Workshop on eGov App Store at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

A one day workshop on eTaal and eGovApp Store was held on 5th October 2015 at Shimla for the State Government and NIC Officers. Dr. Shefali S Dash, DDG NIC, Sh. IPS Sethi, Sr. TD and Mrs. Mala Mittal, Sr. TD visited Shimla and interacted with the participants on the eTaal and eGovApp Store. Sh. Sanjeev Gupta, IAS and Additional Chief Secretary (Information Technology) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh delivered the keynote address. More than 100 officials (including DIOs/ADIOs on VC) participated in the event. Dr. Shefali Dash, DDG discussed the possibility of developing mobile apps for wool-farmers of the State, subject to the feasibility of Internet availability on higher altitudes. Mrs. Mala Mittal, Sr. TD and Sh. Deepak Mittal, Scientist-C explained the functionality of the National eGov App Store and how users can benefit by re-using the Applications already available on the eGov App Store. The NIC HP officers made presentations on about 6 projects for their evaluation and consideration for conversion into Products, so that these could be replicated in other States. The participants queries were during the Workshop were also addressed.