Many key eGovernance initiatives have been implemented successfully in the District to empower citizens and making Ujjain one among the prominent Districts of the State enabled through ICT. NIC District Centre has always been pro-active and pivotal in providing ICT support to District Administration for delivering better Government services.
NIC District centre in Ujjain was set up in the year 1989. Ujjain, popularly believed as the abode of Lord Shree Mahakaleshwar, one of twelve Jyotirlings, is also known as Temple City for its numerous religious shrines of different eras. The world’s largest religious gathering, Mahakumbha, is held in Ujjain on the bank of river Shipra once in every 12 years. The district Ujjain is spread over an area of 4,464.87 Sq. Kms. and has a population of 15,27,628 as per the 2011 Census. For the efficient management of religious tourism and people gathering, decision making has utmost importance. e-Governance, hence has key significance in the administrative aspects of Government functioning. NIC-Ujjain continues to successfully play its significant role in various successful ICT implementations in the District.
Activate m-Governance for impugning digital tools to achieve proactive governance. Increasing access of information and augmenting the process of information exchange, ICT along with integration of technology has the potential to increase efficiency, productivity, competitiveness and growth in various services delivery mechanism and also in social sectors. SANKET BHONDAVE, IAS Collector & District Magistrate UJJAIN
KEY ICT INITIATIVES In the District administration, digital literacy and ICT integration has improved working efficiency and effectiveness to a great extent. The key to this has been ensuring transparency, security, 24x7 availability of services, information dissemination to citizens, maintaining the system responsible and accountable, ensuring citizen participation in development and decision making processes.
NIC-Ujjain has implemented many successful projects and initiatives in the District of which, following are few of them.
SHREE MAHAKALESHWAR TEMPLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMTMS) A Temple ERP (Gateway of Temple Services) (www.mahakaleshwar.nic.in) Developed in-house by NIC and implemented in temple, this system has been working hassle free since the last three years. The system functions as: • A gateway of all the services to all its stakeholders. • Responsive, transparent, responsible to all its service holders, while keeping it secure, at the same time expanding its services areas.
SYSTEM FEATURES • Centralised architecture: TRM (Total Resource Management) • Transparency: Anyone can do and anyone can view • Scope of services: Shifted from local (temple premises) to global • m-Governance: Confirmation of all services delivery through SMS • Electronic Fund Transfer Facility: All payments are made through payment gateway using internet banking/ credit card / debit card and in all the modes