Digital India in Action

Message - Chairperson, SIGeGoV 2015
MESSAGE
Chairperson, SIGeGov
Governments creates true value through policies, services and therby increased
citizen engagement in public affairs. However the impression created is otherwise
of red tape, trust deficiency, hierarchies etc. But in last 2-3 decades, we have seen
that technology has come to play its part. Now e-Government benefits are there
to be felt, to be seen, and it is a movement towards “Minimum Government
Maximum Governance”
It was only around 1986-87, when IT touched citizens in the form of Indian
Railways Reservation System that it got noticed and now it has penetrated all
walks of life and all parts of the economy.
Computerization in Govt., e-Government and now Digital India are all close
synonyms. Digital India encapsulates technology and the vision of decision makers
in Government Sector. “Digital India – in Action“ is the theme of this
Compendium released during CSI-Nihilent e- Gov awards 2015 ceremony,
coinciding with Computer Society of India Annual Convention in Golden Jubilee
year at New Delhi.
CSI was formed in 1965 and is celebrating its golden Jubilee in 2015. Over the
years it has been growing in activities and membership of professionals with varied
interests. CSI decided to create few Special Interest Groups (SIG) to focus on
domains and technologies.
CSI Special interest Group (SIG) on eGovernance was formed in 2007 under
the leadership of Dr Ashok Agarwal with the objective of sharing knowledge and
experiences by creating a repository of National e-Government initiatives and best
practices for the benefit of all stake holders, Government Officials, Academic
scholars, Curious Citizens etc
Later, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. R K Bagga AVSM from International Institute of
Information Technology, Hyderabad [IIITH] took over Chairperson of SIG e-Gov,
followed by Dr Piyush Gupta of NISG, and now, yours sincerely.
The Idea, recognizing IT initiatives in Government departments, came through
discussions, since there was no known avenue where excellent work done in many
states could be show cased and the projects & people behind such success stories
recognized [unsung heroes from Government Sectors].
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