NIC actively participated in the mega event and an exhibition organized by DeitY at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 25th December, 2014 to celebrate Good Governance Day. The event was inaugurated by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India and was webcasted live by NIC. In his keynote address, the Hon’ble minister said, “Based on the pillars of participation, accountability, transparency, responsiveness and efficiency, Good Governance can be effectively achieved through the vision of Digital India of Digital Infrastructure as a utility to every citizen, Governance & services on demand and Digital empowerment of citizens. In the last six months, Government of India has taken a number of landmark initiatives. The Digital India programme is committed to take the cause of Good Governance forward in letter and spirit”. The Hon’ble Minister has also given the term IT (Information Technology) + IT (Indian Talent) = IT (India Tomorrow). Shri RS Sharma, Secretary, DeitY said, “The department has taken a number of initiatives like MyGov (Citizen participation platform), Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System, Jeevan Pramaan, e-Greetings, e-Sampark, National Digital Literacy Mission, e-Governance Competency Framework etc. to promote Good Governance in the country, as well as to give impetus to the Digital India programme.” The Hon’ble minister launched a total 21 Good Governance projects. Some of the key projects launched at the event were Time Stamping of Digital Signature, Integrated Indian Languages Virtual Keyboard for Android, PARAM Shavak (Super computer in box solution), .bharat domain in Gujarati and Bangla, e-launch of Support International Patent Protection in Electronics & IT scheme (SIP-EIT), Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme(M-SIPS), Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) disbursement, Gyansetu – an internet based real time ICT systems to provide e-Services to the rural population of India, MTNL Apps for Android smart phones and e-Governance Competency Framework (e-GCF). Additionally, pocket books and e-Books were also launched. DeitY also organized an exhibition for which invitation to general public was done through an online registration process. The event saw a huge participation from about 50 government and private organizations. The exhibition offered a glimpse of various projects in the areas of Software and Hardware Development, Networking Services, Mobile, Geographic Information System (GIS), Security and Health, which were contributing to the cause of ICT enabled Good Governance. A stall was also set up during the exhibition to showcase various exemplary ICT initiatives undertaken by NIC such as MyGov Platform, eTaal, e-Greetings etc.