|
The
Forest Fire Alert System of the Forest department and the
Krishinet applications of Agriculture departments were
specially lauded today in the Mission Governance
Summit-2009 organized by Dataquest a renowned ICT
magazine. co hosted by notable e- News Portal
www.mppost.org
in Bhopal
today. Shri Anil Oberoi, Additional Chief Conservator of
Forests and Shri Kamal Jain Assistant Director Agriculture
received the Dataquest e-Gov Champion award in an august
function organized at Hotel Jehan Numa Palace today, The
awards were presented by Urvashi Kaul Asst. Editor
Dataquest,
 Shri
Anurag Shrivastav, MD, MPSEDC, lit the lamp to open the
function. Shri Ashok Awasthi, DIG, Bhopal and Shri Anil
Oberoi,. ACCF were also accompanying him. Ashvini Lohani
MD MP Torisum Development corporation were present.
Sri Sarman Nagele Editor
www.mppost.org,. He mark the progress made by the state in
the field of IT.. Quoting the report of National Knowledge
Commission, he added the United Nation and global
e-governance in its recent study has stressed that the
efforts form all the corners should be make to extend its
benefits to common public. He was convening the workshop
and panel discussion.
Addressing the audience Shri
Shrivastav underlined the necessity to train more
government officials in ICT & e-Governance project
management. “We have to build capacity in the government
cadre itself. There is no point of training the people
above 55 years. We have to concentrate on young officials"
he added.
Shri
Awasthi warns about growing threats of Cyber crime. He
advises the assembled gathering for not to reveal their
bank accounts, credit card numbers and other personal
information on the Internet. He also warned girls for
uploading their pictures on the Net. “This could lead to
various crimes related to spam, morphing among others.
However, there are provisions in the IT Act of Government
of India to take actions against such crimes,” added
Awasthi.
Shri Oberoi informs that the
Madhya Pradesh Forest Fire Alert System and other
applications are generating interest of other states.
Gujarat and other states with large tribal populations are
consulting the MP Forest Department to replicate the same
at their places.
Underlining the tremendous
potentiality of using information technology as enabler
for agriculture growth in the country, Shri Kamal Jain
explains the information and advisory needs of farmers.
Mr. Jain also shares the services provided to the farmers
by Hindi portal 'Krishinet' and Kisan Call Centre. He urge
on the need of building an integrated data base that may
serve as a repository of target beneficiaries for
different departments and agencies working in the field of
rural development.
Sri Lajpat Ahuja Additional
Director public relation department describes the rich
cultural and traditional heritage of the state and stress
on the need to showcase the strength of and opportunities
in the state by use of ICT.
Mr. Sandeep Jain of CRISP
Bhopal presented the potentiality of M- Governance looking
to the increasing penetration of mobile. Pofessor Anurag
Sitha presents the IT applications employed by Makhan Lal
Chaturvedi Patrakarita VV Bhopal towards e-University.
The other important
conclusion of the workshop included the need for
transparency in effectively making information available
to citizens using ICT tools. It was also felt that there
is a need to empower the service providers lobby in the
state. The three main challenges facing Madhya Pradesh
today are illiteracy, lack of computer awareness and
extent of connectivity in the rural areas. Only once these
three issues are addressed in a proper manner,
e-governance will achieve its real success in Madhya
Pradesh.
Rajneesh De, Associate
Editor, Dataquest, opens the workshop and underlines the
initiative of magazine.
Dataquest has
been regularly pioneering e-governance through editorial
content and workshops. As part of the Mission Governance
Series Dataquest have been organizing events in Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala and Haryana. “The series aims to
get all stake holders—senior government officials in
various departments, local bodies and private players on
one platform , the ultimate goal being how common man can
avail the transparent and effective government services,”
He added.
Different professionals and
officials working in the field of e-Governance
participated in the workshop and raise there queries
during the panel discussion.
|
