e-Prison project rollout gains momentum in Chhattisgarh

The implementation of e-prisons suite – an integrated complete module for prisoners and prison management , facilitated  by the Prisons Division, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi  reached yet  another milestone with the organizing of a two day workshop aimed towards  bringing more awareness among its users. Looking at the proactive efforts at the  Jail Headquarters,  Raipur, since 2013 the initiative was taken by NIC Project Coordinator  under the guidance of Sh. R.P. Saxena, DDG, NIC HQ and Sh. M.K. Mishra, SIO. Chhattisgarh for  rolling out the project  to  another Central Jail  at  DURG.
The  workshop cum hands on training program conducted during  03rd and 4th September 2014  was presided over by Sh. Giridhari Nayak, Director General,  Jail HQ, Raipur. In his address to all participants  from all the five Central Jails of the state viz. Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur and Ambikapur he emphasized on the importance of e-prisons. Also present on the occasion were  Sh. R.P. Saxena, DDG & the  head of Prison Division ,NIC HQ and Sh. M.K. Mishra, SIO, Chhattisgarh. The e-prisons training was imparted by Sh. Vikas Agrawal, PSA and Sh. Rajendra Gaur, Asst. programmer of Jail Division, NIC HQ, New Delhi.  Sh. H.S.Tripathy, TD  & Project Coordinator, NIC Chhattisgarh briefed about the important facilities available in the e-prisons integrated application. The officials and members besides  getting their doubts cleared  have also given valuable suggestions relevant  to the  state of Chhattisgarh for incorporating in the ePrison software.  Hands on training was given on the next day i.e.  on 04th.September2014.   At the end of training session the Director General, set  out the targets for both NIC and five central jails for effective  implementation of the ePrisons software .