Civilizations have thrived by adopting and preserving a tradition wherein experts advise to choose appropriately from available paths for growth and progress. This tradition called Counseling serves useful purposes in many areas, such as medicine, legal, parenting, sports, etc, and has found an especially useful application in academics to help students in choosing the courses where they may stand better chances at faring well. E-Counseling is NIC’s effort to ensure that the time-tested tradition of Counseling is sustained with the help of technology to overcome challenges posed by unexpected situations such as natural disasters and pandemics. Technology-enabled E-Counseling allows Counselors and students to connect virtually so that appropriate choices can be made and the right courses can be assigned to aspiring students. This issue of Informatics presents an array of interesting articles. Haryana and Uttarakhand are the State in focus this time. The two districts; Digital Village Harisal and Tirunelveli are featured in the District Informatics. Overcoming Cyber Security challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic is the article in the Technology Update section this time. e-Labharthi, Sampada Suite and Ojas articles presented in the e-Gov Products & Services section. Besides the brief information on the prominent mobile applications recently launched by NIC in various States, the Appscape this time carries an exclusive write-up on Cloud-based Mobile Application development. Corona Reporting Mobile app - GIS Mapping of Positive Cases, AIMS, Covid19Jagratha, NICeScan, CSC Tenkasi District, and Tamil Nadu are showcased in this section. The regular sections such as Accolades, International e-Gov Update, and In The News section bring you some interesting reads. We do enhance the publication’s contents, look and feel on a constant basis to improve your reading experience. The reader’s suggestions are most valuable to us to help us improve the quality of the magazine. It would be great if you could take out some time to write to us. Suggestions and feedback may be sent to the email editor.info@nic.in. Wish you a happy reading. Please take care, stay healthy and safe.