During the course of past few months, various workshops were organised by NIC in different States to
create awareness about the Y2K problem. An account of some of the important workshops is being mentioned below :
Madhya Pradesh
NIC, Madhya Pradesh State Unit, Bhopal conducted a one-day Workshop on "Y2K Problem/Millennium Bug" on 7th May 1999. The main objective of the workshop was to create the desired awareness about the Y2K Problem, including it's impact & management. Participants from nearly 16 Government Departments/Organizations, which are known to be actively involved in computerization attended the workshop, which was inaugurated by Sh R.S. Sirohi, Secretary (Planning), M.P. Government .NIC, M.P. State Unit, Bhopal had earlier embarked on an exercise, towards making all the relevant application software Y2K compliant at all the NIC Centres in the State.
Chandigarh
A Workshop on "Managing the impact of Year 2000 problems in UT Chandigarh" was jointly organized by NIC and the UT Administration on June 15,1999.There were fifty participants from various Departments under Chandigarh Administration. Sh.K.A.P Sinha, Joint Secretary (Finance), Chandigarh Administration addressed the gathering and spoke about the problem and its impact.
Haryana
The Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation and the National Informatics Centre recently organised a seminar on "Y2K - Haryana Government initiative", which was inaugurated by the State Electronics Department Commissioner Sh. Dharam Vir. The event was attended by the heads of departments and representatives of various boards and corporations in Haryana who were asked to prepare an inventory of the hardware and software used in their Departments to ensure Y2K compliance.