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Convener's
Report
Gujarat was awarded
the prestigious Computer Society of India
(CSI) and Nihilent Best e-Governed State Award
for 2007-08. The Award was received by Mr
Raj Kumar IAS, Principal Secretary Gujarat
from the Chief Guest in a well attended plenary
Session during CSI-2007 at Bangalore. The
Department of Health & Family Welfare,
Gujarat and Department of Electricity, Lakshadweep
were declared joint winners of the Best e-Governed
Department Award, a new category introduced
this year to recognize government departments
that have shown great promise in delivering
best results of e-governance. Mr Selvraj Administrator
Lakshadweep and Principal Secretary Health
and Family Welfare were personally present
to take the trophies. Both these Projects
were earlier presented in Special Technical
Track IT: Now-It in e-Governance to the delegates
attending CSI-2007.
The CSI-Nihilent
e-Governance Awards for 2007-08 were announced
at a grand function held during the 42nd CSI
Annual Convention at Grand Ashok, Bangalore.
Shri Kailash Vijayvergiya, Minister of IT,
Science & Technology and Public Works,
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh was the guest of honour
on the occasion. Held for the fifth successive
year, the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards
are an annual process of identifying and recognizing
the best e-Governance initiatives in India,
particularly in the government services. A
book titled .Compendium of e-Governance Project
Initiatives in India. edited by Gen RK Bagga
and Piyush Gupta was released which documents
projects competing for the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance
Awards 2007-08. It gives an insight to all
stakeholders in e-governance and shares the
critical success factors in the implementation
process. Apart from Dr Kalam Vision , the
compendium covers the model and evaluation
methodology followed for this years. awards.
Speaking on the
occasion, Prof KK Aggarwal, President, CSI
said, .Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) are increasingly being used by governments
to deliver services to citizens at convenient
geographical locations. The objective of e-Governance
initiatives is to improve the reach, make
services more transparent and reduce response
time with reducing costs. The aim of the CSI
- Nihilent e-Governance Awards is to recognize
and replicate the successful initiatives of
states and organizations in achieving good
governance using ICT. We have continuously
improved the evaluation process making these
awards the true benchmark for quality conception
and implementation of e-governance initiatives.
This year we received over 100 entries. Heartiest
congratulations to all the winners..
Mr. Ravi Teja,
Associate VP & Head - Enterprise Transformation
Group, Nihilent said, .Change management is
a subject matter that is currently sweeping
public and private sector organizations. It
addresses the changes being faced by modern
public administrators, both internally and
externally. The biggest challenge of deploying
e-Governance is not technology but change
management in terms of people and processes
that the automated environment will introduce.
Nihlent is committed to supporting such initiatives
that create a sustainable process for change
moving in the direction of good governance..
Goa, Jharkhand
and Kerala jointly received the award for
Progressive e-Governed State. The Special
Jury Award for Best e-Governed Department
was given to Dept of Education, NCT, Delhi.
e-Procurement and VAT Information Systems
from Gujarat were declared joint winners in
G2B (Government-to-Business) category, while
the runner up award went to Petroleum & Explosives
Safety Organization (PESO), Nagpur. Child
Record Information System (ChRIS) from Madhya
Pradesh was adjudged the Best e-Governance
Project G2C.Rural (Government-to-Citizen)
and Samadhan Ek Din Mein from Madhya Pradesh
was the runner up. Centalized Allotment Process
for the Professional Course Admissions (CAPNic)
from Kerala and Web based Rail Reservation
(Internet Ticketing) from IRCTC were joint
winners in G2C.Urban & Rural category. The
Best e-Governance Project Award G2G/G2E (Government-to-Government/Government-to
Employee) was jointly shared by Integrated
System for Food & Grains Management from Food
Corporation of India and DC*Suite from Palakkad,
Kerala while Basic Services/Amenities Mgt.
Program .PARAKH. from Madhya Pradesh was the
runner up. The Analytic Hierarchy Process
(AHP) was used as a framework in the evaluation
process. The awards for Best e-Governed State
and .Best e-Governed Department. were based
on parameters of e-Governance road map, IT
policy framework, e-Readiness initiative and
e-Governance initiatives (improving governance,
impact on citizens and capacity building.
The assessments for the Best e-Governance
Projects were done on selected Result Indicators
(key performance, convenience to citizens,
sustainability, innovation & replicability)
and Enabler Indicators (leadership, people,
process, partnership & resources). The selection
process included on-site visits by a team
of experts to assess project implementation
and impact on people benefited by these projects.
The selection
committee comprised Mr. S P Singh (Sr. Director,
e-Governance Group - Dept of IT, Ministry
of Information & Communication), Dr. Mahesh
Chandra (Dy. Director General - National Informatics
Centre), Mr. L C Singh (President & CEO -
Nihilent), Prof M P Gupta (Centre for Excellence
in e-Governance - IIT Delhi), Prof. Sanjiv
Vaidya (IIM - Calcutta), Mr. Piyush Gupta
(GM, Capacity Building & KM - National Institute
for Smart Government), Dr. Ashok Agarwal (Convener,
CSI Special Interest Group on e-Governance)
and Dr. R K Bagga (Convener, CSI-Nihilent
e-Governance Awards & Advisor, International
Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad).
Instituted in
2002, the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards
encourage the spectacular efforts by states
and organizations in the implementation and
development of indigenously developed practices
and software in the area of e-Governance that
benefit the common citizen. Awards for 2007-08
are for .Best e-Governed State., .Best e-Governed
Department. and .Best e-Governance Project.
(G2B, G2C Rural, G2C Urban & Rural, G2G/G2E).
An independent selection committee drawn from
the industry, academia and the government
adjudicates the awards while the selection
process includes on-sit visits by a team of
experts to assess project implementation and
impact on people benefited by the projects.
Being held for the fifth successive year,
the awards have received tremendous response
in terms of enthusiasm and participation.
The awards function is held at the annual
CSI convention and is attended by dignitaries
from the IT industry, as well as personalities
from government and non-government organizations.
Visit www.csinihilent-egovernanceawards.org
