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iGovernment is India’s first interactive web platform and info-portal for knowledge sharing by all stakeholders on “Integrated approach towards Good Governance”.

While the ‘I’ in iGovernment stands for the critical component of integrated approach towards all government transactions—G2G, G2C or G2B—it also relates to IT-enabled, information-based, intelligent government and Internet-enabled citizen service delivery.

iGovernment aims enabling good governance by filling the existing gap of peer-to-peer learning and capacity building amongst policy makers, judiciary, bureaucrats, academicians, NGOs and the vendor community across India, as well as those in other public services through four basic approaches.

Provide information on policies, strategies, best practices, innovations and use of technology in improving governance through regular news updates, reports, interviews, columns and case studies.
Provide platform for online discussion and deliberation on issues and challenges related to “Good Governance” and “IT for Development”.
Provide opportunity for face-to-face interaction and knowledge sharing amongst all stakeholders on "Good Governance" and "IT for Development" through Seminars, Conferences and focused workshops.
Provide consultancy in e-Governance and development project implementation by government departments, civil societies, NGOs and corporate houses.

Key People

Shubhendu Parth

A strong advocate of technology for masses, Shubhendu has over 15 years of journalistic experience, the last 7 years as with South Asia’s largest specialty publishing group Cyber Media India.

The former Executive Editor of Dataquest, he has been focusing on e-Gov and ICT for Development issues during the lat 4 years and is credited with conceptualising the magazine’s regional e-Gov Summit and the e-Gov Champion Awards.

Prior to setting up Blue Slate Media, he was handling the Content in School (CIS) project, a joint initiative of Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Media Lab Asia to provide nationwide online learning and knowledge platform for rural school children.

Pravin Prashant

A telecom journalist for last 13 years, Pravin has interviewed more than 1,000 personalities worldwide in the field of telecom. He has worked with Voice & Data, India's #1 communication magazine as Executive Editor till recently.

He is credited with conceptualising and executing India’s first SAARC Telecom Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was also instrumental in setting up the SAARC Telecom Advisory Committee (STAC), aimed at increasing cooperation amongst SAARC telecom players and policy makers in the region.

An engineer by profession, Pravin is now focusing on good governance through ICT.

J P Gupta

Journalist for the last 20 years. Worked for leading newspapers like Hindustan Times, Sunday Observer, and Assam Express. Focused exclusively on governance, policy, and economy. Strong relationship in the government both central as well as state.

9.9 Mediaworx

9.9 Mediaworx is one of India’s fastest growing diversified media companies that offers high-quality, timely knowledge and insights to targeted consumers, businesses and professional communities. Through its portfolio of magazines, websites, events, online properties and peer groups, 9.9 Mediaworx delivers quality content to each of the communities it caters to.