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Volume 29 No.4, April 2021
Patron
Dr. NEETA VERMA
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Advisory Panel
Nagesh Shastri
Shalini Mathrani
IPS Sethi
Ajay Singh Chahal

Editor
Mohan Das Viswam
Zonal Editors
Dr. Dibakar Ray
Reuban K 12
Kavita Barkakoty
Sarbjeet Singh
AK Dadhichi

Web Version Contents
Sunil Sunsunwal
Archana Sharma

Design Support
Mukesh Bharti Credits & Editorial . . . . 02 e-Gov Products & Services:
Rohit Maurya ICES . . . . 17
Message:
Print, Circulation & Dispatch Director General, NIC . . . . 03 Shaladarpan . . . . 20
Anita Bhardwaj Prayas . . . . 23
Spotlight: Aabhar . . . . 27
Published by 25 Years of NICSI . . . . 04 Online Booking System of BCD . . . . 29
National Informatics Centre NIC celebrates AI Day . . . . 06 IFMS, Punjab . . . . 31
MietY,Government of India Int’l Women’s Day at NIC . . . . 48
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Technology Update:
New Delhi-110003, INDIA From the States: Build Your Own Bot . . . . 34
Karnataka . . . . 07
Contact Address Mobile App Development . . . . 36
INFORMATICS District Informatics:
379, A4B4, Floor-3, NIC Akola . . . . 12 Appscape . . . . 39
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Patna . . . . 15 In the News . . . . 40
New Delhi-110003, INDIA Accolades . . . . 45
Phone: 011 -24305365
Email: editor.info@nic.in

Editorial services from quality empanelled vendors. Day at NIC. The State covered in this issue is
With this, NICSI continues to fulfil its vision Karnataka and the Districts featured are Akola
ne of the key enabling forces of contributing to the acceleration of socio- and Patna. The eGov Products and Services
for providing and procuring ICT economic growth. It is notable that with the section has ICES, Online Booking System,
based solutions to governments, successful execution of over 1700 projects IFMS Punjab, Prayas and Shaladarpan. In the
public sector undertakings and annually, NICSI has grown to serve Government Technology Update section, BYOB (Build Your
various related entities is the of India and other developing countries in its Own Bot) and Mobile App Development are
ONICSI. Since its formation in 1995, glorious 25 year history. featured. The usual sections such as Appscape,
NICSI has been providing state-of-the-art and In this issue, we are glad to cover the In the News and Accolades have interesting
cost effective solutions for all the growing ICT Silver Jubilee Year celebration event of NICSI updates.
needs of various stakeholders and citizens. The held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. We wish the We welcome your valuable feedback and
success of Digital India programme owes a lot organisation all the very best in the years to suggestions which would help us improve the
to NICSI for the multi-dimensional role it has come. magazine to make it more useful.
been playing in supporting the government. The other two spotlight features in this Take good care of yourself and stay safe.
These solutions have been delivered by in- issue are the celebration of NIC’s Artificial

house development, purchase of products and Intelligence Day and International Women’s - Editor

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