New PG diploma in e-gov launched

The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala, and the Institute of Management in Government (IMG) have jointly launched a postgraduate (PG) diploma course in e-governance, a first-of-its-kind initiative by any state government in the country to promote a career in this space.

The two institutes have developed the course for capacity building at the individual level to create a good number of trained professional to manage e-governance projects of the government. The focus of the course is on e-governance through developing foundations in IT, management, government process, re-engineering and change management and has been designed in line with the recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission for promoting e-governance.

In order to help the participants align with the outcome of the course with their areas of interest, the classroom sessions have been divided into core courses and elective courses.