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stakeholders can create custom reports and newly designed and developed using the Secure,
insights on the progress made under different Scalable & Sugamya Website as a Service (S3WaaS)
schemes. platform. The Website provides comprehensive
• Customizable dashboard using filters on information on the spectrum of domains like
history, tourism, art, culture, handicraft, flora and
• schemes and locations fauna, access to utilities, government schemes
Comparative analysis with previous progress.
• Customizable alerts on schemes based on and citizen services related to the Howrah district.
eOffice (https://howraheoffice.wb.gov.in/)
eOffice has been implemented in more than
• physical and financial progress 100 nodes covering all offices of the District
Generate 54 point report for review meetings,
scheduling of meeting and broadcast Collectorate. The eOffice project was inaugurated
notification, user-level notification and user- on 1st August 2019 by Smt Mukta Arya, IAS, District
specific notification
• API for fetching existing Portal’s data Magistrate & Collector, Howrah. Adopting digital governance is the
NIC Howrah District Centre has also participated
• Multi-modal Accessibility in beta testing of Sandes, the Government Instant need of the hour. NIC Howrah has
played an important role by developing
Online Recruitment Management System Messaging System. ICT projects like the new District website
NIC Howrah District Centre has developed Technical Support in S3WaaS Framework, Online Police
an Online Recruitment Management System NIC Howrah District Centre has provided Verification System, Online Progress
through which the entire application processing statewide technical support to flagship projects Monitoring System, Online Recruitment
of recruitment can be managed. The candidates such as Kanyashree, SaboojSathi, Utkarsh Bangla, Management System and is supporting
can fill up an online application form, get an Rupashree, Banglar Siksha etc. many other State Government’s
acknowledgement slip, download admit card, NIC Howrah has provided technical support flagship projects, ICT infrastructure and
check the status of the application, and know the for the implementation and roll-out of State- services which is pivotal for the District
result of the recruitment Through this system. level flagship projects like Duare Sarkar, Laxmir Administration in serving the citizens.
Bhandar, Jaibangla and National level projects like Our digital initiatives have improved
Online Police Verification Reporting e-Procurement, e-Prosecution at Howrah district. the participation of citizens, created
System ease of service delivery, resulting in
This software facilitates online processing of the Also, technical support has been extended for good governance.
entire Application Life Cycle for Police Verification nationwide users of National Tracking System of
Reports. This would reduces the turnaround time Missing and Vulnerable Children – TrackChild 3.0.
and improve accuracy and traceability. Data Analytics Dashboard
NIC Howrah has also developed a prototype MUKTA ARYA, IAS
Other Key Initiatives in the Interactive data analytics dashboard using the District Magistrate, Howrah
District latest open-source data visualization tools which
General Elections may be used in various eGovernance Projects.
In addition NIC Howrah District Centre has
provided extensive technical support and related Network and Video Conferencing Awards
services during Parliamentary & Legislative Services Officials of NIC Howrah District Centre have
Assembly Elections. Activities such as Polling NIC District Centre Howrah has 2 number of 34 participated in the development of different
personnel data management through the Mbps (BSNL and PGCIL) links. NICNet Connectivity flagship programmes of Govt of West Bengal which
WBPPMS portal, Polling personnel and Counting of NIC Howrah has been extended to more than has won various national as well as international
personnel randomization, party formation, 100 user nodes. NIC has a Video Conference recognition in recent years.
training allocation, with various reports and Hall with the capacity of 20 Participants which • Kanyashree Online: National eGovernance
allied activities were undertaken. Award, UNPSA Award, UN WSIS Award
supports video conferencing services at all levels.
District Website It has also facilitated extensive use of web VC • SaboojSathi Online: National eGovernance
District Website howrah.gov.in has been since the Covid-19 pandemic. Award 2019, UN WSIS Award 2019
• eGovernance Portal of Utkarsh Bangla: UN
WSIS Award 2019

Way Forward
Components of Face Recognition System (FRS) Keeping up with the latest technological
advancements, NIC Howrah is spearheading
development of cutting edge solutions for
facilitating good governance by leveraging the
potential of AI, Data Analytics, Mobile applications
and web-based applications.

Contact for more details

District Informatics Officer
NIC Howrah District Centre, New Collectorate Building
4th Floor, Room no. 17, Howrah
West Bengal - 711 101
Email: dio-hwr@nic.in, Phone: 033-26411224

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