RailTel Corporation of India Limited, a CPSU under Ministry of Railways has got the contract for approx. Undertaking for Implementation and Management of Electronic Knowledge Network (100 Mbps Internet Connectivity, Wi-Fi System and Smart Classes), 76.10 Crore from Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation (BSEDC), Govt. of Bihar.
The network will be implemented in the 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 to the official statement of railtel, Value of work order relating to RailTel (as System Integrator and Primary Internet Service Provider) is Rs. 76.10 cr. (including GST).
The order has been bagged through an open competitive bidding process.
Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (BSEDC Limited) caters to the technical needs of the state government and conceptualises and implements IT projects for state government departments and agencies. The Electronic Knowledge Network project aims to provide high capacity, scalable and reliable network infrastructure for engineering colleges and polytechnic institutions to meet the needs of simultaneous data and video transmission. It will meet the present and future (5 years) digital needs of campuses. This allows education content to be shared internally and efficiently with students.
The award-winning work includes supply, installation, commissioning and integration of Campus Local Area Network (LAN), Wi-Fi solutions, Smart Classroom solutions and Voice over Internet Protocol.
(VoIP) solution, Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solution with Internet from 2 different ISP’s. This includes supply, installation, testing and commissioning (SITC) of servers and work stations as well as construction of smaller server rooms. The overall network will be managed by a centrally hosted Network Management System (NMS) at BSEDC.
Speaking about this, Sanjay Kumar, CMD, RailTel said, “RailTel’s expertise in IT and education sector will ensure successful execution of the ‘Electronic Knowledge Network’ project of the Government of Bihar. This project will revolutionize the use of Information Technology (IT) in technical education. Institute of Bihar. RailTel is at the forefront of the digital journey of its customers. The current engagement will further boost RailTel’s continued foray into the education sector. We will keep an eye on similar projects to increase our revenue stream.”
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