Dr. Harish Kumar

Vol. 3 (2025) · Issue 1 — Issue 1 (2025)

Technology is transforming every walk of life; nothing is untouched, and governance is also one of the areas where technology is playing a very important role. This technology is being used as digital or internet-based technology. Recently we are talking a lot about Artificial Intelligence or AI. The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in governance is steadily transforming the landscape of public administration in India. With the advancement of digital infrastructure and policy support under initiatives like Digital India , AI is being deployed across various sectors to improve service delivery, enhance decision-making, and promote transparency. The strength of democracy lies in the hand of citizen of the country. If the citizens are getting proper participation in governance and they are getting prompt services without any hurdle or biasness, then their outlook towards the Government changes a lot. That is why different Governments, and its executive agencies always promote participatory nature of the Governance. Therefore, in participatory democracy different technologies are converged in such a way that it can provide a platform for two-way communication. As we know that two-way communications are very important for various reasons, one reason is to get instant feedback, another reason is to get opinion about the services, apart from it to involve the citizen of the country in the process of development. The Central Government and different state Governments are exploring a lot of e-governance initiatives. Therefore, this study explores various initiatives and avenues through which the Government is empowering the citizen of the country and trying to make the system more prompt, transparent, accountable and honest. Key Word: – Digital democracy, digital governance, e-governance, citizen empowerment, good governance, electronic governance, smart governance, AI and Governance. Dr. Harish Kumar , Professor & Head, Department of Mass Communication,

Vol. 1 (2023) · Issue 1 — January-April 2023

Religion is the way of life. How do we pray, how do we lead our life Religion is also a strong pillar on which human being’s life depend. During this digital era when we are talking about digital citizen, digital relation, digital revolution & about digital revolution don’t you think that religion is also becoming a reason of discrimination, a reason to exercise power, a reason to fulfill our ill will, a reason to deviate from the real issues of food, shelter, security and employment. Apart from religious difference, clash and conflict due to regional differences, and discrimination are also making the people marginalized. We witness regional difference on the basis of language, culture, custom & at the same time regional marginalization also exists because development has not reached to the places. We are having the example of various remote villages and area where the people are deprived of the necessary resources like: – Proper shelter, employment, recognition form the authority. In the absence of development, the people are not getting the facility of education, health, employment. Thus, these people lead their life with a great struggle. For the survival they are not getting clean water, women are not getting proper education and equal status. At one side Kerala is India’s fully literate state on the other hand Bihar is having the lowest literacy rate. This difference is not only the result of state’s performance, but behind the performance difference social, cultural and religious factor also affect the performance. Keeping in all these factors related with marginality, in this chapter we would know about the issues and challenges which are leading towards region and religion-based marginality. Key Words: – Marginality, Region and Religion, communication and marginality, media & marginality Dr. Harish Kumar, Professor, Department of Mass Communication, St. Xavier’s University Kolkata Click Here for Full paper