Awards and recognition are vital to human endeavours, especially when it is about services to the nation. They not only help in boosting morales, but also motivate all stakeholders to learn from and draw inspiration to keep excelling in delivering superior products and services. The element of celebration and fanfare that is usually associated with every ceremony to felicitate achievers also serves as a significant milestone in itself by helping organizations to take a pause, to reflect upon the journey so far, and to get recharged with renewed zeal for continuing the ascent towards higher summits.
The Digital India Awards, a prestigious initiative of NIC, MeitY, is held once in every two years. Incepted in 2009, this initiative is to recognize the achievements of government entities in designing, developing and implementing citizen-centric digital solutions. The sixth edition of the Digital India Awards held a few days ago, is a spotlight story of this new year issue of Informatics. The issue presents an array of interesting articles. Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh are the states covered this time in From the States section. The three award-winning districts; Changlang, Kamareddy and Khargone are exclusives in the District Informatics. Load Testing as a Service and Securing Mobile Apps are the features in the Technology Update section this time. PSC Soft-HP, eCabinet and eAbgari are the articles covered in the e-Gov Products & Services section. The regular sections such as Accolades and In The News bring you some useful reads.
Hope you enjoy reading this issue. Here’s wishing you a very happy and prosperous New Year. Please do take care and keep healthy.