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Setting New Benchmarks in Delivery of Government Services : M N Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology
M N Vidyashankar joined Indian Administrative Service in the year 1982 and served in the Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances in Government of India. He obtained an M.B.A. Degree from Harvard Business School, Harvard University, USA. Currently he is working as Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology.
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.
One in Every Two Students Drops Out by Class Eight in India
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Even as the country observes International Literacy Day, a study has found that one out of every two students enrolled in schools drop out before reaching ninth standard.
e-Governance Models in Urban Areas
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
CSCs: An overview
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Under the National Common Minimum Programme adopted by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government, high priority was accorded to improve the quality of basic governance, service delivery and to ensure transparency and accountability.
D.I.T., India released its Annual Report 2006 – 2007
The Department of Information Technology, Government of India has released it’s annual report for the year 2006 – 07.
