NeGD is currently inviting applications for the position of Co-Lead – Emerging Technologies under the Capacity Building Scheme 3.0 on a contractual basis.

Responsibilities

• AI/ML Solution Architecture & Prototyping: Lead the technical conceptualization, design, and pilot development of state-of-the-art AI/ML and Generative AI applications for governance (e.g., automated document processing, computer vision for scheme monitoring, predictive citizen service delivery, and NLP/conversational interfaces).
• Cross-Disciplinary Emerging Tech Integration: Evaluate and architect end-to-end solutions incorporating complementary emerging technologies:
  • Blockchain: For tamper-proof public registries, credential issuance, and land/supply chain traceability.
  • Internet of Things (IoT): For smart sensors, environmental monitoring, smart meters, and public utility optimization.
  • Drones, Aerial & GIS Tech: For spatial mapping, agricultural crop assessment, infrastructure surveying, and disaster management.
• Business Development & Project Sanctions: Actively engage with Central Ministries and State Line Departments to assess digital bottlenecks, author concept notes, present high-impact use case demonstrations, and secure client buy-in and project funding for emerging tech deployments.
• Ethical AI & Responsible Tech Frameworks: Define guidelines for ethical AI, algorithmic transparency, bias mitigation, explainability, and data security in public decision systems.
• Procurement Toolkit & Innovation Challenges: Develop Model RFPs, Technical Evaluation Frameworks, and outcome-based SLAs for procuring deep-tech, AI/ML, and IoT Organize national Hackathons, Grand Challenges, and Sandboxes in partnership with startups and incubators.
• Technical Appraisal & Advisory: Appraise AI/ML DPRs submitted by states, evaluating training dataset viability, compute requirements, algorithmic soundness, and deployment architectures.
• Capacity Building & Knowledge Dissemination: Curate executive masterclasses, developer workshops, and practical AI toolkits for government officers, State e-Governance Mission Teams, and technical staff.
• Ecosystem Partnerships: Work in deep synergy with IndiaAI, Bhashini, MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), academic institutions (IITs/IIITs), and leading industry consortia.

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About National e-Governance Division (NeGD)

The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) is an independent business division under the Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. NeGD has been playing a pivotal role in supporting MeitY in Programme Management and implementation of e-Governance projects and initiatives undertaken by various Ministries/ Departments, both at the Central and State levels.

NeGD has been spearheading several innovative initiatives under the aegis of the Digital India Programme. Those have been developed keeping the vision areas of Digital India at the core- providing digital infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, governance and services on demand and in particular, digital empowerment of the citizens of our country; some of these initiatives include DigiLocker, UMANG, Poshan Tracker, OpenForge Platform, API Setu, National Academic Depository, Academic Bank of Credits, Learning Management System.