Project Info
Project Description
Combating forest and wildlife crime is one of the major tasks the state forest departments undertake as part of their conservation efforts. Across the states, thousands of incidents of crimes, information related to suspects, and court procedure details are stored in paper-based files. Such information is highly valuable for developing preventive strategies, gathering intelligence, and ensuring that justice is rightly delivered.
The HAWK system is a large ERP model cloud-based system which uses mobile and desktop interfaces to manage data. The entire system is divided into various modules which are interconnected with individual stand-alone functions. This enables the system to be scaled up or down as per the need of the state forest department and ensures customization opportunities for each state to accommodate the changes in procedures and also to accommodate the interface in regional language. All the data managed by the HAWK system is secured with the government and industry-standard security measures are applied to ensure data security.
A dedicated development and training team at WTI manages the system’s development and provides staff training across the target state to support the smooth implementation of the system.
The development of HAWK started in 2017 in the state of Kerala by a joint team of the Kerala Forest Department and the Wildlife Trust of India. The system was officially launched in 2019 in Kerala and since then it has been the official system of the state forest department. The implementation of a customized version of HAWK was initiated in 2022 in Karnataka in partnership with the ICT cell of the Karnataka Forest Department and the system is being implemented across the state.
PARTNERS: NTT Data, Kerala Forest Department, Karnataka Forest Department
For more information about the project: debobroto@wti.org.in
