IN order to make the officers and bidders con-versant with the process of the eProcurement and to gear them up for the implementation, a three day training programme was conducted for the officers and bidders recently. Around 225 officers along with Nodal Officers and 115 bidders were called at Shimla from various places in Himachal Pradesh and they were shown the software. They were also explained in detail about Digital Signatures. Sh. Rajneesh (IAS), Director Information Technology, GoHP explained to the participants the importance which the state government has given to its implementation besides the benefits likely to be there after its implementation. Sh. Rajesh Bahadur, Senior Technical Director and SIO(HP) informed the participants how the NIC Himachal Pradesh will cooperate and assist in this endeavour of the government followed by a detailed presentation by Sh. Mukesh K Ralli, Technical Director. He then joined Sh. Bharat Kaushal, SA during detailed presentation. The officers were presented with all the steps of tendering process starting from the creation, publishing and opening of the biddings. The post lunch session was reserved for the bidders. They too were given a presentation explaining the eProcurement process, nec-essary requirements and Do's and Don'ts. Overall the demonstration cum meeting was well taken by the department officials and the bidders and they showed the faith in the system developed.