Information Kerala Mission Competitors

Founded in 1988, as a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, now Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology(MeitY), Government of India, The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is primarily an R&D Organisation involved in the design, development and deployment of advanced Electronics & Information Technology (IT) based solutions. With the delivery of PARAM Supercomputers, C-DAC has been the forerunner of the ICT revolution in India, constantly innovating and leveraging its expertise in rolling out national level initiatives such as National Supercomputing Mission, Mission for Developing Digitally Inclusive and Smart Community (DISC) with focus on Agriculture, Health and Education, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Applications based on Biometrics and Bio-Informatics Applications including Cancer Research using Artificial Intelligence etc. C-DAC is committed to addressing the needs of society through user-centric initiatives, working with integrity, transparency and openness and innovating for economic growth.

A department of the Government of Kerala meant for providing the public and the media with timely and up-to-date information on government policies, programmes, schemes, initiatives and achievements through print, electronic and social media, undertaking of publicity campaigns, trade fairs and also for gathering the response, suggestions and demands of the public and bringing them to the government’s attention.

The CSC is a strategic cornerstone of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), approved by the Government in September, 2006, with an aim to cover all 6 lakhs census villages by one lakh CSCs, as per 1:6 ratio equitably spread across rural India, as part of its commitment in the National Common Minimum Programme to introduce e-governance on a massive scale. Common Services Centres are the access points for delivery of Government-to-Citizen (G2C) e-Services within the reach of the citizen, by creating the physical service delivery ICT infrastructure. It helps in making a transparent service delivery mechanism and reducing citizens’ effort in visiting government offices.