Several initiatives like declaring of the sprawling campus wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) enabled and launching of upgraded website and e-health, mobile app, e-attendance, and e-education have made the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park into a digital knowledge centre.
Access to schools
Now schools can access the new-look website while teaching through e-learning techniques. Zoo curator B. Vijaya Kumar told The Hindu on Monday that the website provides all information regarding history of the zoo, animal species, their habitat, birds, various events, botanical plants, relevance of wildlife conservation and research. The mobile app offers all relevant information such as immediate plans of animal exchange programmes, recent and new arrivals, booking for zoo tour, amenities available, guides and online booking.
Through the website and app, the zoo also wants to share inputs and ideas on matters of policy and governance.
“It will be a platform for employee engagement in governance through discussion, do and disseminate (three D) approach. Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) mobile app will be popularised for achieving goals enshrined in the mission,” Mr. Vijaya Kumar said.
The employees are bound to be benefited due to introduction of digital lockers where they can store their documents like PAN card, passport, mark sheets and certificates.
It will provide secured access to various important documents.
For the comfort of animals and birds, cameras have been installed to keep a watch on those entering the prohibited areas. Reliance’s Jio Infocomm Ltd has come forward to make the zoo Wi-Fi enabled.
“We are pleased as a digital service company to be associated with the drive to make the zoological park a digital knowledge centre,” a Jio spokesperson said.
