SAP and IIM-S join hands to extend village e-enablement to Meghalaya
To deliver cloud based e-governance to the “Dorbar Shnong” or village level administration
New Delhi, India — Aug. 23, 2012 —
SAP India, a subsidiary of
SAP AG
(NYSE: SAP), as part of its CSR activities, announced an initiative to
improve citizen services and village administration
in the Shillong region by deploying a Cloud based e-governance
solution. This is an extension of a similar model that SAP pioneered
with the SODA village in Rajasthan. In order to ensure transformation at
the grassroots, SAP has collaborated with the Rajiv
Gandhi Indian Institute of Management-Shillong (RGIIM-S) for this
project.
“Contributing
to the development of rural India is a major focus of SAP’s CSR
initiatives” said, Peter Gartenberg, Managing Director, SAP India.
“By collaborating with RGIIM-S, We are striving to make village
administration more effective, transparent and accountable in delivering
citizen services. We intend to effectively use our expertise in the
North East region and create a scalable model to go
to the 600,000 similar villages across India”
As
a part of the project, SAP will automate several operational areas
including, tracking & control of funds; budget and expense
management, accounting;
management of local assets; project & scheme implementation and
citizen services. SAP will also facilitate trained resources to operate
the solution, and provide its expertise during the course of the
project. RGIIM-S will provide SAP with the necessary advisory
support to gain understanding of the local environment, help identify
project sites and liaison with local administration bodies where
required.
Configured
on SAP Business ByDesign, a fully integrated business management
solution delivered on demand, this project will result in improved
transparency,
control and governance. It will be initiated at the semi-urban
localities of Mawlai Nonglum and Mawdatbaki, and will subsequently be
rolled out to a village Dorbar jointly identified by SAP and RGIIM-S.
“SAP’s
project for the Mawlai area will provide the local headman and citizens
reliable access to records and services, better insight into budgeting
and spending, and support quicker decision making, without a complex
and cumbersome IT infrastructure”, said, Prof Keya Sengupta, Director,
RGIIM-S. “We are pleased to collaborate with SAP on this initiative, and
will support this by way of advising SAP on
the local aspects through RGIIM-S Centre for Development for the North
East Region (CEDNER),” she added.
“Initiatives
like these echoes SAP's global interest in helping Governments run
better,” said Adaire Fox-Martin, Senior Vice President Industry Business
Solutions, SAP Asia Pacific Japan “SAP's strategy for an inclusive,
effective and transparent government includes good governance, user
empowerment, community engagement and improving services for rural and
urban resilience. We intend to replicate this unique
paradigm in many more villages and hence improve lives.”
RGIIM-S
is an autonomous management school set up by the Government of India,
with a vision of expansion and mobilization of facilities for offering
good quality management education, research and dissemination of
information in the North Eastern region of India. Till date the
Institute has by means of its expertise and innovative approaches stood
committed to the idea of being socially relevant in the
area of its operations.
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