Course Title: E-Governance
Course no: CSC-307 Full Marks: 60+10+10
Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 24+8+8
Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)
Course Synopsis: This course contains concepts of E-Governance policies and data
warehousing / data mining.
Goal: To provide the knowledge of good governance using information and
communication technologies and case studies of different countries.
Course Contents:
Unit 1. Introduction 4 Hrs.
E-Governance: Needs of E-Governance, Issues in E-Governance applications and the
Digital Divide; Evolution of E-Governance, Its scope and content; Present global
trends of growth in E-Governance: Other issues.
Unit 2. Models of E-Governance 10 Hrs.
Introduction; Model of Digital Governance: Broadcasting/ Wilder Dissemination
Model, Critical Flow Model, Comparative Analysis Model, Mobilization and
Lobbying Model, Interactive-service Model/Government-to-Citizen-to-Government
Model (G2C2G); Evolution in E-Governance and Maturity Models: Five Maturity
Levels, Characteristics of Maturity Levels, Key areas, Towards Good Governance
through E-Governance Models.
Unit 3. E-Governance Infrastructure and Strategies 6 Hrs.
E-readiness: Digital System Infrastructure, Legal Infrastructural Preparedness,
Institutional Infrastructural Preparedness, Human Infrastructural Preparedness,
Technological Infrastructural Preparedness; Evolutionary Stages in E-Governance.
Unit 4. Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Government 5 Hrs.
Introduction; National Data Warehouses: Census Data, Prices of Essential
Commodities; Other areas for Data Warehousing and Data Mining: Agriculture,
Rural Development, Health, Planning, Education, Commerce and Trade, Other
Sectors.
Unit 5. Case Studies 20 Hrs.
Nepalese Context: Cyber Laws, Implementation in the Land Reform, Human
Resource Management Software; India: NICNET, Collectorate, Computer-aided
Administration of Registration Department (CARD), Smart Nagarpalika, National
Reservoir Level and Capacity Monitoring System, Computerization in Andra
Pradesh, Ekal Seva Kentra, Sachivalaya Vahini, Bhoomi, IT in Judiciary, E-Khazana,
DGFT, PRAJA, E-Seva, E-Panchyat, General Information Services of National
Informatics Centre; E-Governance initiative in USA; E-Governance in China; EGovernance
in Brazil and Sri Lanka.
Text / Reference books:
1. E-Governance: Concepts and Case Studies, C.S.R. Prabhu, Prentice-Hall of India
Private Limited, 2004.
2. Backus, Michiel, e-Governance in Developing Countries, IICD Research Brief, No. 1,
March 2001.
Course no: CSC-307 Full Marks: 60+10+10
Credit hours: 3 Pass Marks: 24+8+8
Nature of course: Theory (3 Hrs.) + Lab (3 Hrs.)
Course Synopsis: This course contains concepts of E-Governance policies and data
warehousing / data mining.
Goal: To provide the knowledge of good governance using information and
communication technologies and case studies of different countries.
Course Contents:
Unit 1. Introduction 4 Hrs.
E-Governance: Needs of E-Governance, Issues in E-Governance applications and the
Digital Divide; Evolution of E-Governance, Its scope and content; Present global
trends of growth in E-Governance: Other issues.
Unit 2. Models of E-Governance 10 Hrs.
Introduction; Model of Digital Governance: Broadcasting/ Wilder Dissemination
Model, Critical Flow Model, Comparative Analysis Model, Mobilization and
Lobbying Model, Interactive-service Model/Government-to-Citizen-to-Government
Model (G2C2G); Evolution in E-Governance and Maturity Models: Five Maturity
Levels, Characteristics of Maturity Levels, Key areas, Towards Good Governance
through E-Governance Models.
Unit 3. E-Governance Infrastructure and Strategies 6 Hrs.
E-readiness: Digital System Infrastructure, Legal Infrastructural Preparedness,
Institutional Infrastructural Preparedness, Human Infrastructural Preparedness,
Technological Infrastructural Preparedness; Evolutionary Stages in E-Governance.
Unit 4. Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Government 5 Hrs.
Introduction; National Data Warehouses: Census Data, Prices of Essential
Commodities; Other areas for Data Warehousing and Data Mining: Agriculture,
Rural Development, Health, Planning, Education, Commerce and Trade, Other
Sectors.
Unit 5. Case Studies 20 Hrs.
Nepalese Context: Cyber Laws, Implementation in the Land Reform, Human
Resource Management Software; India: NICNET, Collectorate, Computer-aided
Administration of Registration Department (CARD), Smart Nagarpalika, National
Reservoir Level and Capacity Monitoring System, Computerization in Andra
Pradesh, Ekal Seva Kentra, Sachivalaya Vahini, Bhoomi, IT in Judiciary, E-Khazana,
DGFT, PRAJA, E-Seva, E-Panchyat, General Information Services of National
Informatics Centre; E-Governance initiative in USA; E-Governance in China; EGovernance
in Brazil and Sri Lanka.
Text / Reference books:
1. E-Governance: Concepts and Case Studies, C.S.R. Prabhu, Prentice-Hall of India
Private Limited, 2004.
2. Backus, Michiel, e-Governance in Developing Countries, IICD Research Brief, No. 1,
March 2001.
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