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Accolades

World Summit on the Information Society Prizes 2021, ITU,

Award for NIC’s ServicePlus Platform

IC’s ServicePlus Platform has awarded the ‘World Summit on the In-
formation Society Prizes 2021, ITU, Champion & Winner Award’ under
Nthe Category-8 WSIS, ‘ICT Applications. The prize ceremony is conducted
on Tuesday 18 May. This achievement marks an international recognition for
ServicePlus, which is an open-source & multi-tenant architecture-based con-
figurable service delivery framework.
ServicePlus is a metadata-based eService Delivery Framework that acts
as a framework for ensuring integrated eService Delivery. It offers exclusive
platforms for service definition and service consumption. Being a low-code/
no-code (LCNC) development platform, it allows the service owner to
dynamically generate various forms, processes and combine them together
to generate an end-to-end service. ServicePlus reduces the gap between
service providers and service seekers by facilitating information exchange
wherever required. The platform promotes transparency and accountability
in the working of service providers as well as service seekers. ServicePlus
strengthens good governance and empowers the citizen to avail services
online.

Dr. Ranjna Nagpal, DDG receives Agriculture Today Group’s

Agri-Extension Award 2021 for Excellence in Extension Project

Design at a virtual event

he Agri-Extension Award 2021, instituted by Agriculture Today
Group, presented the Excellence in Extension Project Design
TAwarded to Dr. Ranjna Nagpal, HOG & DDG along with officials from
the project team, Ms. Pratibha Lokhande, DDG, Ms. Mala Mittal, HoD
& Sr. Technical Director, Shri Aseem Gupta, Sr. Technical Director, Shri
Shailendra Saxena, Scientist-D and Shri Ajay Sharma, Scientist-C for the
exemplary contribution in agricultural extension for farmers’ empow-
erment in India. The event was held virtual on 9th April, 2021.
The initiatives for which the award was considered are Kisan
Suvidha, Kisan Rath Mobile App, Agri-Clinics & Agri-Business centres
and the Agriculture Technology and Management (ATMA)
Kisan Suvidha is integrated Web Ap App which aims to bring all
Agricultural Schemes and Services under one umbrella for access by
the farmers via a single interface, obliterating the need for multiple
apps / web portals. Kisan Rath Mobile App is developed to resolve
the transportation issues of Farmers, FPOs and Traders. Agri-Clinics
and Agri-Business centres scheme supplements the public extension
system through committed private extension services by educated and
trained candidates in a self-employment mode. The Agriculture Tech-
nology and Management (ATMA) scheme aims to make the extension
system farmers driven and facilitate technology dissemination up to
field level. district extension officials. The portal is integrated with Agriculture DBT
Facility has been provided to update the extension activities details portal, Kisan Suvidha app for sharing the details of beneficiaries under
and physical and financial targets and achievement of the extension the scheme. The SMS based feedback system in local language enables
activities which have been performed at village level by the states and the farmer to give feedback on training and extension services.

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