Canning S Shabong
| Organization | Department of Agriculture, Meghalaya (India) |
|---|---|
| Organization type | Government/Bilateral Organization |
| Country | India |
B.Sc(Agri); MBA(Marketing) Agriculture Development Officer(Info &IT) Directorate of Agriculture, Meghalaya. He Started his career in sales and marketing of computer hardware, training and services with Anderson Computers Pvt. Ltd. Shillong in 1990 and thereafter joined the Department of Agriculture, Meghalaya in 1993. Subsequently was deputed on foreign service to Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board, Shillong for a period of 9 years. Was instrumental in stabilising the first Regulated Market in the State and was team member in the development of an online market information portal in collaboration with NIC, Meghalaya. Current job assignment is Project Lead, Meghalaya AGRISNET, an ICT project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture for providing improved services to the farming community. He is also the Project Co-ordinator for Meghalaya Intelligent Advisory System for Farmers, (IASF) in collaboration with CDAC, Mumbai. Has extensive knowledge in the domain of National e-Governance Program (NeGP), having underwent an intensive 5 weeks Chief Information Officer training conducted by the National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG), Hyderabad. Also visited Australia for a one week exposure on ICT applications conducted by the Department of Human Services, ACT, at Canbera. Current job profile - Team Leader Meghalaya AGRISNET Project, Project Co-Ordinator IASF Meghalaya, IT Systems Administrator, Webmaster, Agriculture Information specialist, Member Departmental PEMT, Agriculture Marketing Specialist.