A Symposium on IT & E-Governance (SITEG’2004) was conducted at Yanam, Pondicherry with an objective to showcase the various on-going e-governance activities in the region. The Symposium was inaugurated by the NIC State Informatics Officer at Pondicherry Sh A.Venkatesan, who was the Chief Guest at the occasion. Sh. P. Gautham Reddy, Regional Administrator, Yanam, presided over the function. A Pilot Project ‘Yanam Info Hub’ was demonstrated before the audience by Sh Madhusudana Rao, DIO Yanam. Live demonstrations of important software facilitating e-governance suh as File Monitoring System, Budget Info System, e-payroll etc, developed by NIC were also provided by the NIC Team. Later, Sh. Reddy released ‘Vision’2004’, a document on the forthcoming e-governance initiatives in Yanam Region and appreciated NIC’s efforts in this area.