Second  NIC VC Studio at Jodhpur Innaugurated
CM Rajasthan Interacts with   Kanpura GP
        
 CM Rajasthan, Shri Ashok Gehlot interacted with Kanpura GP of Ajmer after inaugurating the 2nd VC studio at NIC Jodhpur on the 4th March 2012.  Honourable  Energy Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, State Agriculture Minister, Shri Gurmeet Singh Kunner and other dignitaries were also present. SIO NIC Rajasthan, Mrs. Indu Gupta presented the brief introductory demonstration on GPNIC, National Pilot on Rural Connectivity . The CM  interacted with Ms. Manju Rajpal ,District Collector, Ajmer, Shri Jagdish Bairwa ,Sarpanch Kanpura  and other villagers and took the feedback of various government schemes and inquired about the popular demand of the area from the sarpanch. An amount of Rs.40 Lac has been sanctioned for the solar power panel in the 20 Pilot Schools under the project.

             The NIC team was led by Mrs. Indu Gupta, SIO NIC Rajasthan ,DIO Jodhpur H S Gehlot, DIA Ravi Mathur, PSA Amit Agarwal, DIO Ajmer Ankur Goel ,DIA Teja Singh Rawat. Jodhpur is the first district of Rajasthan where the second VC studio has been established at NIC. The VC studio has a capacity of 50 persons, with modern facilities like Projector, Motorized Display Screen, Interactive Panel, Visual Presenter, LCD T.V., Internet and power points on each seat. The Kanpura Panchayat is one of the 10 pilots Gram Panchayat selected in the Rural Connectivity programme initiated by GoI with the support of NIC at the  Srinagar Block of Ajmer District. BSNL has provided fiber connectivity to the 10 pilot panchayats and NIC has developed portal to provide citizen centric services for the residents. Honble US President, Shri Barack Obama also held VC from Mumbai to Kanpura Panchayat to know about the impact of e-governance services during his visit to India in November 2010 last.