BANGALORE, INDIA: Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) and IT major Wipro, on Thursday announced a 10 year total outsourcing agreement to provide world class IT infrastructure and services for Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), New Delhi.

This partnership assumes significance as IGI airport’s new integrated terminal (T3) will be the gateway for the Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in New Delhi. Terminal 3 at IGIA will be one of the largest airport terminals in the world, said a press release.

Information Technology is a key driver for critical airport operations including flight management, terminal management, ground handling and property management. The total outsourcing engagement will deliver business IT alignment for DIAL by combining leading airport solutions with Wipro’s strong practices of governance, process excellence and integrated service delivery.

Wipro is responsible for complete IT management in T3 for 10 years and will deliver seamless and highly available Airport IT operations. The scope includes airport specific applications, data center, networks, security and surveillance systems and end user systems. Additionally, Wipro will be responsible for managing a host of intelligent systems including building management systems, access control, public address, and telephony.

The parties signed an agreement to form a joint venture which would be named Wipro Airport IT Services Limited. Wipro would hold 74 percent in the JV and DIAL will hold 26 per cent stake. The agreement was signed by PS Nair, CEO, DIAL and Anand Sankaran, senior vice-president and business head, India and Middle East, Wipro. The JV would be the innovation partner for DIAL and will focus on emerging business models and technologies for airports.

“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 Kiran Kumar Grandhi, chairman airports, GMR Group.

Speaking on the occasion 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.”