DIGITAL INDIA - CAPACITY BUILDING:

KERALA’S EXPERIENCEK MOHAMMED Y SAFIRULLA IAS

DIRECTOR, KERALA IT MISSION

10-SEP-15

AGENDA

1. DIGITAL INDIA – CAPACITY BUILDING

2. KERALA – THE 4 PILLARS

3. INTERNET MOBILE PENETRATION

4. WHAT DOES ‘CAPACITY’ MEAN

5. CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS (FROM KERALA’S EXPERIENCE)

1. DIGITAL INDIA – CAPACITY BUILDING

digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”

Essential to create IT skills on both Demand and Supply side

Public Private Partnership

2. KERALA – THE 4 PILLARS

3. INTERNET MOBILE PENETRATION

Ref:- TRAI Report on The Indian telecom service performance indicators dtd. 8th May 2015, TRAI Press Release No.37/2015 dtd. 16th June 2015

4. WHAT DOES ‘CAPACITY’ MEAN

Competency of Government

staff

Competence of

IT Department to conceptualize

and drive projects

Capability of Citizens

to utilize the e governance infrastructure

5. CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

(FROM KERALA’S EXPERIENCE)

CHALLENGE 1:INTERNAL IT COMPETENCY OF LINE DEPARTMENTS

WAY AHEAD:

Virtual IT Cadre programs

Certification programs (1 year)

Continuous e learning exercise

Smart (VC based) classrooms

CHALLENGE 2:SKILL SET OF IT DEPARTMENT

WAY AHEAD:

CHALLENGE 3:EFFECTIVE MIDDLE LAYER BETWEEN CITIZENS AND

E GOVERNANCE

WAY AHEAD:

• STRONG AND EMPOWERED AKSHAYA CHAIN (CSC)

CHALLENGE 4:CITIZEN E LITERACY

WAY AHEAD:

New phase of Digital literacy in

Kerala

Stress on smart phone

and e governance

Contribution of private

sector

CHALLENGE 5:GOVERNMENT PROCESS REENGINEERING

WAY AHEAD:

• INTERNAL TEAMS AND SEMTS

CHALLENGE 6:CYBER SECURITY

WAY AHEAD:

E Jalakamexperience in

Kerala

Learning through Residential societies

in Ernakulam

CERT K team

CHALLENGE 7: SPREADING THE HORIZON (OF THOUGHT)

WAY AHEAD:

• HOW INTERNET CAN BE

LEVERAGED IN AREAS LIKE

EDUCATION, HEALTH ETC…

THANK YOU !