Indian Youth Congress Moves To Google Apps For Business

The Indian Youth Congress (IYC), the official youth wing of the Indian National Congress, has announced moving over 28,000 elected officials and volunteers to Google Apps for Business, Google’s suite of communication and collaboration applications.

Google Apps for Business will replace existing customised messaging solutions in over 300 locations of the organisation across the country. The Indian Youth Congress will be using Gmail, Google Docs and Google Sites in particular for reporting and communication. The organisation also plans to deeply integrate its existing proprietary applications with Google Apps as well as move many of their on-premise applications to Google App Engine in the near future.

The decision to implement Google Apps across the world’s oldest standing and functioning youth organisation was the result of their belief that the country’s political system can become more democratised through collaborative technology. In addition, the Indian Youth Congress looks to Google Apps to help solve what could have been a future dilemma for the organisation regarding the unpredictable scale and thereby the indeterminable costs associated with the adoption of messaging and collaboration tools.

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“Technology is a great enabler in bringing people together and operating efficiently,” said Rajeev Satav, National President, IYC. “We’re excited about being the first social organisation in India to adopt the latest cloud technology from Google. With the complete solution we will be better equipped to work with India’s youth and leverage the power of technology to conduct programs of local relevance and contribute to our vision.”

“We are seeing rapid adoption of the cloud in India, with progressive organisations like the Indian Youth Congress leading the way”, said Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Google India. “Having been born in the cloud ourselves, we are thrilled to have the Indian Youth Congress leverage the collaborative technology of Google Apps to empower India’s youth.”

The Indian Youth Congress will be participating in the Google Enterprise Roadshow – the first of its kind in India – which is designed to bring together Google executives and partners to discuss Google’s enterprise strategy and hear from local customers about their successes since moving to the cloud. The Roadshow will be in Mumbai on 21 June and New Delhi on 23 June.