About the Editors: K. S. Vijaya Sekhar holds
Ph.D. in Public Administration with a specialization in eGovernance. His interest areas are eGovernance, Mobile Governance,
Use of Innovative Technologies to reach out the last mile
challenges and, Inter-disciplinary approach while using the ICT applications. He has Master of
Commerce (M.Com), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A), Master of Business
Management (M.B.A) in Human Resource Management (H.R.M) and Master of
Social Work (M.S.W) to his credit. He has published over 30 research papers in International
and National conferences. He is recipient of Best Paper Award for Measuring Sustainability in eGovernment Projects. He
has Co-edited Four books - eGovernance Initiatives in India; Envisioning Digital India; Digital India in Action and,
Digital Transformation. He has about 25 years of professional experience and presently
working in Research Center for eGovernance (RCeG) at IIIT Hyderabad. He was associated
with Center for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Administrative Staff
College of India (ASCI) and ICRISAT, in the past. He is Secretary to Computer Society of India’s (CSI) Special
Interest Group on eGovernance (CSI-SIGeGov) from its inception – the year 2007
and Member, CSI Nihilent eGovernance Awards (CNeGA) since its very
inception, the year 2002. He is presently, Convener to the CSI Nihilent eGovernance Awards
2017. He is a Life member of CSI. In 2012, he had received CSI Service Award for
his significant contribution to eGovernance at National Level. He received
the award during 47th CSI Annual National Convention held at Science City,
Kolkata. e-mail : vijay@iiit.ac.in. G. P. Sahu is
Associate Professor and Head, School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad,
India. He has more than 19 years of teaching and research experience. He completed
his one-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship program from California State
University Monterey Bay, California, US and PhD in Management from Indian Institute
of Technology Delhi, India. His research interests are in the areas of MIS,
E-governance, Green Information Systems, etc. He has published around 90
research papers in international journals and conferences. He has coordinated a few
international conferences. He has also edited seven books in the area of MIS and E-governance.
He has acted as a reviewer for international journals. He is also a Guest
Editor with International Journal of Electronic Governance. He has been on the jury
for the CSI-Nihilent E- governance National Awards, India. Prabhu Gollamudi,
has extensive experience in the IT Industry, working for most part of his career with the IT major and closely worked
on several e-governance projects, from concept to implementation. He had also worked
on system integration projects in the sectors of transportation, power, public
administration and defence. During this journey, he had the opportunity to interact with
several Government officials at various levels that enabled him to understand
the Government processes for implementing e-Governance projects. His stint as Vice
President (Business Development) for CMC Informatics UK, provided exposure to
business management and projects delivery from a global perspective. Post superannuation, he continued his professional engagements
with erstwhile CMC Ltd, NISG and later with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business
Solutions Ltd, Bengaluru. Currently a freelance consultant, his interests
include helping organizations in articulating processes for Government bids
qualification, management and participation. A key member of the Computer Society of India’s Special Interest
Group on e-Governance, he has supported many of its professional
activities. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Government
Engineering College,
Jabalpur. E-mail gsnprabhu@yahoo.com. |
