Awards for excellence in e-governance have been announced to promote e-governance projects in the State. Science and Technology Department will give away 31 awards in 10 categories for year 2013-14 worth Rs26.50 lakh. Along with cash awards, trophies and certificates will also be given.
Through MAP-IT, Science and Technology Department gives away excellence awards for outstanding works in information technology and e-governance sectors to departments, officers and institutions every year. Following receipt of nominations, selection is made by an expert committee after 3-tier scrutiny.
The Rs2 lakh award with trophy and certificate will be conferred to labour Commissioner KC Gupta and his team for development of Shram Sewa Portal of Office of the labour Commissioner, Indore to improve public services delivery and provide effective service in registration of construction workers, shops and establishments.
In the same category, Ujjain Collector Kavindra Kiyawat and his team will be given away award worth Rs. one lakh along with trophy and citation for developing Mahakaleshwar Mandir’s management system while consolation prize comprising trophy and letter of citation will be conferred to Principal Secretary Radhe Shyam Julania for developing “Enterprise Information Management System” of Water Resources Department.
Among NGOs, Rakesh Jain of “Citizen Cop Foundation”, Indore will be given away Rs2 lakh award, Kavindra Raghuvanshi of Bhopal’s Asar Green Kabadi Private limited Rs1 lakh and consolation prize will be conferred to Satnam Singh Sethi of MP Online.
For innovative use of information technology in e-governance, Principal Secretary Health Praveer Krishna and his team will be given award carrying Rs2 lakh, trophy and letter of citation for database facility for neonatal monitoring. In the runner-up category, Rs1 lakh, trophy and certificate will be conferred to the then collector of Bhind M Sibi Chakravarti and his team for district election management.
Consolation prize will be given to AS Chandoke of Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation and his team. Similarly, for excellence in e-governance, Rs2 lakh award will be conferred to Mandla Collector lokesh Kumar Jatav and his team and Rs1 lakh runner-up award, trophy and certificate to Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra Rashmi Arun Shami and her team for “MP State Education Portal”.
In the category of simplification of administrative procedures, Commissioner Public Instructions DD Agrawal and his team will be conferred Rs2 lakh award for “Student Tracking Integrated Scholarship and Benefit Management System and Rs1 lakh runner-up trophy, certificate and Rs1 lakh award to Preeti Tiwari of Madhya Pradesh Employment Guarantee Council for MNREGA audit and fiscal management system. Mandla Collector lokesh Kumar Jatav and his team have been selected for consolation prize in this category for “Gyanranjan Project”.