SHIMLA-10^th December, 2024 -A one-day workshop on CollabFiles, eTaal and Gov. in Secure Intranet Web Portals was organized by NIC for the officers of various Departments of the State here today.

The workshop was inaugurated by Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena who encouraged all the participants to make full use of these tools. He said that these platforms aim to facilitate secure communication, enhance data handling and streamline operations across Government Offices.

Over 135 officers from various departments of Himachal Pradesh participated in the workshop. The objective of this workshop was to familiarize the participants with the skills and knowledge to fully leverage the power of CollabFiles, eTaal and Gov. in Secure Intranet Web Portal.

Secretary, Ayush and Digital Technologies and Governance, Rakhil Kahlon was the Guest of Honour. Deputy Director General and State co-ordinator Inder Paul Singh Sethi, along with his teams from NIC Headquarters and NIC Telangana played a key role in the workshop.

The workshop featured a series of presentations followed by a live demo by Dr P. Gayatri, HoD CollabFiles and Dr O.P. Gupta, Director (IT), NIC Delhi.

The speakers gave very valuable insights into these key digital initiatives aimed at improving Government Office operations.

Deputy Director General NIC Sh. Ajay Singh Chahal, welcomed the Chief Guest and all the participants and gave an overview of these digital tools and highlighted their importance for the implementation in Himachal Pradesh. In his introductory address, he also mentioned various ongoing projects being handled by NIC Himachal Pradesh for making the processes simpler, transparent and accountable.

Sh. Bhupinder Pathak, Senior Director (IT) NIC Himachal Pradesh, delivered a vote of thanks and assured the full support in the adoption of these initiatives in the state.