SUPPLY OF 15 lac LAPTOP COMPUTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH – HP India Sales Private Limited

Project Category

Governance

Sub Category: Government to Government (G2G).

Brief Description:
Supply of Laptop Computers throughout the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Objective:
Empower the meritorious students.

Target Group: Students

Geographical Reach within India:  Uttar Pradesh.

Geographical Reach outside India:  Nil

Date From which the Project became Operational: 15-2-2013

Is the Project still operational?: Yes

Five points that make the Product/Program/Project/Initiative/School innovative:

1. Empowering the Students with current technology
2. Exposing the families of Students with benefits of technology in improving their life in general
3. Enabling Social and financial Inclusion
4. Enabling Students and their families with the benefits of e-governance.
5. Enabling Students in remote villages to compete with their peers in modern cities across the globe.

Five key achievements of the Product/Program/Project/Initiative/School:
1. Professional RFP design.
2. Timely selection of vendor.
3. Fair and transparent vendor selection process.
4. Timely execution / distribution.
5. Competitive pricing.

Five key challenges faced while implementing the Product/Program/Project/Initiative/School and how they were overcome:
1. How to design a professional RFP for such a large project, it was overcome by outsourcing the job to KPMG.
2. Various departments Involved, it was overcome by getting a steering committee formed of respectable personalities in government.
3. How to arrive at correct specifications, it was overcome by consulting notable organization like IIT Kanpur and IET Lucknow.
4. How to get list of students and schools without duplication and false names, it was overcome by working closely with Department of Education, School Principals, district magistrates and Tehsildars and getting a bond signed by Students for penalty action in case of fraud.
5. Smooth distribution of laptops without any disputes, it was overcome by getting a strong supplier with enough manufacturing capacity, working closely with city administration and police so that untoward incident is avoided and unlawful elements do not surface during distribution.

Five points that make the Product/Program/Project/Initiative/School replicable:
1. Acceptability with Students.
2. Acceptability with Political brass.
3. Acceptability with Bureaucracy.
4. Successful implementation of project in timely and transparent manner.
5. Goodwill generation in mass public for proper utilization of public funds.

Five points to elaborate on the scalability of the Product/Program/Project/Initiative/School:
1. Students of Class 10th can also be given such devices.
2. Students of Higher education like universities can also be given laptops/Tablet PCs.
3. Students of Vocational Courses can be given such devices.
4. Good tool to increase literacy levels in the country.
5. Good tool to attract Children for attending schools properly and be meritorious.

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