GUWAHATI: Project “GOALMART,” a brainchild of former Goalpara district deputy commissioner Varnali Deka, has been selected for Gold Award under Category I – “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” by the department of administrative reforms and public grievances under the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions.
GOALMART is a fully electronic market which aims to provide an online platform for marketing of the local SHG products.
Portal was developed in-house with no extra cost to the exchequer.
Deka at present Kokrajhar district deputy commissioner with additional charges of director, Bodoland Administrative Staff College and Secretary, Bodoland Territorial Council and her initiative had also been lauded by UNDP for replication across developing countries.
The DARPG in association with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), government of India and the state government of Telangana is organizing the 24th National Conference on e-Governance in Hyderabad, Telangana from January 7 to 8, 2022 where Deka has been invited to receive the award.
In view of her contributions and achievements in the field of information technology, Deka has also been invited as a key speaker for the session Digital Excellence at District Level to be held on January 8 in same National Conference.
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