Prof Moni Shares His Journey of Strengthening India’s Agricultural Informatics & E-Governance at KJ Chaupal

“With the properly skilled manpower, I am sure farmer’s income will double. It is very important for Indian farmers to adopt natural and organic farming instead of using chemicals to make agriculture not just profitable but also sustainable,” said Prof. Madaswamy Moni, Ex-Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Professor Emeritus at Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, speaking about how farmers’ income can be doubled.

“When the govt announced the committee report for doubling farmers’ income, I was invited as a chief advisor for the Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare and was associated with the doubling farmer’s income committee to use science and digital technology in doubling farmers income,” Prof Moni continued.

Speaking about his journey in the agriculture sector, Prof Moni, the founder of the District Information System Programme of NIC (DISNIC) said, “The DISNIC was implemented in more than 520 districts in India during the 1980s and covered 28 development sectors including agriculture, livestock, fisheries, irrigation, health, education, and industries.”

Prof Moni has played a significant role in the establishment of the GRID (Grass Root Informatics Development) Project, SMART VILLAGE Project, SMART ISLAND Project, and development schemes under the Eleventh Plan (2007–12) of the National Informatics Centre (NIC). He has also contributed to the conceptualization of NADRS (National Animal Disease Reporting System) initiatives, implemented in roughly 7032 places to improve the government's system for tracking and detecting animal diseases.

About Prof Madaswamy Moni:

Prof Madaswamy Moni is a technocrat and Eminent Informatics Scientist in India who served as a trailblazer in the fields of e-Governance, Informatics, and Agricultural Informatics. He played a vital part in bringing e-Governance to India and worked tirelessly, worked conceptually for protracted strategies, and confronted the country's obstacles from the ground.  He was referred to and named as "e-People" in the September 2011 issue of the Good Governance Magazine.

In addition, he served as the Chairman of the Task Force on IT in Agriculture of the Government of Jharkhand from 2007 to 2008 and the Chairman of the National Statistical Commission's Sub-Group on "IT and ICT usage in Agricultural data, at Agro-Climatic level, and also in Small Area farm business" from 2011 to 2012.

Moreover, he played a significant role in the establishment of the GRID (Grass Root Informatics Development) Project, SMART VILLAGE Project, SMART ISLAND Project, and development schemes under the Eleventh Plan (2007–12) of the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

He contributed to the conceptualization of NADRS (National Animal Disease Reporting System) initiatives, implemented in roughly 7032 places to improve the government's system for tracking and detecting animal diseases.