[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Municipal IT India 2009 Award for ICT Enabled Municipal Initiative of the Year aims to felicitate those municipal initiatives that have used ICT tools to provide and improve services, transactions and interactions with citizens and businesses.
As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The aim of e-Governance is to transform the Government into a knowledge society and make the benefits of information technology available to all citizens.
Maharashtra government is considering judging the yearly performance of its IAS officers on the basis of their promotion of e-Governance initiatives in the state.
[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.
“In the next few months, i2010 will become history. We are now developing the strategy for 2020. This means cross border services between EU member states with electronic identities and electronic signatures in the field of e-Government, e-Health and e-Procurement”
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
More than five crore rural citizens of Andhra Pradesh have been bereft of promises of utility payment services, land records and information services and computer literacy, with a key partner walking out of the prestigious PPP-mode RAJiv Internet Village Centres project amid challenges of its sustainability.
“A major project initiated by the IT &C Department is the online post-matric scholarship programme known as Social Benefit Management System.”
As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The United Progressive Alliance government is back with a second mandate and renewed vigour. Its 100-day agenda aims at consolidation of first-term welfare oriented e-governance measures for the
