The NICler app, developed by NIC Chhattisgarh for the Department of School Education in the Chhattisgarh Government, was recently awarded the prestigious mBillionth Award 2022-23 by the Digital Empowerment Foundation. The award recognizes mobile innovations that drive sustainable social change across eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The award was received by Shri A. K. Somasekhar, Sr. Technical Director, on behalf of NIC Chhattisgarh in New Delhi on March 6th, 2023. The NICler app is an innovative assessment tool that allows students to answer multiple-choice questions without using electronic devices. The app was developed by Ms. Lalita Verma, Scientist-B, with guidance from Shri T. N. Singh, DDG & SIO and Shri. A. K. Somasekhar, Sr. Technical Director. The app utilizes ArUco marker technology from OpenCV, allowing it to recognize an ArUco marker from more than 20 feet away and read the number stored within it. This allows the app to accurately capture students’ answers based on the direction of the marker. The Government of Chhattisgarh has decided to implement NICler in its 30,000 schools to aid in remediation. NICler has been developed as a flexible product that can be configured for use by any organization or state. The project proposal for the rollout of NICler in any state has been approved by the PAC of NIC. Interested states can contact Shri. T. N. Singh, DDG & SIO, NIC, Chhattisgarh for technical support.
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NIC Chhattisgarh’s NICler app recognized with prestigious mBillionth Award 2022-23
From April 2023 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre