Shillong, Aug 7: The 22nd edition of national conference on e-Governance will be held here in Meghalaya on Thursday and Friday.

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) and Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in association with the Meghalaya government are organizing the event.

This is the first time the event is being organized in North-Eastern region of the country.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region, Dr. Jitendra Singh would address the inaugural session.

The Conference titled “Digital India: Success to Excellence” will provides a platform to disseminate knowledge on effective methods of designing and implementing sustainable e-Governance initiatives to provide end-to-end Digital Services, exchange experiences in solving problems, mitigating risks, resolving issues and planning for success.

Over 450 delegates from 28 States and 8 Union Territories would deliberate on India Enterprise Architecture, Digital Infrastructure, One Nation – One Platform, Emerging Technology for Practitioners, Secretariat Reforms, National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment.

The delegates will also discuss on Inclusion and Capacity Building, Engaging with Innovators and Industry, End- to- End Digital Services: IT initiatives of State Governments.

An Exhibition will also be organized during the event to showcase India’s achievements in the field of e-Governance, along with a Hall of Fame/ photo exhibition on the award winners.

The Conference would provide considerable momentum to the e-Governance initiatives in the region, providing opportunities for civil servants and industry captains of North Eastern region to showcase their successful interventions in e-Governance in improving end to end service delivery.