In November 2011, the Computer Society of India conferred him with the award and title of ‘eRatna’ for his contribution in the field of e-governance. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives at the Chief Ministers office won the ‘Award of Excellence- Departmental Level’ at the CSI Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2011. In addition, the eGov strategies and ICT enabled initiatives at the CMO were awarded the ‘Best Government to Citizen Initiative of the Year Award’ at the eIndia Summit held in late 2010 .

Who?

The Quill Award was an American literary award that ran for three years in 2005-2007. It was a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy."

Some famous awardees include:-

-Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)(2005)

- Business: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner(2005)

- History/Current Events/Politics: An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore(2006)

- Biography/memoir: Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson(2007)

Which was the first manga to win this award?