Government fails recruitment test for e-governance
The advertisement for SeMT recruitment is short of details
| June 24 2010
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Samir has over ten years of experience with organizations like TCS, GOI, HCL, NISG , EY. He is working as assistant editor with Governance Now
The government of India came with big advertisements in a national daily on June 21, for requirement of private sector professionals and government officials on deputation for state e-mission teams (SeMT) to be constituted in various states. However the advertisement goes short of clarifying the recruitment agency, whether it is Department of Information Technology or National e-governance division (NeGD) within Media lab Asia or National Institute for Smart Government (NISG).
Though the advertisement points to the link www.nisg.org and www.negp.gov.in but both the websites fall short of explaining how the recruitment process has to be followed. Whereas the www.negp.gov.in takes you to the e-governance page on DIT website (www.mit.gov.in), there are no details on the website of Media Lab Asia (www.medialabasia.in ), the link on NISG website suggests clicking on the NISG career page or visit the link http://nisg.blueshift.com/rmsextranet/. A visit to the said link of recruitment management system of NISG (http://nisg.blueshift.com/rmsextranet/Login.aspx ) leaves us nowhere as the system is not working further.
Also the whole process appears to be confusing as the recruitments are for state governments which are being done by central government’s Department of IT. DIT has further given work to NeGD within the Media Lab Asia. It appears that Media Lab Asia has outsourced this job to NISG which in-turn is taking help of Blueshift, a private sector company. Experts say that this long chain of delegation is essentially to avoid the recruitment checks and balances of the government and bypass the standard recruitment procedure of the government.
A search within the DIT website leads one to the advertisement in the career section (http://mit.gov.in/content/dit-vacancies ). This advertisement has a circular no. NeGD/25/2010 dated June 21, 2010 but this circular is essentially for recruitment on deputation. The para 2 reads, “The NeGD is in the process of filling up various posts on deputation basis in SeMTs in all 35 States and Union Territories of India from amongst the officers in Central Government/ State Government/PSUs /Autonomous bodies.” How come the circular for deputation posts became advertisement for private sector professionals is not explainable.
Anyways with no details on various websites the government has failed its first test for recruitment for e-governance.
Hi Guys,
Just wanted to know how is career growth in NISG and future… please guide
Hello,
What is the latest on this? any updated would be useful.
I had applied via email to cbmc@negp.gov.in (as suggested
in the ad), but haven't heard from them. Is the
recruitment on?
The advertisement in the news paper was a bold initiative but failed because a) information provided was incomplete and inaccurate, b) websites listed did not provide clarity and c) no contact details for a person who could be contacted for clarification
If these agencies are serious about attracting good talent from the industry, they really need to get their act together. The agency that was used to create the advt should be fired from further contracts for such a lousy execution.
The link http://nisg.blueshift.com/rmsextranet/CurrentOpenings.htm was added by the recruiters only after the publication of this report. We stand by what has been reported
How easy it is to immediately jump the gun & blame the Government for all sundry things under the sky.
Firstly this is not a government job so there is no scope for the government departments to hire, NISG has been the consultant for the government for many years in various projects & people are hired in NISG to be placed at these projects.
Secondly Blueshift is the company which has created the Recruitment Management System for this process & they are NOT a part of this hiring process.
Thirdly if one goes through the careers page of NISG,they will be taken to the Recruitment Page, all the relevant data is available there including asking for new candidates to register to apply for these positions.
People must appreciate the initiatives & the intentions of the Government instead of trying to spoil the program & mislead others.
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