Nagarajan M - Created India's first 100% WiFi Taluka. Bureaucrat exploring the intersection of technology,society and soul.***All opinions are personal.***

Nagarajan M

Created India's first 100% WiFi Taluka. Bureaucrat exploring the intersection of technology,society and soul.***All opinions are personal.***

Nagarajan is an IAS Officer with keen interest in technology in development. As a District Development Officer in Sabarkantha District of Gujarat he is working on various issues related to education and health.

He has made major interventions in health, education and rural development. He believes that technology can be a game changer in rural development. He has created India's first 100% WiFi tribal taluka. He created India's first Digital Village at Akodara in association with ICICI Bank. His projects have won major awards that include SKOCH Award of Excellence, CSI Nihilent Award, Manthan Award, Financial Inclusion Payment Systems award . He has been chosen as District Collector Digital Champion 2014 by Digital Empowerment Foundation
He is an avid blogger and loves WordPress and open source. He runs a blog for Govpreneurs (those who innovate for social change within or along with Government). He evangelizes Government 2.0 and change through collaboration.

He has extensive experience of working various government department including Indian Railways, Indian Audit and Accounts Department and Reserve Bank of India.

He has a Masters in Public Policy and Masters in Economics. A bureaucrat by profession he believes that technology is a great enabler of social change. He has been awarded by Election Commission of India for Innovative use of Technology in Elections in the recent Gujarat 2012 elections.

He engages with students and start-ups entrepreneurs mentoring them on Innovation in Government. He also mentors IAS Aspirants in his spare time.

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