Post Office Software Overview

Post Offices is also known as India Post which is comes under the Department of Posts direct control of Department of Communication under Government of India. It is an Oldest Department in India.

After the year 2000, man power has gradually been reduced and computers occupying the Man place to reduce the work in Postal department. A Full fledged Software was developed by CEPT during 2009 for Mail and Counter Operations in Post Office. CEPT is a Software Development Center owned by Department of Post under the direct control of directorate and it is functioning with Postal employees those who are selected as Postal Assistant having programming knowledge. 

In our Postal Department, all are very talented person and every one having a unique talent in their field. Without software / technological support of private or government organization they have developed a own software for our postal software. 

"Today Meghdoot software is one of the most precious technology tool offered by CEPT to the Post Offices across the country. Meghdoot is perhaps an unparallel and un-precedented example of successful IT intervention and Technology Management by a Government Department for improving its services. The success of this technology endeavor was purely based on the fact that Meghdoot was our own product developed by our own personnel." - Source from CEPT Site

Yea. "Meghdoot" every one knows in Postal Department. The software development is not an easy job it has many stages and it should be user friendly. It was simply done by Postal employees with their own hard work and efforts.

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Counter and Mail Operations

Counter and Mail Operations are handled by the below softwares in Postal Department.

1. Meghtdoot :

It is not a Single Module. The following modules are incorporated in Meghdoot software

2. SpeedNet :

This software was developed for domestic and international Speed Post articles.

Financial Operations

Post Office Saving Bank - previously POSB Operations are done by Sanchay Post which was developed and maintained by SDC Chennai. But after commencing of CBS Migration, this software is handled and supports are being provided by DMCC Chennai.

3. Finacle - will replace the Sanchay Post software and the used to handle all kind of Financial Operations by using this software. This Software was developed by Infosys. Front end was developed using Java/C,C++ and backend Oracle.

4. McCamish - CIS : This software is for complete replacement of NIC Software.

5. CSI - Core System Integrator is developed by TCS for replacement of MM module and it is under in testing.