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A quarterly newsletter of IIM Visakhapatnam

Vol.1 | Issue 2 | Jan - April, 2020
Inauguration of first batch:
Post Graduate Program in Digital Governance and Management (PGP-DGM)

n 6th January 2020, IIM Visakhapatnam launched a The Director of the Institute, Prof. Chandrasekhar highlighted
customized and rst-of-its-kind Post-Graduate Program the importance of building capacities in the government and
Oin Digital Governance and Management. This program industry to realize the benets of digitalization. He assured
was launched under the aegis of the National e-Governance the audience that graduates from the program would be able
Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & Information to make a constructive contribution towards the digital-
Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India (GoI). transformation efforts in their work domains, with use of ICTs
gaining greater traction in pervasiveness and profundity,
With the advent of digital technologies, businesses and leading to concomitant benets in service delivery.
government alike, have placed immense faith in their value in
achieving their goals. As organizations are looking towards The carefully curated courses of the Program, along with the
'transforming' themselves using these technologies, the international exposure will ensure that the professionals are
Government of India, with the launch of Digital India, is actively more than adequately equipped and empowered with
facilitating efcient and effective delivery of products and knowledge and skill sets to help achieve the dream of New
services. Robust implementation of digital technologies India based on digitalization. The program envisions adding
demands a thorough understanding of the nuances of IT signicant value and contributing to the capacity building of
governance by its functionaries. Through this program, IIMV is human resources in business, government, and society at
addressing this much-felt need of capacity building. large, so that mission-mode e-Governance initiatives
become more efcient and effective.
Inaugurating the program, the MeitY Secretary, Shri Ajay
Sawhney, IAS brought out how digital transformation could
bring about signicant changes in the quality of our work and Inside this issue
life at large. He shared with the audience, the various
applications being used by the Government of India to deliver
services in multiple sectors like agriculture, health etc. “In the PGPDGM Inauguration 1
next ve to ten years, a sea-change is expected due to advent
of technologies such as articial intelligence, predictive Corporate Guest Lecture Series/ Invited Talks 2
analytics, cloud-based services, Internet of Things, and
robotics,” said Shri Sawhney. He also shared how the good- Management and Faculty Development Programmes 3
governance oriented digitalization policies and instruments of MBA Placement and Summer Internship 4
the Government will unleash exponential progress and growth
in the Indian economy. Women Startup Programme 6

Participating in the programme, Meghalaya Chief Secretary Incubation under TIDE 2.0 6
and former President & CEO, NeGD, Shri M.S. Rao stated, 7
“Under the Digital India programme, NeGD is launching Faculty Research & Activities
various initiatives to create awareness and build capacities. Research Seminar 8
IIM-Visakhapatnam has taken the pioneering initiative to
introduce a long-term course on digital governance and Cultural Events / Sports & Others 8-9
management, that will fetch far-reaching benets to all
stakeholders”. SAC Elections 9
Ekam Foundation collaborations 9
The rst batch of the program inducted 26 students from 10
states including four women. Among the state governments, Awards and Recognitions 10
the highest representation came from Delhi and Telangana.
MeitY is fully sponsoring the fee of 20 candidates, selected Impressions 11-20
from the government sector.

1 IIM Visakhapatnam