Indian e-Government Projects win Oracle Excellence in e-Governance Awards at Oracle Open World

Reinforcing its commitment to e-Governance leadership and innovation, Oracle today announced the 22 Indian e-Government project winners of the Oracle Excellence in e-Governance Awards at Oracle Open World Mumbai. Oracle Open World Mumbai is Oracle’s global technology and business conference for customers, partners, business and IT decision makers. The Oracle Excellence in e-Governance Awards showcase IT projects that have significantly improved their communities through effective citizen services delivery and excelled at providing innovative solutions to raise the standards of good governance. The award winners were selected from e-Governance projects from all over India. The National Informatics Centre (NIC), the Department of Information Technology and the Government of India implemented these projects. Dr. N Vijayaditya, Director General, National Informatics Centre, and Mr. Derek Williams, Executive Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific, announced the shortlisted projects and presented the awards to the winners at a dinner ceremony. The 22 award-winning projects included:

• Rural e-Seva project of Government of Andhra Pradesh,
• Computer-Aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD), Government of Andhra Pradesh,
• e-Panchayat, Government of Andhra Pradesh
• Land Record Management Information System (LR-MIS), GeVernpaenfof Andhra Pradesh,
• IT in Judiciary Customs Department Passport Division Vahan & Sarathi Instituted by Oracle India Private Limited (Oracle India), the awards recognise excellence in e-governance.

The projects were assessed by Skoch Consultancy Services and judged by an eminent panel of judges including Dr. D. B. Phatak, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and Dr. Gulshan Rai, Executive Director, ERNET India. The shortlisted projects were judged on several stringent parameters including effectiveness in delivering project objectives, innovation, relevance and the replicability of these projects. “Oracle is an active participant, concept leader and catalyst in helping drive India’s e-Governance revolution,” said Derek Williams, Executive Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific. “We have established a successful partnership with e-Governance front-runner, National Informatics Centre. These awards recognize the e-Government projects which are not only exemplary for their effectiveness in India, they also meet global standards of Government workflow automation and citizen services delivery.” Mr. Williams added, “E-Governance is a stated strategic business area for Oracle India.Our investments include the E-Governance Centre of Excellence and a dedicated Government business unit with industry experts to provide solutions development and consulting services to Government users.” Technorati tags: e-government, oracle