
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd Company History
Protean eGov Techs. Is one of the key IT-enabled solutions companies in India (Source: CRISIL Report) engaged in conceptualizing, developing and executing nationally critical and population scale greenfield technology solutions. We collaborate with the government and have extensive experience in creating digital public infrastructure and developing innovative citizen-centric e-governance solutions. We were originally setup as a depository in 1995 and created a systemically important national infrastructure for capital market development in India. We have been the chief architect and implementer for some of the most critical and large-scale technology infrastructure projects in India. (Source: CRISIL Report) We believe our solutions have led to identification of bottlenecks in government services, increased transparency and efficiency, redefined delivery of public services and led to a reduction in service delivery costs. We were among the leading Indian companies in the e-governance sector in terms of profitability, operating income, operating profit and operating profit margin in Fiscal 2023 (Source: CRISIL Report) We are a professionally managed company and are led by an experienced senior management team whose expertise and industry experience have helped us grow our operations and innovate our services.
2004
 Launch of Online Tax Accounting System
 Launch of Tax Information Network
2004
2005
 Launch of PAN card services
2005
2007
 Entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Income Tax Department for establishing an internet-based service for verification of PAN by authorised entities July 16, 2007
2007
2008
 Launch of Central Recordkeeping Agency System
2008
2009
 Launch of New Pension System (NPS) to all citizens except government employees covered by NPS
 Executed an agreement dated October 8, 2010 effective from April 1, 2009 with the Income Tax Department for extension of services pertaining to TIN which was valid for a period of three years
2009
2011
 Selected by GOI for its Goods and Services Tax Common Integrated Portal, Pilot project
 Appointed as Registrar for Unique Identification Authority of India
 Launch of Central Recordkeeping Agency - National Pension System corporate sector model
2011
2012
 Release of ÂCorporate Module though ÂPoint of Presence was released in the CRA system
2012
2014
 Implementation of National Judicial Reference System on behalf of Income Tax Department
 Launch of e-KYC services for ICICI Prudential Life Insurance customer
2014
2015
 Launch of Vidya Lakshmi Electronic Platform - an online platform for students to avail education loan
 Agreement dated June 8, 2015 with CtrlS Datacentres Limited (CtrlS) for hosting and maintaining NJRS Infrastructure which was valid till June 8, 2020.
2015
2016
 License granted by the Controller of Certifying Authorities, Government of India, to act as a certifying authority under Section 21 of Information Technology Act, 2000;
 Appointed as the implementation agency by Central Board of Film Certification for hosting and maintaining Central Board of Film Certification web based application and website at datacentre and disaster recovery centre
2016
2017
 Executed an agreement dated September 22, 2017 with Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTNÂ) to act as GST Suvidha Provider and provide its services to the taxpayers which is valid till September 22, 2025
 Shortlisted as GST Suvidha Provider by GSTN for implementing GST across the country
 Processed over 12 million requests for Aadhaar authentication in a single day
 Processed approximately two million requests for e-KYC transactions in a single day
2017
2018
 Launch of Vidya Kaushal - facilitate skill development loans to students pursuing courses run by NSDC approved training partners
 Launched the iKar application for Android and iOS users
 Awarded the contract for providing system integrator services for design, development, implementation and maintenance of Revenue Management System for Department of Telecommunications
 Constructed a Modified Data Centre facility at Bangalore
2018
2019
 Executed an agreement dated June 13, 2019 with Income Tax Department to continue the business process of receipt of PAN applications and issuance of PAN cards which was valid till September 30, 2019.
2019
2020
 Crossed over 2.5 million cumulative student registrations on electronic education funding platforms (Vidya Lakshmi and Vidyasaarathi)
 Incorporated our Subsidiary Protean Account Aggregator Limited (formerly known as NSDL e-Governance Account Aggregator Limited) which is engaged in the business of an account aggregator
2020
2021
 Incorporated our Subsidiary, Protean InfoSec Services Limited (formerly known as NSDL e-Governance Infosec Services Limited) in the business of providing information security/ cyber security
 Crossed 100 million e-Sign transactions in Fiscal 2021
 NPS - CRA crossed overall subscriber base of over 40 million
2021
2022
 Launched Protean Cloud Technology an AI-powered private cloud offering
 Invested 100 million in Open Network for Digital Commerce
 Entered into partnerships with distribution networks such as Nearby Technologies Private Limited and Fino Payments Bank Limited
2022
2023
 Renewed agreement with Income Tax Department to continue the business process of receipt of PAN applications and issuance of PAN cards, on September 11, 2023 which is valid till March 31, 2024
 NPS - CRA crossed overall subscriber base of over 64 million
2023