DATAQUEST e-Gov Champion Awards 2007

 
The list given below composes of the Dataquest e-Gov Champion Award  Winner, 2007
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WINNER FROM THE EAST

Aman Kumar Singh, CEO, CHiPS & Joint Secretary, Information Technology, Chhattisgarh
“For his role in implementing various citizen centric projects like CHOICE (CHhatisgarh Online Information System for Citizen Empowerment), Geographical Information System (GIS), e-Classroom, e-Gram Suraj, Digitisation of Land Records, Customs EDI Project, Central Excise EDI. Some of the projects were firsts in the country. An extremely innovative man who used emerging ICT tools for people’s empowerment in number of projects”.

Abhishek Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Nagaland
“Credited with implementation of the much talked Janchetna project in district Hardoi of Uttar Pradesh in 2005 during his tenure as District Magistrate. Janchetna is an effective e-governance tool to enable G2C interface, bringing administration and government closer to the citizens by forging effective Public Private Partnerships with kiosks run by private entrepreneurs. Also credited for his role in implementing eModop project “to provide to the citizens of Nagaland all G2C services and information with regard to schemes and programs of departments and agencies of Central, State and Local Governments in an efficient, reliable, transparent and integrated manner through easy access to Integrated Citizen Service Centers, kiosks, mobile phones and the internet by end 2007”.

Shahid Ahamad, SIO & TD, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Jharkhand
“Credited for his role in setting up of the entire gamut of e-governance paraphernalia in the newly created state of Jharkhand. Credited for his role in Networking, video-conferencing, District transport Softwares such as Vahan, Sarathi and Smart Card introduction, treasury computerization, web-based MIS, GPF and CPF computerization, etc. You name it and he has done it. Brought IT to Jharkhand.”

Subhash Patil, System Manager, Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, Thane District, Maharashtra
“For his role in putting some sense into a huge urban municipality like KDMC by his unique initiatives like Citizen Facilitation Centres, WAN, Disaster Management Solutions, Payment Gateway Solution, Security Policy et al. He has put KDMC on road to total e-readiness”.

Mona Khandar, Joint Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Gujarat
“Credited for her role for various projects like e-gramdhara, e-gram, e-panchayat, e-registry during the course of her service period. Also credited for enabling Hospital Management Information System and e-procurement of medicine and equipments of Central Medical Stores Organisation in the State.”

Anita Karwal, Secretary, Administrative Reforms and Training Division, GAD & DG, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, Gujarat
“Acknowledged for the pioneering tasks like Janseva Kendra, tele-fariyad plus helpline for voters of Ahmedabad. Known for her zeal to initiate unique projects to put the administration at par with any one in the country. Credited for her highly innovative approach”.

WINNERS FROM THE NORTH

Amarendra Sinha, Secretary, Urban Development, Planning & Externally Assisted Programs, Uttarakhand
“Credited for his role in creating Uttara portal, agriculture portal, ChaarDham portal, education initiatives, urban e-governance in ULBs. Known for his role in implementing some of the major projects to put Uttarakhand government just a click away for the common citizens.”

NS Kalsi, Director-cum-Secretary,  DIT, Punjab
“For his role to use Information and Communication Technology as engine of economic growth and embrace the upcoming knowledge society. For his role in implementing SUWIDHA - Single User-friendly Window Disposal and Helpline for Applicants; for transport facilitation projects like SAARTHI & VAHAN. Known for his role in Punjab State Wide Area Network (PAWAN) to act as a IT Backbone in the state. ”

Prakash Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
“ Headed the team, which handled the integrated application software for Sales Tax Department of Government of Delhi consisting of 14 modules being used by more than 150,000 taxpayers and 1600 tax authorities and their staff; Started web-based delivery of services including online filing of applications in Delhi; Designed parameters for web portal of government, which connects 94 websites of departments and makes the web portal one stop shop for citizens; Conceptualized and started web based tender system for all departments of the government, which is being used by more than 250 tender issuing authorities besides other e-Gov interventions.”

WINNERS FROM THE SOUTH

Sanjay Jaju, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Of Hyderabad
“Widely credited for his role in initiating the citizen centric e-seva project as a tool to bridge the digital divide in the rural areas; for his role in ‘Saukaryam’, another project to improve delivery of the civic services given by the Municipal corporation and has become a flagship project providing immense benefits to citizens. As a commissioner, known for his role as an important cog in the wheel which puts the tech-city of Hyderabad what it is absolutely the best in India”.

Raghunathan VS, SIO—NIC, Kerala
“For his role in offering services exporters for southern region offices ( 8 offices ); for first time introduction of computerization in the export department; for his role in implementation of G2G, G2C services in all seven EPZ's; for his role in Open source GIS and implementation for Census in Tamil Nadu; for his role in CPWD Project monitoring.”

 Kaveti Vijayanand, District Collector, Nalgonda
“For role in GPF – ZP, an Online Zilla Parishad Teachers GPF accounts to facilitatethe user to access the information online from anywhere; for creating a dynamic District Official; for role in design, development and implementation of entire election processes to counting of votes using the electronic voting machines since 1991; for role in LRMIS in par with BHOOMI of Karnataka; for implementing AGMARKNET , a project to disseminate the daily prices of essential commodities in the district and state”.

WINNERS FROM THE CENTRAL

Dr. Shefali S Dash, DDG, NIC, New Delhi
“For her role in creating a Village Planning Information System (VPIS), a Web-based retrieval system enabling retrieval of analytical information relating to demography and 9 types of amenities available in 638,439 inhabited villages as per Census 2001; for her role in District Planning Information System (DPIS), also a Web-based retrieval system enabling retrieval of analytical information relating to demography and 9 types of amenities available as per Census 2001; for role in Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Database, a step towards e-Governance; for role in MIS on Flagship Programmes including Bharat Nirman Project, a step towards e-Governance.”

Dr. B N Shetty, Sr. Technical Director—NIC & HOD, External Affairs Informatics Division
“For his role in creating a Passport Issuance System, the system used to issue passports to Indian Nationals at 31 Indian Passport offices; for creating a Visa and Consular services at Indian Missions Abroad; for his role in creating a Central Passport Repository [PISON] system as a composite repository of Indian Passport applicants throughout globe; for his role in creating the Kuwait Compensation Claim Project, the system proposed and implemented for facilitating Indian citizens who were victims of Kuwait war.”

INNOVATION

Dr. Amarjit Singh, Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare Department, Gujarat
“For his role in Integrated Diseases Surveillance Project, a project that wishes to minimize the impact once an epidemic outbreaks, a truly innovative project intended to be backbone of public health delivery system in the Gujarat state; for his role in creating a Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) as a paperless, web based application being implemented at all the civil hospitals across Gujarat state.”

Dr. A Ravi Shankar, Superintendent of Police, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
“For his role in creating a Control Room Tracker : A Hawk’s Eye, an e-governance based police application for tracking incidents, crime & criminals using GIS, GPS and Wireless Remote applications; for his role in creating an Automatic Vehicle locator (AVL) System, another GPS Based Vehicle Tracking System GPS technology can offer numerous benefits to law enforcement agencies of all types; for his role in Critical Incident Mapping, Management, and Documentation for critical incidents to assist with incident management.”
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