A Regional Workshop on Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) was held at Shimla from 18-20 September 2013 for the PRI and NIC officials of the States of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The NIC team led by Sh. D.C. Misra, Deputy Director General, NIC participated from New Delhi along with the Director, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GoI.

The Regional Workshop was organised to attain the objectives of the e-Panchayat MMP and to delineate a course of action for adoption of the all PES applications that have been rolled out by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

Sh. J.C. Chauhan, IAS, Special Secretary and Director, Department of Panchayats, Government of Himachal Pradesh welcomed the faculty and participants from other States by presenting them with Himachali Caps and Shawls. He also expressed the hope that the three-day workshop will result in fruitful discussions among the participating States to roll out more PES applications in their States.

Sh. D.C. Misra, DDG NIC informed the participants about all modules of the PES applications and how these can be helpful to the Department as well as the Citizens. He stressed upon the need for greater integration among various applications.

Mrs Rama Hariharan, Mrs. Manie Khaneja, Mrs. P. Lakshi, Mr. Rajeev Goel and Mr. Adesh Gupta interacted with the participants and sought State wise clarifications on various areas of concern. The participants from various States gave a number of suggestions for improving the adoption status of software applications.

Dr. Saurabh Gupta, SIO NIC Himachal Pradesh, Sh. Lalit Kapoor and Sh. Sajeev Gupta coordinated the workshop from NIC HP.