KPCL is a highly IT Savy company among the public sector units in the state at large and power sector in particular and has the distinction of being the first state owned company in the power sector to have established SHAKTINET- a satellite based communication network through VSATs among all its power stations and Bangalore. Local Area Networks have been established at all Project locations and about 800 officials have been wired to corporate office with reliable MPLS back bone. All the activities of the corporation are computerized and KPCL has the unique distinction among power utilities of establishing voice and data communication between its projects and Bangalore. The computer services department of KPCL with fully dedicated engineers and software professionals has developed and implemented all the software required for its business activities and is geared to offer consultancy services in the field of software development and networking. The Corporation has taken a number of IT initiatives to meet its business commitments.  A few of the initiatives and completed activities are as under:

                   I)   IT Infrastructure:

• Installed Blade Server at Bangalore, Jog, Shakthinagar (RTPS), Ambikanagar, Kudithini (BTPS), Hosangadi, Gerusoppa, Ganeshgudi and Kadra.
• Data communication through MPLS/MLLN circuits of BSNL has been established at Bangalore, Shakthinagar, Kudithini, Jog, Ambikanagar,  Alamatti,
• Internet and mailing facility enabled to all major projects
• Established Local Area Network at all major Project locations.
• Provided 375 PC’s with Windows 7 and MS office 2010 software, 157 Printers and 80 MFD’s during 2010-11.
• Established OFC connectivity between:

  o       Ambikanagar office complex and Nagjhari Power House

  o       Jog office complex, Sharavathi generating station, Kargal, Linganamakki and MGHE

  o       Gerusoppa office complex and Gerusoppa Power House

  o       Kadra office complex, Kadra Power House and Kodasalli Power House.

  II)  Application Software:

• Fuel Management System
• Integrated Inventory Management System
• Cash & Compilation Management System(CCMS)
• Salary & Pension
• Provident Fund
• Generation Management System
• Bank Guarantee Management System
• Human Resource Information System
• Disciplinary Proceedings System
• In-house Training System
• Fixed Asset Management System (Development outsourced and maintenance in-house)
• Hospital Management System
• Projects Generation Monitoring System
• Stores Accounting System(RTPS)
• Plant Monitoring System(RTPS)
• Migrated CCMS package to 3-tier architecture (web enabled) using Oracle database 11g, Oracle Application Server 10g and Oracle Internet Developer Suite 10g and implemented at Bangalore
• Up-graded AutoCAD and STAAD to latest version.

  
  

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