Rajeev Chawla

Rajeev Chawla is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Karnataka State of India. He is best known for creation of the Bhoomi Program underwhich 20 Million land records of 7 Million Farmers have been computerized.
While Mr. Chawla is best known for the "Bhoomi Program", he has also implemented many other e-Governance Programs like Nemmadi, in which 800 telecentres were established in the villages of Karnataka.
In most States of India, the subject of e-Governance is handled by the Secretary Information Technology who besides e-Governance is also responsible for attracting IT related investments. However in Karnataka, to give a push to e-Governance reforms , the State Government created a separate position of Secretary e-Governance in 2003. Shri Rajeev Chawla was the first Secretary e-Governance of the State.
Another one of his ground breaking initiatives has been the Urban Property Records program in which he has established a new framework for creation of new IT based modern Urban Property Records Management System. The Urban Property Records Project was initiated in September 2007 after Mr. Rajeev Chawla assumed the position of Commissioner Survey Settlement and Land Records of Karnataka Government
Awards and Recognition
Shri Rajeev Chawla has received many notable awards during his career in the Indian bureaucracy, the most important of them has been the Prime Minister's award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2005-06. He was felicited on 24 April 2007 by the Prime Minister in an impressive ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan attended by the Prime Minister and the Senior most Civil servants of the country. In the video link he is seen to be explaining the exhibit on Bhoomi to the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Manmohan Singh http://rajeevchawla.blogspot.in/2012/09/pm-shri-manmohan-singh-discussing.html
Rajeev Chawla also received the Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA), of his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, the highest award given by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur to its alumni in recognition of their achievements of exceptional merit. http://www.iitkalumni.org/daa/DAAProfile2.asp?id=54oom

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