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Digital India (DI) Event at IISER Kolkata


19th August 2015
2:00-5:00 PM at G05, LHC

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Live webcast of launching event, July 1st-2015 at 4:00 PM

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About Digital India Programme

Government of India has announced 'Digital India', Which is a programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It aims at changing the manner in which governance and public services are provided to citizens. 'Digital India' also aims to 'transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge based economy', the focus being transformative, to realize IT(Indian Talent) + IT (Information Technology) = IT (India Tomorrow). The program also aims at delivering good governance to citizens by synchronized and coordinated engagement with both Central and State Governments. Delivery of services through e-governance represents a paradigm shift, which will involve Government Departments/ officials changing the way they work and tools they use to enable a faster and more efficient delivery.

'Digital India' as spread across three vision areas i.e. 'Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen',' Governance & Services on Demand ' and 'Digital Empowerment of Citizens'. To deliver the message of 'Digital India' to citizens and to showcase Government's initiatives in the area of e-Governance, a formal launch of this Program , spread over a week , is being organised.

Digital India Week

Digital India, one of the main projects of the Government of India has been Launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modiji on 1st July 2015 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The first Supercomputer of India PARAM 8000 (made by C-DAC) was launched on July 01, 1991. This date therefore represents a major milestone in the history of Advanced Computing in India.

To deliver the message of the Digital India to citizens and to showcase Government's initiative in the area of e-Governance, a formal launch of this program, spread over a week , is being organized. A series of activities focused around the existing Digital Service Delivery platform would be organised to provide contextual and engaging information about Digital India to the citizens. National e-Governance Division (NeGD, an autonomous business division within Media Lab Asia, under the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India) is the implementing agencies for Digital India Week.

The idea is total digitisation of society. During the week-long event that will be held across the country, a number of new applications/portals will be launched to bring government services to citizens digitally so that people can see a visible change in governance by the end of the year. The campaign will involve multiple partners and stakeholders, including government ministries and departments, industry, school and academic institutions, grama panchayats and civic bodies.

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Feel free to contact us.

The Nodal Officer,
Digital India Week
Indian Institute for Science Education and Research Kolkata
Mohanpur - 741246
West Bengal
E-Mail ID: digitalindia[At]iiserkol[Dot]ac[Dot]in