Guwahati: Assam is all set for efficient implementation of e-Offices. This was highlighted by IAS Shantanu P. Gotmare, State’s Commissioner & Secretary for Administrative Reforms & Training at a two-day regional conference on e-Governance, held in Guwahati recently. Speaking about ‘Mission Sadbhavana’ in the session on ‘e-office in Northeast,’ Gotmare said, “We are moving to the next push with Electronic Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS) practices and improvement to have a project mode for a single-signature procedure in e-forms to have training sessions to implement e-offices in Assam.”
Organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), in association with the Government of Assam, the two-day Regional Conference provided a platform for intensive deliberations during the five sessions held over two days.
Speaking on e-Office in Manipur, Joint Director, Directorate of IT & Communication, Government of Manipur, G. Robert Sharma said, “Manipur’s movement of files from their creation is notably high, indicating an efficient and optimal utilization of the office platform.”
Deputy Secretary, DARPG, Sanjeev Srivastava shared insights on e-Office analytics. “Repeated training has helped institutionalize and strengthen the effective implementation of the e-Office system. We, at DARPG, have worked on processing digital signatures practices and creating a digital database to optimize the process with real time metrics on hierarchical order of file movement,” he said.
The session on e-Governance Awarded Initiatives 2022 – District level initiatives in e-Governance was chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, GAD, Govt. of Assam, Avinash Joshi.
According to an official statement, the Regional Conference aimed at bringing national and state level public administration organizations on the same platform to share experiences in innovations in public administration, transforming future public solutions for improving quality of life, good governance, e-Governance, Digital Governance, etc.
Governor of Assam Gulab Chand Kataria, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, Paban Kumar Borthakur, and Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARPG graced the inaugural ceremony.
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