CSI – Nihilent announces e-Governance Awards for 2010-11
 Chhattisgarh wins the ‘Award of Excellence’ in State Category at the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2010-11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nihilent Technologies proud Winners of the Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award for 2011  Pune, India – October 24, 2011 – Nihilent Technologies, a global consulting and solutions Integration Company, today announced that, it has been selected as the winners of the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Asia 2011 Award. The Red Herring Top 100 Asia 2011 Award was announced in gala ceremony held in Hong Kong where top most innovative companies were identified and felicitated from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The Finalists were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and disruption into their respective industries. Red Herring primarily originating from the Silicon Valley is today considered as one of most prestigious global media companies uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers. Red Herring incepted the Top 100 list which has today become a mark of distinction for identifying the most promising privately held companies globally. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work. “Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Mr. Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Asia to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Nihilent embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Nihilent should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.” Speaking on the ocassion, Mr. L.C. Singh, President and CEO, Nihilent Technologies said, “We are delighted to be selected as the Winners of The Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award this year. It is an acknowledgment of our passion and commitment to innovations and our extreme focus on continuous improvement. Since our inception, Nihilent has become one of the largest and most reputed Indian consulting/IT Companies in the emerging markets and it will be our endeavour to continue on the path of innovation and create more path breaking products and services.” Nihilent was conceptualized with the objective of creating a different kind of company, through a unique holistic and systems approach to problem solving. With its strong focus on quality and processes; Nihilent within 18 months of inception, was certified as ISO 9001-2000 compliant, and in 48 months assessed at SEI CMMI® Level 5. Nihilent has also substantially expanded its management consulting practice based on its patented MC3 TM framework, and became a SEI Partner for CMMI consulting, training and appraisal services. Nihilent was recently awarded a patent for its predictive ‘Customer Loyalty Evaluation’ (CLE) also implemented as an online tool www.14signals.com, the model helps businesses to successfully identify the loyalty drivers and build enduring customer loyalty. Nihilent’s strong focus on innovation and creativity has had led to the creation of www.tumbhi.com an online marketplace that seeks to transforms the lives of artists, art lovers and art seekers. Nihilent’s emergence as one of the Top 100 private companies in Asia also paves the way for our entry in the Red Herring 100 Global short-list at the Red Herring Global 2011 forum scheduled in December 2011. The forum will attempt to identify and felicitate the Top 100 private companies globally amongst an illustrious list of companies ranging from Europe, North America, and Asia. About Nihilent Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India, Nihilent has extensive experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent’s operations span North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent’s mission Change for Performance encapsulates our commitment to make change happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for achieving sustained performance for our clients. To learn more visit www.nihilent.com About Red Herring: Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com For further information, contact: Himanil Bose Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Tel. +91-20-39846100 Mobile: +91-90046 90695 Email: himanil.bose@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Society of India’s Special Interest group on e-Governance (CSI SIG eGov) in association with Nihilent present CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2010-11 Pune, June 28, 2011: The prestigious CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards instituted by the Computer Society of India’s Special Interest Group on e-Governance and sponsored by Nihilent technologies is inviting nominations for the forthcoming ‘CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2010-11’. Instituted in 2002, CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards have been recognizing the efforts of various government departments at Center, State, Department, District and other levels in achieving good governance using ICT. This year the esteemed award winners will be felicitated at the awards ceremony held as part of the 46th CSI Annual National Convention during December 1 – 3, 2011 in Ahmedabad. The basic objective of these awards has been to recognize and appreciate the successful efforts by the Centre, States, Departments, and Districts in achieving good governance using ICT. Participation is open to all Government Organizations & Semi-Government Corporations, District Collectorates, Municipal Corporations, Autonomous bodies including Public Sector Undertakings. At the central and State levels. A selection committee consisting of professionals and practitioners from the industry, academia and government institutions evaluates the nominations. The selection process includes visits by team of experts to sites to assess the project implementation and tries to validate information on the actual status. The evaluation process is based on parameters categorized into Results, Enablers and Value Indicators framework and is designed to ensure that identification of ‘Finalists’ and ‘Winners’ is based on a transparent and process driven model. The entire nomination process is on-line and the window for on-line registration and nominations is open between June 2011 to 31st July, 2011. These prestigious awards have received tremendous response and their pre-eminence is widely recognized. The awards function is attended by dignitaries from the IT industry, as well as personalities from government and non-government organizations. In the past this prestigious award has been won by various state governments and departments. Gujrat won the Awards of Excellence in the year 2009-10 in the State Category. The other category awards were won by various departments such as Directorate of Settlement & Land Records – Government of Goa, e-Tax Administration Programme – Government of Kerala, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Goa and Integrated Financial & Forestry Works Management – Government of Madhya Pradesh to name a few. A compendium comprising of the nominations, also gets compiled as a book and published for reference by e-governance practitioners, policy makers, System Integration Companies, SW houses, Service providers, IT Suppliers, academic community, NGOs and all other stake holders. Elaborating on the upcoming awards, Mr. Surendra Kapoor, Convener of the Awards 2010-11, said; “e-governance initiatives of various Government establishments are bearing fruit in terms of good governance and benefitting stake holders. Recognizing the value of ICT, Government of India has initiated several Mission mode projects under NeGP program. CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards have continuously strived to create awareness amongst all stakeholders about the various e-governance initiatives taken by different government departments. The aim of these awards is to recognize and replicate the successful initiatives in achieving good governance using ICT.” Speaking about the forthcoming awards, Mr. Ravi Teja, Senior Associate Vice President, Country Manager - India & Head - Enterprise Transformation Group, Nihilent said; “Over the last nine years the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards have grown from merely felicitating e-governance initiatives to greatly helping in encouraging the efforts of states and organizations in the implementation and development of indigenously developed practices and software in the area of e-Governance. Nihilent has supported this initiative of encouraging good governance in India since its inception and remains committed to doing so.” About CSI – Nihilent e-Governance Awards CSI SIG eGov and Nihilent joined hands in 2002 to focus on the area of e-Governance and instituted the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards for categories covering Centre, State, Departments and District level efforts. This is the ninth year for these prestigious awards and their pre-eminence is now widely recognized. Several nominations were received last year under all the four categories. Gujarat State has been recognized with the Award of Excellence under State category and a total of 16 Awards were presented to deserving winners – Projects, Departments, Districts, Government establishments from across the Country. Details about the Awards and the nomination process can be seen on awards web site www.csinihilent-egovernanceawards.org. About CSI The Computer Society of India (CSI) is the largest association of information technology professionals in India, with over 70,000 members comprising software developers, scientists, academicians, project managers, CIO's, CTO's and IT vendors, among others. The society has several chapters spread across the length and breath of the country. Being closely associated with students, the Society has developed a well-established network of student branches. The purposes of the Society are scientific and educational, directed towards the advancement of the theory and practice of computer science and IT. www.csi-india.org About Nihilent Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India, Nihilent has extensive experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent’s operations span North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent’s mission Change for Performance encapsulates our commitment to make change happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for achieving sustained performance for our clients. To learn more visit www.nihilent.com For further information, contact: Himanil Bose Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Tel. +91-20-39846100 Mobile: +91-90046 90695 Email: himanil.bose@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nihilent celebrates its 10th Anniversary in grand style. Celebrating a major milestone, introduces for the first time in Pune ‘Raavanleela’ a well renowned play by the Yatri Theatre Group Pune, India – January 05, 2011 – Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a leading global consulting and solutions Integration Company, today marked its 10th anniversary celebration in grand style by introducing for the first time in Pune ‘Raavanleela’ a play that turns the traditional Ramleela on its head; a back-to-basics laugh riot. Produced by the Yatri Theatre Group, a renowned theatre group in Mumbai, ‘Raavanleela’ a play by Dr. Kusum Kumar and designed & directed by Om Katare, is its 60th production. Nihilent Technologies is celebrating a major milestone by completing 10 years of its journey. During this period, Nihilent has realized significant achievements to evolve as a creative consulting organization engaged in introducing change through information technology, people and process interventions. Since its inception on August 7, 2000, Nihilent has become one of the largest and most reputed Indian consulting/IT Companies in Africa, accounting for 70% of its revenues, and has built a customer base that includes more than 50 companies. Nihilent is looking to leverage its Africa presence to expand in several countries in Africa and create a leadership position in those markets. The associates, along with Nihilent’s customers and partners, are responsible for this impressive growth which allows the Company to offer a range of consulting led services in a cross section of industry domains like BFSI, Supply Chain and Logistics, Mobile Computing and Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment, Government and State-run Enterprises, Technology and related services, Healthcare, and Small and Medium Enterprises. Nihilent was conceptualized with the objective of creating a different kind of company, through a unique holistic and systems approach to problem solving. With its strong focus on quality and processes; Nihilent within 18 months of inception, was certified as ISO 9001-2000 compliant, and in 48 months assessed at SEI CMMI® Level 5. Nihilent has also substantially expanded its management consulting practice based on its patented MC3 TM framework, and became a SEI Partner for CMMI consulting, training and appraisal services. Nihilent was recently awarded a patent for its predictive ‘Customer Loyalty Evaluation’ (CLE) model that helps businesses to successfully identify the loyalty drivers and build enduring customer loyalty. Speaking on the occasion of Nihilent’s 10th anniversary, LC Singh, Founder CEO of Nihilent said, “In the past decade, we have remained true to our mission Change for Performance, that encapsulates our commitment to make change happen systemically for achieving sustained performance for our clients and this has put in place a strong foundation to launch the next phase of our growth. As a company we believe in encouraging creativity in all forms and Nihilent has always supported the cause for art and artists. Recently we launched www.tumbhi.com an online marketplace that seeks to transforms the lives of artists, art lovers and art seekers. And as part of our 10th anniversary celebrations we are proud to be associated with the Yatri Theatre Group in bringing its 60th production ‘Raavanleela’, a play directed by Yatri founder Om Katare and written by Dr Kusum Kumar.” The ubiquitous Ramleela is an indispensable part of Indian culture which is more about passion and religious fervour than quality theatre. Hindi theatre group Yatri's latest production Raavanleela goes one step further in its depiction of an utterly mismanaged Ramleela production. Raavanleela is Yatri's biggest production yet and it features an elaborate set, original music which is performed live and a large cast comprising Yatri regulars. Nihilent in association with well known film director Anurag Kashyap, Pankuj Parashar and leading talent agency Carving Dreams Entertainment, recently launched www.Tumbhi.com to encourage aspirants to showcase their talent in acting, music, modelling, writing and photography by creating portfolios on the website. Tumbhi.com enables uploading modelling portfolios, videos, audio tracks, film scripts, song lyrics, photographs etc. that will facilitate serious aspirants to reach a wide spectrum of talent seekers such as film and television producers, production companies, music companies, composers, book publishers, etc. The uniqueness of the platform is that a specialist from a team of industry veterans reviews every artwork that is submitted and thus making Tumbhi a powerful platform for showcasing, discovering and nurturing talent. About Nihilent Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India, Nihilent has extensive experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent’s operations span North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent’s mission Change for Performance encapsulates our commitment to make change happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for achieving sustained performance for our clients. To learn more visit www.nihilent.com For further information, contact: Himanil Bose Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Tel. +91-20-39846100 Mobile: +91-90046 90695 Email: himanil.bose@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nihilent launches patent based service on Customer Loyalty Evaluation To help businesses successfully identify loyalty drivers and drive customer retention Pune, India - August 3, 2010 - Nihilent, a leading global consulting and solutions integration company, today announced the launch of a complete service based on its newly patented predictive ‘Customer Loyalty Evaluation’ (CLE) model. The patent titled 'System for Evaluating Customer Loyalty' helps businesses to successfully identify loyalty drivers and drive customer retention. CLE is a unique model developed to make customer loyalty measurable and predictable. It determines an index for loyalty termed the ‘Predictive Loyalty Index’ (“PLI”). Within the next few weeks, CLE is further being incorporated into a web-based tool named “14signals” (www.14signals.com) for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which will be collaborated by Nihilent’s consulting practice. Nihilent has partnered with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for their expertise in delivering detailed and valuable findings using a wide range of statistical analysis methods. Nihilent plans to publish loyalty benchmark reports for various industries that will help companies to benchmark theirs own against the industry. “Conventional customer loyalty surveys invariably capture the superficial and on-the-moment mindset of the customer without attempting to uncover facets of the promised experience or the insight into what the customer is really expecting. With these surveys, it is practically impossible to predict the future course of action of the customer,” said LC Singh, CEO of Nihilent. “CLE is based on the analysis of the ‘experience’ of the customers in comparison with their ‘expectations’ for a service. Through our new patent, which we believe is the first in the category worldwide, businesses can calculate the PLI of customers, forecast trends and preferences over a period, track areas of improvements, and identify the opportunities for innovation”, he further added. Speaking at the launch, Prof. Subrata Rath, Head - Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research (SQC & OR) Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Pune said, “CLE lets you design a customized customer loyalty survey for your organization and creates an index to benchmark from. Its innovative and scientific model helps establish and track performance based on the critical elements found to drive loyalty. ISI is proud to partner with Nihilent by bringing our expertise in the application of statistics, assisting in defining the survey objectives and scope, formulating the sampling methodology, etc.” Nihilent has already signed non-exclusive partnerships with Britehouse Holdings (A Dimension Data Company) and DaVinci University, Johannesburg, who will offer the service to their customers in South Africa. Pilot projects are currently underway for a dealer management software company and a mobile services provider. Nihilent will share the loyalty benchmark findings for the banking and financial services industry at the Customer Retention Satisfaction & Loyalty in Financial Services India 2010 conference to be held on 5th & 6th August 2010 in Mumbai. Nihilent’s portfolio comprises a range of consulting-led services based on its proprietary MC3 TM framework. These services span business verticals like BFSI, Supply Chain & Logistics, Mobile Computing & Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Government & State-run Enterprises, Technology & related services, Healthcare, and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs). About Customer Loyalty Evaluation (CLE) CLE is a unique patented predictive model, designed and developed to make customer loyalty measurable and predictable. It is based on the analysis of the ‘experience’ of customers in comparison with their ‘expectations’ for a product or service. CLE helps businesses to:
About Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a unique institution devoted to the research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences. Founded by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in Kolkata on 17th December, 1931, the institute gained the status of an Institution of National Importance by an act of the Indian Parliament, the Indian Statistical Institute act, in 1959. ISI is completely funded by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. About Nihilent Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India, Nihilent has extensive experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent’s operations span North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent’s mission Change for Performance encapsulates our commitment to make change happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for achieving sustained performance for our clients. To learn more visit www.nihilent.com For more information, please contact: Harish Rao Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Tel. +91 20 3984 6100, Mobile: +91 98501 89095; Email: h.rao@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madhya Pradesh wins CSI - Nihilent ‘Best e-Governed State Award’ for 2008-09 Pune, October 9, 2009: The State of Madhya Pradesh has been conferred the ‘Best e-Governed State Award’ at the prestigious Computer Society of India (CSI) and Nihilent e-Governance Awards for 2008-09. The district of Jalgaon in Maharashtra won the award of excellence in the District category while Education Department, Madhya Pradesh and Finance Department, Gujarat received the award of excellence in the Department category. 23 eGovernance initiatives were awarded under various categories. The CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2008-09 for e-governance initiatives during the period April 1 2008 to March 31 2009 were announced at a grand function held at the 44th Annual Convention of CSI at Pune. Held for the seventh successive year, the awards are an annual process of identifying and recognizing the best e-Governance initiatives in India in citizen services at the State, Department, District and Project level. Speaking at the awards function, Piyush Gupta, Convener of the awards, said, “The aim of these awards is to recognize and replicate the successful initiatives in achieving good governance using ICT. We have continuously improved the evaluation process, making these awards the true benchmark for quality conception and implementation of e-governance initiatives. Over 75 entries were received this year. Our heartiest congratulations to all the winners.” Ravi Teja, Country Manager - India & Head – Enterprise Transformation Practice, Nihilent said, “e-Governance is a tool to ensure equitable and easy to avail good governance. The biggest challenge is change management encompassing cultural, organizational, process, people and technological challenges. A metrics driven governance would enable a government department or municipal corporation to perform its functions efficiently and effectively to achieve its public mission. Nihilent is committed to supporting such initiatives that create a sustainable process for change moving in the direction of good governance.” A book titled “Fostering e-Governance: Compendium of Selected Indian Initiatives" (edited by Piyush Gupta, R K Bagga and A Sridevi) from this year’s awards was released on the occasion. It gives an insight to all stakeholders in e-governance and shares the critical success factors in the implementation process. Madhya Pradesh was awarded for its initiatives such as computerization in government departments, manpower development for IT, guidelines for setting up of information kiosks and development of web sites by all government departments, facilitating good governance. MPOnline, a citizen services portal delivers a wide range of government services (copy of land records, forms for professional examination board, birth/death, caste certificates, etc.), improving transparency and accountability, and reducing delivery cycles. The district administration of Jalgaon, Maharashtra received the award of excellence in the District category for developing an Integrated Voice Response System (E-Lokshahi) that provides 24 hour online public grievance redress system and FAQ forum being used widely through telephone and mobile. The award of excellence in Department category was conferred on two departments - An e-Government initiative of the Education Department of Madhya Pradesh received the award for enhancing the quality of education to 1.60 crore students enrolled in 1.10 lakh schools by optimal utilization of the 3.5 Lac teachers and resources. The Finance Department of Madhya Pradesh was recognised for implementing e-governance best practices such as comprehensive dashboard with drill down facility, uniform Decision Support System reports for decision making, electronic payment to pensioners, online receipt of various taxes with real time accounting in state accounts; E-mail and SMS Alerts for citizen and business owners, digital signatures etc. Awards at the Project level for G2C, G2E, G2B, G2G, G2g & G2C categories were also announced. The selection process included online submission of nomination forms, field visits by team of experts to assess project implementation and impact on people benefited by these projects and presentations by short listed nominations, followed by final selection based on combined score. All Government agencies (both Centre and State/UT Governments, down to District level), Government organisations and semi-government corporations, district collectorate, municipal Corporations, autonomous bodies including public sector were eligible to apply for the awards. The selection committee comprised Mr. S P Singh (Sr. Director, Dept of IT, Ministry of Information & Communication), Dr. Mahesh Chandra (Dy. Director General - National Informatics Centre), Mr. L C Singh (President & CEO - Nihilent), Prof M P Gupta (Centre for Excellence in e-Governance - IIT Delhi), Mr. Piyush Gupta (GM, Capacity Building & KM - National Institute for Smart Government), Dr. Ashok Agarwal (Convener, CSI Special Interest Group on e-Governance), Mr. Lalit Sawhney (Past President, CSI), Dr. R K Bagga (Advisor, IIIT Hyderabad & Past Convener, CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards), Dr. G. P. Sahu (Asst. Prof, M N National Institute of Technology & Co-Convener eDistrict Awards 2008-09), Dr. Anurbha Mukhopadaya (IIM-Lucknow), Dr. Nityesh Bhatt (Nirma Institute of Management), Mr. S R Das (Retd. Scientist G, DIT & Advisor, e-Governance Center, IIPA), and Mr. Satish Babu (Co-ordinator, IEEE Computer Society Activities Board, IEEE Region 10 Asia Pacific). About CSI – Nihilent e-Governance Awards CSI and Nihilent joined hands in 2002 to focus on the area of e-Governance and instituted the CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards for categories covering Centre, State, Departments and District level efforts. This is the seventh year for these prestigious awards and their pre-eminence is now widely recognised. An independent selection committee drawn from the industry, academia and the government adjudicates the awards. www.csinihilent-egovernanceawards.org About CSI The Computer Society of India (CSI) is the largest association of information technology professionals in India, with over 30,000 members comprising software developers, scientists, academicians, project managers, CIO's, CTO's and IT vendors, among others. The society has 65 chapters spread across the length and breath of the country. Being closely associated with students, the Society has developed a well-established network of student branches. The purposes of the Society are scientific and educational, directed towards the advancement of the theory and practice of computer science and IT. www.csi-india.org The CSI has implemented the concept of “Special Interest Groups” to promote activities and research in dew focused areas. Special Interest Group on e-Governance ( SIGeGov, www.csi-sigegov.org) has been formed accordingly. About Nihilent Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India, Nihilent’s executive team has over 350 person years of experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent’s operations span across North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent’s mission ‘Change for Performance’ encapsulates its commitment to make change happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for achieving sustained performance for its clients. Nihilent has taken several initiatives to partner governments across the world in moving in the direction of good governance. www.nihilent.com For more information, please contact: Harish Rao Nihilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Tel. +91 20 3984 6100, Mobile: +91 98501 89095; Email: h.rao@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chattisgarh wins CSI - Nihilent ‘Best e-Governed State Award’ for 2007-08 Emergency Management & Research Institute gets ‘Special Jury Award’ Palakkad, Kerala adjudged winner of new category ‘Best e-District’ Award’ New Delhi, December 18, 2008: Chattisgarh has been awarded the prestigious Computer Society of India (CSI) and Nihilent Best e-Governed State Award for 2007-08. The district of Pallakad in Kerala was chosen the winner out of over 30 entries in the Best e-District Award, a new category introduced this year. Emergency Management & Research Institute, Hyderabad (EMRI) was given Special Jury Award for outstanding national effort in launching “108” emergency services in 10 States using latest technologies. The CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2007-08 for initiatives during the period April 1 2007 to March 31 2008 were announced at a grand function held during the 6th International Conference on e-Governance at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) New Delhi. Mr. BV Selveraj, IAS, Administrator, Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Dr. BK Gairola, Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) were the guests of honour on the occasion. A book titled “Transforming Government: e-Governance Initiatives in India” from this year’s awards was released. It gives an insight to all stakeholders in e-governance and shares the critical success factors in the implementation process. Held for the sixth successive year, the awards are an annual process of identifying and recognizing the best e-Governance initiatives in India in the citizen services. Speaking at the Awards function, Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Computer Society of India said, “The aim of these awards is to recognize and replicate the successful initiatives of states and organizations in achieving good governance using ICT. We have continuously improved the evaluation process, making these awards the true benchmark for quality conception and implementation of e-governance initiatives. Over 130 entries were received this year. We made a special effort this year to encourage participation from the list of 100 Backward districts identified by the Planning Commission. Congratulations to all the winners.” Ms. Shobha Agarwal, Managing Consultant & Chief Risk Manager, Nihilent said, “e-Governance is a tool to ensure equitable and easy to avail good governance. The biggest challenge is change management encompassing cultural, organizational, process, people and technological challenges. A metrics driven governance would enable a government department or municipal corporation to perform its functions efficiently and effectively to achieve its public mission. Nihilent is committed to supporting such initiatives that create a sustainable process for change moving in the direction of good governance.” Motor Vehicle Dept - Kerala, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection - Chattisgarh and Board of Revenue - Uttar Pradesh were declared joint winners of the Best e-Governed Department Award. In the Best e-Governed Project category, projects from different states were chosen for Outstanding and Excellent efforts, in using IT for proving better services to Citizens. e-Arik from Arunachal Pradesh and EverAlert from Lakshadweep received Jury Awards for their significant contributions in remote/rural areas. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as a framework in the evaluation process. The awards for Best e-Governed State and Best e-Governed Department were based on parameters of e-Governance road map, IT policy framework, e-Readiness initiative and e-Governance initiatives (improving governance, impact on citizens and capacity building. The assessments for Best e-Governed Projects were done on selected Result Indicators (key performance, convenience to citizens, sustainability, innovation & replicability) and Enabler Indicators (leadership, people, process, partnership & resources). The selection process included online submission of nomination forms, field visits by team of experts to assess project implementation and impact on people benefited by these projects and presentations by short listed nominations, followed by final selection based on combined score. All Government agencies (both Centre and State/UT Governments, down to District level), Government organisations and semi-government corporations, district collectorate, municipal Corporations, autonomous bodies including public sector were eligible to apply for the awards. The selection committee comprised Mr. S P Singh (Sr. Director, e-Governance Group - Dept of IT, Ministry of Information & Communication), (Dy. Director General - National Informatics Centre), Mr. L C Singh (President & CEO - Nihilent), Prof M P Gupta (Centre for Excellence in e-Governance - IIT Delhi), Prof. Sanjiv Vaidya (IIM - Calcutta), Mr. Piyush Gupta (GM, Capacity Building & KM - National Institute for Smart Government), Dr. Ashok Agarwal (Convener, CSI Special Interest Group on e-Governance), Mr. Lalit Sawhney (Past President CSI & Chairman CSI Awards Committee) and Maj Gen (Retd) Dr. R K Bagga AVSM (Convenor, CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards). For further information, please contact: Harish Rao Manager - Corporate Communications, Nihilent Tel. (020) 3984 6100, Mobile: 0 98501 89095 h.rao@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pune, September 26, 2007 Nihilent implements LAMAT, its strategy execution and performance management product for the fist time in India at Demag Cranes and Components Nihilent, a global consulting and solutions integration company has implemented LAMAT, its strategy execution and performance management product for the first time in India at Demag Cranes and Components (India). The tool enables Demag India to get a holistic and balanced view of business performance at all levels and align the key performance measures with the organization's vision and strategy. Demag India is the 100% subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG, the leading German manufacturer and world leader in material handling technology. Suhas Baxi, MD, Demag Cranes and Components (India) Pvt. Ltd. said, "Demag's India business has been growing at over 30% on a year-on-year basis and this growth presents new challenges to us, especially in the area of strategy execution and performance management. We were looking for a systemic solution to benchmark various business performance parameters and continuously monitor the organization performance against these benchmarks. Nihilent's LAMAT provides us the ability to evaulate the performance of our various business units and drill down to the last performance element. The up-to-date views of our business enable us to monitor progress against key performance indicators, allowing us to quickly identify focus areas and take action. We chose Nihilent as they are a hands-on consulting company that understands the value of technology from a business perspective." "Most companies know what to do in terms of vision and strategy but only 20% or so are able to implement them. Through its patented change management framework MC3, Nihilent bridges this gap between the vision and execution. LAMAT, a constituent technology component of MC3 is user friendly and highly robust", said LC Singh, Founder CEO of Nihilent. LAMAT has already been implemented at various clients' sites outside India and has been extremely successful at MTN, Sasol, ABSA Bank (Barclays Group), South African Airways, etc. Nihilent is now making the product available to the Indian market. LAMAT is a comprehensive strategy execution and performance management tool that provides everyone in the organisation with a holistic view of the company's strategies and helps them understand how their role impacts the overall performance of the organisation. At its core, LAMAT uses the Balanced Scorecard Concept for the purpose of performance measurement. Competency Assessment System (CAS), a module of LAMAT helps calibrate the competencies of individuals and provides the organisation with a well-defined development approach to bridge the gaps. About Demag Cranes and Components (India) Demag Cranes and Components (India) is a subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG, a world leader in industrial cranes, crane components, harbor cranes and port automation technology. As a global supplier, Demag Cranes manufactures in 16 countries on five continents and operates a worldwide sales and service network that is present in over 60 countries through its subsidiaries, representative offices and joint ventures. Please visit www.demagcranes.co.in About Nihilent Nihilent is an ISO 9001:2000 and SEISM CMMi® Level 5 certified global business consulting and solutions integration company. It is the first Indian company focused on managing change holistically. Armed with the wisdom of a global advisory board, Nihilent's executive team has over 350 years of experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent is headquartered in Pune, India and has operations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Please visit www.nihilent.com Media contact: Harish Rao + 91 20 3984 6100 h.rao@nihilent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Delhi, June 7, 2007 LC Singh, founder & CEO, Nihilent presented IT - BHU Alumni Award of Excellence 2007- 08 The Association of IT - Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Alumni conferred on L C Singh, Founder and CEO, Nihilent the Alumini Award of Excellence 2007-08 at a glittering function organised at the Indian Habitat Centre in New Delhi. The other awardees were R.P. Singh, CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India and Dr. U. S. Awasthi, MD, Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO). All the awardees were given a standing ovation as their respective citations were read out to a full house of their co-alumni. The assemblage warmly applauded the singular achievements of these stalwarts in their respective fields and their commitment to the noble task of nation building. The high-profile list of guests at the function included Mr. Vinod Rai, IAS, Secretary Banking, Govt. of India; Dr. T.Ramasami, Director General, CSIR & Secretary to the Govt. of India and Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, RBEF & Chairman, AKC Group of Companies. The guests were unanimous in expressing their overwhelming appreciation of the rich contribution made by the alumni of the Institute. Rajiv Gupta, Secretary, Association of IT BHU Alumni said, "IT-BHU has been at the forefront of nation-building from even before independence, when the vision of Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya Ji created the Banaras Hindu University and its constituent colleges of technical education. Long before the IITs came into existence, IT-BHU engineers were already leading the way in building the country's nascent foundations. Naturally the galaxy of IT-BHU Alumni is much larger and it is really difficult to select from the many outstanding alumni who have served the country during its many phases of growth. Yet, we felt we needed to make a start, and the awardees tonight have been carefully chosen by an independent jury of peers". About IT - BHU: IT-BHU, classified as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India, has a unique place in India's growth story. In the early days, civil, mining, metallurgy and electrical engineers spread out across the country and laid the foundations of India's early infrastructure. Later, more diverse disciplines like Ceramics, Pharmacy, Electronics and Computer Science were gradually added and its alumni contributed to the next wave of growth. The Institute is also renowned for its outstanding faculty and their research work, which has benefited the common man across all spheres of activity. IT-BHU has been taking students through the IIT-JEE process since the 1972-73 academic years, consistently getting ranked among the Top 10 Engineering Institutes of the country. About Nihilent Nihilent is an ISO 9001:2000 and SEISM CMMi® Level 5 certified global business consulting and solutions integration company. It is the first Indian company focused on managing change holistically. Armed with the wisdom of a global advisory board, Nihilent's executive team has over 350 years of experience in international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent is headquartered in Pune, India and has operations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Please visit www.nihilent.com Media contact: Harish Rao + 91 20 3984 6100 h.rao@nihilent.com |
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