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From the States
Karnataka State
Architecting digital solutions and delivering key ICT services to the Government
Edited by REUBAN K arnataka, popularly known as ‘One State, Many
worlds’ is situated in the Southwestern region
Kof the Country. It is the eighth largest state of
NIC Karnataka State Centre has India and formed on 1st November 1956, the state
was earlier known as the State of Mysore, and was
been instrumental in designing, renamed Karnataka in 1973. It was ruled by many
developing and implementing kings belonging to Maurya, Shatavahana, Kadamba,
Chalukya and the world famous Vijayanagara
e-Governance solutions, which dynasties. Being a home to sculptured temples,
hill ranges, beaches and other beautiful attractions,
resulted in digital transformation Karnataka is known for its heritage destinations,
miraculous hill stations and magnificent waterfalls.
in the State at all levels and has It is also known for sandalwood and Mysore Silk.
NIC Karnataka State has been the
helped in achieving transparency The State is also known for famous writers who technology partner with the Government
have won Eight Jnanpith awards for their exemplary
and efficiency in the delivery of work in literature. The State capital Bengaluru is of Karnataka in all the citizen centric
the most sought after destination for the IT Sector applications. The State achieved laurels
the citizen centric services. and Karnataka Government has reached out to the in many e-initiatives, thanks to NIC for
world to invite investment in the State. Karnataka technical support. e-Hospital, FRUITS,
NIC has set up the Centre Government is very keen on providing paperless, DBT, e-Office, e-Waybill, GST Prime,
Panchatantra,
e-Aasthi,
e-Swathu,
of Excellence in Blockchain faceless, contactless and cashless services to the Blockchain applications are some of the
citizens. NIC is a partner in achieving its goals of
Technology in Bengaluru spearheading ICT initiatives in the State. This has important web and software applications
with which the citizens, business
enabled the State to achieve transparent, effective community and Government at large are
with a vision to build niche and efficient citizen centric service delivery and benefitted.
brought governance to the doorstep of the citizens.
applications using Blockchain NIC Karnataka has been playing a key role in the The team at NIC Karnataka has vast
e-Governance initiatives of the Government and domain knowledge in all key areas of
in close coordination with the is consulted on all major citizen centric projects Government and the technical compe-
tency to offer solutions.
Government. in the State including the 30 District Offices. NIC I am very happy to note that Informat-
Karnataka is instrumental in providing state-of-the- ics April 2021 is showcasing the e-initia-
art Data Centre support for the Government and tives of NIC in Karnataka State.
has also designed, developed and implemented I wish the team NIC Karnataka the
e-Governance applications since its inception in very best in all their future endeavours
Bangalore in 1987. and look forward to their continued
support for the State in e-Governance
ICT Initiatives in the State initiatives.
Centre of Excellence in Blockchain P. RAVIKUMAR, IAS
Technology Chief Secretary
A state-of-the-art laboratory has been Government of Karnataka
established to facilitate the Government
Departments to perform PoCs, test the applications
and move on to production. The centre has explored KSEEB portal provides facilities for the process of
some blockchain platforms and has established verification. The same system can be implemented
P.V. Bhat blockchain networks using Hyperledger Fabric and for any university marks-sheet. This provides a
Dy. Director General Hyperledger Sawtooth. Blockchain network with tamper proof secure system and enables electronic
& SIO nodes in different data centres of NIC has been verification by other accepting agencies such as
bhat.pv@nic.in established to provide a platform for NIC to develop
and deploy blockchain enabled applications. Scholarship, Professional College admission system
Centre is developing and deploying the systems.
applications such as Certificate Chain, Drug Logistics, Marks-sheet of students who passed the
Remote Voting, etc. examinations in the academic year 2019-20 is stored
in the blockchain.
B.P. Srinivasan Certificate Chain
Sr. Technical Director The marks-sheet of SSLC and PUC students of Drug Logistics Chain - Aushada
b.p.srinivasan@nic.in Karnataka have been stored in Blockchain. The The main objective of Aushada software is to
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