The MoU was signed between Prema Puri, Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Information Technology Department, and Prof. Manoj Singh Gaur, Director IIT Jammu in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhavan.
IIT Jammu inks MoU with J&K government to work on capacity building of IT infrastructure, e-Services
Jammu and Kashmir Government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu to jointly work on the capacity building of IT infrastructure & e-Services. The MoU was signed between Prema Puri, Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Information Technology Department, and Prof. Manoj Singh Gaur, Director IIT Jammu in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhavan.
While speaking at the occasion, the Lt Governor said that "the collaboration will create center of expertise and excellence towards design, development of projects related to software services, cyber-security, capacity building for cyber compliances and IT policies."
"The agreement will also pave the way for developing and organizing hackathons for talent hunt, besides incubation of startups in the UT," he added.
While highlighting the collaboration areas through the MoU, the Lt. Governor stressed upon adopting cutting-edge technology for Cyber Security Solutions to provide security to all the Digital Assets of the Government.
He said the biggest goal of this MoU is to improve the effectiveness of the governance with prime objective to make services face-less, paper-less, easy, effective and efficient, the press release stated.
Many initiatives have been undertaken by the government for revolutionizing the public service delivery and improving responsiveness and accountability of department, he further added.
Citing the example of “Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani” Land Records Information System (LRIS) for establishing a transparent system by facilitating easy online access to the individual Land Records by citizens, thereby curbing corruption, the Lt Governor suggested for going a step ahead and exploring the possibility of a new platform based on Block-chain technology to keep the land data records absolutely safe and temper-proof.
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