K Ratna Prabha, Principal Secretary, IT, Department of IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP), is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
[This article was published in the October 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The 5th eINDIA2009, co-organised by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India was a great success, achieving record attendance and further establishing eINDIA a reputation as India
[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Award for Civil Society/Development Agency Initiative of the Year aims to honour civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, bi-lateral, multi-lateral developmental organisations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing ICT services for Governance. The Award is an attempt to recognize the civil societies and development organizations whose exemplary service and success towards spreading the word of ICTs for governance, may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on the international stage.
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance projects always throws up some crucial challenges in the form of rising cost due to usage of proprietary softwares and technology, mere digitisation rather than Business Process Re-engineering, frequent transfer of IT secretaries, and lack of awareness among officials about the larger impact of e-Governance projects.
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The formation of public governance system is largely dependant on its contextual parameters incuding policy patterns and technology trends.
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Andhra Pradesh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Oracle to rollout Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) ThinkQuest platform in 500 schools involving 25,000 students and spread over a period of two years.
One Mandal in selected districts are proposed to be connected to three villages through WiMAX. New IP based video conference system is already in place
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India organised a national seminar,
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Indira Gandhi National Open University is the largest university in the world today with more than 1.8 millions of students enrolled.
