NIC wins the Special Award for Aarogya Setu App, under the category of ‘COVID-19 Response Solution’, at IHW Digital Health Summit & Award 2021. Shri R. S. Mani, DDG, and Dr. Seema Khanna, DDG, NIC received the award in a virtual event, organized by IHW Council. Recognizing that the pandemic has digital health delivery ‘directly’ to the people, Dr. Neeta Verma, Director General, National Informatics Centre has said that privacy issues were addressed during the development of Aarogya Setu. Speaking at the IHW Digital Health Summit and Awards 2021, organized by the leading health awareness institution Integrated Health & Wellbeing (IHW) Council, Dr. Verma along with other leading public health experts and innovators underscored digital platforms as an integral part of the Indian healthcare ecosystem and emphasized on ensuring access for all. At the award ceremony, Dr. Neeta Verma was conferred with the award for Digital Transformer while the National Informatics Centre received the special award for developing COVID-19 Response Solution.