NIC Himachal Pradesh wins National eGovernance AwardGold Icon for
Integrated Online Hotels Reservation System (iOHRS)
Two Papers of NIC HP Officers Published in the Compendium of Papers in
the 19th National eGovernance Conference
NIC Himachal Pradesh Project titled "Integrated Online Hotels Reservation
System" has been conferred with the Gold Icon National eGovernance Award
under Category-X- “Innovative use of Information Communication Technology by State
Government PSU/ Cooperatives/ Federations/ Societies” for the for the year 2015-16. The
National eGovernance awards have been presented during the 19th National
Conference on eGovernance held at Nagpur during 21-22 January 2016.
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Sh. Devendra Fadnavis presented the
award to the winning team in the Conference. Hon’ble Union Minister of Road
Transport & Highways, Sh. Nitin Gadkari and Hon’ble Minister of State of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh were present during
the inaugural session of the Conference.
From Left to Right in Circle: Secretary (IT) Govt of Maharashtra, Sh. Sandeep Sood, Sh. Bhupinder Pathak, Sh.
Chunni Lal, Ms Priyanka Basu Ingty, Director IT, HP, Sh. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, Sh. D.K. Chaudhary, Secretary, DARPG, GoI, Sh. Ajay Singh Chahal, SIO NIC HP, Sh. Sandeep
Kumar, Sh. Gopal Sood, Manager IT HPTDC
The Integrated Online Hotels Reservation System is an innovative and
exemplary system as on date. The web enabled application software system is
integrated with travel portals and mobile app in online and real time mode. The
exchange of data and information over various platforms is done using secure
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WCF web services in online mode only. Guests have all information available
with them online in transparent manner including comparisons of nearby hotels
and other private hotels on all parameters such as tariff, promotional offers,
facilities and amenities etc. therefore, guests do not have to interact or ask for
various related information and facilities from various hotels and such
unnecessary steps have been eliminated, for making a reservation of choice by
the guests. It is fully supplemented by SMS and Email based alerts to
customers. The initiative has enabled HPTDC to increase its business.
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Himachal Pradesh Team in the Conference, From Left to Right: Sh. Chunni Lal, Sh. Sandeep Kumar, Ms.
Priyanka Basu Ingty, Sh. Ajay Singh Chahal, Sh. Gopal Sood, Sh. Sandeep Sood, Sh. Bhupender Pathak
Sh. Sanjay Sharma, Scientist-D
and Sh. Amit Kanojia, Scientific
Officer “SB” are other major key
team members (See photos). The
online Hotel Reservation system has
been
developed
by
National
Informatics Centre, Himachal Pradesh
and is operational in the Corporation
since year 2000 and has been
upgraded from in 2005. Major upgradations have been incorporated in the
system from the year 2013-14 onwards to make it more user friendly and
integrated with all tourism platforms. Now it supports Mobile based bookings
through Android phones/tablets, integrated with major travel portals and uses
latest technology available in the tourism industry.
The two papers, authored by NIC Himachal Pradesh officers, have been
published in the Compendium of Papers of the 19th National eGovernance
Conference. These are:
Title
eGovernance in India-Time
to Transform and Make it
Participative
Authors
Ajay Singh Chahal, Scientist-F and SIO HP
Sandeep Sood, Scientist-D, NIC HP Shimla
Lalit Kapoor, Scientist-E, NIC HP Shimla
Decade of e-Governance in
Himachal Pradesh Transport
Department-Toward Digital
India and Way Ahead
Bhupinder Pathak, Scientist-D and DIO Kangra
Pankaj Gupta, Scientist-D and DIO Shimla
Ajay Singh Chahal, Scientist-F and SIO HP
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