Wipro Infotech bagged a 10 year IT infrastructure and Services contract from Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL). The Airport is currently under upgradation with GMR handling the project.

Wipro has bagged the contract for terminal 3 or T3. The scope of the contract includes airport specific applications, data centre, networks, security and surveillance systems and end user systems. Wipro will also deploy and manage a host of intelligent systems including building management systems, access control, public address, and telephony.

The parties involved have formed a joint venture towards this affect and named it as Wipro Airport IT Services Limited in which Wipro will hold 74% and DIAL 26% stake.

“Our vision is to make the IGI Airport a Global showcase and IT will be a significant Business Driver. We are delighted to have a strong partner like Wipro with proven capabilities in delivering superior business value as our partner in realizing that vision for us” said Mr. Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Chairman Airports, GMR Group.  Speaking on the occasion Mr. Suresh Vaswani, Jt. CEO & member of the board, Wipro said, “ Airports and aviation industry in India require a massive infusion of IT and this unique partnership will create new industry standards in modern airport management based on world class IT and business processes powered by innovation.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. P. S. Nair, CEO, DIAL said, “Our vision is geared towards providing a future-proof strategy to become one of the top airport operators globally. Wipro’s proven expertise in managing large IT enabled environments coupled with a vibrant innovation culture will be the core driver of this joint venture.”

Mr. Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice President and Business Head-India & Middle East, Wipro, said,  “We are honored to be part of this prestigious project. We plan to deploy IT systems and services that are extremely robust, scalable and flexible, and in keeping with global best practices in airport management. Our aim is to enable transformation of airport operations to bring in enhanced efficiency and customer satisfaction.”

This partnership was decided as an outcome of a global competitive bidding process which attracted several global and Indian IT majors. In a keenly contested deal Wipro emerged as the preferred partner for the outsourcing deal spanning 10 years.