e-Granthalaya Lecture Held The Library & Information Services Division at NIC Headquarters conducted a one day e-Lecture through e-Learning mode on “e-Granthalaya: Installation, Use and Troubleshooting”. Over 60 participants from NIC Centres and User Departments across the Country actively participated in the live session. Sh. P.K. Upadhyay, Officer In Charge, NIC Library and Sh Sushant K. Panigrahi gave the demonstration and lecture on e-Granthalaya software where the functionality and various modules were explained in detail. Sh. M. Moni, Deputy Director General NIC also addressed the audience on the movement of e-Granthalaya and its roadmap. The participants of the Programme asked a lot of questions about the working of the e-Granthalaya system. The participants were also informed about the forthcoming versions of the software. Sushant Panigrahi, NIC HQ
Bi-lateral Cooperation Endeavours with Lao PDR Under Lao PDR India Bilateral Cooperation on ICT, National Informatics Centre successfully completed training in four modules under Capacity Building Programmes for Human Resources Development for 150 Officials of the Lao Government.. The topics covered as a part of the training were Office Productivity Tools, Database Design and Analysis, Web Services, Portal and Content Management, Basic Software Engineering Technologies and Methodologies. The training on last module “Basic Software Engineering Technologies and Methodologies” was conducted during February 26 to April 6, 2007 at Lao-India ICT Lab at Science Technology & Environment Agency (STEA), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Vientiane. Further, 30 Laotian students were selected for the Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) Programme through Common Entrance Test and Interview process by team of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), New Delhi, NIC and Indian Embassy recently at Vientiane, Lao PDR. After the selection process, 2 day orientation programme was conducted for the benefit of the students. The 3 year residential MCA Programme will commence from the current academic session by GGSIPU. Alka Mishra and I.P.S Sethi, NIC HQ
Workshop on Health Information System (HIS) at MP NIC Madhya Pradesh has developed a web-based application 'Computer Compatible Health Information System (HIS)' for the Public Health & Family Welfare Department of Madhya Pradesh. The application monitors the electronic flow of health data from the District to State Level and is equipped to deliver a variety of reports including the weekly epidemiological report on Cholera and Plague, monthly report on communicable and non-communicable diseases and some annual reports on health infrastructure. The application has brought about a drastic reduction in the time lag in data flow. A one-day workshop on the application was organized by the Health & Family Welfare Department in association with NIC, Bhopal. 48 district Assistant Statistical Officers of MP, and statistical personnel working at DHS MP attended the workshop, which was inaugurated by Dr Ashok Kumar, DDG & Director, CBHI, New Delhi. Dr Yogiraj Sharma, Director, State Public Health & Family Welfare and Sh. M. Vinayak Rao, State Informatics Officer, NIC Bhopal were other dignitaries present on the occasion. Sh. Rahul Chatterjjee, SSA, and Sh. Vinod Tiwari, Programmer, (from NICMPSC) demonstrated the HIS software during the workshop. Santosh Shukla, Madhya Pradesh Correspondent
One Day Workshop on SCORE at Patna A one day workshop on “SCORE Ver. 2 (Vinayak) and implications of HOHB Model in Bihar” was organized by Registration Department, Govt. of Bihar at Patna. Ms.Sudha Srivastava, Hon'ble Minister for Registration, Excise & Prohibition, Govt. of Bihar inaugurated the workshop and released the SCORE CD and complimented the entire team of NIC for extending all kind of support and putting extra efforts for the Registration Department, Government of Bihar. Dr. B. K. Gairola, DG, NIC, Sh. Amir Subhani, IAS, Secretary cum IG Registration, Govt. of Bihar, Dr. Saurabh Gupta, STD and SIO, Bihar and many other senior bureaucrats and government officials along with District Sub-registrars and Districts Informatics Officers of the state were also present during the inauguration. Speaking on the occasion Sh Amir Subhani appreciated the pivotal role of NIC and its contribution in developing & implementing a complete ICT based solution at 109 registry offices of Bihar. Sh Dilip Kumar, AIG, Registration briefed the gathering on evolution of SCORE (System for COmputerised REgistration) by NIC team and formulation of HOHB model of implementation in the state. Dr. B. K. Gairola, in his key note address praised the efforts of the state government & emphasized the concept HOHB which has yielded manifold benefits without much investment. NK Prasad, Bihar Correspondent
Workshop on “Biomedical Information Retrieval” The Indian Medlars Centre conducted a oneday workshop on “Biomedical Information Retrieval” at National Institute of Ayurveda, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, Jaipur on 15th May 2007. Over 80 doctors, researchers and scholars attended the workshop. The workshop, conducted by Ms. Rekha Gupta, PSA, NIC highlighted NIC's biomedical information services and the programme covered exhaustive and comprehensive demonstration of search topics related to Ayurveda and Ayurvedic from various resources available over the Internet. The demonstration also covered Indian Medlars Centre's databases IndMED (http://indmed.nic.in), medIND (http://medind.nic.in), OpenMED repository (http://openmed.nic.in) and Uncat (Union catalogue of Biomedical Periodicals) and other support services Prof. Banwari Lal Gaur, Chancellor of National Institute of Ayurveda, inaugurated the workshop in presence of Prof. M.C. Sharma, Director of NIA and Ms. Indu Gupta, SIO Rajasthan. Naina Pandita, NIC HQ
District Jan Seva Kendra at Navsari (Gujarat) With the mission to provide a friendly, affordable, speedier and efficient interface between the government and the public, a District level “Janseva Kendra” was inaugurated at Navsari district (Gujarat) by Hon'ble Minister for Forests & Environment and Tribal Welfare Sh. Mangubhai C Patel on 14th April 2007. Sh. R.C. Patel, Hon'ble. MLA and Sh. R.C.Meena, Hon'ble. Collector & DM, Navsari along with other officials were also present on the occasion, which was held at Collectorate campus. NIC has developed the software which is being used in the Janseva Kendra for issuing all types of certificates (income, caste, domicile etc.), all type of affidavits and Ration Cards. District Collector and all other officials appreciated the efforts of NIC District Centre for promoting E-Governance activities effectively in the district. Amit Shah, Gujarat Correspondent
Land Record Computerisation Project Inaugurated at Serchhip District, Mizoram On 26th April 2007 the Land Record Computerization project, officially named as “ZORAM”, was inaugurated at Serchhip district, by Sh. Hmingthanzuala, Revenue Secretary, Government of Mizoram. The function was also attended by Sh. Nghaklianmawia, Director, Land Revenue & Settlement, Sh. Lalthlamuana, Deputy Secretary, Sh. Rolianthanga, Joint Director along with other government officials, village council members and media persons. Speaking after the inauguration ceremony the Revenue Secretary emphasized that the new system will be of immense benefit not only to the people of the district but will also greatly help in maintaining the land related data. Sh. T. P Singh, TD & SIO, NIC Mizoram stated that the West Bengal model of the software has been successfully adopted in the district. Later Sh. Gordon Nongkynrih, DIO, Serchhip gave the live demonstration the software. Lalhmachhuani, Mizoram Correspondent
District Court Computerisation Project inaugurated in Assam Sh. P.G. Agarwal, Hon'ble Justice, Gauhati High Court inaugurated the first ever District Court Computerization project in the North East Region under Capital City Courts Project and District Judiciary website of Kamrup District at the District Court premises. Sh D.K. Debroy, District & Sessions Judge and other Judges of the District Court & CJM Court, Gauhati High Court officials and Officials from NIC were present on the occasion. Hon'ble Judge Sh P.G. Agarwal appreciated the efforts put by NIC in computerization of the Judiciary and urged all to avail the facilities provided. A well-equipped Computer Training Centre was also inaugurated on the same day in the District Court premises. Sh. Deepak Goswami, SIO, Assam and Sh A.H.N. Sinha from Court Informatics Division, NIC (HQ) also spoke on the occasion. The Project in Assam is coordinated by Sh. Sumitav Saikia, Scientist-D, NIC Guwahati. Tasiruddin Ahmed, Assam Correspondent
CIC Nyoma - the highest Cyber Café in the World Community Information Centre, Nyoma has staked a claim in the Limca Book of Records for having the highest Internet Kiosk/ Cyber café in the world at an altitude of 13,772 feet at Nyoma, Leh. The café is bridging the communication gap for people from all walks of life, be it students, army, Govt. officials or the nearby community. With a capacity of 20 people in the user room, CIC Nyoma is engaged in providing outstanding services related to internet surfing, computer training and facilitation counter for the community G2C. Nyoma is the one of the Block Headquarter of district Leh in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The activities of the CIC centre are being co-ordinated by Sh.Jamyang Namgial, DIO NIC Leh. Jit Raj, J&K Correspondent
e-Gram Sampark Services launched in Chandigarh UT Administrator and Governor of Punjab, H.E. Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM dedicated to the citizens of Chandigarh Union Territory, e-Gram-Sampark project by inaugurating first e-Gram-Sampark centre at village Khuda Jassu on 7th May 2007. Continuing its commitment to bridge the digital divide, especially amongst the rural population, 17 e-Gram Sampark Centres are being set up across all the villages of Union Territory of Chandigarh. The citizens will be able to use all the 17 G2C services and 3 B2C services which are presently available through the eSampark Centres situated in the urban areas. Since these Centres will provide the rural citizens an opportunity to have an access to the huge amount of information, using high speed connectivity, these centers will emerge as Rural Knowledge Centres for the rural population, especially the disadvantaged. Information services in these Centres will be provided free of cost, on the lines of Jan Sampark Services. These Centres will emerge as one-stop solutions to the rural population. Vivek Verma, Regional Editor