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Information System Management
E-governance in a fisherman’s community: A case study of Pondicherry
B. Bowonder, Akshay Jain and Narendra Kumar

Abstract e-governance can make governance more efficient and more effective by improving governmental process (e-administration), connecting citizens (e-citizens & eservices) and building external interactions (e-society). E-citizens e-services and esociety are relatively new inclusions within the e-governance as they rely on the new information and communication technologies (ICT). This paper analyzes the application of new information and communication technologies (ICT) in egovernance by studying a detailed case on e-governance initiative in a fisherman’s community in the union territory of Pondicherry, India taken up by an NGO. Keywords
Information and Communication Technologies, Information Village, Rural Knowledge Centre; e-Governance and networked society

Biographical notes
Dr. B. Bowonder is Dean for Tata Management Training Centre, Pune. His contact address is: Dean, Tata Management Training Centre, No.1, Mangaldas Road, PUNE – 411 001, India, Tel: 91-20-612 0141, E-Mail: bowonder@tata.com

Akshay Jain is a Research Associate at Administrative Staff College of India, Centre for Energy, Environment & Technology, his contact address is 26, Gulmohar Extension, Indore – 452 001 Madhya Pradesh. INDIA, E-mail: jain21akshay@rediffmail.com G. Narendra Kumar, IAS is a Secretary to Governor, Industries, Science, Technology & Environment, his contact address is Raj Nivas, Pondicherry – 605 001 Tel: 91-413-334085 Fax: 91-413-334025. E-mail: narendra_kumar@hotmail.com

E-governance in a Fisherman Community: Pondicherry

"People lack many things: jobs, shelter, food, health care and drinkable water. Today, being cut off from basic telecommunications services is a hardship almost as acute as these other deprivations, and may indeed reduce the chances of finding remedies to them". - Kofi Anan, UN Secretary General

Introduction
E-Governance


References: 1. J Goodman, V Alakeson, The future impact ICT on environmental sustainability Report, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Seville, 2003. 2. S. Arunachalam, Reaching the unreached: How can we use ICTs to empower the rural poor in the developing world through enhanced access to relevant information?, ILFA Council and General, pp. 1-11, 2002 3. Brown M M, Can ICTs address the needs of the poor? Choices, Vol. 10, No. 2, June, 2001, page 4; 4. J N. Levitt, the internet as conservation activist, Sustainability at the speed of light, opportunities and challenges for tomorrow’s society, (Ed. By. Pamlin), pp 52-61, 2002 36
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