GePNIC - e-Procurement product of National Informatics Centre bagged e-World 2011 award at New Delhi. The award was conferred for outstanding implementation of e-Procurement in Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited (MCL), Sambalpur, Odisha, which brought immense transparency and Good will in Government and in Public Procurement System. The award was received in G2B category (Government to Business). e-Tendering is such an area where it needed maximum transparency and other sensitive Governance issues.
Sh. Ashok Kumar Singh, Director- Technical (Project & Planning), Sh. Kulamani Samal, Director - Finance and Sh. S.K.Bhanja, Project Manager (e-Procurement) received the award from Union Minister of State of Commerce & Industries Sh. Jyotiraditya Sindhia on 2nd August2011. e-Procurement System of MCL developed and implemented by NIC with unique Technical Evaluation Module which eliminates the subjective analysis while selecting or rejecting a bidder and the concept has been widely accepted and eulogized.