Mumbai, May 03,2014 –
On the auspicious occasion of Maharashtra Day on 1st May, 2014, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Prithviraj Chavan gave away the First State eGovernance Awards to the best eGovernance Projects in Maharashtra State in an event at Sahyadri Guest House, Mumbai. The award winners received a trophy and certificate of appreciation by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra. A total of 17 winners who bagged Platinum, Gold, Silver & Bronze awards were selected from 119 nominations from various districts and departments in the State.
The award distribution function was organised at Sahyadri Guest House on 1st May 2014 at 11.00 am. Total 17 awards were given to different eGovernance Projects in 6 various categories. Special Platinum award was given to the project “Gharagharat Vishwakosh” which is a unique initiative of its kind and is the only Marathi encyclopedia available on the internet, which spreads knowledge in Marathi language. The list of award winners are as below:
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Category – Special Awards
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| Sr. No | Award | Project Name | Department Name |
| 1 | Platinum | Gharagharat Vishwakosh | Maharashtra Rajya Marathi Vishwakosh Nirmiti Mandal |
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Category 1 – eGovernance Excellence Awards
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| No | Award | Project Name | Name of Department/ Organisation |
| 1 | Gold | iSARITA (Stamp and Registration Information Technology Application) | Department of Registration and Stamps |
| 2 | Silver | COLIS – Collector’s Information System | Collector Office, Kolhapur |
| 3 | Bronze | SADM ( Software for Assessment of Disability, Maharashtra) | Public Health Department |
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Category 2 – Excellence in Process Reengineering
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| No | Award | Project Name | Name of Department/ Organisation |
| 1 | Gold | Integrated Financial Management System – Government of Maharashtra | Directorate of Accounts and Treasuries, Finance Department |
| 2 | Silver | Project Parivartan – ERP-SAP implementation for business processes in MSETCL | ERP-IT, MSETCL |
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Category 3 – Excellence in Citizen Centric Service Delivery
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| No | Award | Project Name | Name of Department/ Organisation |
| 1 | Gold | Integrated Housing Lottery Management System | ICT Cell, MHADA |
| 2 | Silver | Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana | Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana Society |
| 3 | Bronze | SANGANAKIYA GRAMIN MAHARASHTRA (SANGRAM) |
Panchayat Raj & Rural Development |
| Category 4 – Best Website / Portal |
| No | Award | Project Name | Name of Department/ Organisation |
| 1 | Gold | Mahanews Web portal | Directorate General of Information and Public Relations |
| 2 | Silver | Marathi Language Department Website | Marathi Language Department |
| 3 | Bronze | Web Portal of Sugar Commissionerate, Maharashtra State | Sugar Commissionerate, |
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Category 5 – Innovative use of IT in Governance
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| No | Award | Project Name | Name of Department/ Organisation |
| 1 | Gold | Health Advice Call Centre | National Rural Health Mission, |
| 2 | Silver | PULL SMS Gateway for Collecting Daily Cane Crushing & Sugar Production Info from Sugar Factories | Sugar Commissionerate |
| 3 | Bronze | Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) Part ‘A’ | Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. |
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Category 6 – IT for Environment
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| No | Award | Project Name | Name of Department/ Organisation |
| 1 | Gold | eOffice Sindhudurg | Collector Office Sindhudurg |
| 2 | Silver | e-Services through Pune University Network | University of Pune |
Award winners were selected through 3 months of rigorous selection process. The evaluation process witnessed nominations being submitted online by the nominees, followed by presentation before DIT over Video Conferencing facility. Based on the initial scrutiny, final presentation to the esteemed jury including Shri Jayant Banthia (ex-Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra), Dr. A. B. Pandey (DDG, UIDAI), Shri Rajesh Aggarwal (Principal Secretary IT), Shri Rajeev Vaishnav (Vice President Nasscom) and Prof. P. Pandya (Prof., TIFR). The evaluation committee reviewed all the presentations and finally recommended the list of winners.
During this function various eGovernance Applications like Lokrajya Mobile App, Mahanews Mobile App, HTML5 website of eGovernance Status which is responsive on various devices, new version of user friendly eOffice application, State Data Centre Services, capacity building programme, State Data Bank and various initiatives of CDAC-Center of Excellence etc. were also launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister. All mobile applications can be downloaded from Google Play Store, responsive HTML5 website about eGovernance Status is available on https://egovstatus. maharashtra.gov.in/ and State Data Bank can be accessed from http://mahasdb.maharashtra. gov.in . BWI
