Informatics-April 2008

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Informatics, April 2008
Workshop-cum-Training Programme on CollabCAD software
A three day Workshop-cum-training programme on CollabCAD was recently organised at NIC Bihar State Centre, Patna
in collaboration with NIC Headquarters and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of Bihar. Eminent
professors/ teachers from the engineering colleges and polytechnics participated in this programme. The basic objective
of the programme was to promote CollabCAD Software in Engineering Colleges and Small and Medium Scale Industries
and programme aimed at imparting training to educators and instructors who in turn would train the students and people in
industries.
The session was inaugurated by the Principal Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Bihar. He also
appreciated the efforts of NIC in spreading the knowledge of CAD software to education sector free of cost. Dr. B.K.
Gairola, DG NIC delivered a key note address through Video Conferencing and stressed upon the utility of the software for
small scale industries for designing and modelling of their products. Dr. Suhas, DDG, NIC HQ encouraged participants to
use the software. Sh K. S. Nagesh, Technical Director, NIC HQ gave a detailed technical presentation on the CollabCAD
software, explaining the features and applications of the software. He also conducted a 3 day Workshop cum Training
program for the Professors/Teachers of Engineering Colleges and polytechnics.
NIC participates at GK3 Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
K. S Nagesh, NIC HQ
The GKP Event on the Future (GK3), was a unique gathering of
2,000 global visionaries, innovators, practitioners and policy
makers, all geared to share knowledge and building
partnerships on a platform created by and for stakeholders from
every sector – private companies, governments, international
institutions and civil society groups.
Ms. Naina Pandita, Senior Technical Director, NIC was one of
the facilitators in a workshop on Open Access: Sharing
Research, Expanding Resources. In this practical workshop,
panellists from Latin America, Asia and Africa showed how
Open Access is a winning proposition for all by presenting their
own, real experiences that equipped the participants with
Discussing on how to get started with Open Access information, encouragement, and contacts to return to their own
institutions as leaders in Open Access. The workshop was
conducted in a World Café format wherein the participants interacted with each other and expressed their opinion.
Naina Pandita, NIC HQ
Sub-Registrar Office at Dibrugarh goes digital
As part of the e-governance initiative of Dibrugarh District Administration in Assam, a formal inauguration of
computerisation of e-registration (PANJIYAAN) was recently done by the Deputy Commissioner. The project has been
implemented by NIC, Dibrugarh District Unit under the aegis of Dibrugarh District Administration. The State Informatics
Officer Sh. Deepak Goswami, STD and Sh. Debajeet Bhattacarya, Technical Director, NIC and other officials participated
in the function.
Under the old system, a user had to get registered on a particular day and would come back after 4 to 5 years for the original
documents. However with this digitisation process a user can now get the documents on the same day within 45 minutes.
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