NIC at ELITEX 2008 ELITEX-2008, the Electronics and Information Technology Exposition (ELITEX) was organised by the Department of IT (DIT) during January 17th -18th, 2008 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. The theme of the ELITEX-2008 was "SECURING INDIAN CYBER SPACE". The Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Dr. Shakeel Ahmad inaugurated the exposition on January 17, 2008. Sh. Nikhil Kumar, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology delivered the keynote address. The different sessions during ELITEX-2008 provided special focus on some of the emerging technological areas. A session on 'Enhancing Security in Your System' was chaired and co-ordinated by Sh. Rajiv Prakash Saxena, DDG, NIC in which in-depth presentations on topics such as PKI Enabling Applications, Building Confidence in a Connected World, Zero Day Threat Prevention, Security Solutions for Business Acceleration and Document Security were made by leading domain experts from the industry. Live webcast of all the sessions at ELITEX including the Valedictory & Award ceremony was successfully done by the Webcast team of NIC. The video-on-demand footage of the same is available at http://elitexlive.nic.in NIC Stall Like previous years, NIC put up an aesthetically pleasing and informative presence at the event through its stall highlighting some of the latest projects and services. The NIC stall was inaugurated, by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad in the august presence of Sh. Jainder Singh, Secretary (DIT), Sh. Nikhil Kumar and Dr. B. K. Gairola, DG, NIC. There was an overwhelming response of visitors from various organisations at the NIC stall. E-Governance product panels and brochures were also displayed and circulated during the event of Elitex. NIC showcased over 25 e-Governance projects implemented nationwide during 2006-07 at the event. The event was co-ordinated by Sh. Rajiv Prakash Saxena. P. Arun Raj & Lalit Rautela, NIC HQ
A view of NIC Stall at Elitex 2008
NIC stall being inaugurated by Dr Shakeel Ahmad, Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications & IT. Also present are Sh Nikhil Kumar, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, Dr. B.K Gairola, DG NIC and Dr. Y.K Sharma, DDG NIC
Sh I.P.S Sethi, Technical Director explaining NIC's initiative in the National Do Not Call Registry (NDNC) project to Dr. Ahmad, Sh. Nikhil Kumar and Sh. Jainder Singh, Secy. (DIT)
The proud NIC team at ELITEX 2008
11th National e-Gov Conference at Panchkula The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG), Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions, Government of India in association with Government of Haryana organised the 11th National Conference on e-Governance on February 7 and 8, 2008 at Panchkula. The conference was inaugurated by Hon'ble Governor of Haryana Dr A.R Kidwai while Sh A Raja, Hon'ble Union Minister for Communications & IT, Sh Pawan Bansal, Hon'ble Minister of State for Finance and Sh Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Haryana were the Guests of Honour. The theme of the conference was 'Integrated Citizen Services—Issues & Challenges' and feature Compendium for 11th Conference on e-Governance and exhibition showcasing latest trends in IT. The conference, organised in association with the Department of Information Technology also featured National Awards for e-Governance 2007-08 to recognise and promote excellence in implementation of e-governance initiatives. Various awards were won by NIC supported/associated projects which is a testament to the critical contribution being made by NIC towards e-Governance in the Country. The winners are the following Integrated workflow system for paperless admission at Haryana (Golden Icon - Exemplary Horizontal Transfer of ICT-based Best Practice) Tamil Nadu Government Portal (Golden Icon – Best Web Site), ELECON Bihar (Silver Icon - Exemplary Horizontal Transfer of ICT-based Best Practice) Nemmadi e-Gov Secretariat Karnataka (Silver Icon for outstanding performance in citizen centric service delivery) Tsunami Relief & Rehabilitation- A& N Islands (Silver Icon for Innovative usage of technology in e-Governance) Chandigarh Administration Web Site (Silver Icon – Best Web Site) Mustard Procurement Management System – Distt Administration Rohtak Haryana (Silver Icon – Special sector award) VATSoft –Karnataka (Bronze Icon- Exemplary Horizontal Transfer of ICT-based Best Practice) Online Paddy Procurement, Department of Food, Chhattisgarh (Bronze Icon – special sector award)
Dr A.R Kidwai inaugurating the 11th National e-Gov Conference. Also in the pic (from L to R) : Sh Pawan Bansal, Union Minister of State for Finance, Sh Bhupinder Hooda, Chief Minister Harayana and Sh A.Raja, Union Minister for Communications & IT.
Dr B.K Gairola, DG NIC addressing the gathering at the National e-Gov Conference.
Team from Chandigarh IT Department & NIC UT Unit receiving the Silver Icon award for Best Website Vivek Verma, Regional Editor & Moiz Hussain, Maharashtra Correspondent
Workshop-cum-Training Programme on CollabCAD software A three day Workshop-cum-training programme on CollabCAD was recently organised at NIC Bihar State Centre, Patna in collaboration with NIC Headquarters and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of Bihar. Eminent professors/ teachers from the engineering colleges and polytechnics participated in this programme. The basic objective of the programme was to promote CollabCAD Software in Engineering Colleges and Small and Medium Scale Industries and programme aimed at imparting training to educators and instructors who in turn would train the students and people in industries. The session was inaugurated by the Principal Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Bihar. He also appreciated the efforts of NIC in spreading the knowledge of CAD software to education sector free of cost. Dr. B.K. Gairola, DG NIC delivered a key note address through Video Conferencing and stressed upon the utility of the software for small scale industries for designing and modelling of their products. Dr. Suhas, DDG, NIC HQ encouraged participants to use the software. Sh K. S. Nagesh, Technical Director, NIC HQ gave a detailed technical presentation on the CollabCAD software, explaining the features and applications of the software. He also conducted a 3 day Workshop cum Training program for the Professors/Teachers of Engineering Colleges and polytechnics. K. S Nagesh, NIC HQ
NIC participates at GK3 Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The GKP Event on the Future (GK3), was a unique gathering of 2,000 global visionaries, innovators, practitioners and policy makers, all geared to share knowledge and building partnerships on a platform created by and for stakeholders from every sector – private companies, governments, international institutions and civil society groups. Ms. Naina Pandita, Senior Technical Director, NIC was one of the facilitators in a workshop on Open Access: Sharing Research, Expanding Resources. In this practical workshop, panellists from Latin America, Asia and Africa showed how Open Access is a winning proposition for all by presenting their own, real experiences that equipped the participants with information, encouragement, and contacts to return to their own institutions as leaders in Open Access. The workshop was conducted in a World Café format wherein the participants interacted with each other and expressed their opinion. Discussing on how to get started with Open Access Naina Pandita, NIC HQ
Sub-Registrar Office at Dibrugarh goes digital As part of the e-governance initiative of Dibrugarh District Administration in Assam, a formal inauguration of computerisation of e-registration (PANJIYAAN) was recently done by the Deputy Commissioner. The project has been implemented by NIC, Dibrugarh District Unit under the aegis of Dibrugarh District Administration. The State Informatics Officer Sh. Deepak Goswami, STD and Sh. Debajeet Bhattacarya, Technical Director, NIC and other officials participated in the function. Under the old system, a user had to get registered on a particular day and would come back after 4 to 5 years for the original documents. However with this digitisation process a user can now get the documents on the same day within 45 minutes. Under the e-registration process a tiny camera records the face, and a digital thumb impression recorder records the thumbprint, a digital scanner scans the registered deeds of the document while the computerised calculator calculates the numbers to tell the user the right figure for the document to be registered. The SRO Computerisation aims at improvement in the efficiency of the registration process, improving the image of the administration in general by more efficient service and also aims at bringing more transparency to the technical nature of the duties in the registration process. Tasiruddin Ahmad, Assam Correspondent
Workshop on“e-Governance Initiatives in the Districts of Gwalior & Chambal Division” A One-day Workshop on “e-Governance Initiatives/Activities in the Districts of Gwalior & Chambal Division” was jointly organised by NIC, Madhya Pradesh and Divisional Commissioner office, Gwalior & Chambal Division at Gwalior. The workshop was attended by more then eighty Officers including Collectors, Chief Executive Officers of Zila Panchayats, Additional/Deputy Collectors, Incharge Officers, etc. and DIOs from NIC District Centres of all the Districts (8) under the Divisions. Sh Komal Singh, Commissioner, Gwalior & Chambal Division, Sh M. Vinayak Rao, SIO Madhya Pradesh, Shri Durga Das Dutta, State Coordinator for MP, and various senior officers from NIC MP State Unit participated in the workshop. Various presentations were made by DIOs of NIC during the workshop. While DIO, Gwalior presented a detailed activities of NIC District Centres and general projects being implemented in all the Districts of Gwalior & Chambal Division, (i.e., Payroll, Time Limit Papers, Samadhan Ek Din, Samadhan Online, CMIMS, Parakh, Panchlekha, Land Records, BPL Survey, BRISC, etc.), besides District specific activities, DIO, Morena, Shivpuri, Guna, Datia & Bhind presented District Specific Projects, Value Added Services for various ongoing projects and new Initiative/Project taken up by the DICs. A web-enabled application on Child Record Information System (CRIS) developed by NIC, District Centre, Mandla for the benefit of various health schemes for children at various levels (Marriage of child's parents, during pregnancy of child's Mother, growth of the children, etc.) was also demonstrated. Santosh Shukla, MP Correspondent
Workshop on e-Granthalaya and NewsNIC; Automation and Networking of Libraries A three day “Workshop on e-Granthalaya and NewsNIC Software for Automation and Networking of Libraries” was recently conducted at Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata. The Workshop, organised by the West Bengal State Unit of NIC and sponsored by the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata was organised for the computerisation of about 16 Centres libraries existing in India. Dr. Ramakrishna, Director (ZSI), Kolkata inaugurated the workshop and a key note address was delivered by Sh Saibal Sarkar, STD, NIC West Bengal. Sh P K Upadhyay, OIC, Library, NIC Headquarters and Sh Naeem Ahmed, PSA from Environment Informatics Group delivered lectures to the participants while Sh Swapan Ghosh, Scientist from NIC West Bengal acted as faculty for e-Granthalaya software. Workshop in progress P K Upadhyay, NIC HQ
CSI Nihilent E-Governance Awards' 2007 to NIC Madhya Pradesh and NIC Kerala Every year, the Computer Society of India gives a series of awards for recognising the contributions made in the field of e-Governance in the country. The awards are categorised as Best e-Governed States/Department, Best e-Governance Projects under G2G/G2E, G2C (Urban), G2C (Rural) & G2B categories. More than a hundred entries were received for this year's awards. Four of the Projects developed by the NIC Madhya Pradesh, qualified in the field level assessment and these were Child Records Information System, CM Monitoring Programme, 'SAMADHAN EK DIN ME - MADHYA PRADESH' and "PARAKH- Basic Services/Amenities Management System". These awards were presented by the Chief Guest Sh. Kailash Vijayvargiya, Minister for Public Works & Information Department, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh during the 42nd Annual CSI Convention held recently at Bangalore. CSI Nihilent E-Governance Awards' 2007 to NIC Madhya Pradesh Kerala also bagged a few CSI Nihilent e-Governance Awards for the year 2006-07 for the best practices in e-Governance. The state won the awards for the best progressive e- Governance state and the best G2C/G2E e- Governance projects of NIC CAPNIC & DC suite. CAPNIC won the award for the best e-governance Project –G2C Urban & Rural category. This is a web enabled software developed using Open Source technology for professional course seat allotment. The other web-enabled web service DCSuite is an integrated suite of applications for the Collectorate and has been implemented as pilot in Palakkad District and replicated in the districts Kannur, Kasargod, Malappuram, Thrissur and Ernakulam. DC*Suite plays a very vital role in disseminating information through touch screens, web and SMS to the citizens. State award being received by Sh. Ajaya Kumar, IAS (IT Secretary, Government of Kerala ) Santosh Sukhla, MP Correspondent and Asha Varma, Kerala Correspondent
Awareness Programme on “Biomedical Information Retrieval” An “Awareness Programme on “Biomedical Information Retrieval” was recently conducted at Guntur Medical College, Guntur in which about 50 doctors and PG students (of the college) participated. The programme began with a brief introduction of NIC services followed by a detailed presentation on Biomedical Services being provided by Indian Medlars Center. The various Internet resources available on the net in the field of Biomedicine were also discussed. Later an online demonstration of IMC databases (IndMED, medIND, OpenMED and Union Catalogue) was given. Some free full text journal resources in the field of Biomedicine available on the Net, were also demonstrated. Dr Usha Rani, NIC demonstrating the Medlars Services Dr.V.Usha Rani, Scientist 'D'
eServices from Madhubani Head Post Office eServices from Madhubani Head Post Office (Bihar) on 2 Mbps Leased Circuit was recently inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications and IT, Govt. of India Dr.Shakeel Ahmed in presence of Hon'ble MLA Shri Ram Deo Mahto, Md. Ehsanul Haque, Director Post (North), Shri Santosh Kumar, STD & SIO, Bihar, Shri Khurshid Anwar, PSA and many other dignitaries. Madhubani Head post office is the first post office in Bihar where 2 Mbps lease circuit have been provided through NIC, Madhubani as well as from NIC State Centre, Patna and total counters delivering various eServices are connected through WAN. Applications like ePost (electronic Post), iMO (instant Money Order), EMS (Speed Post), Logistics Post, Business Post, Media Post, Direct Post, Postal Life Insurance (PLI), ePayment and Right to information Act 2005 are made operational. Inauguration by Dr Shakeel Ahmed Nirmal Kishor Prasad, Bihar Correspondent
Delhi Chief Minister launches Bhagidari Video Conferencing Issues Monitoring System Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Sheila Dixit recently launched Bhagidari Video Conferencing Issues Monitoring System and 'My Delhi I Care' fund monitoring system at a function in Delhi Secretariat. The system has been developed by NIC Delhi State Unit team. While inaugurating, the CM said that this system would be of great help in streamlining Bhagidari Redressal and monitoring mechanism and would also strengthen faith of citizens groups in Bhagidari movement. CM interacted over video conferencing with Bhagidars present at district offices to redress their problems and grievances. Smt Sheila Dixit inaugurating the system N. Sreenivas, Delhi Correspondent