The Digital India Awards under the ambit of National Portal
organized by National Informatics Centre (NIC) have emerged over the years as a
credible platform to recognize the digital presence and e-Governance efforts of
various Government institutions across the country. The awards instituted in
2009 are one of a kind in India for honoring the efforts of different
Government entities in the digital realm.
The Digital India Awards have played a pivotal role in
promoting the use of World Wide Web platform as an effective tool for
e-Governance. At the same time, numerous departments have been able to take
inspiration and emulate the successful innovations which have been recognized
and rewarded on the Digital India Awards platform.
Since its inception the Digital India Awards have seen four
editions, beginning from 2010, and biennially being conferred in 2012, 2014,
& 2016. Continuing with the tradition of recognizing & rewarding
excellence, NIC is all set to organize the fifth edition of Digital India
Awards on February 22, 2019, where Hon’ble Minister for Electronics &
Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad will grace the occasion and
give away the awards.
The Digital India Awards over the years have honored various
government departments which have done exemplary work. Over the years the
categories have also been aligned with the latest trends in the field of
technology. In the fifth edition we have the following categories: Emerging
Technology, Best Mobile App, Exemplary Online Service, Open Data Champion, Web
Ratna – Ministry/Department, Web Ratna – State/UT, Web Ratna – District,
Outstanding Digital Initiative by a Local Body.
In the fifth edition also, various Government entities have
been evaluated in the above mentioned categories by a high level jury
consisting of senior government officials, academia and industry experts. A new
addition to the awards this year is the introduction of a new category known as
‘Emerging Technologies’. This category seeks to identify and reward those
digital initiatives that have made exemplary use of emerging technologies such
as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing,
Virtual Reality, BlockChain, Internet of Things (IoT), Voice User Interface,
Big Data and Analytics.
Besides conferring the Digital India Awards, the releases of
the following will also take place:
- Digital
India Coffee Table Book
- Digital
India Awards Compendium
- STQC
Accessibility Certification Scheme
- Unified
Messaging Platform
- Public
DNS Service
- Cyber Crisis Management Plan 2019 (CCMP) and Guidance Framework for the CCMP
Digital India Coffee Table Book - “Towards a New
India, Transforming Digital Dream to Reality"
The Coffee Table Book is prepared with an objective to
create awareness about the success of Digital India across the country for the
betterment of the common man.
Digital India Awards Compendium
Digital India Awards Compendium is a compilation of the
exemplary digital initiatives that have been awarded in each of the eight
categories for the platinum, gold and silver awards. The compendium also
carries a mention of Jury Choice and Special Mention awards.
STQC Accessibility Certification Scheme
S3WaaS framework empowers Government entities to
build secure, scalable & sugamya websites that are hosted on the NIC cloud
in a very short time. SWaaS framework was launched last year, with a goal to
cover all the districts of the country within a short span of time.
Unified Messaging Platform
- MeitY
is releasing its Unified Messaging Platform for secure and efficient
Government communications, as part of the mandate
- NIC is
the implementing agency for this large deployment. Email and messaging are
the backbone of e-governance.
- eMail
service has a grown from a user base of 0.45 million in 2014 to over 2
million in 2018 and handles a traffic of over 2 crore emails daily.
- The
Unified Messaging Platform of NIC envisages to provide email service to
over 5 million officials of Central and State Government employees with
the domain @gov.in/@state.gov.in (for e,g @bih.gov.in) .
- The
service has been built through an open source solution in accordance with
the “Policy on adoption of Open source software for Government of India”
by MeitY, thus, ensuring strategic control of Government over the
solution.
- The
service provide a multilingual platform comprising of 11 local languages
with a go-live in English and Hindi initially, followed by other
languages.
- The service ensures security, performance, redundancy and service continuity in addition to a rich feature set.
Public DNS
- MeitY
will soon be implementing the Public Domain Name Server for India.
- NIC
would be configuring the setup which would be offered to all citizens DNS
stands for Domain Name System.
- India’s
Public DNS, as an inherent feature, would ensure fast access, enhanced
availability, secure access, maintain data privacy and data localization
within India and will be one of the key components to ensure Internet
Resilience.
Cyber Crisis Management Plan (CCMP)
- The
Cyber Crisis Management Plan (CCMP) for Countering Cyber Attacks and Cyber
Terrorism is a framework document for dealing with cyber-related
incidents.
- CERT-In
is leading the implementation of CCMP across Central Government
Ministries/Departments / states and critical organizations operating in
Indian cyberspace. Along with the CCMP-2019, CERT-In has developed
Guidance framework for CCMP which will enable various entities including
Central Government Ministries/Departments/ entities under their
administrative control to prepare & implement their own CCMP.
Technical Sessions
Government Instant Messaging (GIM)
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Gov Mail – New Features
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Big Data and Analytics -Challenges & Issues
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Opportunities for Advanced Analytics in Government
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Courtesy: pib.gov.in
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