Never too old: Nagaland’s officers get a taste of e-governance, IT

EMN
Dimapur, December 1

A training program about e-Governance and Information Technology for nodal officers of government departments was conducted on November 30 in Kohima town. Chief Secretary of Nagaland Pankaj Kumar was the chief guest of the event. The program was conducted in the Capital Convention Centre. The program was jointly organized by the department of IT&C in collaboration with e-Governance Academy of Estonia.
Delivering a short speech, Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar said that information technology ‘had been doing a significant role in providing services to the people.’ He stated that computerization of treasuries and accounts, public distribution system, commercial taxes etc have been successfully implemented and the people of Nagaland are now aware of multiple benefits of IT such as online distribution students’ scholarship, online payment of tax, online application of examination forms etc. He urged the officials from various departments spearheading the e-governance to provide connectivity at the village level for the rural people.
Delivering a brief introduction to the trainees, Commissioner & Secretary, IT&C, KD Vizo, ITS said that the awareness training is important as proper understanding of the subject of information technology is required to extend the benefit of IT and e-governance to the general citizen.
Stating that elsewhere in the world, those countries who have taken up IT and e-governance as a top priority were having better economy and better life, he also felt that there is a way to progress faster through adoption of e-governance and IT also in the State of Nagaland. He encouraged the people of the state to learn from the experience of developed country like Estonia.
Vizo also disclosed the Department of IT&C has submitted proposals to the Ministry of Communication and IT Government of India for 9 (nine) projects which includes CM dash board, e-naga cabinet, enterprises architecture, aerial OFC, e-Naga Village, Single Window e-Business, NagaNet, Wifi Hotspot and e-Naga Training Centre which are likely to be considered shortly by the Ministry of Communication and IT. He also expressed his appreciation to the resource persons on e-Governance from Estonia for enlightening the people of Nagaland about the wide spread benefits of embracing IT and e-Governance.
Resource persons for the workshop included physicist and former Cabinet Minister of Estonia Dr. Liia Hanni, Executive Director and Chairman of Management Board for e-Governance Academy Dr. Arvo Ott, and Head of e-Governance Trainings of e-Governance Academy Annela Kiirats, and Senior Expert for e-Governance Academy Masipedak, Estonia.