The initiatives of  NIC Madhya Pradesh has brought laurels as the NIC and Government of Madhya Pradesh has received the prestigious National Award for outstanding e-governance initiative  in Social Sector.

The award winning “Special Project for Assistance, Rehabilitation & Strengthening of Handicapped” (SPARSH)  targets to facilitate proactive services to PwDs (Persons with Disabilities) and makes an attempt to create a framework to facilitate the compliance of PwD Act 1995.

‘Gold Icon’ National E-Governance Award was presented to the team of NIC and Social Justice Department for SPARSH project during the 16th National e-governance Conference at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Nearly 650 e-governance projects  were evaluated for the awards.

The SPARSH project team consisted of Sh. CN Rao, SrTD, Sh. Sunil Jain, TD, Sh. Ajay Kulkarni, Sh. Mahesh Kumar Sharma,   Sh. Sanjay Garg, Sh. Vipin Bose and Sh. Pusphpankar Chand.

The Chief Minister, Cabinet Minister for Rural Development & Social Justice Chief Secretary and Secretary (IT) Madhya Pradesh has congratulated, Shri M. Vinayak Rao, SIO NICMP State Centre and his team.