Dr. Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC highlighted the need for user-centered design in the development of all eGov applications. She was chairing the webinar on  “Designing Products with Accelerated Adoption” organized by NIC on 12th June 2020.

Stressing upon the need for enhanced User Experience Design requirements for better adoption of eGov applications, she informed that recently a dedicated division namely “User Experience Design and Technology” has been formed at NIC to ensure the adoption and proliferation of best practices related to User Experience Design in the organization. 

Mr. Arun Jain, CMD of Intellect Design Arena Limited discussed the various aspects of Design Thinking and elaborated on the need for its adoption in eGov applications. Mr. Jain was also an invited speaker at the TechConclave2020, an event organized by National Informatics centre at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi on 22nd January 2020.

The Webinar was attended by NICians across the country. The welcome address was given by Dr. Savita Dawar, DDG, and the Vote of Thanks was delivered by Dr. RK Mishra, DDG.