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Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik, launched the dynamic portal of Odisha Fire, Home Guards and Civil Defence (http://odishafshgscd.gov.in) on 5th Jan 2021 as a part of 5T initiatives of Home Department, Govt. of Odisha. Shri Dibya Shankar Mishra, Hon’ble Minister of State (Home), Shri Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, IAS, Chief Secretary, Shri P.K. Jena, IAS, Development Commissioner, Shri Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Shri V.K.Pandian, IAS, 5T Secretary, Dr S

S Bala, IPS, Special Secretary, Home, Shri Satyajit Mohanty, IPS, Director General, Odisha Fire Service are the dignitary guests present in the function. Smt. Kabita Roy Das, Dy. Director General and SIO, Odisha, with other senior officials from NIC, Odisha were also present in the occasion. The dynamic and informative portal contains information on 3 wings – Fire Services, Home Guards, Civil Defence, 16 fire related services, services under ORTPSA, Fire safety, Fire Training, Fire prevention, etc.

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha launches Portal for Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence

Hon’ble CM, Odisha launches 5T

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Shri Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Od-isha launched the web portal “Khushi”, developed and deployed by NIC, Odisha. Khusi is a female health and hygiene scheme implemented by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govern-ment of Odisha. It aims at providing free sanitary pads to approximately 1.7 mil-lion girl students starting from 6th grade to 12th in Government and Government-aided schools. The portal ( https://khushi.nic.in ) helps the department with effective monitoring of the scheme and decision making. It maintains transparen-cy in the issue and supply of napkins in the State, to know the Stock position at Blocks, procurement and shipment of napkins to the block level warehouses etc. Major MIS based deliverables of the newly designed portal are Purchase Or-der generation, Receipt of the items by Block Warehouses, Issue of the items to the schools and so on. Online HelpDesk is available for trouble shooting and sup-port.

In his address Shri Mohapatra explained the objective of the scheme and also mentioned how this portal will be helpful to citizens and Government. Of Odisha. Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha with senior officials from NIC, Odisha were present in the function.

Department of Health & Family Welfare brings ‘Khushi’ for Millions

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The Ascender is privileged to take the pride of completing another year of its journey.

Having a National presence in each and every socio-economic sector for more than 40 years, NIC has been a

proven force to drive forward the ICT rejuvenation of India; In Odisha, it is not an exception. NIC, Odisha, with its experienced techno-scientific workforce, newest scientific approaches & techniques, remains in the apex band exploring possibilities and delivering ICT solutions as per the expectation of the Odisha State. The Ascender extends its gratitude to all its patrons for their good wishes and it promises to keep its effort to bring forth the activities and achievements of Odisha in IT sector.

Shri P.K. Mohapatra, IAS, Addl CS launches ’Khushi’

Screenshot of Khushi

- Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha

smooth implementation of ECI or third party agencies software like cVIGIL (Complaint on violation of MCC , investigation, and its Redressal ),EMS (EVM Management System), SUVIDHA (Filing of nominations and Counting of votes), Voter Helpline App, ETPBS (Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System), Mobile based GPS tracking System, System for Webcasting of Live Election Process on Poll Day, NGSP (National Grievances Service Portal) etc.

With the rapid development of emerging technologies, the election process is more ICT based with an objective to yield time-saving, communicative and transparent results. Bye-Election 2020 was conducted successfully in three districts Kendrapada, Baleswar & Jagatsinghpur, where NIC played a vital role to implement various software developed in house, as well as provided

NIC, Odisha extends ICT expertise

to ECI on conducting Bye-Election

(CRMS) along with the Jalajantri mobile app was conducted for WATCO Managers, Asst. Managers, Data Entry support staffs on dt. 12/01/2020 in the PHEO conference hall of H&UD Department. The Basic purpose of the training was to enable the user to update the status of the public complaints efficiently and quickly and discouraging public towards manual lodging of PH complaints. Managing Director, WATCO insisted the concerned General managers undergo more such training frequently and requested NIC to conduct such training programs on a monthly basis to stop the manual mode of operation by WATCO managers/engineers.

Android-based mobile apps have been designed and developed by NIC, Odisha in order to cater to the needs of G2C & G2G needs of WATCO. Recently, Jalajantri App has been launched and provided to the WATCO Managers/Assistant Managers/Engineers of Bhubaneswar & Puri city. Jalajantri App is an android based mobile solution in the hands of managers/engineers for viewing & forwarding the complaints, monitoring water quality status, viewing water tax bills & and bill-related information and updating the complaint redressal status from fields using a single app. Rigorous training on the Complaint Redressal & Monitoring System

WATCO’s Watermen go Smart with NIC’s Jalajantri

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Board of Revenue website. During COVID-19 Pandemic period, Board of Revenue (BoR), Cuttack has set up a NIC VC studio to meet their day to day requirements in virtual mode. Using this VC studio Viva-Voce of Departmental Examination was conducted for 1685 officers from their work places. They appeared Viva-Voce from 2nd to 22nd January 2021 from different parts of Odisha. This reduced the physical movements of officers from distant places and saved time. On 1st January 2021, the VC studio at

support for smooth implementation of various other applications of ECI and CEO, Odisha at district and state level by providing timely technical support to the Electoral authorities. Software for Polling Personnel and Counting Personnel Deployment, Software for Daily Reporting on violation of Law & Order/ Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and Liquor Monitoring were developed by NIC. Besides these NIC also supported for

Snapshot of Jalajantri App

NIC’s ‘DEMS’ and VIDCON help BoR, Odisha to overcome COVID constraints; Goes for Online Examination

Shri C.J. Venugopal, IAS, Hon’ble Member, BoR interacts with Mrs. Shalini Mathrani, DDG & State Coordinator (Odisha) NIC HQ, New Delhi

Cuttack was virtually inaugurated by Shri C. J. Venugopal, IAS, Hon’ble Member, BoR, Cuttack from his Camp Court office at Bhubaneswar. Senior officers from Board of Revenue have also participated in the VC session. Smt Shalini Mathrani, DDG, NIC HQ and State Coordinator, NIC, Odisha participated in the virtual inauguration session through VC from New Delhi. Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG and SIO, NIC, Odisha also participated in this event through VC from her office.

Board of Revenue (BoR) conducts Departmental Examinations twice in a year for the officers of the state in different positions like IAS, IPS, IFS, OAS, ORS, OSS, Engineers, etc. They have to clear up departmental examinations for their services. Hence, for smooth running of these examinations, NIC, Odisha has developed and implemented one application software “Departmental Examination Management System (DEMS)”. This application takes care of all the stages of Examination starting from Registration, Verification to Result Processing and Result Publication on

Odisha is the first state in the country to introduce document upload through Digital Signature with auto number generation, thereby dispensing with the submission of paper documents at the local Road Transport Offices, and allowing the owner to register the vehicle at any Transport Office of the State using the platform of NIC. The Chief Minister said that the freedom to choose any transport office of the State for vehicle related services will be a kind of liberation for thousands of people. The long queues in front of the transport offices will soon be a thing of past, he hoped. Chief Secretary Sri Suresh Mahapatra, IAS, Secretary to CM (5T), Shri V. K.

On 10th February 2021, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik virtually launched several citizen centric services of the State Transport Authority, under 5T initiative, in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Transport Shri Padmanabh Behera. This will enable the citizens to get the services online from any place at any time. As many as nine services were rolled out on virtual mode that includes vehicle registration, auto-approval of goods and contract carriage permits, special permits for buses, online application of international driving permit, renewal of registration and transfer of ownership in any RTO of the state, learners license through Umang mobile App.

Hon’ble CM of Odisha launches New Online Services in Transport Sector

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WATCO, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the major urban centers of the state of Odisha. This resulted in delivering significant benefits not only for the consumers but also helped to streamline the functioning of the WATCO divisions/sub-division/sections with increase in the revenue for Government.

NIC enables WATCO to go SMART on Urban Water Supply

Screenshot of SMART Portal for WATCO, Odisha

Some of the e-Governance activities through web enabled systems augmented with end user connectivity are as follows : IVRS based Complaint Registration and Monitoring (CRM) System (URL : https://watcoodisha.nic.in)

Water Quality Sample Collection, Testing & Solutions, Actions to the Problems in Water Quality (URL : https://pheowaterquality.nic.in)

Integrated SMART Water Information Monitoring System and citizens access through dashboards (https://swims.nic.in)

WATCO JALSATHI Portal : A web portal for monitoring and managing meter reading, billing, payment collection and Water Quality tests through departmental officers and Jalasathis (https://watcoodisha.nic.in)

Real Time Data Acquisition & Data Analysis For Smart Water Management System under ‘Drink from Tap’ Mission in Puri City (https://watersupplyodisha.nic.in)

Besides, numerous Mobile Apps to support WATCO and the Consumers have been developed and deployed by NIC, Odisha.

1. Hon’ble CM of Odisha launches 9 online services for Transport Sector. 2. DG, NIC and Transport Automation Team participate in the virtual event

Pandian, IAS , APC Shri Raj Kumar Sharma, IAS, Principal Secretary, Commerce and Transport Shri Madhusudan Padhi, IAS, Transport Commissioner Shri Sanjeeb Panda, IPS, were also present on the occasion. Dr. Neeta Verma, DG NIC, Smt. Shalini Mathrani, DDG & State Coordinator, Shri Pawan Kumar Joshi, DDG & HOG and Shri Joydeep Shome, DDG & HOD, Transport Division, NIC(HQ) have a virtual participation over NIC VC service, from NIC HQ, New Delhi to witness the gracious proceedings. Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & SIO, Odisha, and Official from Transport Automation team with other senior officials from NIC were also present on the occasion.

With the rising demand and aspirations of the public, a host of initiatives have been undertaken by the WATCO/PHEO and NIC, Odisha in order to provide Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive and Timely (SMART) Governance for the urban consumers of Odisha. The initial thrust has been provided for

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strategic and industrial sectors along with the educational sectors. "CollabCAD is an innovative way for students to learn 3D Model designing and this knowledge will give them a competitive edge in their higher education", said Dr. Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC in her address at the virtual launch of the CollabCAD Software in New Delhi. National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) signed an MOU for CollabCAD Software Support & Training of Students & Faculty in Engineering Graphics Curriculum across CBSE affiliated Schools. Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Ayog said at the virtual release of 3D CollabCAD e-Book that it is an indigenous tool created by NIC. He conveyed gratitude to NIC for

NIC & CBSE jointly launched 'CollabCAD', a collaborative network, computer enabled software system to provide total engineering solutions from 2D drafting and detailing to 3D product design for Students & Faculty of Engineering Graphics Curriculum. An MOU has been signed between them for “CollabCAD Software Support and Training for Students and Faculty of Engineering Graphics in CBSE affiliated Schools”. A CollabCAD e-book on 3D modeling for CAD Students, beginners & professionals has also been jointly released by NIC, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog & Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Dr. Savita Dawar, DDG NIC & HOG CollabCAD in her address at the virtual launch of NIC's CollabCAD Software highlighted that this indigenous CAD Software will greatly benefit the

NIC dedicates CollabCAD for Students : A step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat

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Design, Development, Training, and implementation of iRAD project. Under this project the road accident data is collected at the accident spot through

iRAD from MoRTH is set for PAN India Roll-Out

Launcing of iRAD

a mobile App. The police personnel collect the road accident related data such date, time and place (latitude and longitude are captured by App), vehicle/ Driving License information, condition related to weather and surroundings, severity of accident, light and visibility, casualty or injured, etc. The data collection can be done in English/Hindi/Regional language also. This data is further shared with various departments such as transport, road building agencies as NHAI and PWD and health department for further proceedings. The project is poised to expand to all States of India. The road accident data collected through iRAD will be helpful in research & Data Analytics activities and in future will scientifically suggest the measures such as better road design, identification of black spots, availability of on the spot medical services or other road safety related measures like insurance etc.

1. Shri Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, addresses the virtual event. 2. MoU signed between NIC and CBSE to incorporate CollabCAD in CBSE curriculum.

collaborating and supporting AIM through this tool. Mr. Manoj Ahuja, Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) complimented NIC for coming up with an indigenous product and collaborating with the CBSE to push it forward. He further highlighted that a product like CollabCAD along with the opportunities offered by Atal Tinkering Labs can help students to be at the frontier of knowledge. Shri Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the comprehensive e-book on CollabCAD 3D Modeling and congratulated the entire team of National Informatics Centre and CollabCAD Division for creating a fabulous product. He said that this software is a product suite in itself and has tremendous potential in the mainstream and a big step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat.

To improve road safety and curb road accidents in the country, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), Government of India has entrusted NIC, NICSI and IIT (Chennai) to carry out the

Odisha Excise dept became the first state to adopt eAbgari suite post to it’s immense success in West Bengal and made substantial contribution to make it a robust ICT product in excise domain with configurable parameters/processes suitable to respective State needs. The application suite has been implemented in Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and now in adoption stage in MP, Jharkhand, Pondichery, Goa, Delhi,

Excise department endeavors for balance between consumer demands with legitimate goods while minimizing social cost of consumption while inculcating sense of responsibility towards alcoholic consumption. It has got a major objective of arresting revenue leakage with regulation/intelligence and enforcement measures as prime activities. Across the country ICT penetration in excise domain was minimal with each States having their systems in Silos. eAbgari made a substantial inroads in many State Govt excise departments with profound impact for integrated excise operations across the country. Developed and implemented at WB State Unit, eAbgari is a complete suite of applications catering to almost all functionalities in excise domain. It has nearly 60 plus eServices/Business Processes making whole gamut of excise operations in one umbrella.

From Bangal, through Odisha, eAbgari plans e-invasion in India

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visited NIC, Bhadrak district on 28th December 2020 and had a discussion with Dr. Gyana Ranjan Das, Collector & District Magistrate and his Officers on various development related issues

DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha visited Bhadrak District

Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha meets Dr. Gyana Ranjan Das, Collector & District Magistrate, Bhadrak

and possible ICT solutions. Dr. Das thanked NIC for its efforts to implement all citizen centric projects in the District under 5T initiatives of Government of Odisha. DIO, Bhadrak gave a power point presentation on the eGovernance projects from NIC, implemented in Bhadrak District.

Screenshot of eAbkari Suite

Mahastarta, Uttarakhand etc and team of NIC WB and NIC Odisha making joint efforts for it’s National adoption and Replication. The suite received numerous awards and accolades with recent one being Digital India Award conferred by President of India. eAbgari has been instrumental in augmenting capacity of the excise department in almost all of it’s business/operations while leveraging innovative digital technologies in areas of Block Chain, IoT, BI, QR and GIS technologies. Principal Secretaries of various States lauded the application as the suite provides seamless workflow in critical areas of supply chain, inventory management, production module, Digi locker during transport, wallet based ePayment, license Management, eRetailing, transport permit, grievance module/mobile app and other numerous Business/Govt operations.

With supervision of SIO, West Bengal and SIO, Odisha, the team from NIC, WB and Odisha looking after Excise Automation is giving its all out effort for PAN India implementation of eAbgari.

Up keeping the exemplary coordination and cooperation among NIC DUs and District Administration of Odisha, Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha with ASIO Md S.A. Khan have

DM, Bharrak and DDG &SIO, NIC, Odisha address the meeting at Bhadrak.

The Principal Secretary, Excise Dept, Odisha Presiding over the State level eAbkari workshop

eAbkari presentation by Officials from NIC, Odisha and WB

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Hon’ble PM of India virtually launches PAN India COVID 19 vaccination

To mitigate the dependency on importing Microprocessor, Ministry of Electronic & IT, Government of India initiated a program for development of indigenous Microprocessor, based on RISC-V. The RISC-V is open source architecture that makes designing of processors cheaper with zero license fee and more secure. Two Indian institutes, IIT-Madras and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have developed microprocessors named VEGA & SHAKTI based on RISC-V which are expected to be made public in near future. T

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Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, launched the pan India rollout of COVID19 Vaccination drive, via National Informatics Centre's (NIC) Video Conferencing Service. This is the world’s Largest vaccine drive in World, covering the entire length & breadth of India. A total of 3006 sites across all States & UTs of India were virtually connected through NIC VC Services during the launch of this vaccination drive.

Many people from remote area come to big institutions in urban area for different purposes. GPS or Global positioning system helps to reach at these destinations as an assistive technology but after reaching at such location GPS proved to be failed entirely as the matter comes to indoor navigation. Searching a specific department in a hospital or central secretariat is a real trouble for the new people. Here IPS or Indoor Positioning System comes to play a major role. IPS is a network of devices used to locate people or objects where GPS and other satellite technologies lack precision or fail entirely, such as inside multi story buildings, airports, hospitals, universities etc. There are three primary system topology options for hardware and software configuration: Network-based, Terminal-based, and Terminal-assisted. Positioning accuracy can be increased at the expense of wireless infrastructure equipment and installations. Many types of wireless devices can be used for this purpose with varying precision like wifi routers, Li-fi, Ultrasounds, Beacons etc. Many open source and license free software are also available for development of such systems and can be explored over https://www.indoorlocation.io/ .

Housing and Urban Development Department, Government of Odisha and NIC, Odisha has been awarded with the prestigious “Award of Excellence” in the 18th ‘CSI SIG eGovernance Award 2020’ Ceremony, held in Lucknow on 12th Febuary 2021, for the use of ICT service and tool for “Drink From Tap” in Puri City, under Smart Water Management of H&UD Department, Government of Odisha. NIC, Odisha is providing consultancy and technical assistance to WATCO of H&UD Department on real time data

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Hon’ble Chief Ministre of UP, Yogi Adityanath awards CSI SIG eGovernance Award of Excellence to H&UD, Govt of Odisha and NIC, Odisha. The award was j o i n t l y received by Smt. Kabita Roy Das, DDG & SIO, NIC, Odisha, Shri. P. K Swain, MD, WATCO, Odisha, Shri. Lalatendu Dash, STD, NIC, Odisha and Shri. Sarat Chandra Mishra, GM, WATCO, Puri.