Under the India-UK MoU on Public Administration and Governance Reforms, a team of 4 senior Government Digital Service Officers led by Mr. Andy Beale, Chief Technology Officer, HMG (Her Majesty’s Government) was in India on a 3-day ‘scoping’ visit from 26th to 28th September 2016. The visit was to fine-tune the joint action plan on e-Governance.
The UK delegation team interacting with NIC senior officials at NIC HQ.
On September 28th, the UK team had a brief meeting with DG (NIC), Smt. Neeta Verma in her office at NIC Headquarters. This was followed by presentations on National Cloud Policy, Open Data Policy, Public Finance Management System and e-Sign to familiarize the UK team on these initiatives by respective NIC officers at the Conference Hall of NIC HQ. The UK Team had detailed interactions with the senior officers of NIC and appreciated the role of NIC on data management and linking up of services through digital identity. They shared their excitement hearing the NIC’s technical expertise and services to implement IT solutions for the Central and State Governments. Later, the UK team had informal discussions with NIC officers over a lunch at India International Centre, New Delhi.
DG, NIC in conversation with the UK delegation team