International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Mysore ISiM CXO Lecture - 1 ****************** "eGovernance in India: Challenges and Opportunities" by Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS Principal Secretary, Department of e-Governance, Karnataka Presided by Prof. V.G. Talawar Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore Date and Time: October 9, 2009 : 3:00 P.M. Venue: ISiM Lecture Hall - 1 You are cordially invited Prof. Shalini R. Urs Executive Director For more details log on http://www.isim.ac.in/html/cxo/cxo1.htm Speaker's Bio: Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary, Department of e-Governance, Karnataka, joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1982 after his M.A., and M. Phil in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and MBA from Harvard Business School, USA. His major areas of interest include Downsizing, Right Sizing, Re-engineering, E-Governance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Customer Relations Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). He was the Chief Electoral Officer & Ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government, DPAR (Elections) and has held the post of Principal Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Dept. of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology between October 2006 to March 2008. Prior to this, he served in different Departments in the State Government, including Revenue, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, and Energy & Medical Education. He has also served in the Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances in Government of India. He was Chairman, BWSSB during 2000 - 2004 and Commissioner, BDA from July 2004 to May 2006. Thanks & Regards Roopa Project Assistant International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore- 570006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.