by: Hema D
The Himachal Pradesh government has floated request for proposal for setting up 3361 Common Service Centers (CSC) called ‘Gram Sugams’ in all Panchayats of the state. The Gram Sugams are proposed to be set up in public private partnership as an extension of the district level e-governance projects. Successful implementation of the [...]

By: Subhash Mendhapurkar
The problem with Himachal is that they have caught up in the fancy of e-governance without creating human infrastructure to handle this - too much literacy without education is the reason, I feel.
Let me give you brief of my talk with a Patwari last evening. The Patwari informed me that he got a [...]

By: Vividhaditya
This is about one of the very good initiatives just gone wasted. “First website dedicated to the problems/queries of Adolescents” by State Council of Educational Research & Training, Solan, HP, proudly announces a link on the himachal.nic.in site. You visit the link and are not surprised to find half of the links not working.
The [...]

By: Vividhaditya
Shimla: Yahoo! India, one of the largest internet brand in the country has a dedicated page on Shimla on its newly launched services - Yahoo! India Our City and Yahoo! India Maps. Both these products have been extensively designed & developed locally.
The page on Shimla can be accessed HERE. It also has a Hindi [...]

हिमवाणी
कुल्लूः हिमाचल प्रदेश के प्रथम जिला स्तरीय सूचना का अधिकार केन्द्र तथा ई-सूचना क्योस्क का गत सप्ताह, उपायुक्त कुल्लू चमेल सिंह ने उपायुक्त कार्यालय परिसर में उदद्घाटन किया।
सूचना, केन्द्र तथा ई सूचना कार्यालय के तहत मुख्य रूप से टच स्क्रीन, लोक सूचना डिस्पले वोर्ड तथा जिला स्तरीय सूचना का अधिकार दस्तावेज उपलब्ध करवा कर जनता [...]

By: Vividhaditya and Hema D

AN UPHILL TASK: Nandini Maheshwari (L) and Ankit Maheshwari (R), the President and CEO of Instablogs Network respectively
It was lure of the hills, more than the economics involved that made Ankit Maheshwari and his better half Nandini Maheshwari leave the hyperactive metro life of Delhi and put up their base in [...]

Himachal Pradesh has achieved milestones not only in participation of IT Industry but also in application of IT tools in administration and extension of citizen services. The state government has introduced e-governance in almost all the government departments to enhance efficiency and quality of services.
Land records have been computerised with the help of Him Bhoomi, [...]

HIM VANI
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh: What could be common between Silicon Valley and Dharamsala? Computers of course, more specifically wireless community networking, and spirituality playing the binding force. If the Silicon Valley gave the initial push to the computer revolution, Dharamsala could well be on its way to lead the world in low-cost community networking. The [...]