Website of Kerala SACS, www.ksacs.in bagged the e-governance award 2008 of Govt of Kerala

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Dear Forum,

Website of Kerala SACS, www.ksacs.in bagged the e-governance award 2008,

instituted by the Government of Kerala.

The official website bagged the e-Governance award in the website category by

getting adjudged as the third best website.

Website of Kerala Tourism bagged the first price and that of

IT Mission Kerala, became the second best website in the same category.

In a function held at Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram on December 8, Mr S.Ajai

Kumar, Joint Director, IEC, Kerala SACS received the award on behalf of Kerala

SACS from the Chief Minister of Kerala Mr V.S.Achuthanandan.

Chief Secretary of Kerala, Ms Neela Gangadharan presided over the function. Dr

Ajay Kumar I.A.S, Director, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Mr

Anand Parthasarathy, jury member, Mr Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, SAARC

Region, Symantec Corporation and Mr C.P.Ajumal, Faculty, Institute of Management

in Government spoke during the occasion.

Dr Ajay Kumar I.A.S, Director, Principal Secretary, Information Technology in

his welcome address said that the winners of the Kerala State e-Governance

Awards 2008 have showcased highly citizen-friendly

computerization projects that have brought in high level of efficiency and

transparency in the way the government offices function to help the common man.

Mr Anand Parthasarathy, noted journalist and jury member, in his expert comments

saidwww.ksacs.in has gone beyond the mere display and dissemination of

information with sensitivity and professional thoroughness. The online

counseling facility in the site received special mentioning.

Though the website started functioning in 2006, it showed tremendous

development within a short period of time. In the beginning the objective of the

site was to get the public and the targeted groups aware of the activities of

KSACS in its campaign against HIV and AIDS.

Today, it not only disseminates information on various activities of KSACS but

also effectively interacts with the public and the HIV positives.

The official website of KSACS provides detailed information with regard to

various service centers functioning under KSACS. Among the highlights of the

current website, the facility provided for ‘Online Counselling’ receives good

response from users.

Through this facility, queries related to HIV, AIDS and sexual health in general

are responded in a timely manner by a team of experts at KSACS.

In Kerala, a large section of the society is still hesitant to air their doubts,

especially those related to HIV,AIDS and sexual health.

In this backdrop, the initiatives now in place through the website of KSACS have

come up as a boon to the public for getting their doubts cleared without delay

and by keeping their confidentiality intact.

The website has evolved into an effective means for taking the new

developments and events at KSACS to the public and plays a major role in

dissemination of HIV prevention messages and service uptake campaigns.

The website is managed by Invis Multimedia, a known IT agency based at

Thiruvananthapuram

More details about the award can be had from the website www.ksacs.in

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S.Ajai Kumar

Joint Director IEC

Kerala SACS

Red Cross Road

Thiruvananthapuram - 35

Kerala, India

e-mail: <ajai.ksacs@...>