ttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation Ltd. was set up on March 15, 1977 under section 21 of the Companies Act  1956.

At the time of formulation of Sixth Five Year Plan, the State Government felt an urgent need for quick, specialized professional services that are required to support various plan formulations at state and at regional level. It was increasingly felt that entire government functions could be performed more effectively if they could get prompt technical, specialized, data base and systems support services at one reliable and accountable source, inside the state.

 Hence, the concept of forming a multidisciplinary consultancy organisation emerged in 1977. The Uttar Pradesh Government, vide its G.O. No. 3/39 (41)/76-Planning –2 dated 10.02.77, incorporated " PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY AND DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION OF UTTAR PRADESH, LIMITED, on March 15, 1977 under the administrative control of Planning Department, GoUP. The need and enthusiasm for establishing this public sector enterprises was so great that the Government sanctioned Rs. 25 lakh, from the contingency funds, as equity, so that this organisation could be established immediately. Today, the organisation is known as UTTAR PRADESH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION LIMITED (UPDESCO) and now is under the Department of IT & Electronics, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

The Organization

 Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation Ltd. Was set up on March 15, 1977, under section 21 of the Companies Act  1956. The Corporation is a fully owned Government Company under the aegis of Department of Information Technology and Electronics, Government of Uttar Pradesh. The authorised capital is Rs. 200 lacs and the paid up capital of the Corporation is Rs. 100 lacs.

            This corporation is a multidisciplinary consultancy organisation providing systems back-up to Government departments, Public Sector enterprises, International organisations and other nongovernmental agencies in diagnosing and estimating the magnitude of problems, identifying technological and other alternatives and suggesting  methods of improvement. Ever since its inception, it has made consultancy services available in various fields to the government and to International organisations like the International Labour Organisation, UNICEF. The World Bank, Royal Government of Netherlands, Japan International Co-operation Agency, EC. and ODA etc. The Corporation is staffed with highly qualified personnel in various fields.

            With a spectrum of multi-disciplinary expertise, Updesco operates through its three revenue generating  divisions.

 - CONSULTANCY

-  EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION

· COMPUTER DIVISION incl. IT COORDINATION & E- GOVERNANCE   DIVISION

 With an inherent dynamism and flexibility, Updesco provides consultancy in a variety of applications like;

·        Economic Analysis and Forecasting;

 Field Survey, Data Collection and Processing;

·        Policy Planning & Strategy Formulation;

·        Area Planning;

·        Project Formulation and Appraisal;

·        Organisation Design and Development;

·        Architectural, Civil and Detailed Engineering Consultancy;

·        Project Management;

·        Operations Research and System Analysis;

·        Management Information Systems;

·        Accounting and Financial Management;

·        Materials Management;

·        Evaluation Studies;

·        Base Line Survey;

·        Electronic Data Processing;

·        Training and Development;

·        Sick Unit Rehabilitation;

·        Support to Department of I.T. & E.

         Over the years, the corporation has completed more than 400 assignments,  including provision of technical support to the U.P. Government in Computerisation of its multifarious activities through a wide range of personal computers, operation and maintenance of main frame UNIVAC Computer Systems. Besides the core in house Consultant, the Corporation has panel of part time experts in various specialised disciplines who are engaged on the assignment/studies from time to time.

 FINANCIAL POSITION

 The  main source of income for the corporation is from the consultancy fee received on various assignments as well as the grant in aid (in lieu of the services provided) received from the Government.

 The corporation has performed well during the past few years and has a positive net worth. Though established to work on no profit no loss basis, the corporation has through stringent financial discipline made gains in its financial performance. The results for past  financial years are as follows : 

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