Connectivity Down to Village Level Necessary for e-Readiness : Suresh Chanda, IT Secretary, Andhra Pradesh

Suresh Chanda is an Indian Administrative Officer of the 1985 batch. He has held several administrative positions in the government of Andhra Pradesh (AP). He was the Special Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Hyderabad and Secretary to Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Revenue Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. His current responsibilities include implementation of e-Governance in AP, providing IT Infrastructure for Government and citizen services through IT.

Next Three Years will be the Years of State MMPs : R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, e-Governance, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

How has the e-Governance scenario changed over the past three years? If I look back at the past three years, […]

Key Infrastructure in Place for e-Governance : Raj Kumar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Gujarat

As Secretary to Government of Gujarat in the Department of Science and Technology, the responsibilities of Raj Kumar include policy making and implementation for attracting private sector investments in the high technology areas such as Information Technology (IT) and Biotechnology (BT) and promotion of scientific temper among children and students community. In addition, he is also responsible for promoting e-Governance across the government departments and provide common infrastructure for the same.

We Have Open Doors for Private Players : Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Principal Secretary to Government of Meghalaya, Information Technology and Health and Family Welfare Departments

Anoop Kumar Srivastava is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1981 batch of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He has served in various capacities in the Government of Meghalaya. He has twice served Government of India on central deputation

Empowerment through ICT : Oleg Petrov, World Bank

Interview

Focusing on Institutionalising e-Governance : Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President & Head, Global Government Industry Group, Tata Consultancy Services

Tanmoy is responsible for Sales and Business Development for the Government industry worldwide for TCS, which is the largest Asian IT service provider. He talks of his global experience in the sector and the gaps India needs to plug in Fast.

Towards Co-operative Relationship between Government and Citizens : Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner, Government of India

Right to Information

We Involve the Local Community : Abhishek Singh, IT Secretary, Nagaland

Abhishek Singh is Secretary to Governor & Secretary Information Technology, Technical Education, Government of Nagaland.

Aiming to Service the Citizens at their Door-Steps : Syedain Abbasi, Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT

Syedain Abbasi, an officer from the 1990 batch of Indian Administrative Service joined the Department of Information Technology in February 2004. Currently he is handling the preparation and monitoring implementation of the National e-Governance Plan.

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[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

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