CSM Technologies has been conferred the ‘Excellence in GovTech’ award at the NASSCOM SME Inspire Awards 2026 (4th Edition). The felicitation ceremony was held on 24 March 2026 at ITC Grand Maratha, Mumbai. The award was received by Ms. Lagna Panda, Whole-Time Director & CHRO, CSM Technologies, on stage alongside distinguished guests including Ms. Kalpana Morparia, CEO India at J.P. Morgan & Co., Mr. Subramaniam Ramadorai, Chairperson of Karmayogi Bharat and Former MD & CEO of TCS, and Mr. Harish S. Mehta, Founder of Onward Technologies and the first Chairman of NASSCOM, the very institution whose platform CSM was being recognised on.
A Recognition That Carries Weight
The NASSCOM SME Inspire Awards is among India’s most credible platforms for recognising technology-led excellence in the SME sector. Organised in its fourth edition under the theme “THE RESET”, the Confluence brought together industry leaders and policymakers to chart India’s digital future. The Excellence in GovTech category is among the most consequential recognitions at the awards — reserved for organisations that have not merely adopted technology but used it to fundamentally reimagine how governments deliver services and citizens experience them. Winning it reflects sustained, ground-level impact across the full arc of public sector transformation.
“This recognition is not an award we hold; it is a responsibility we inherit. At CSM, every line of code carries a citizen’s expectation, every platform a promise of fairness. We are not just digitising governance; we are humanising it at scale. The future we build is one where technology listens, learns, and serves-quietly, powerfully, and without exception.”
— Ms. Lagna Panda, Whole-Time Director & CHRO, CSM Technologies
Recognition Rooted in Real-World Impact
With 1,000+ large-scale government platform implementations across India, Africa, the Middle East, and North America, and solutions that have directly touched 400 million+ citizens, this recognition speaks to the scale and depth of impact that has defined CSM’s journey. It is the outcome of 28 years spent quietly building the digital infrastructure that governments rely on and citizens depend upon.
Its flagship i3MS (Integrated Mines & Minerals Management System) has transformed mining governance end-to-end, from e-permits to AI-powered Smart CheckGates, delivering real-time compliance, revenue assurance, and zero-leakage mineral tracking across Odisha and beyond. The SAMS (Student Academic Management System) enables over one million digital admissions annually across Odisha’s higher education institutions, eliminating malpractice through transparent, merit-based automation and serving as a replicable model for other states.
This honour reflects what CSM Technologies has always stood for: that technology’s highest calling is not commercial, but societal. And that a company’s true measure lies not in the scale of the enterprise it builds, but in the lives that enterprise touches.
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