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Mr.Hemant Kanoria - Vice-Chairman &MD, SREI 27 years of experience in industry, trade & financial services. Having been the former member of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, he has also presided over Calcutta Chamber of Commerce as the President. He has also been a member of Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee under theMinistry of Finance, Government of India. He has also been a member of Economic Affairs Sub-committee, Confederation of Indian Industry, Eastern Region. He has been a member of the Steering Committee, Repository of Environmental Activities and Technology, Tata Energy Research Institute M. Damodaran - Director: A member of the premier Indian Administrative Service since 1971, Meleveetil Damodaran has held significant positions in the Central and State Governments and in India’s Financial Sector, before demitting office as Chairman Securities Board of India. He graduated with distinction in Economics and Law from the Univers

The VLE is the key to the success of the Jan Seva Kendra operations. While content and services are important, it is the VLE’s entrepreneurial ability that would ensure Jan Seva Kendra sustainability. A good VLE is expected to have some financial strength, entrepreneurial ability, strong social commitment as well as respect within the community. The quality of service at the Jan Seva Kendra would depend a great deal on the quality of VLEs. Selection and proper training of the VLE, therefore would play a vital role in making the Jan Seva Kendra Scheme a success. Apart from facilitating the development of rural communities, this scheme will generate employment opportunities for rural folks in the state since they could work as VLE and establish themselves as good entrepreneurs.

The Jan Seva Kendra is envisaged to offer different kinds of functions: 1- Providing e-governance services within easy reach and thereby save consumer’s costs on distant and repeated travel 2- Providing critical information on available government developmental programmes, beneficiary criteria and present beneficiary list to bring in transparency and efficiency in the programmes and an opportunity for development of the marginalized sections of the community 3- Providing information and opportunities for income enhancement/ generation 4- Providing the platform for e-communication 5- Providing avenues for e-marketing and e-shopping 6- Providing other services required by the community and linked to the usage of the ICT infrastructure The Jan Seva Kendra would offer a multitude of services ranging in the areas of eGovernment, education, health, agriculture, commercial, retail, etc. It is to be noted that delivery of Government services would be mandatory for the Jan Seva Kendra. To th

The State Government through its e-Governance interventions is determined to provide various government services and information in “Anytime, Anywhere access” format to the doorstep of the citizen, at an affordable cost. Common Services Centers (CSCs) will work as front-end delivery points for providing various services to rural citizens. These centres shall be known as 'Jan Seva Kendra' in the state. Getting information and other services at their doorsteps through the Jan Seva Kendra will benefit the rural citizen. A typical Jan Seva Kendra would be a retail outlet of services that are offered in a structured framework of ICT Infrastructure (PCs, Printers, Scanners, Digital Camera, Projection Systems, Tele-medicine Equipments, etc.), rural entrepreneurship and market mechanisms. The Jan Seva Kendra will be established through a bottom-up approach and will be customer centric and be a single window for various IT-related services and other retail functions. The Jan Seva Kendr