Benefitting the farmers, farmer
e-Choupal was conceived as a more efficient supply chain to source agricultural commodities for our export business.
Interviews
Rajeev Chawla, IT Secretary, Government of Karnataka, India
The three critical factors for Bhoomi success in Karnataka were the following:
Telecentre sustainability requires a balanced approach of both financial and developmental goals : Mark Surman, Telecentre Support Network
telecentre.org is a new initiative aimed at building the capacity of people working in telecentres around the world.
Budget is not a constraint for any IT project in Chhattisgarh : Aman Singh, CEO, CHiPS Chhattisgarh, India
Chhattisgarh, earlier a part of the state of Madhya Pradesh (India), came into being on November 1, 2000. Despite being a new state, Government of Chhattisgarh is taking many e-Government initiatives to deliver significant benefits to citizens and businesses. It has come out with IT and ITES Policy and is first state in India to design a comprehensive roadmap for e-Governance.
Nagy Hanna, e-Leadership Institute Knowledge sharing for policy and advocacy : Nagy Hanna, University of Maryland
The e-Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland is an initiative to link ICT-development practitioners to a network of academic institutions.
Karl Harmsen, Director, CSSTEAP: Science for the end-user : Karl Harmsen, CSSTEAP
Research institutes should primarily make the results of their research accessible to the general public.
Tete-e-tete with MCD Commissioner : Rakesh Mehta, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Rakesh Mehta is an active e-Government evangelist, who is continually contributing towards betterment of municipal services in Delhi through use of citizen-centric technologies.
Pro poor strategy for a just information society : Walter Fust, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
The Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland
Promising integrated egov solutions : S P S Grover, Senior Director, Oracle, India
“Today, Governments from across the world are looking at the model of e-Governance adopted in India and are showing interest in India
Q & A : Dr Vijayaditya, Director General, National Informatic Centre (NIC)
National Informatic Centre (NIC) is a premier government technical body of India responsible for various computeris-ation projects. Estab- lishment of NICNET & CICs (in the north-east India) have been some of NIC
