Digital India Corporation is currently inviting applications for the position of ‘Consultant’ purely on Contract/ Consolidated basis for SEMT project.

Last date of application: 15th April 2024

Name of the post: Consultant

Number of vacancies: 47

Job Description of Consultant

• Implementation of MMPs, Digital India Program components and other State/UTs IT projects.
• Assist in understanding and analyzing the policy guidelines issued by various central agencies/ committees/ NeGD etc.
• Ensuring that e–Governance projects are aligned with the Digital India Standards.
• Assist in overall appraisal of e-Governance projects / project management and procurement processes for the State Projects.
• Develop and establish administrative, governance and monitoring framework for the State IT Department and NeGD.
• Identifying new e-Governance projects for enhancing the existing applications using latest emerging technologies.
• Provide strategic guidance, expertise, and leadership to State/UT Government Officials.
• Provide support for interdepartmental queries related to technical, architectural, inter dependency, standards, security, core ICT infrastructure.
• Provide technical consultancy in successful implementation & roll-out of the various e-Governance Projects of the State/UT in developing robust ICT infrastructure.
• Provide support to State/UT Government in defining the standards for application / infrastructure architecture development in line with emerging technologies.
• Analyze and ensure best Practices / Standards & Guidelines along with strategic control, security, disaster recovery and business continuity for all the existing / proposed IT Projects.
• Ensure utilization of the common infrastructure being setup under Digital India Program for projects implementation at State level.

Technical Appraisal

• Assist in overall appraisal of e-Governance projects in State / UT including proposals from bidders.
• Assist / conduct procurement processes, technical evaluations and project management processes for the State Projects.
• Provide support for interdepartmental queries related to technical, architectural, inter dependency, standards, security, core ICT infrastructure.
• Provide support to State/UT Government in defining the standards for application / infrastructure architecture development in line with emerging technologies.

Miscellaneous

• Assist in EoI / DPR/ RFP/ Contracts and other documents for the State / UT.
• Identify Change Management/ BPR needs of the department and formulate change management strategies.
• Provide progress report of the SeMTs to NeGD.
• Provide progress report on various e-Governance Projects in the State/UTs to the Head SeMT/SPOC.

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About Digital India Corporation

Digital India Corporation has been set up by the ‘Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India’, to innovate, develop and deploy ICT and other emerging technologies for the benefit of the common man. It is a ‘not for profit’ Company under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013. The Company has been spearheading the Digital India programme of the Government of India and is involved in promoting use of technology for e-Governance, e-Health, Telemedicine, e-agriculture, e-Payments etc. The Digital India programme promotes safety and security concerns of growing cashless economy and addresses challenges confronting its wider acceptance. It also promotes innovation and evolves models for empowerment of citizens through Digital initiatives and promotes participatory governance and citizen engagement across the government through various platforms including social media.