Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena launched E-Office in 52 Government Offices

Bhubaneswar21/11/23:: Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena launched an E-Office in 52 Government Offices including 41 Subordinate Offices of the Directorate of Fisheries; Startup Odisha: OSIC Ltd.; MS Law University; Rajendra University; Odisha Coal & Power Ltd.; Animal Disease Research Institute; Veterinary Officers’ Training Institute; Odisha Livestock Resource Development Society; Frozen Semen Bank & Odisha Biological Product Institute today, at Lokaseba Bhawan. It is worth mentioning here that e-Office has been implemented in 1016 offices in Odisha.

E-Office is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Programme of the Government. E-Office is developed by the National Informatics Centre and implemented by CMGI in Odisha with an objective to usher in more efficient, effective and transparent inter-government and intra-government transactions and processes. E-Office is built as a single reusable system by bringing together independent functions and systems under a single framework to enhance transparency, increase accountability and transform the government work culture and ethics.
This software is designed with the objective of abolishing the movement of hard copies within an organization and integrating various unrelated activities within an organization. The software is based on open technologies and web-based platforms, which are user-friendly and easy to use.

The user can access the system using a standard Internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape after necessary authentication. The complete system works with a centralized back-end database to store the necessary structured information, keyed in by the user. In Odisha e-Office has been implemented in 836 Government offices, to operate office functions remotely. e-Office is being implemented under the 5T initiative of the General Administration & Public Grievances Department.

In his welcome address, Satya Priya Rath, Executive Director, CMGI said“Online processing of files is one of the key elements of bringing efficiency and transparency in the business process of government. The government of Odisha is one of the front runners in the country in the use of digital technology for file processing through the successful implementation of OSWAS.

After the formal launching of the e-Office of the 41 Subordinate Offices of the Directorate of Fisheries, online files were processed by Suresh Kumar Vashishth,  Principal Secretary;& Prof. (Dr.)Kamaljit Singh, Vice Chancellor of Madhusudan Law University.

Dr Ashok Kumar Hota, DDG& SIO, NIC Odisha apprised “We are taking utmost care to implement e-Office in the Government offices. E-Office aims at transforming the government work culture and ethics in order to promote greater collaboration in the workplace thereby enhancing the efficiency & effectiveness of the organization.

Appreciating the efforts of the Centre for Modernizing Government Initiative (CMGI), Chief Secretary of Odisha  Pradeep Kumar Jena, said, “I am glad to know that CMGI has progressed a lot in the implementation of e-Office in more than 1000 Government offices. CMGI, the administrative reforms wing of the General Administration and Public Grievance department has been instrumental in this endeavour.

The Chief Secretary has asked CMGI to implement e-Office up to Panchayat offices, as the Jagatsinghpur District has implemented e-Office since 2019.

Prof.(Dr.) Umaballava Mohapatra, Vice Chancellor, Rajendra Univerisity, Bolangir and his team & Deepankar Das, Managing Director, OSIC Ltd & his team have joined the launching programme virtually. Ayaskant Kanungo,  General Manager, Odisha Coal Power Ltd.; Pabitra Mandal, Chief Administrative Officer, StartUp Odisha; Debabrata Mallick, Addl Secretary, GA & PG Department, S.K. Sarangi, Programme Coordinator, CMGI Surendranath Behera, Director, NIC along with senior officials of CMGI were present. Pinaki Mohanty, Project Coordinator, CMGI coordinated the programme & proposed the vote of thanks.