The adoption of information technology (IT) in public services in India has been uneven and fraught with numerous difficulties. The case describes a context within the Indian police, where a middle-level officer, Vijay Kumar, led the adoption of an IT-based project to organise an All India Level Police Meet. Vijay faced significant resistance from senior police officers, and he had to navigate the realm of organisational politics to implement the organisational change project within severe time constraints. Vijay had clearly articulated the design principles of efficiency, transparency and accountability behind the implementation of the IT project right from the beginning. While he took ownership of the project to see it through, he also sought the sponsorship of the top leadership to overcome contingencies in a project of dynamically changing scope and tight deadlines.