A Regional Workshop on Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) was held at Shimla from 18th-20th September 2013 for the PRI and NIC officials of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The NIC team led by Shri D.C. Misra, Deputy Director General, NIC participated from New Delhi along with the Director, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GoI. The Regional Workshop was organized to attain the objectives of the e-Panchayat MMP and to delineate a course of action for adoption of all the PES applications that have been rolled out by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Shri J.C. Chauhan, IAS, Special Secretary and Director, Department of Panchayats, Government of Himachal Pradesh welcomed the faculty and participants from other states. He wished that the three-day workshop will result in fruitful discussions among the participating states for rolling out more PES applications in their respective states. Shri D.C. Misra, DDG NIC informed the participants about all modules of the PES applications and how these can be helpful to the department as well as the citizens. He stressed upon the need for greater integration among various applications. Ms. Rama Hariharan, Ms. Manie Goel and Shri Adesh Gupta interacted with the participants and sought state-wise clarifications on various areas of concern. The participants from various states put forth a number of suggestions for improving the adoption status of software applications. Dr. Saurabh Gupta, SIO NIC Himachal Pradesh, Shri Lalit Kapoor and Shri Sajeev Gupta coordinated the workshop on behalf of NIC HP.