eindia 2012 report
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eIndia 2012 Conference would be a unique platform for sharing of knowledge, challenges, ideas and best practices amongst the various stakeholders driving ICT initiatives in the domain of Governance, Healthcare and Education. Bureaucrats, technocrats, academicians, industry personnel and civil society members along with ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stake holders would all benefit through thought provoking sessions, workshops, one on one interactions etc. The conference would have three major tracks focusing on e-Gov, digitallearning & eHealth under which there would be multiple thematic sessions. e-Agriculture, Telecentre Forum and Municipal IT would also be covered as separate tracks/thematic sessionsTRANSCRIPT
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eINDIA: A Convergence of ICT Knowledge Share, Networking and Felicitations
the recently held eINdIA 2012 at HICC, Hyderabad, witnessed
key decision makers & experts, administrators & policy
makers, leaders & stakeholders, service providers & It-telecom
vendors, consulting firms, ICt entrepreneurs & development
agencies – all converging on one platform
“technology is of no use unless it comes to the reach and
affordability of the common man,” said Sri N Kiran Kumar Reddy,
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra pradesh and hon’ble chief guest,
during the inauguration of the eighth edition of eIndia 2012. India’s
largest ICt event – comprising conferences, expo and awards –
was held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre on
15-16 November, 2012. Jointly organised by Elets technomedia
pvt Ltd; Centre for Science, development and Media Studies
(CSdMS); and the All India Council for technical Education
(AICtE) and hosted by the Andhra pradesh Government and Mee
Seva, the two-day event witnessed 30 panel discussions on ICt
usage in governance, health and education.
the summits offered a unique platform for in-depth
knowledge exchange and networking for key decision
makers & experts; administrators & policy makers; leaders
& stakeholders; service providers & It-telecom vendors;
consulting firms; ICt entrepreneurs and development
agencies. Apart from the seminal tracks, eINdIA Awards
turned out to be the real showstopper of the event. Fifty-
four awards were given for ICt initiatives across governance,
health and education under 24 separate categories.
Interestingly, Moreover, the ICt expo with 110 exhibitors was
a major attraction of eINdIA 2012.
the event coincided with the first anniversary of Mee Seva
– the flagship scheme for electronic delivery of services by the
Government of Andhra pradesh. Speaking about Mee Seva (at
your service), the Chief Minister said that by issuing certificates
and other documents through digital signatures, the state
government had reduced dependence on the middlemen, thus
introducing transparency in the system, timely delivery of
services, and reducing wastage of public money.
dr (Smt) Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for Communication
& It, Government of India; dr Raghuveera Reddy N, Minister
of Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Government of Andhra
pradesh; and Sri ponnala Lakshmaiah, Minister for It &
Communication, Government of Andhra pradesh also graced
the occasion with their presence as guests of honour. besides, M
Samuel, IAS Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA)
and Special Chief Secretary, Hyderabad; J Satyanarayana,
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IAS, Secretary Government of India; and Sanjay Jaju, IAS,
Secretary, It & Communication, Government of Andhra pradesh
& eINdIA programme Chair; dr M p Narayanan, president, Elets
technomedia pvt Ltd; and Ravi Gupta, CEO, Elets technomedia
pvt Ltd and Convener of eINdIA 2012, were among the other
dignitaries present at the eINdIA 2012 inaugural session.
eGovernance Summitthe eGovernance summit witnessed
eight sessions in the two days.
the topics of panel discussions
ranged from e-Governance in India;
ICt deployment in public Safety
& Security; Smart Cities; ICt in Energy & transportation;
Aadhaar based Service delivery; From eSeva to Mee Seva: State
Leadership Summit; ICt usage by public Sector units; and ICt
usage in Financial Inclusion.
Among the key speakers were J Satyanarayana, Secretary,
Ministry of Communications & It, Govt of India; Sanjay Jaju,
Secretary, It, Andhra pradesh; R S Sharma, director General
& Mission director, uIdAI; Rajesh Agarwal, Secretary, It,
Maharashtra; bipul pathak, Secretary, It, J&K; Madhusudan
padhi, Secretary, It, Odisha; dr p V Ramesh, principal Secretary,
department of Finance, Andhra pradesh; V V V Satyanarayana,
General Manager, Financial Inclusion department, NAbARd,
Mumbai; and p H Kurian, Secretary, It, Kerala.
the achievements and benefits of Mee Seva and Aadhaar
were the most emphasised points in the discussion panel.
Health SummitIn the two days, eINdIA witnessed
eight sessions on health and
telemedicine. panel discussions
took place around the Emerging
paradigms in Healthcare; eHealth
and mHealth; point of Care technologies and Chronic disease
Management; Emerging trends in Health Insurance; patient
Safety; Rural Health and the like. While aiming to provide a
platform for dialogue on the health systems in India and beyond,
the eINdIA Health Summit track was able to associate with
various departments and representatives of state government
departments, bodies like the National Accreditation board for
Hospitals & Healthcare providers (NAbH) and others.
the event speakers and attendees were from reputed
hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, doctors, policy makers,
researchers, health experts and industry members from Andhra
pradesh, across India and abroad. Among the key speakers were
Girdhar J Gyani, Member, Governing board, NAbH and Member,
Governing board, ISQua; p K taneja, principal Secretary, Health
& Family Welfare, Gujarat; balaji utla, CEO, Health Management
and Research Institute (HMRI) and N Veerabhadraiah, Chief
Information Officer & deputy director, Commissioner of Health &
Family Welfare, Andhra pradesh.
Education Summitthe education seminal track was
divided in two parts – School
Education and Higher Education.
Overall, 14 panel discussions were
held during two-day conclave.
the topics for Higher Education included Challenges and
Opportunities in Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions;
Investment in Education; Vision 2020; transformatory
practices in technical Education; Creating Innovative Models
in Education; and best practices in Higher Education.
under the School Education track, discussions were held
on topics such as Essentials for building Visionary Schools
in a Globalised World; Learning practices in the 21st Century;
Alternative Assessment Strategies; StEM Education and tech
Assisted tools for Student Comprehension; progressive Learning
Environment through Connected Classrooms; blended Learning
Curriculum & Supportive teaching; and training of Educators:
Coping with Rapidly Changing Education technologies.
prof S S Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for technical
Education (AICtE); K Sunitha, Commissioner, directorate of
Collegiate Education; prof parvin Sinclair, director, National
Council for Educational Research and training (NCERt); prof
u b desai, director, IIt Hyderabad; prof V S Rao, director,
bItS Hyderabad Campus; Sanjay Singh, principal Secretary,
department of School Education, Madhya pradesh; dr pascal
Chazot, Head of School, Mahatma Gandhi International
School; N Siva Sankar, Commissioner & director of School
Education, Andhra pradesh; Son Kuswadi, Education Attache,
the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia; Andrey Shelukhin,
Counselor(Science & technology), Embassy of the Russian
Federation in India; and K Gopal, Managing director, tamil
Nadu textbook Corporation were among the key speakers
who included state education secretaries, vice-chancellors
of universities, directors and faculty members of higher
education institutes, and principals and chairmen of schools.
the speakers focused on how institutions and academicians
have an important role to play in the development of
employability skills of the students and how ICt can be utilised
as an integral tool in this direction.
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Mee SevaConceived and launched
by Andhra pradesh Chief
Minister N Kiran Kumar
Reddy in Chittoor district
on November 4, 2011, the
Mee Seva Initiative of the
state government was one of
the key highlights of the event. With more than 6,000 Mee
Seva counters operational across the state, rendering 45
Government -to- Citizen (G2C) services, the Chief Minister
announced that efforts are on towards delivering 100 such
services by March next year. “the impact of Mee Seva
initiative is such that it has helped in saving Rs 6,000 crore of
the common man,” said Sri Reddy.
the Institute of public Enterprises, Hyderabad, and the
digital Empowerment Foundation, New delhi, were assigned to
evaluate customer satisfaction of Mee Seva. Reports prepared
by both the institutes were released during the event. the
IpE report stated that 98 percent of respondents have
expressed their satisfaction towards Mee Seva services and 93
percent have mentioned that they have got their work done
without paying any extra money. Current Adangal, Integrated
Certificate and Income Certificate are among the best-ranked
services, according to the report. the report by the dEF stated
that Mee Seva is really about citizen empowerment and these
changed processes have wide-ranging ramifications in better
governance.
Along with the report, Mee Seva Awards were also given
during the event. “today we are honouring the stakeholders
who have done tremendous job in bringing Mee Seva from
nowhere to where we are today, with 45 services clocking
more than 70,000 transactions on a daily basis. today we
have touched 7 million transactions under Mee Seva,” said
Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, It, Andhra pradesh.
eINDIA Expothe eINdIA Expo, which was organised at the same venue
along with seminal tracks, had 110 exhibitors from across
the country and received an overwhelming response by the
attendees. the main aim of the exhibitors was to showcase
their ICt solutions to the target audience.
For exhibitors in education sector, the target audience was
schools and higher education institutions and educationists.
the focus was on how It initiatives could make learning a
better experience for students and how such It initiatives
could help institutes become more high-tech and reach out to
a larger section of students. For exhibitors in healthcare, the
target audience was hospitals, medical institutes and medical
professionals. the aim was to showcase how a particular
software or portal or an It initiative could help in reducing
the paperwork and hence the workload of hospital staff. Also
how new systems could help in achieving higher accuracy in
the diagnosis of diseases and better patient management. For
exhibitors in eGovernance, the target audience was state and
central government departments and pSus.
eINDIA National Essay Contest – A New InitiativeInterestingly, eINdIA 2012 announced a new initiative in
involving the youth and teenagers in its movement to promote
innovations in the usage of ItC in governance, health and
education. It’s a step towards creating a platform for innovative
young minds to share their perspective with industry players.
As the first step in this direction, Elets technomedia pvt Ltd
had organised an online national essay contest for teenagers
and the youth. the objective was to assess the vision and
understanding that today’s youth have on governance,
health and education. the topic was future of technology in
governance, health and education sectors. the contest, which
was completely online, received 250 participants out of which
the winner, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up were felicitated
during the event.
Conclusiondrawing a conclusion to the two-day event, Sanjay Jaju, It
Secretary, Government of Andhra pradesh said: “All three seminal
tracks – eGovernance, Health and Education – were widely
attended and response was overwhelming. As part of the Mee
Seva anniversary and eINdIA it definitely repositions Hyderabad
as the most preferred It destination. the event has witnessed so
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much enthusiasm, people came in large numbers and much of the
credit goes to the effort put up by the organisers, which is simply
exemplary.”
Mee Seva Awards
Awards to Authorized Agents• SriChinnaMuneppaGariKumaranofAPOnline,Chittoor,
for making 19,122 transactions
• Sri Ananth Raj Padma of APOnline, Medak, for making
13,646 transactions
• SriK.KaleswaraReddyofSreeven,Khammam,formaking
10,633 transactions
• SriGojeVijayKumarofCMSNizamabadformaking8,005
transactions
• SriS.VenkateswaraRaoofCMS,Vizianagaramformaking
7,894 transactions
• SriLeelaKrishnaPrasadUppalaofSreeven,Krishna,for
making 6,218 transactions
Awards to Tahsildars(In disposing Category “b” applications within citizen charter
limits)
• SriV.BhujangaRao,MRO,Karimnagarmandal,Karimnagar
district – 1st Rank
• Sri K. Chadrakala,MRO, Asifnagarmandal, Hyderabad –
2nd Rank
• SriM.KrishnaReddy,MRO,Nalgondamandal,Nalgonda–
3rd Rank
Awards to Sub-Registrars of Registration Department(In disposing Category b applications within citizen charter limits)
• SriJ.RajeswarRao,SRO,SangaReddy–1stRank
• SriS.N.MohanRaj,SRO,Ibrahimpatnam–2ndRank
• SriG.V.KondaReddy,SRO,Renigunta–3rdRank
Award to GHMCdr. p. Murlidhar Gupta for approving 88.85 percent requests
within citizen charter limits.
Awards to Spl. deputy Collectors of Mee Seva
(For rendering exemplary services in the implementation of
Mee Seva)
• SriB.Eswaraiah,DeputyCollector,Chittoor
• SriMotilalS,DeputyCollector,RangaReddy
• SmtP.RamaDevi,DCFSO,DeputyCollector,Nalgonda
Awards to District officials(For rendering outstanding support during the pilot project)
• SriS.SolomonArokiaraj,IAS,CollectorChittoor
• SriCh.VijayMohan,IAS,ExJCChittoor
• (Sofartheyhaveclocked7,68,363transactionsinChittoor
district)
• SriS.A.MRizvi,IAS,CollectorHyderabad(anderstwhile
Collector Krishna) and dr. Gaurav uppal IAS, erstwhile
Joint Collector Krishna for extending their outstanding
support during the pilot in Krishna district.
• Sri SiddarthJain, IASCollectorKhammamandSriM.M.
Naik, IAS, Joint Collector, Khammam for excellent work
in the pilot project. they have also clocked maximum
number of Category A transactions numbering 2,26,964
as on November 1st 2012.
• Sri Saurabh Gaur, IAS Collector Srikakulam for his
outstanding performance in Srikakulam district.
• Sri PS Pradyumna, IAS, Joint Collector, Warangal, for
rendering highest number of pahanies i.e 2,22,725 under
his able guidance.
• SmtP.A.Shobha, IAS,JointCollector,Vizianagaram for
extending outstanding support during the implementation
of Mee Seva in Vizianagaram district.
• DrA.Sharat,IAS,JointCollector,Medak
Awards to state level officers in Mee Sevadr. K. Gopinath, IFS, director, EdS; Sri. b.V. Sarma, SIO,NIC
; Sri. K. yendukondalu dy. director urban, EdS; Sri. K.
Surendra Mohan pd, CMRO; Sri. N .S. S. Sai baba, NIC;
and Sri. bodgari balakishore, ApOnline for rendering
outstanding work in making this dream a success.