As per the latest update, Shefali S. Dash has become the Director General of the National Informatics Centre, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Dr (Mrs) Shefali S. Dash is a Doctorate in Physics. Her areas of specialization are Planning and implementation of MIS and DSS, Development and implementation of e-Governance programmes, Informatics Development Services for the Rural Areas and setting up of Computer Centres, Local Area Networks and computer communication infrastructure in rural areas.
She has been instrumental in preparing e-Governance Plans for various state governments in India as well as for the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Setting up of the Do Not Call Registry for TRAI is one of her major contributions towards e-enabled citizen-centric services. She is currently implementing the Wide Area Network project for connecting Post Offices across the country. Presently, she is working on improving service delivery in the health sector using ICT tools.
