‘Social Media Day 2016’ celebrations remain a subdued affair in India

By Nirmal Anshu Ranjan It’s June 30 today and it’s Social Media Day 2016 — a somewhat less popular occasion […]

Earthquake: Govt using social media as key means of communication

Social media platforms have emerged as the key means of communication with government, various agencies and individuals using Twitter and […]

Railway Minister invites suggestions on budget

In an effort to make upcoming Railway Budget citizen centric, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has invited suggestions from the public. […]

Uttar Pradesh govt moves to set up secretariats on cloud

Taking a cue from Maharashtra, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to adopt ‘cloud computing’ for moving to ‘paperless’ secretariats […]

Manish Tewari Launches Online Portal for Bharat Nirman Campaign

Manish Tewari , The Minister for Information & Broadcasting launched the online portal for the Bharat Nirman Campaign. The online […]

Empowering Governance through better security

Ambarish Deshpande Managing Director – India Sales, Blue Coat Systems “Blue Coat empowers enterprises to safely and securely choose the […]

Social Media in Public Diplomacy

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

By Navdeep Suri,
Joint Secretary and Head, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs