BEST ELECTORAL PRACTICES AWARDS 2017 FOR IT INITIATIVES:
Ravi Bhagat, DEO, Ludhiana, Punjab
Initiatives:
- Developed ECI 360 MOBILE app to facilitate voters, election managers and other stakeholders by providing information regarding candidates, polling stations, voter education, and result trends.
- Use of RO Network to Enable Returning Officers to effectively supervise Electoral Process
- India Book of Records- Human Chain for Voter Awareness, Most voters displaying their ID Cards
Outcome:
- The success of the app was acknowledged and later the same was emulated in other elections and adopted by ECI