Thiruvananthapuram: Billed as the first of its kind by any state, Kerala government's Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management and the Institute of Management in Government have jointly announced the launch of a post-graduate diploma course in e-governance.

The information technology department on Friday said in a press release that the two institutes have developed the course for capacity building at the individual level, and to create a good number of trained professionals to manage e-governance projects of the government.

The focus of the course is on e-governance through developing foundations in IT, management, government process, re-engineering and change management and has been designed in line with the recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission for promoting e-Governance.

"We have launched this course with the intention to broaden the scope of e-Governance in the state for effective implementation of e-Governance projects," said Ajay Kumar, secretary of IT department.

The course has 45 seats, the eligibility being a bachelor's degree in any discipline with computer proficiency. IANS