Establish centre of excellence in AI, Chief Secy directs officials
Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo while reviewing the IT services and infrastructure in J&K, exhorted upon the concerned department to initiate measures for establishment of Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence, Geographic Information System (GIS) and e-Governance here.
The Chief Secretary also assessed progress on establishment of IT parks at Jammu and Srinagar. He enjoined upon the department to identify suitable infrastructure for the same so that these are established without any further delay.
Dulloo further directed for taking the e-office services down to tehsil and block levels for swift movement of files besides ensuring timely monitoring and processing of these. He asked for completion of the exercise by June 15 this year.
Regarding the quality of online services, Dulloo emphasised on ensuring end-to-end digitisation of services besides adhering to the specific timelines set for delivery of each service. He maintained that it is crucial to increase services under newly launched Sehat App, Mission YUVA, Kisan Khidmat Ghar (KKG), Kisan Sathi, HADP, Vidhya Samiksha Kendra and Samadhan 2.0, bringing governance at the doorsteps of the masses.
He stressed on substantially increasing the number of documents/certificates available over DigiLocker. The key areas that came up for discussion encompassed current status of development of digital infrastructure, implementation of online services and portals, initiatives under NeGD, ongoing projects with BISAG, nominations for National e-Governance Awards (NAeG), incentives for outstanding contributions, training programmes, enhancement of connectivity, and strengthening human resources for making the IT services more meaningful for the citizens.
Regarding the future roadmap, Commissioner Secretary, IT, Saurabh Bhagat, informed the meeting that establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, Creation of IT parks, expansion of the e-office and initiatives like introduction of e-Cabinet system, implementation of NeVA and establishment of e-Vidhanare, which are in pipeline, will help in furthering the vision for Digital Jammu & Kashmir.
