Pune, May 20, 2004

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has been recently adjudged the 'Best Technical Company in eGovernance' in the CSI-Nihilent Awards 2003. This is the third consecutive time that C-DAC has bagged the award from CSI-Nihilent. Earlier, C-DAC has picked the award for Best Website of the Public Works Department (PWD), Government of Maharashtra and Best Revenue System 'SARITA' (Stamp and Registration with Information Technology Application), Government of Maharashtra.

C-DAC's selection for the award was based on the strict selection criteria of the Awards Committee, namely the criticality of IT usage, improvement in consumer service, impact on quality and productivity, impact on society, innovation, strategic advantage, benefits, Return on Investment and benefit to the user. C-DAC's initiatives in the eGovernance arena have led to several far-reaching reforms in the country, catering to all the states in India, and having successfully implemented its solutions at 2300 installations spread over 582 districts, around the country.

The thrust of C-DAC's efforts in the area of eGovernance has resulted in improved transparency, speedy information dissemination, higher administrative efficiency and improved public services in sectors including transportation, education, power, health, water, security and the state administration and municipal services. Its far-reaching and innovative initiatives in the sector has led to the development of systems for Land Management and GIS based Planning, Municipal Corporations, Election Commission, Stamps and Registration, Public Works Department, State Legislative Assembly, Electronic Commerce and other similar systems for various government departments and organizations. C-DAC's revenue systems for the state of Maharashtra (SARITA) and Karnataka (KAVERI) have been the recipients of the Gold Icon and Gold Medal at the 7th and 8th National eGovernance Conference respectively.

The development efforts of C-DAC also hold a unique perspective for the nation in terms of its reach via the enabling of local language access to systems.

The CSI-Nihilent Awards for eGovernance have been instituted to acknowledge innovative and effective application of Information Technology in every sphere of governance. The awards applaud and honor the efforts made towards development and implementation of indigenously developed practices and software for effective eGovernance. The initiative of launching the eGovernance awards was taken by the Computer Society of India (CSI) in the year 1999. Since then CSI has been successfully organizing the eGovernance Awards. CSI and Nihilent Technologies forged an alliance for the first time in September 2002 to institute the 'CSI-Nihilent eGovernance Awards 2002'. Encouraged by the success of this experience, the two organizations have continued their association to take the eGovernance awards forward.

The details of the National Awards ceremony will be intimated by the Computer Society of India (CSI) at a later date.

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