Chhattisgarh has bagged two awards for outstanding work in the field of Information Technology (IT).
The two flagship projects of Chhattisgarh Government, including lok Seva Kendra and Chhattisgarh Digital Secretariat have been awarded with SKOCH Smart Technology Award-2015 in New Delhi recently.
On behalf of Chhattisgarh, the awards were received by Vice Chairman of Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) A M Parial.
SKOCH Smart Technology Awards are being given to the organizations using new techniques for development of education, social, public service and rural development.
As many as 1000 projects of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Sikkim, Assam and Telangana were nominated for the award in different category, of which two projects (lok Seva Kendra and Chhattisgarh Digital Secretariat) managed by CHiPS were awarded in 42nd SKOCH award ceremony along with 50 other IT projects.
“For ensuring various services being offered by the government on time, the Chhattisgarh government has established as many as 175 lok Seva Kendra across the State. Similarly, records in 48 departments of the State Mantralaya have been digitalized under Chhattisgarh Digital Secretariat project to enhance transparency in government work,” said Chief Executive Officer of CHiPS Saurabh Kumar.