Book on e-procurement released

Release of the book (L to R: Shri P.J. Davis, Dr. C.N. Ravishankar, Dr. J.K. Jena, Smt. G. Surya, Smt. Christina Joseph, Dr. B. Shyam Sundar and Dr. K. Ashok Kumar)

E-procurement is one the most important programmes introduced by  Government of India to bring in efficiency, economy and transparency in public procurement.   ICAR-CIFT, which always addresses the changing procurement practices and technology, is one of the first Institutes to fully encash the benefit of e-procurement which is one of the important IT tools for ensuring a transparent system of procurement of goods, works and services.   Based on the experience gained by the implementation, a manual on “Systematic Implementation of Government E-procurement” was brought out by ICAR-CIFT for the benefit of users engaged in procurement of goods and services.  The book is first in the series of administrative training manuals planned by ICAR-CIFT.  The book is compiled by Smt. G. Surya, Smt. Christina Joseph, Shri K.B.  Sabukuttan, and Dr. K. Ashok Kumar. The book was released by Dr. Joy Krushna Jena, DDG (Fisheries Science), ICAR, New Delhi on 25th November, 2017 in presence of Dr. Ravishankar C.N., Director, ICAR-CIFT at a function held at ICAR-CIFT, Cochin