The simplified step, directed at digitisation provides about 76 services of the transport department online. Registration of passengers and commercial vehicles, issuing of driving licences, vehicle permits, ensuring furnishing and fitness of the vehicles, payment of commercial taxes, citizen services and renewal of vehicle registration, finance and insurance are some of the services that have been digitalised.

“While digital transformation of APSTD has been around for a few years, the model which does not need people to visit the RTO any longer has the potential to be replicated in other states across India for better citizen services and bringing transparency and efficiency to the functioning of transport departments,” adds Talluri, who has also developed intuitive and easy navigation-based web and mobile application, completely based on Aadhar card, for APSTD. 

“In all this, the time taken for issuing permanent number for the vehicle has been reduced from 90 days to one day, which is unimaginable in the citizen services parlance,” observes Gondi. “On top of it, this permanent number is going to be delivered to your address mentioned on Aadhar card. Pictures of the vehicles and the owners are captured digitally at the time of purchases, which can act as a recovery tool for police department, in case of the theft of the vehicle”.

"We are confident that the digitisation of state transport departments will eventually be transformative for the state governments across the country, which helps boost transparency, create efficiency and enhance ease of use,” adds Gondi. “What is required is simplified adoption over time. Also, we must seek full co-operation from all stakeholders and seize the great opportunity. In the broader scheme of things, it would really help if all records were digitised, as it provides on-the-go access to information for the customers and will help integration with the department. We hope to deliver similar projects in other states to digitise entire process of the department and their citizen services”.

OTSI has also worked with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to set up business intelligence, data mining & analytics unit in the ministry. It would generate customised statistical reports, using relevant tools to be used by the government departments for policymaking and regulatory purposes. The main priority of this project is to demonstrate the potential of data mining, visualisation and inter-active reporting on the company filing forms submitted by companies to the MCA21 system.

OTSI has also been interacting with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for ICJS-Inter-operable Criminal Justice System, while also partnering with state governments. Besides, OTSI provides professional services to Advance Auto Parts Inc, an American automotive after-market parts provider, HeraSoft, OG Consultancy Services and others.

Meanwhile, OTSI has been assigned Inter Company Optimisation responsibilities for NORD India. This will enable it to handle export sales situations from India to Thailand and Germany. Kotak Securities Limited (KSL), a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank, has chosen Altair's Panopticon Platform for data visualisation to augment data presentation needs facilitating proactive business decisions. OTSI and Altair are collaborating to ensure that KSL's business objectives are met effectively.

"OTSI has done an excellent job; we had the opportunity to test all features and the implementation looks professional and solid. We basically have all we initially requested", says Ivan Pederini, strategy & portfolio management, HPE.

"The project was a big win for IT and I want to appreciate all the hard work team has put in by working extra hours, weekdays and weekends to get it done,” says Shilpa Polisetty, senior manager, BI, Nanometrics Inc. “We also appreciate the management’s jumping in to address the escalations".

“We were looking at many criteria, while selecting the technology provider for this project,” observes N. Balasubramanyam, CEO, e-Pragati Authority. “We were tough on the standards and deadlines. The team at OTSI was willing to learn and take up the challenge. When you have the passion to learn and take up the challenge thrown at you, you'll succeed".

“OTSI's had a flexible approach to meet the present and future requirements of the ministry and its stakeholders,” comments director, statistics, MCA. “The OTSI team was professional and easy to work with and they developed a plan suited to meet the ministry's challenges, needs, and requirements.  OTSI has put in their best to meet the agreed-upon deliverables and timelines, with a high level of quality”.

“We see ourselves as a value player and strive to innovate and offer leading technology services and solutions at optimal cost to provide value to our customers,” acknowledges Gondi, who plans to look at the Philippines and Europe as the next destinations. “We have acquisitions on the radar and are hopeful to get some good opportunities to invest and acquire companies in Canada and European markets”.