Wipro Infotech, a provider of IT and business transformation services, said that it has been selected as the Software Development Agency (SDA) for Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) project, by Ministry of Home Affairs, India.
Wipro said that the CCTNS project aims to create a nation-wide networked infrastructure for the evolution of IT-enabled and criminal tracking system, which will span across 35 States and Union Territories electronically linking over 14,000 police stations and 6,000 higher police offices across the country. CCTNS will also present a citizen-interface to provide basic services to citizens.
Under the agreement, Wipro will develop the core application software to be used by the States and another core application to be used by the Centre for digitisation of crime and criminal records. The offering is being developed on multiple technology platforms to address different levels of functionality required at the Centre and State.
Once implemented, the application will link the State Crime Records Bureau with the National Crime Record Bureau, thereby creating a database that can be accessed in real-time from any police station across the country, the company said.
Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice President and Business Head, India, Middle East and Africa, Wipro, said: "We feel extremely privileged that the government has chosen to partner with Wipro for the CCTNS project which is of crucial importance to homeland security.
"We will leverage our domain expertise and best practices to build the core application software for CCTNS for effective and efficient policing through adoption of principals of e-governance."
