The meeting was attended by various representatives from the government, academia and industry, including Nandan Nilekani, Infosys; Kiran Karnik, Nasscom; Prof Subhash Bhatnagar, IIM (Ahmedabad); Secretary DOT and DIT and IT secretaries of various state governments.
The group also advocated focus on capacity building, need for flexibility at local level for innovation and the involvement of civil society organizations and small and medium enterprises to ensure the percolation of the plan. On this occasion, Maran also released a CD containing the e-governance roadmaps of 15 states.
Quelle/Source: DQ Channels, 02.10.2006