Dataquest : E-GOVERNANCE : Glimpses of Excellence

Glimpses of Excellence

The Dataquest e-Gov Summit saw the participation of distinguished guests, from bureaucrats to technocrats to the common man, participating in panel discussions, making presentations and winning awards. Heres a look at some of them

Friday, March 21, 2008

(L-R) N Sivaselam, MD, KSBCL; Sophia Dahiya from the Ministry of Fertilizers; BV Selvaraj, administrator, UT of Lakshadweep; Ibrahim Ahmad, group editor, CyberMedia; Dr C Chandramouli, IT secretary, Tamil Nadu; A Murali, director, NREGS, AP; and Ashwini Aggarwal of HP


Quest for Excellence: Lakshadweep marches ahead as BV Selvaraj releases the book on e-gov initiatives of the union territory along with Cybermedias Ibrahim Ahmad	N Sivaselam, Sophia Dahiya, and IT secretary of Kerala Ajay Kumar in an intense discussion


Power to the Common Man (or Woman): Mari, a farmer lady from Boganapalli village in Krishnagiri district handing the Best e-Governed State in the Southern region (Tamil Nadu) award to Dr C Chandramouli	Woman on Top: Sophia Dahiya makes her point

A Star-studded Panel: (L-R) Hansraj Verma, special secretary, Planning Board, Tamil Nadu; Suresh Chanda, IT secretary, Andhra Pradesh; C Umashankar, MD, Elcot; Naveen Agarwal, executive director, KPMG; Ajith Brahmanandan, SIO, Lakshadweep; MR Rajagopalan, executive director, CDAC, Chennai; and PK Gopalakrishnan of Wipro


The Recognition for Lakshadweep: BV Selvar and Ajit Brahmanandan jointly selected Champions from South	AP IT secretary, Suresh Chanda, expounds on how Andhra Pradesh has stolen a march in the e-gov race


Something to Ponder: IT secretary Chanda, Umashankar of Elcot, and Agarwal of KPMG in a panel discussion	Token of appreciation for the chief guest

Its not just in Numbers: The Kolkata panel shone in quality tool (L-R) Hindole Datta, DPRDO, Bardhaman district, West Bengal; Gunjan Sahni of HP; Cauvery Barkakati, circle officer, Tezpur, Assam; Dhrupad Mathur of DIT; Naveen Prakash, special secretary, IT, West Bengal; Ashis Sanyal, senior director, DIT; Ibrahim Ahmad, group editor, CyberMedia; RS Sharma, principal secretary, Jharkhand; SK Panda, principal secretary, Tripura; Aloke Bhattacharya, executive director, WEBEL; Shubhodeep Bhattacharya, country manager, Procurve; and MK Yadava, MD of Amtron


Lighting the lamp	Debesh Das, IT minister of West Bengal and chief guest elucidates on how automation can help in the inclusive growth for the country


Bihar is trying hard to eradicate its negative image, asserts PK Sinha, the leading vendor dealing with the Bihar government	RS Sharma, the architect of e-gov in erstwhile Bihar and now Jharkhand	West Bengal IT secretary Siddharth expounds on the states performance

Another ensemble of luminaries: CVK Maruti Rao of NIC Orissa; PK Sinha, MD of Astric Computers; NK Prasad of NIC Bihar; Sunil Barnwal, IG Prisons, Jharkhand; Rahul Mallick of KPMG; Ashis Sanyal of DIT; MK Yadava of Amtron; Syamal Bhattacharya of TCS; PK Gopalakrishnan of Wipro; and Debabratta, CDAC


The Cop Gets His Due: Sunil Barnwal, IG Prisons, Jharkhand receiving his champion award	Rainwater harvesting gives CVK Maruti Rao accolades	Rajneesh De of Dataquest explains the awards methodology


Recognition for North East: Assam wins the Best e-Gov State award as MK Yadava is felicitated by Debesh Das	NK Prasad of Patna getting felicitated	The Red Light Brigade: After a round of discussions Sharma and Panda relax

Stalwarts in full attention: Ashis Sanyal and Aloke Bhattacharya

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