NIC and its officers received some prestigious National/International awards recently which has further enriched the glory of the organization. We present a glimpse….. ?| 2001 VASVIK Award for excellence in ICT Dr. N. Vijayaditya, DG NIC was awarded VASVIK (Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra) Award 2001 for Excellence in the field of Communication and Information Technology on 18th September, 2004 at a special function held at Mumbai, chaired by Mr. M.I Patel, Chairman, Board of Directors, VASVIK and Prof. M.G.K.Menon, Chairman, Board of Advisors, VASVIK. VASVIK research awards are given with the aim of promoting industrial research, science & technology in India and is given to eminent scientists of the country for their contribution to the world of science and technology. ?| e-ASIA Award 2004 eSuvidha, which is a one-stop service facilitation window application for e- governance services developed by CIC Division, NIC HQ and implemented at the CICs in the North-East, has been awarded the e-Asia Award 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan by Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation & Electronic Business (AFACT) which promotes the achievements in development of trade facilitation, electronic business policies and activities in the Asia-Pacific region under the category ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’. Another NIC Project namely ‘EC/EDI for Trade’ won the eAsia award in the category ‘Trade Facilitation’. From NIC, the awards were received by a delegation comprising Dr. N Vijayaditya, DG (NIC), Sh T.A Khan, DDG (for the EC/EDI Project) and Smt. Shefali Dash, STD (for the eSuvidha Project) ? | ESRI International Award for Special Achievement in GIS The Special Achievement in GIS award honors elite group of organizations that have embraced GIS technology to better serve the world. By their extraordinary contributions to our society they have set new precedents throughout the GIS community. NIC received a ‘Special Achievement in GIS’ award at 24th ESRI Annual User Conference. This award is given to user sites around the world in recognition of their outstanding work in GIS field. NIC was selected to receive this prize from over 1,00,000 user sites worldwide.The SAG award ceremony was held at the annual ESRI International User Conference, August 9-13, 2004 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California and presided over by Jack Dangermond, the president and founder of ESRI. On behalf of NIC, Dr. Vandana Sharma, STD, received the award at the function. ?| CSI Award for Best IT Usage The Computer Society of India (CSI), the largest association of IT professionals in India, recently gave away its annual IT awards for original and outstanding development work in various technical fields.This year the first prize in the Best IT Usage category comprising a trophy and a cash prize of Rupees Fifty Thousand went to the ‘Exam Results’ Project from NIC. On behalf of the Exam Results team, the award was received by Smt. Neeta Verma, STD, from the Chief Guest Prof M.G.K Menon, former Union Minister for Science and Technology. The ‘Agmarknet’ system of NIC also received a special mention in the same category. The award was received by Shri P.K. Suri, TD, on behalf of the Agmarknet project team. Speaking at the function, Prof. M.G.K. Menon, said, “These awards were a medium to provide national level recognition and motivate professionals to invent and innovate newer technologies and solutions.”