E-Governance and Mobile Governance: Initiatives and Challenges by Dr. P. Sakthivel, Professor and Deputy Controller of Examinations, Annamalai University on January 08, 2020
Department of Political Science conducted a Guest Lecture on “E-Governance and Mobile Governance: Initiatives and Challenges”. Dr. P. Sakthivel, Professor and Deputy Controller of Examinations, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar was the resource person. Mr. P. Shanmugam, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science gave the welcome address and introduced the special guest to the crowd. He started the session by explaining the concept of Governance defined by United Nations and linked the concept of Good Governance emphasised by Former President of India, Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam. He gave detailed information about the following topics:
1. E-governance initiatives by Central and State Government.
2. Mobile governance – use of mobile technologies in various services like agriculture, health sector, communications, transportation, and mobile banking.
3. Tamil Nadu E-governance policy which intended to promote paperless office.
He concluded the session by highlighting the challenges in E-governance and Mobile governance. He insisted the students especially girls to utilise the mobile phone constructively and safely. The session concluded with a token of appreciation from the department HOD Mr.Shanmugam to Dr. P. Sakthivel. Vote of thanks was given by Ms. Bhakkiyalakshmi. M ( I BA Political Science