Digital India Week Events/Activities in

South West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya

Friday July 3rd, 2015

District Level Event:

A) Mawkyrwat, Multipurpose Hall, DC’s Office Complex:

The 1

st Digital India Week 2015 was celebrated at Multipurpose Hall, DC’s Office Complex,

Mawkyrwat by the DC's office of South West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya with great zeal

and fervour. The event was chaired by Km. Dali Kharshiing, MCS, Extra Assistant

Commissioner, and District Nodal Officer for Digital India Week of South West Khasi Hills

District.

The Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of the Government of Meghalaya Shri Rowell Lyngdoh

graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of the event with Smt. Ripnar Lyngdoh, IAS,

Deputy Commissioner South West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya as the Guest of Honour.

All District Heads of Offices, South West Khasi Hills District were also invited and several

were present at the event along with a huge gathering of students and teachers from

different schools and colleges of the District and DC office staff. The programme included

the following events:

Registration of participants: The event started at 9:30 AM with the registration of all the

participants where the participants provided their details. More than 250 participants were

registered. All participants received a Digital India Brochure.

Speech by Chairperson: At 10:00 AM

Chairperson Km. D. Kharshiing, MCS, EAC

South West Khasi Hills District welcomed

all the guests and participants with an

introductory speech.

Introduction to Digital India: Shri. Rajib

Bhattacharjee, District Informatics

Associate, National Informatics Center

District Unit, Mawkyrwat gave a brief

introduction to Digital India Initiative of Govt.

Of India and Digital India Week explaining

the visions, goals and implementation

methodology of the initiative. He

emphasised that the need of the hour for the

public is to be aware and socially active in learning and use Information and Technology for

the betterment of the society.

National Anthem: The Singing of the National Anthem by everyone was led by the

Students of Sngap Syiem College, Mawkyrwat, South West Khasi Hills District.

Speech by Chief Guest and Guest of Honour: Smt. Ripnar Lyngdoh, IAS, Deputy

Commissioner South West Khasi Hills District spoke on the importance of Information

Technology in our day to day lives. She informed the gathering about the e-Governance

plan envisioned by the Govt. Of India, under the leadership of our Hon’ble Prime

Minister Shri Narendra Modi. For that, she stressed on the right usage of Information

Technology by students. She discouraged them to misuse IT, since it would be detrimental

to the growth and development of the society as a whole.

Shri Rowell Lyngdoh, Deputy Chief Minister Govt. Of Meghalaya being the Chief Guest of

the occasion, spoke on the importance of Information Technology and the use of digital

gadgets in our daily lives. He was informed the gathering about the smart classroom

initiatives taken by the IT Dept. & North Eastern Council for promoting quality education in

schools. He also stressed on the use & misuse of technology for our self interests. He

stated that technology should be applied for the development of the society & not for

criminal purposes. He closed his speech by inaugurating Digital India Week at the District

level.

Digital India Film: The Digital India Film

Compiled by Govt. Of India was shown to

the gathering on the screen. The film and

its importance were then explained in brief

by Shri. Rajib Bhattacharjee, District

Informatics Associate, National Informatics

Center District Unit, Mawkyrwat.

Cultural Program: The cultural programme, included Traditional Dance performed by the

Seng Nonglang. Everyone was mesmerized by the performance of the group and

applauded graciously. The other performance was a self composed song by a local artist on

Digital India Week. Cultural Programme was followed by refreshments for all.

Presentation by Resource Person: After lunch break, two back to back powerpoint

presentation were presented. Shri Rajib Bhattacharjee, DIA, NIC District Unit, Mawkyrwat

talked about the topic “Digital Literacy and its Importance” in an interactive presentation

session. After the presentation, Shri. Kevin G. Khyne, District IT Manager, DRDA South

West Khasi Hills District, discussed about “Digital Hygiene” with a well designed

presentation. Students from all schools including teachers and District Officers actively

interacted and participated in the session with thought provoking questions and ideas.

Poster making competition: A poster competition was organised for the students on the

theme “Digital Literacy & Cyber Hygiene”.

More than 15 teams participated in the

competition from different schools and

colleges. The posters were evaluated by a

panel of two judges consisting of Km. D.

Kharshiing, MCS, EAC and District Nodal

Officer for DIW, and Smt. Shelley Ch.

Momin, MCS, EAC South West Khasi Hills

District on the basis of originality,

creativity, design and relevance of the

idea. 3 winners were selected who were awarded certificates and cash prizes. The prizes

were handed over to the winners by Shri,. B. K. Syiem, District Horticulture Officer, South

West Khasi Hills District.

Prize Distribution and Vote of Thanks: Prizes and Honorarium were distributed to the

students and resource persons which was concluded by a vote of thanks by Smt. Shelley

Ch. Momin, MCS, EAC South West Khais Hills District.

B) Inauguration of Smart Class Room at Maharam Govt. Higher Secondary School:

After the conclusion of the district level event Shri Rowell Lyngdoh, Deputy Chief Minister,

Govt. Of Meghalaya and Smt. Ripnar Lyngdoh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, South West

Khasi Hills District and the other district officials gathered together at Maharam Govt. Higher

Secondary School for the inauguration of the smart class room in line with Digital India

Week Celebration. The students of Maharam Govt. Higher Secondary School and the

teachers were present at the event. The event began with a speech from the principal of

Maharam Govt. Higher Secondary School followed by speech from Shri. Rowell Lyngdoh,

Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. Of Meghalaya, and Smt. Ripnar Lyngdoh, IAS, Deputy

Commissioner, South West khasi Hills District. In their speech, both of them emphasised on

using the power of technology appropriately for the benefit of the people. Smt. Ripnar

Lyngdoh also quoted that “With great power, comes great responsibility”. Students were

inspired by the oratory speech given by both the dignitaries. The speech was followed by

inauguration of the smart classroom and a brief demonstration of the working of the smart

classroom devices by the computer teacher of the school. The program ended with vote of

thanks from one of the senior teachers of the school followed by light refreshments.

Tuesday, 7th July, 2015

Closing of Digital India Week at District Level

C) Inauguration of Tablets, Wi-Fi & Projectors at Nativity Higher Secondary School:

The event started at about 11:30 AM at Nativity Higher Secondary School Auditorium,

Mawkyrwat. The Chief Guest for the event was Shri. S. Nongkhlaw, District School

Education Officer, South West Khasi Hills District and the resource person was Shri Rajib

Bhattacharjee, District Informatics Associate, NIC District Unit, Mawkyrwat. The class 11

and 12 students of the school were present at the Auditorium hall along with the teachers.

The program began with a welcome speech by Rev. Father Roland, the Principal of the

School in which he welcomed both the Guests. The speech was followed by a brief

introduction to Digital India and the Uses of technology in education system by Shri Rajib

Bhattacharjee. Briefly after the speech Shri S. Nongkhlaw discussed about the importance

of technology in education and its merits. Students were very inspired by the oratory speech

of Shri. S. Nongkhlaw. He then launched the tablets, projector and the Wi-Fi amidst huge

applauses from the participants. It was followed by a quick practical demonstration by Shri

Rajib Bhattacharjee on how to use the devices by showing the students some slides from

the subject Microeconomics. He also educated the students on internet browsing and

projecting the information on the projector screen. The events ended briefly after that with

vote of thanks from Rev. Father Roland followed by light refreshment for all.

Dated: 08-07-2015

Place: Mawkyrwat

(Smti R. Lyngdoh, IAS)

Deputy Commissioner

South West Khasi Hills District

Mawkyrwat