Friday, October 9, 2009

Kerala surging ahead in e-Governance Initiatives

Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) commended the IT Administration of Kerala for obtaining the highest number of awards in the CSI-Nihilent National e-Governance awards. The prizes were distributed to the respective winners in a function held at Pune on 9 October 2009.

Kerala has bagged four prestigious awards for unleashing the power of Information Technology to improve the Citizens quality of the life and also for creating an enabling environment of Economic Growth and Equity in the state. Kannur District has bagged the award of appreciation for outstanding efforts in demonstrating excellence in implementing e- Governance Project.

In the project category section, Higher Secondary Centralized Processing, e-Krishi Project and Sulekha Plan Monitoring System for De-centralized Planning have won awards for better implantation and providing value and quality of Service to the Stakeholders.

GTech in a press release said that the e-Governance initiatives being implemented in the state would provide an opportunity to take the benefits of the Information and Communication Technology to the Grassroots level in the state and also would create a strong technology infrastructure in the state to deliver a comprehensive set of services to citizens in the area of Education, Healthcare and Agriculture.

GTech complemented the efforts the State Government and the IT Department for spearheading the e-Governance initiative in the state and added that GTech and the IT Industry in the state would be keen to share the experience and know-how to further strengthen the e-Governance initiatives in the state.

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