e-Governance Research and Education

FACULTY & RESEARCH > Centers > e-Governance Research and Education

The Backdrop

The rise of electronic governance is a striking phenomenon transforming governments across the globe.  India’s National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) has put forth the vision of seeing India as one of the top nations of the world in providing online services to its citizens.  Capacity building is one of NeGP’s stated goals to help translate its vision to reality, and here, TAPMI has taken a pioneering step by launching an executive program on e-Governance – the first of its kind in the country.

Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives of the Center for e-Governance Research and Education’ [CeGRE] are to:

  1. build on, leverage, and develop existing studies and research work.
  2. conduct specific research on identified initiatives and projects about which new knowledge can be gathered.
  3. disseminate information and build awareness among the public regarding the potential benefits of such projects.
  4. organize systematic study and investigation of ongoing e-Governance projects.
  5. sensitize the academic community about issues and problems relating to successful project implementation and full harvesting of benefits.
  6. create new intellectual output in e-Governance space via relying on experts and specialists from different academic disciplines and collaborating with practitioners from government and industry.
  7. network with other similar centers – academic and non-academic.
  8. act as a reliable, self-sustaining, one-point center where any and all vital and germane issues having to do with-Governance can be taken up and addressed in an advisory role.

Expected Impact

The CeGRE is expected to:

  1. Produce work that relevant and useful to other academic institutions for further research and action.

  2. Provide support to government departments and functionaries.   By developing clarity on key success factors and constructing appropriate frameworks for project implementation, likelihood of successful outcome can be increased.

  3. Alert citizens about good governance by making them aware of the benefits of e-Governance.
  4. Provide a model of a center that could be easily replicated elsewhere.

There is no doubt that electronic governance is intended for good governance and social transformation. But the path to transformation is never easy or straightforward: the grim reality is that most e-Governance projects fail. They fail, more often than not, in delivering on the promise, and the cost is huge. In the face of such a reality, acknowledging that the journey to newness is filled with potholes of chaos and complexity, the CeGRE has begun its mission with tenacity.

For more details on this Center, please contact:

Prof. Mohan Kumar,
Professor 
Tel: 0820-270-1022
Email: mohan@tapmi.edu.in