National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) has signed a Contract agreement with IFS Solutions India Pvt Ltd for its ambitious ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Project titled “Project Kiran”, across all the project locations and Corporate Office. This is the first major ERP initiative in the Hydro Power sector in India.

The Agreement was signed at NHPC’s Corporate Office at Faridabad by Shri M.K.Raina, Executive Director, Contracts (E&M) Division, NHPC and by Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Chief Executive Officer, IFS India in the presence of senior officers from NHPC and IFS.

During the kick off ceremony Fredrik von Hofe, Senior Vice President Business Development and Member of the Group Executive Management Team, IFS Global said “IFS has helped many leading energy players worldwide to achieve business benefits through implementation of IFS energy solution. We are honoured to work with NHPC to enable them use IT as an enabling technology to derive business benefits”. IFS Strategy for the Energy and Utility Market was shared by Mr. Borje Eriksson, IFS Global Industry Director. Mr. S.K.Dodeja, Director-Projects, NHPC shared the NHPC growth plan and ERP initiative.

CEO of IFS India Dr. Chandan Chowdhury said, “Although IFS’ ERP solution has been adopted by many leading energy players worldwide, this is the first major ERP initiative in the hydro power sector in India. With NHPC as a customer, IFS has strengthened its position in the Indian utility market. This gives us a solid platform from which we can further penetrate the fast-growing Indian utilities market.”

Chairman & Managing Director of NHPC Mr. S.K.Garg said “NHPC the largest Hydropower Utility of the central sector is aiming to become a 20,000MW capacity company by 2017. With this gigantic task in hand, NHPC is poised to consolidate its position as the largest single hydro power utility in the country. Such targets and challenges shall require organizational transformation and information technology is considered as an important enabling tool to achieve the same. The ERP initiative of NHPC has been befittingly christened as “Project Kiran” as its promises to usher in a new era of information management in the organization. We have selected the ERP package of IFS AB, Sweden through a detailed technical evaluation and commercial process. This package has been implemented successfully in number of hydro power projects across the world including Three Gorges, China.”

IFS won the contract following a public bid process and an assessment based on technology and financial parameters over three other leading global and local technology companies.

About IFS

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, provides solutions which enable organizations to respond quickly to market changes—allowing resources to be used in a more agile way to achieve better business performance and competitive advantage. IFS has pioneered component-based ERP software with IFS Applications, now in its seventh generation. IFS’ component architecture provides solutions that are easier to implement, run and upgrade. IFS Applications is available in 54 countries in 22 languages.

IFS has over 600,000 users across seven key vertical sectors: aerospace & defense; automotive; high-tech; industrial manufacturing; process industries; construction, contracting & service management and utilities & telecom. IFS is considered to be leader in ERP for the Utility and Aerospace & Defense sector.

About NHPC

NHPC is a Schedule “A” Enterprise of the Government of India. It was set up in 1975, and now has become the largest organization for Hydro Power development in India, with capabilities to undertake all the major activities from conceptualization to commissioning of Hydro Power projects. The main objects of NHPC include, to plan, promote and organize and an integrated and efficient development of hydroelectric, wind, tidal and geothermal in accordance with the national economic policy.

NHPC presently has an installation base of 3755 MW from 10 hydropower stations on ownership basis including projects taken up in joint venture. Commissioning of many of these projects involve unfavorable geological conditions, difficult law and order problems, inaccessible and remote locations. The generation performance of these stations has been outstanding. NHPC is presently engaged in the construction of 11 projects aggregating to a total installed capacity of 5623 MW including projects under joint venture. Given the renewed thrust on development of hydro power in the country, NHPC has drawn up a massive plan to add over 15000 MW of hydropower capacity by the end of XIIth plan.