Informatics-April 2008

Informatics
Volume 16 No. 4 | April 2008
Patron
Dr. B.K. Gairola
Editor-in-Chief
Neeta Verma
Editor
Sonal Kalra
Regional Editors
Vivek Verma
R.Gayatri
Anshu Rohatgi
Prashant Belwariar
Advisory Panel
Dr. Y.K. Sharma
T.A. Khan
Dr. Gautam Bose
R.K. Gupta
Editorial Board
Dr. Mahesh Chandra
Dr. Shefali Dash
B.V. Sarma
S.B. Singh
Vinay Thakur
WWW Version
P. Hemamalini
Print Coordination
A. K. Aggarwal
Anita Arora
from the
Editor
This issue brings forth a bouquet of significant ICT initiatives in different sectors
and geographical domains in the Country. The lead story, put together by our
esteemed Editorial Board member Vinay Thakur touches upon the digital
interventions in the ever so important area of property registration. ICT is on the verge of
bringing about a much needed convergence between the property registration in rural and
urban areas and we are fast moving towards an Integrated land management regime. The
two states/UTs that make it to the 'From the States' column in this issue have their names
starting with the same alphabet but are located at two ends of our Country's map. Still the
ICT initiatives in Punjab and Puducherry are exemplary for other states to follow and
emulate. The guest column in this issue has been graced by Secretary (IT) of Himachal
Pradesh, a State which is making ICT progress in leaps and bounds. The other guest
columnist talks about the healthy synergy between e-Governance and the Right to
Information, the buzz term these days.
The technology update section in the issue addresses the fairly important concept of Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA). In a wonderfully elucidated article, Srinivasa Raghavan (NIC
Tamil Nadu) has explained the concept which continues to intrigue the IT professionals. You
can also know more about the wonderful benefits offered by NIC's WebConnect E-Learning
service and a unique Visitor Management System developed by NIC for the Tihar Prisons.
Our usual columns, of course, are there to apprise you of the latest in the e-Governance
arena in the Country and abroad. Keep reading Informatics to stay abreast with the latest in
the magical arena of successful e-Governance.
Goodbye and God Bless…
Circulation & Despatch
Anita Bhardwaj
Jasvinder Kaur
Editorial Assistance
Aditya Gogoi
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Heartiest Congratulations for such an
attractive and informative issue of
Informatics Newsletter (Jan 2008).
It is THE newsletter; I had been waiting
for--- the layout, the pictures, the contents-
-everything is so catchy, that one cannot
ignore it. Really a good professional
newsletter!!! I feel, that after quite a gap, I
really want to read the whole of this issue
and not leave any article, unread.
Great job done. Keep up the good work
and strive for the highest.
Dr. Meenakshi Mahajan
Technical Director, NIC
From You to Us
I was pleasantly surprised to see the 'From the
States' article on West Bengal in the January
issue of your magazine. I must say it is not
only timely but also brings to the fore the
efforts of the State Government in the field of
e-governance. Do keep up the good work. My
congratulations to Motiur Rahman who
authored the article and to the rest of the team
members of Informatics. All the best for a
bright future.
Hem Pandey
Principal Secretary to
Government of West Bengal
& Resident Commissioner
(West Bengal)
In New Delhi