Computer Society of India (CSI) and Nihilent, a global business consulting company present ‘CSI-Nihilent e-Governance awards’ every year in various categories for pioneering work in the area of e-governance. The award for ‘Best e-Governance Project – Technology’ for 2006 has been conferred upon National Portal of India (india.gov.in). The National Portal facilitates single window access to the information and services being provided by the Indian Government for the citizens. The portal provides a unified interface to over 5000 Indian Government websites. The awards distribution function was held during CSI Annual Convention at Science City, Kolkata.
The 1st Content Advisory Committee meeting of the National portal was also held recently at New Delhi to discuss and work out the requirements and modalities for ensuring a regular and timely in-flow of content to the National Portal. The meeting was chaired by Sh Rahul Sarin, Additional Secretary, DAR&PG and was attended by the various Committee members comprising senior officers of Cental and State Governments who are also the National Portal Coordinators of their respective Ministry/State. Sh R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary (Egovernance) DIT and Dr B.K Gairola, Director General NIC also addressed the gathering. Presentations were made by Sh Rajiv Chawla, Secretary (Egov), Government of Karnataka, Dr. G.D Badgaiyan, Secretary (IT), Administration of A&N Islands and Ms Neeta Verma, STD and National Portal Project Head, NIC.