Digital India Corporation is currently inviting applications for the position of Senior Consultant purely on Contract/ Consolidated basis.

The last date of submission of applications shall be 08.12.2024.

Role/Position : Senior Consultant, DIKSHA
Role / Position : Senior Consultant, DIKSHA
Reporting to : Project Head/ Lead, DIKSHA

DIKSHA: DIKSHA is a national digital infrastructure for knowledge sharing focussing on school education in India. It is being used by 33 states and UTs across the country, as well as CBSE and NCERT, for running their digital education initiatives.

For more information please visit www.diksha.gov.in

NDEAR: NDEAR is an architectural blueprint for the education system that is federated, unbundled, interoperable, inclusive, accessible, evolving which aims to create and deliver diverse, relevant, contextual, innovative solutions that benefit students, teachers, parents, communities, administrators and result in timely implementation of policy goals.

For more information please visit www.ndear.gov.in

Responsibilities:

1) Program Management

• Ability to lead a specialist team, create project plans and dashboards, drive execution and manage Large Scale multiple IT projects/tracks at a time while adhering to timelines, quality and budget.
• Develop and establish administrative governance and monitoring framework for the projects being handled.
• Enhance the existing applications using latest emerging technologies.
• Provide support and guidance related to technical, architectural, inter dependency, standards, security, core ICT infrastructure.
• Manage the financial aspects of the project.

2) Technology Management

• Provide technical expertise in successful implementation & roll-out of the Projects.
• Provide support 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.

3) Miscellaneous

• Assist in EoI / DPR/ RFP/ Contracts and other documents.
• Identify Change Management/ BPR needs of the project and formulate change management strategies.
• Provide progress report.

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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.