1. Shri. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, IAS
District Name: Patna, Bihar
Organization Website: www.patna.bih.nic.in
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal works with vision to bridge the digital divide by bringing common people closer to culture, wealth and opportunities of a knowledge society with a view to reap the benefits of ICT for service delivery, development and empowerment. Key initiatives handled under his leadership include the Sampark Helpline to tackle public information and grievance redressal system; Aangan mobile app to enable child development project officers to carry out better inspections; and Upasthithi mobile app to monitor the attendance of government employees.
2. Shri. P.Narahari, IAS
District Name: Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Organization Website: www.indore.nic.in
Narahari’s office works with the vision of leveraging the power of ICT for utmost transparency, accountability, fast & fair disposal of cases, and effective communication. Key initiatives handled under his leadership include a Web-based portal that covers a gamut of 100+ services from 70 government departments ranging from revenue and agriculture to social justice and tribal welfare; eSampada that makes stamp registration process easy and accessible; a smart revenue court case monitoring system & a lands records management system; MPKrishi and eAnugya applications for the farming sector; and Uttara for citizen grievance and redressal.
3. Shri. Satish Patel, IAS
District Name: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Organization Website: https://www.gandhinagar.gujarat.gov.in/
Satish Patel works with the vision of creating an all-inclusive and digitally literate society. Key initiatives handled under his leadership include Digital Gujarat to manage citizen service delivery system; eDhara to manage land records online; SWAGAT to address public grievances; IWDMS to make file movement tracking system for efficient; and GSWAN as an end-to-end IP based network designed for government service convergence.
Special Mentions
1. Dr.Mahendra Kalyankar, IAS
District Name: Thane, Maharashtra
Organization Website: http://www.thane.nic.in
Dr. Mahendra Kalyankar believes a digitally literate society is the need of the hour for this century to understand broader issues of society, economy, culture, government and human rights rights. Key initiatives managed under his leadership include a mobile app called Thane Sahaj to educate citizens of various services delivered by the state and central government; a common online workstation for tehsil officers to carry out their responsibilities efficiently; and Thane Pravah to bring accountability in the file journey monitoring system. The district is proud of its role in registering 1,35,000 citizens, especially from rural and tribal communities, under ‘Digilockers’.
2. Shri. S.Viswanathan, IAS
District Name: Cachar, Silchar, Assam
Organization Website: http://cachar.gov.in/
Viswanathan works with the vision to make digital infrastructure available to all citizen so that they can access all government services and information on demand in the most efficient and accessible manner Some of the key initiatives managed under his leadership include separate digital databases for teachers & state government employees; an electoral roll management system; Dharitree to manage lands records online; ePanjeevan for computerisation of document registration work at the sub-registrar’s office; and VAHAN as a comprehensive vehicle registration tool.
3. Shri. Dasharathi Satapathy, IAS
District Name: Subarnapur, Odisha
Organization Website: http://as1.ori.nic.in/agrotelemark/pension/index.htm
Dasharathi Satapathy believes that implementation and success of e-Governance depends on digital literacy. Key initiatives managed under his leadership include eAbhijog to manage citizen grievance redressal; DMS for document management; BHULEKH for land records; NADRS for national animal disease reporting system; and Prerna for facilitating scholarships for students who’ve qualified their matric examinations. Subarnapur district has been successful in standardising its district portal, services delivery and paddy procurement.
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