head for the Infosys DC in Pocharam
HIGHEST IN SOFTWARE EXPORTS IN THE SME SEGMENT
VALUE MOMENTUM SOFTWARE SERVICES PVT LTD
● Value Momentum has its Hyderabad campus in the Financial District Gachibowli.
● The company has 1,365 employees located in Hyderabad out of its 1,800 global strength
● Value Momentum is growing at a CAGR of 24%
● The company provides services primarily to Insurance, Health Care and Financial services.
● May I invite Mr. Ravi Rao, MD and President APAC to come and receive the award? Other key members may join.
HIGHEST IN EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
INFOSYS LIMITED
● Infosys has over 28,000 employees working in both their Gachibowli and Pocharam campuses.
● The Pocharam campus itself is close to 20,000 employees and further expanding.
● The phase – II of the campus, construction of which is going on will accommodate another 15,000 employees in Pocharam.
● This is to emphasize the growth of IT in the Eastern corridor – Uppal/ Pocharam.
HIGHEST IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE SME SEGMENT
RMSI PRIVATE LTD
● RMSI is a leading provider of GIS, mapping & software solutions to global clients.
● They have been instrumental in bringing fortune 10 companies to the state of Telangana and generating employment for young engineers.
● RMSI is one of the largest Geospatial employers with an employee base of over 3,500 resources out of which about 2,000 are based in Hyderabad.
● RMSI is consistently ranked amongst the Best Companies to Work For in India by multiple organizations such as USA Today, Nasscom, CII and Great Places to Work amongst others.
OUTSTANDING CSR AWARD
TECH MAHINDRA LTD., HYDERABAD
● Tech Mahindra has been awarded for innovative and path breaking work in the areas of Education and Environment protection.
● Tech Mahindra has initiated 167 projects with over 100 partners and is reaching out to 2, 50,000 children and youth directly across the country.
● 50% of the beneficiaries are girls and young women.
● 10% of the beneficiaries are people with disabilities.
● More than 10% of Tech Mahindra’s employees volunteer for CSR.
● In the state of Telangana, they work with the Education department and the TSSA (Telangana Sarva Siksha Abhiyan).
MOST INNOVATIVE BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP
CHITMONKS
● ChitMonks has been operational for about 2 years and is based out of Thub, Hyderabad.
● ChitMonks uses a state of the art Block chain technology to bring the various registered Chit fund companies in the state along with the registrars onto an immutable, smart contract enabled, highly secure platform.
MOST PROMISING ADTECH STARTUP
ADONMO
● ADONMO is a Thub, Hyderabad based ADTECH startup.
● ADONMO is building a first of its kind digital outdoor advertising network capable of CONTEXTUALLY targeting ads using cutting edge IOT, AI and Computer Vision technologies.
MOST INNOVATIVE SMART CITIES STARTUP
AYASTA
● Ayasta Technologies is an enterprise focused IoT startup working on Digitizing Electrical.
● Ayasta has built a proprietary platform called CEGMA™, which is a culmination of Sensors, Machine Learning and Computer Vision to monitor, analyze and detect anomalies in the electrical systems both inside a given facility and outside in the electrical grid.
● With the delivery of the right information & insights, reducing downtime and enforcing transparency Ayasta helps its costumers by reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
MOST INNOVATIVE AADHAR BASED SOLLUTIONS STARTUP
SYNTIZEN
ESTABLISHMENT IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (SANATHNAGAR)
CALIBER TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
● Caliber inaugurated its new facility in Sanathnagar on May 18th, 2018 (about two weeks back) in the presence of the Honourable Minister, K T Rama Rao.
● The company operates from here to provide world-class IT Solutions for the pharma industry. They are the pioneers in Quality & Compliance management solutions in India.
● The Caliber campus located in the Sanathnagar Industrial Estate has a built-up area of over 39,000 sft that can accommodate over 600 employees.
● Caliber is building an incubation centre to support start-ups.
● The campus is inclusive by design to support easy access to differently abled persons.
● The campus is built with a zero water-wastage design as well as utilizing bio-waste into organic manure for all the vegetation in the campus.
PROMOTION OF THE EASTERN CLUSTER (UPPAL)
NSL INFRATECH
● NSL Arena in Uppal built by NSL Infratech is the first A Grade Leed Gold certified office development in Eastern Hyderabad.
● The NSL Complex in Uppal is an integrated project encompassing IT SEZ, Residential Apartments, a 4-Star Hotel and a Hospital in 36 acres of land.
● The first office tower has 7 lakh sft houses some of the reputed names in the IT Industry and houses 10,000 employees.
● The NSL Arena in Uppal will contain another 3 Million sft of built up space taking the total employment capacity to 50,000 people.
PROMOTION OF A TIER-II CITY (WARANGAL)
TECH MAHINDRA
● The Government is very keen on expanding IT in the Tier-II towns.
● When the Honourable Minister, Mr. K. T. Rama Rao met with the Chairman of Mahindra Group, Mr. Anand Mahindra in Davos at the World Economic Forum earlier this year, there were several topics that came to discussion between the Mahindra Group and the Government of Telangana.
● Much of the emphasis was however on building a campus for Tech Mahindra in Warangal.
● Mr. Anand Mahindra has obliged to the request and we have made several visits to Warangal in this context are in the process of starting the facility soon.
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PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S SAFETY, SECURITY AND DIVERSITY IN CYBERABAD
Dr. JANAKI SHARMILA
● Dr. Janaki Sharmila, DCP (Crimes) for Cyberabad has been the first convener for the Cyber security Women’s forum.
● She has been instrumental in the activities of the Cyberabad Security Council in the IT and ITeS activities.
● She has received 9 commendations from the police department and a letter of appreciation from the US Consul General and the US Secret Service for her role in organizing the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in 2017.
● She is also in personal capacity mentoring a deaf and dumb school in Ranga Reddy district.
● Dr. Janaki Sharmila has started a counseling centre for the child abuse victims in the Kondapur Government Hospital.
● She has proved instrumental in promoting women’s safety and diversity in the IT corridor.
BEST IN CATALYSING THE GROWTH OF IT SECTOR IN TELANGANA
CBRE
● CBRE has accounted for leasing out 41 Lakhs of Commercial space in the city of Hyderabad.
● This represents 48% of the Market share in the city.
● The Honourable Minister has recently inaugurated their state of the art office in Hyderabad.
● CBRE expects that their Hyderabad head count to double over the next two years.
● CBRE has consistently been in the Fortune 500 for the past 10 years.
DIGITAL LITERACY LEADER
MR. P. KOTESHWAR RAO
● VLE Koteshwar Rao is providing Digital Literacy in Bonakal village in Khammam district.
● As on date he registered and trained 500 candidates from the village and 490 candidates have been certified under PMGDISHA.
MRS. R. PAVANI
● VLE Pavani has been set up Digital Seva Kendram in Arrur village, Valigonda Mandal, Yadadri district and providing various services like G2C services, Passport, PAN card, Insurance, Education and Digital Literacy training.
● She is providing Digital Literacy training to their villagers especially to SHG Women in the village. The job aspirants in the village are preparing for exams online with the help of Digital Literacy.
● As on date she trained 500 beneficiaries and of them 479 was certified under PMGDISHA.
MR. GUGULOTH RAJESH
● VLE Rajesh spreading Digital Literacy in tribal thandas of Suryapet district.
● He is going to villages in the mandal and training candidates on computer operating, internet browsing, emailing and Digital payments.
● He registered and trained 500 beneficiaries and of them 479 candidates has been certified.
MRS. PULYALA RAJANI
● VLE Rajani is providing Digital Literacy training to Women, Farmers and dropout out stundets in Bussapur gram panchayat.
● She registered and trained 500 beneficiaries and 477 candidates have been certified under PMGDISHA.
MRS. V. NAGARANI
● VLE Nagarani has set up training centre in Linogtam gram panchayath, Achampet mandal, Nagarkurnool district building with 4 computers.
● She registered and trained 500 candidates and 477 candidates have been certificated under PMGDISHA.
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION IN LOCALIZATION
NGO WITH THE BEST OUTREACH
TELANGANA IT ASSOCIATION (TITA)
● The Telangana IT Association (TITA) has conducted awareness programs on digital payments in the rural regions in the state of Telangana in coordination with the department of ITE&C.
● TITA has launched the 100K DIGITHON program with the objective providing digital literacy to 1 LAKH citizens of Telangana in a span of 10 days.
● The campaign has been run for 10 days and the more than ONE LAKH EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND citizens have registered with T Wallet during the campaign. Thus, surpassing the original target of ONE LAKH.
● 100K Digithon project was awarded prestigious SKOCH Award for 2018.
EXTENSIVELY PROMOTING HANDLOOMS IN IT CORRIDOR
FACILITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (FMC)
● Facility Mangement Council (FMC) started in 2015 has 400 members.
● FMC has organized several Handloom Melas in Cyberabad and ONE LAKH TWENTY THOUSAND IT EMPLOYEES participated in the various Melas.
● About Rs. 1 Crore worth of Handloom material was sold by weavers from Pochampally, Gadwala, Siricilla, Dubbaka, and TSCO.
● IT handlooms Mela are planned by FMC in June, July & August to reach another 50,000 employees.
● FMC organized a Handloom Fashion Show in the DLF with IT employees participating in big numbers.
EXEMPLARY WORK IN TRAINING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TASK
INFOSYS LIMITED
● Infosys through their CAMPUS CONNECT program in association with the Telangana Academy for Skills and Knowledge (TASK) has contributed significantly for training the students and the faculty across the colleges in the state of Telangana.
● Infosys has trained 1,220 students under the Foundation Program.
● 1,200 mentors trained under the Mentorship program.
● 4,640 students covered under the Industry visits.
● 234 lecturers trained under the Faulty development programs.
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EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL YOUTH IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THROUGH TSAT
MRS. DEEPIKA REDDY
● Mrs. M. Deepika Reddy is a T-SAT co-chair-person of the Competitive Examination Awareness Program.
● She is contributing to T-SAT victories. As and when required she has delivered her lectures to the competitive exam candidates.
● Mrs. Deepika Reddy is not only conducting programs through the Institutes but also through T-SAT.
● Her services to the youth and students of Telangana, through T-SAT in preparing for competitive exams are commendable.
MOST INNOVATIVE AADHAR BASED SOLLUTIONS STARTUP
SYNTIZEN
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● Syntizen Technologies is an Identity Solutions based startup powering organizations with Aadhaar eco system in India. This 4 Year old startup incubated at Telangana’s “T-Hub” and a member of Nasscom 10K startups. They are one of the prime contributors for India Stack & Govt. of India “Startup India” recognized company.
● Syntizen is partnering with Organizations like Master Card, Samsung, Visiontek, etc for providing Aadhaar based Solutions across the country. Their growth has been exponential in their four years of existence and are partnering with companies like Ola.
● Master Card International has come forward to invest in Syntizen. Syntizen and Master Card are in the process of developing a Global Identity Solution in the future which will enable a citizen to be identified with the help of a Debit Card anywhere in the world.
● They manage the complete Aadhaar eco-system for the state of Telangana and Uttar Pradesh along with their private clients.
