Kashmir Gets its First Call Centre

The first call centre of the valley has come up in Kashmir very recently. Some 230 young men and women work at the call centre owned by Access Infrastructure, which serves clients only in the Kashmir Valley.

First Data Centre for Nepal

In Kathmandu, the country’s first data centre, Government Integrated Data and Training Centre (GIDTC), has started functioning.

Lead a Change : Joan McCalla, Distinguished Fellow, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco

It is only in India that I have seen such a large scale, comprehensive, well thought out, national level plan for harnessing the capabilities of ICT in the area of governance”

Public Safety and Security : Adaire Fox-Martin, Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP

As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP’s Asia Pacific Division, Adaire Fox-Martin oversees the strategic direction and activities in the area of public services in the health, education and defence sectors across the region

INR 393cr Order from NIC Bagged by HCL

INR 393 crore order for providing end-to-end IT services and operations management, for a span of seven years, has been bagged by HCL Technologies from National Insurance Company (NIC).

e-Kendras Inaugurated in Jharkhand

Jharkhand Agency for Promotion of Information Technology (JAPIT) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) has launched an e-Nagrik service. This would facilitate Government-to-Citizen (G2C) services for residents of Ranchi.

Certified Course on Internet Surfing For Just Rs 125

Learn internet surfing for just Rs 125 at 2,000-odd Sify cybercafes through the country in just a ten hour course. Participants completing this course will be issued a certificate jointly by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Sify Technologies and the certificate is signed by the Secretary, Department of Information Technology (DIT).

National News: March 2009

[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Centralised IT Processing Centre in Bangalore

Public Safety & Security

[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP

Lead a Change : Joan McCalla, Distinguished Fellow,

It is only in India that I have seen such a large scale, comprehensive, well thought out, national level plan for harnessing the capabilities of ICT in the area of governance