KERALA CHIEF MINISTERS WEBSITE
WINS WEB RATNA GOLD AWARD
The Kerala
Chief Minister’s website, keralacm.gov.in, has grabbed the prestigious icon of
excellence, Web Ratna Gold Medal Award instituted by Central Government to
promote innovative e-Governance initiatives. This is for the first time a Web
Ratna award is coming to Kerala. This website was launched on July 01, 2011.P T
Chacko, CM’s Press Secretary and Jogie George Jacob, PA to CM received the
award from Union Minister for Communication & IT, Shri Kapil Sibal at a
function held today at New Delhi. Ministers of State Shri Milind Deora and
Dr. Kruparani Killi were also present. The award aims to honour initiatives
taken by the Chief Minister who have leveraged upon the use of ICT to solicit active
participation of public in the process of governance.Entries were called for in
the categories of citizen centric services, public participation initiatives,
outstanding content and innovative use of technology. The award secretariat
consisting of three tier screening committee observed that the Kerala Chief
Minister’s website has succeeded in bringing better public participation in
governance.
The
round-the-clock live webcast of CM’s chamber and office, 24x7 online
grievance redressal cell which offer public to lodge their complaints and to
follow up the same, the Secretariat file tracking facility and Vision 2030 idea
box are the notable characteristics of Kerala Chief Minister’s website.‘The New
York Times’ had applauded the live streaming of Chief Minister’s office as part
of Oommen Chandy’s earnest efforts to bring transparency in governance by
incorporating technological innovations. Many others at National and
International level has placed their remarks earlier regarding the new
governance initiatives among whom, UNDP Director Jeraldin Fracer Molliketi has
given special mention to this website.Designed and developed by C-Dit, the
website is managed by a team consisting of Dinesh Sharma, Principal Secretary
to CM, Jyothilal, GAD Secretary, P T Chacko, Jogie George Jacob, S Jayakumar, R
Shivaramakrishnan, S Satheesh, P Ashish and Rejith Raj.
Prof. John Kurakar
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