Take a Peek in CM’s office

If you want to see what is happening inside Oommen Chandy’s office, just log onto any time of the day and live footage of the Kerala Chief Minister’s chamber and office will be beamed to your computer.

Bringing Accountability for e-Governance

[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Once the new legislation on e-Services for public is passed, all government departments will have to issue a framework within six months on services to be digitised and formats to be adopted, along with a cut-off date for completing the exercise

Kerala Moves Ahead with m-Governance, Launches Several Initiatives

In a bid to implement mobile governance in the state, Kerala has announced the availability of lottery results via mobile phones through SMS.

96,500 CSCs Functional under NeGP

India has rolled out over 94,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs), of the proposed one lakh, in 31 states and Union Territories to take Information Communication Technology (ICT) to the remotest part of the country

use of Multi- modal Biometrics for CCTNS

[This article was published in the May 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Automated Multi-Modal Biometrics Identification System (AMBIS) incorporates state-of-the-art biometric technologies to serve law enforcement applications beyond traditional Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) capabilities

e-Payment Facility in Kerala University

Students of Kerala University no longer need to stand in long queues to pay their examination fees. They can now do so from the comfort of their homes. The e-Payment facility for paying the examination fees of the University was launched on Tuesday by Dr. A Jayakrishnan, Vice Chancellor, Kerala University at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala to Offer a Host of Services Under Janasevana Kendram

The Janasevana Kendram opened by the Kochi Corporation at Edappally Zonal office will start offering more services to the public. The office, inaugurated recently, will now help residents of nearly 10 divisions to pay the taxes, renewal of building licenses and permits.

Universal and affordable access is fundamental to bridging the digital divide : Suresh Kumar K, IAS, Secretary Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala, India

Suresh Kumar K, IAS, Secretary Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala, is a 1989 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer.

THE Govt haS to think of process changes all the time : P K Gopalakrishnan, MindTree India, India

In remote infrastructure management, we differentiate with a unique, innovative service delivery platform, which most others don

Can it rain for the govt?

[This article was published in the November 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Issues around security, standardisation and availability for public cloud exist, but private clouds can be a safe bet for govt