UP bags five prestigious e-governance awards

In recognition of the achievements of Uttar Pradesh in digitalisation and e-Governance at the national level, the state has received five prestigious Awards in different areas of e-governanceOf these, two have been bagged by the Higher Education Department.

These awards will be conferred at a function in MNNIT, Prayagraj on January 23.

The prestigious CSI SIG E-governance awards are in recognition of the endeavours of Yogi Adityanath government in pursuit of transparent, efficient and people-friendly governance.

The UP-Darpan Dashboard for the chief minister has been selected for the Award of Excellence. It is the portal to facilitate quick and efficient redressal of citizens complaints. It is being widely used by people and has provided relief to thousands of complainants.

The Higher Education Department has got the CSI SIG eGovernance Award 2021 in recognition of its commendable works in two endeavors – Digital Library Project and Online NOC and Affiliations System for opening the new college/course.

The headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had launched the Digital Library in pursuit of promoting digital education. On this, as many as 76,709 e-contents have so far been uploaded. The Digital Library has registered more than 7.07 lakh hits. According to the department, about 5,500 contents are under scrutiny/approval process at the moment.