Hitachi Solutions to open additional facility in Hyderabad

A crucial step to achieving its plans to enhance engagement in the country

May 24, 2015 12:00 am | Updated May 31, 2015 01:19 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

A delegation of top executives from Hitachi Solutions with Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao.– Photo: By arrangement

A delegation of top executives from Hitachi Solutions with Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao.– Photo: By arrangement

Hitachi Solutions India will open one more global development centre in Hyderabad this August, a facility crucial to achieving its plans to enhance engagement in the country and more than double the headcount.

On Saturday, a delegation of top executives, including Hitachi Solutions America president and global COO Mike Gillis and the Indian subsidiary’s CEO and managing director Ananth Subramanian, met Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and invited him to inaugurate the centre.

While agreeing to the request, Mr. Rao also evinced keen interest in the multiple smart card system solution of Hitachi. He was keen that such systems be taken beyond Hyderabad to locations such as Warangal, Khammam and Karimnagar.

The Chief Minister, a release issued by his office said, urged the team to explore possibilities of Hitachi setting up a heavy machinery plant in the State. Highlighting the investor-friendly measures and new industrial policy, he reiterated his government’s commitment to accord time-bound clearances.

Mr. Subramanian said the delegation conveyed Hitachi’s interest to work with the State government in the areas of smart city solutions, healthcare and education. One of the solutions was to improve “connect between the government and citizen and make services more effective”.

Hitachi Solutions India is a subsidiary of Hitachi Solutions America and provides industry solutions and services based on Microsoft Dynamics software. Stating that the number would increase to 500 in a little over a year, Mr. Subramanian said the existing development centre in Hyderabad was established in 2013. It was the first meeting of Hitachi executives with the Chief Minister and the discussions were to be taken forward with the government.

A senior executive from Hitachi Solutions America in the delegation told The Hindu that a solution built by Hitachi on Microsoft platform for public transportation in Auckland was showcased. Chhattisgarh, he added, had also expressed interest in the system comprising pre-paid cards for bus travel and devices to read them. The company executives also explained the possibility of introducing a card similar to Suica in Japan that could be used to pay for a range of services, from public transport, cabs to purchases from neighbourhood stores.

The Hitachi delegation also met Industries Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and briefed him about Hitachi Solutions’ specialising in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) development for industries, computerisation and modernisation of health services, use of modern gadgets with the help of IT in the security systems, e-governance and smart city concepts in administration, linking IT and transport sectors, skill development among students with the help of IT and IT-enabled supervision and controlling system in the textiles sector.

The delegation assured the Minister that they would prepare and submit a blueprint to the government based on its priorities and expressed interest in partnering developmental activities.

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