NIC Odisha has bagged three awards on EDGE (Enterprises Driving Growth and Excellency using IT) Information Week Magazine Awards- 2014 for smart Governance on 5th Sept 2014 at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Hall, Mumbai.

The awards were received by Dr. R N Behera, Sr. Technical Director, NIC Odisha, Bhubaneswar in 3 different areas:

1. e-Pothi  : Online Cataloguing of Manuscripts of  Odisha State Museum

          URL: http://odishamuseum.nic.in

The objective of the project is to Facilitate researchers, students, scholars across the Globe to get online access the rare manuscripts of Odisha,  spread awareness among the people  about the Indian culture and heritage, and virtual walk through of the Museum.

2. ‘e-Sakhyam’ - Accessibility portal for State Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Odisha with case management system

           URL: http://scpdodisha.nic.in

3. NIC Odisha as an Organisation got Enterprise Application award for achiever in various IT activities. This is an overall award for the organisation in Smart Governance in different fields.

Various dignitaries present in the award ceremony are Country Head FACE Book, Country Head Intel, Wall Mart, National Co-convener, Information Cell - BJP, Representative of Infosys, TCS, Wipro and other entrepreneurs of the Country.

The projects were initiated by Govt of Odisha and executed by NIC, Odisha under the supervision of Sri S.K.Panda, DDG & SIO, Odisha. The team comprising Dr. R N Behera, STD as Team Leader, Sri K.C.Pattnaik, PSA, Sri A.K.Pattanayak, PSA, Ms. Namita Senapati, PSA, Sri S.K.Sahoo, PSA,Sri R.K.Sahoo, SA, Sri B.L.Gupta , SO-Engr-SB have been involved in the development of these  projects.