Hi,
Here's the key person that IT secretary informs has the details. Subhra Chakraborty Mob:09331042119 E-mail: subhrackh at gmail
Thanks to Arun for attracting my attention to this thread. I must say that I find Raju's posting is interesting. I happen to have met with Mr. Subhra Chakraborty a couple of times due to professional engagements. Its true that Mr. Chakraborty *is* indeed the key person in the CSC (common services centers - NeGP G2C kiosks) program which are among the principal consumers of the GPMS and the IFMAS software.
The fact is Mr. Chakraborty is a Project Co-ordinator / IT Officer with the Panchayat & Rural Development (P&RD) Dept, Govt of WB. He in turn reports to Mr. Maity who is the Deputy Secy (iirc) and finally at the top of the P&RD admin hierarchy is Mr. M N Roy. IAS (Principal Secy, P&RD)
So, has Mr. Chakraborty been empowered as spokesperson from P&RD? Its interesting that the IT Secy Mr. Siddharth would be giving Mr. Chakraborty's name as the contact person.
just wondering
-indra
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Indranil Das Gupta indradg@gmail.com wrote:
So, has Mr. Chakraborty been empowered as spokesperson from P&RD? Its interesting that the IT Secy Mr. Siddharth would be giving Mr. Chakraborty's name as the contact person.
======== Please contact Subhra Chakraborty PO (IT) at 9331042119 and/ or e mail subhrachk@gmail.com
RKMaiti
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:59 AM, doxa@sancharnet.in wrote:
To Jt Secy Ranjit Kumar Maiti, ====my letter seeking attention==== ========= In a hurry instead of putting JT Secy, I put IT Secy.....
just wondering
Keep wondering Indranil. I have more amusing disclosures in store... Cheers, CK Raju
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:31 AM, CK Raju ck.thrissur@gmail.com wrote:
just wondering
... Indranil, sorry - you sounded like a CPI-M official. I mistook. Lets continue our fight. CK
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Indranil Das Gupta
The fact is Mr. Chakraborty is a Project Co-ordinator / IT Officer with the Panchayat & Rural Development (P&RD) Dept, Govt of WB. He
....
So, has Mr. Chakraborty been empowered as spokesperson from P&RD? Its
======== Disclosure II ------------------
From Ranjit Kumar Maiti, Panchayat and Rural Development Department,
Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Posted 10 August 2007
Dear Friends, I work with the Government of West Bengal in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department. We have taken a number of initiatives to empower panchayats at the grassroots level to make them responsive to the needs of the common citizens. One of the ways the local government Panchayati Raj Institutions can be effective is by keeping in close touch with the problems of the common people and responding to their aspirations.
To supplement to our e-governance efforts in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, we are going to experiment with mobile technology in remote and inaccessible areas for dissemination of various types of information that could be useful to the people - like alerts for important fund releases; organization of health camps and polio vaccination camps; disaster alerts etc. using push technology (by which the Web Server "pushes" information to the user rather than waiting for the user to request for information). .............. ...[the document quotes large number of examples and produces emails of those who have applauded the efforts ..] .. the document is at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/en/Download-document/734-Mobile-Techno... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re-joinder to Disclosure =================
"..The application will provides Microsoft COM based APIs to develop and integrate with custom applications. The following is SMS enterprise framework: [.figure given here...] The SMS enterprise will be is a high performance and highly scalable software. The software will allows to control the speed since many SMPP service providers will not allow sending messages above a specified throughput. SMS enterprise can be integrated with almost any type of software with a short messaging requirement..."
... [and finally the cost factor]..
"a].Purchase of OS for Server (Enterprise with 60 user license) 1,50,000 b].Purchase of SMS Enterprise Server software 6,00,000 c].Purchase of SMS Pack of 2 lac SMS valid for 1year 1,00,000 d].Purchase of Antivirus solution for all handhelds for 1year subscription 1,00,000"
...[and who is responsible for execution] "..Shri Subhra Chakrabarty, WBCS (EXE), Programme Officer IT [having] Experience in Accounts, Panchayat & Rural Developments, Database Management, Project Managements & Computerisations [responsible for] Development of Software, Training, Facilitation, Handholding & Management of the Project..."
The entire document is at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/decn/comm_update/res-21-150308-13.pdf
[..somewhere in this document it also mentions that NIC has been instructed to develop GPMS in open source software.. Java components ??..] ===================================
CK Raju
"At the end of every revolution, the planets reach the same spot." [heard from Amarnath Raja, CEO Inapp]
My rejoinder : The left front should be a planet.
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Indranil Das Gupta
The fact is Mr. Chakraborty is a Project Co-ordinator / IT Officer with the Panchayat & Rural Development (P&RD) Dept, Govt of WB. He
....
So, has Mr. Chakraborty been empowered as spokesperson from P&RD? Its
======== Disclosure II ------------------
From Ranjit Kumar Maiti, Panchayat and Rural Development Department,
Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Posted 10 August 2007
Dear Friends, I work with the Government of West Bengal in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department. We have taken a number of initiatives to empower panchayats at the grassroots level to make them responsive to the needs of the common citizens. One of the ways the local government Panchayati Raj Institutions can be effective is by keeping in close touch with the problems of the common people and responding to their aspirations.
To supplement to our e-governance efforts in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, we are going to experiment with mobile technology in remote and inaccessible areas for dissemination of various types of information that could be useful to the people - like alerts for important fund releases; organization of health camps and polio vaccination camps; disaster alerts etc. using push technology (by which the Web Server "pushes" information to the user rather than waiting for the user to request for information). .............. ...[the document quotes large number of examples and produces emails of those who have applauded the efforts ..] .. the document is at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/en/Download-document/734-Mobile-Techno... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re-joinder to Disclosure =================
"..The application will provides Microsoft COM based APIs to develop and integrate with custom applications. The following is SMS enterprise framework: [.figure given here...] The SMS enterprise will be is a high performance and highly scalable software. The software will allows to control the speed since many SMPP service providers will not allow sending messages above a specified throughput. SMS enterprise can be integrated with almost any type of software with a short messaging requirement..."
... [and finally the cost factor]..
"a].Purchase of OS for Server (Enterprise with 60 user license) 1,50,000 b].Purchase of SMS Enterprise Server software 6,00,000 c].Purchase of SMS Pack of 2 lac SMS valid for 1year 1,00,000 d].Purchase of Antivirus solution for all handhelds for 1year subscription 1,00,000"
...[and who is responsible for execution] "..Shri Subhra Chakrabarty, WBCS (EXE), Programme Officer IT [having] Experience in Accounts, Panchayat & Rural Developments, Database Management, Project Managements & Computerisations [responsible for] Development of Software, Training, Facilitation, Handholding & Management of the Project..."
The entire document is at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/decn/comm_update/res-21-150308-13.pdf
[..somewhere in this document it also mentions that NIC has been instructed to develop GPMS in open source software.. Java components ??..] ===================================
CK Raju
"At the end of every revolution, the planets reach the same spot." [heard from Amarnath Raja, CEO Inapp]
My rejoinder : The left front qualifies to be a planet.
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:08 AM, CK Raju ck.thrissur@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Indranil Das Gupta
The fact is Mr. Chakraborty is a Project Co-ordinator / IT Officer with the Panchayat & Rural Development (P&RD) Dept, Govt of WB. He
....
So, has Mr. Chakraborty been empowered as spokesperson from P&RD? Its
======== Disclosure II
From Ranjit Kumar Maiti, Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata Posted 10 August 2007
Dear Friends, I work with the Government of West Bengal in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department. We have taken a number of initiatives to empower panchayats at the grassroots level to make them responsive to the needs of the common citizens. One of the ways the local government Panchayati Raj Institutions can be effective is by keeping in close touch with the problems of the common people and responding to their aspirations.
To supplement to our e-governance efforts in the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, we are going to experiment with mobile technology in remote and inaccessible areas for dissemination of various types of information that could be useful to the people - like alerts for important fund releases; organization of health camps and polio vaccination camps; disaster alerts etc. using push technology (by which the Web Server "pushes" information to the user rather than waiting for the user to request for information). .............. ...[the document quotes large number of examples and produces emails of those who have applauded the efforts ..] .. the document is at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/en/Download-document/734-Mobile-Techno...
Re-joinder to Disclosure
"..The application will provides Microsoft COM based APIs to develop and integrate with custom applications. The following is SMS enterprise framework: [.figure given here...] The SMS enterprise will be is a high performance and highly scalable software. The software will allows to control the speed since many SMPP service providers will not allow sending messages above a specified throughput. SMS enterprise can be integrated with almost any type of software with a short messaging requirement..."
... [and finally the cost factor]..
"a].Purchase of OS for Server (Enterprise with 60 user license) 1,50,000 b].Purchase of SMS Enterprise Server software 6,00,000 c].Purchase of SMS Pack of 2 lac SMS valid for 1year 1,00,000 d].Purchase of Antivirus solution for all handhelds for 1year subscription 1,00,000"
...[and who is responsible for execution] "..Shri Subhra Chakrabarty, WBCS (EXE), Programme Officer IT [having] Experience in Accounts, Panchayat & Rural Developments, Database Management, Project Managements & Computerisations [responsible for] Development of Software, Training, Facilitation, Handholding & Management of the Project..."
The entire document is at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/decn/comm_update/res-21-150308-13.pdf
[..somewhere in this document it also mentions that NIC has been instructed to develop GPMS in open source software.. Java components ??..]
===================================
CK Raju
"At the end of every revolution, the planets reach the same spot." [heard from Amarnath Raja, CEO Inapp]
My rejoinder : The left front should be a planet.
We are discussing this issue for past 2 weeks. I request FSF India to write an Open letter to WB Govt. I feel Debeesh Das (It minister, WB govt) was a speaker in Free Software and e-governance in recent Chennai programme (Controversial). We need to ask him to act on this immediately.
Anivar
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Anivar Aravind anivar.aravind@gmail.com wrote:
We are discussing this issue for past 2 weeks. I request FSF India to write an Open letter to WB Govt. I feel Debeesh Das (It minister, WB govt) was a speaker in Free Software and e-governance in recent Chennai programme (Controversial). We need to ask him to act on this immediately.
Or be prepared to face the music like what its counterpart, the notorious IKM, received from Comptoller and Auditor General.
http://www.cag.gov.in/html/LB/Kr/LB_08_CHAPTER_IV_.pdf [why risk a good portion of life in jail ?]
Perhaps Indranil can help forward the document to Mr Shubhra and his close associates - this had been how FSF activists here intervened and dealt with the matter.
CK Raju
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