Collaboration and co-creation are becoming the hallmark of higher education today in an increasingly democratizing and globalised world. Role of National Knowledge Network is of immense importance in sharing of knowledge among educational research institutions of the country. National Knowledge Network is designed to inspire innovation and engage the researchers in development of technologies that uplift the quality of human life with renewed vigour, zeal, and enthusiasm. Our lead story this time gives you an insight into the novel network of networks. In the Guest Column, we carry an informative & exclusive interview with Sh. N K Pradhan, IRS, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, wherein he discusses the implementation of e-Procurement for works and services in Mahanadi Coalfields. Prajavani in Andhra Pradesh is giving an opportunity to citizens to access a bunch of G2C and G2G services in their local language. The other highlights on e-Gov Products and Services include Minerals System in Karnataka, Pension Payment System, a G2C services in Manipur, and e-Gram in Rajasthan. Apart from this, you can get an update on Web GIS and Screen Readers in our Technology Update section. In our States section, we have covered the ICT initiatives in the State of West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh. ICT initiatives in Kanpur - Dehat District of Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffarpur District of Bihar, and Dumka District of Jharkhand have also been highlighted in this issue. All our regular sections viz., International e-Gov Update, Cyber Governance, In the News, Perspective are there to serve your need to know what's happening in the e-Gov spectrum around us. We highly appreciate the contributions of our correspondents without it would not have been possible to bring pan country view of ICT in government. As a mark of acknowledgement of their valuable contributions, we are carrying their names in this issue of Informatics. Looking forward to your feedback on this issue. Hope you enjoy reading it. Do write us your views.