Meghalaya has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) to develop a state-of-art Centre of Excellence in Emerging Technologies to promote technological capabilities and employment.
As per the MoU, NISG would facilitate industrial establishments for employment and services lead deliberation and collaborations with ministries, international financial and development agencies, academic and research institutions and other key stakeholders to identify solutions, help develop action plans and support PMUs, and act as distinguished prospective link for the State and the Centre.
Officials from the State, Sampath Kumar, Development Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Pravin Bakshi, Commissioner & Secretary IT&C and officials from NISG, Veerraju Naidu, Chief Finance Officer and Regional Business Head, Murali Bommireddy Associate Vice President, Chakradhar Vunna, Senior General Manager and Stephen Anurag Prathipati, Project Officer, were present at the agreement signing held at the Additional Secretariat building here.
Chief Executive Officer NISG and former Secretary Rajiv Bansal said the partnership would assist Meghalaya as a premier strategic advisory thinktank and help translate government goals and policy priorities with reform agenda into tangible actions with focus on smart government and undertake e-Governance capacity building initiatives with special emphasis in the AI and other emerging technologies to the employees.
Kumar appreciated NISG for being a continuous support in delivering public policy and technological interventions to the State and welcomed their strategic expertise to other departments for enhancing human capabilities in the State.
