Census of India is a huge exercise considering the geographical spread and multiple languages including Urdu. These result in generation of around 500 million A2 size forms of 3 types. All forms are handwritten and need to be scanned, ICR'd and tabulated. DPH and HCL jointly bid for the huge data processing contract successfully. Phase I and Phase II has been completed. We worked round the clock involving a team of appx 2000 people & Challenges involved hi-tech operations in remote locations - warehouses under adverse conditions. Operations in datacenters spread in major state capitals of India. Multilingual / multicultural work force managed centrally ensuring high quality record room management, high quality scanning (ICR quality) and accurate ICR operations throughout the centers.