RailTel receives a 76.10 crore order from Bihar for the creation and administration of the Electronic Knowledge Network

RailTel Corporation of India Limited, a CPSU under the Ministry of Railways has secured an order of approx 76.10 crores from Bihar Electronics Development Corporation (BSEDC), a Bihar government, undertaking for implementation and management of Electronic Knowledge Network (100 Mbps internet connectivity, wi-fi system and Smart Classes).

The network will be implemented in Academic / Administrative buildings of Government Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic Institutes in Bihar. These institutes are under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar. According the official statement of RailTel, the value of the work order pertaining to RailTel (as System Integrator & Primary Internet Service Provider) is 76.10 Crs. (Inclusive of GST).

This order has been received through an open competitive bidding process. Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (BSEDC Ltd.) caters to the technological needs of the State Government and carries out IT project conceptualization and implementation for the State Government Departments and agencies. The Electronic Knowledge Network project aimsto provide high capacity, scalable and reliable network infrastructure to cater the needs of Data & Video transmission concurrently for the Engineering colleges & Polytechnic Institutes. It will facilitate the current and future (5 years) digital needs of the campuses. With this, education content can be shared to students internally and efficiently.

The Awarded Work entails supply, installation, commissioning & integration of Campus Local Area Network (LAN), Wi-Fi Solution, Smart Classroom Solution, and Voice over Internet Protocol. (VoIP) Solution, Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Solution along with Internet from 2 different ISPs. It also involves the creation of small server room along with Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning (SITC) of Server & Work Stations. The overall network will be managed by Network Management System (NMS) centrally hosted at BSEDC.

Talking about it, Sanjai Kumar Chairman & Managing Director, RailTel said, “RailTel’s expertise in IT and Education sector will ensure successful implementation of ‘Electronic Knowledge Network’ project of Bihar Government The project will revolutionise use of Information Technology (IT) in technical educational institutes of Bihar. RailTel continues to be in the forefront of the digital journey of its clients. The present work order will further boost RailTel’s continuing foray in the education sector. We will continue to eye similar initiatives that will improve our revenue stream".