Witnessing an illustrious spell of achievements and happenings in ICT driven activities of our government, the year 2017 gracefully gives way to its successor. A new year is born with much hope and enthusiasm, optimism and preparedness to augment the momentum of e-governance activities in the Country. NIC takes the pride of being instrumental for the success of many of the ICT accomplishments under Digital India. The awards and accolades won at various levels are testimonials for the exemplary services rendered by NIC besides the encouraging response received from citizens and various other stakeholders. The recent launch of NIC-CERT to secure our Government’s cyber space is one among the many significant steps taken, which endorse the organization’s relentless commitment to the nation. Each of the individuals involved, directly or otherwise in NIC’s success stories deserve due credit and applause. This issue of Informatics carry the 3rd release of Appscape, in which 5 new Apps developed by NIC are showcased. Inauguration of NIC-CERT, Launch of Electronic-Human Resource Management System, NIC at 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space, Launch of Punjab’s e-Labour Portal, CM Dashboard & NGDRS have been covered in the Spotlight section. Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the States covered in From the States section, where as Seoni and Tehri are the featured Districts in the Issue. The School Education Portal of Uttarakhand, Common Portal for e-Services of Urban Local Bodies in Goa, Malnutrition Monitoring System, Malda and e-Granthalaya are the articles covered in e-Gov Products & Services section. Artificial Intelligence and Data Lake are the articles covered in Technology Update. The sections, Accolades, International e-Gov Update and In The News are here for you as always. Hope you like the presentation of this issue. Please send us your valuable feedback and suggestions to improve the magazine further. Wishing you a very Happy New Year and a splendid time ahead. Enjoy reading!