About e-CDESK (e-Caste Database of Employees in Services- Kerala)
INTRODUCTION:
The Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes (KSCBC) is a statutory Commission constituted by the Government of Kerala under the Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 (Act 11 of 1993) for entertaining, examining and recommending upon requests for inclusion in and complaints of over inclusion or under inclusion of any backward classes in the list of backward classes of citizens in the State of Kerala and tender such advice to the Government as it deems appropriate. The additional function of evaluating, from time to time, the degree of backwardness of the backward classes and submitting periodical reports to the Legislative Assembly of the State was conferred on the Commission. In September 1995, the additional function of evaluating, from time to time, the degree of backwardness of the backward classes and submitting periodical reports to the Legislative Assembly of the State was conferred on the Commission as per the Kerala State BackwardClasses (Reservation of Appointments or post in the services under the State) Act, 1995 (Act 16 of 1995). The Kerala State Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Act, 2000(Act 10 of 2000) constitutes the Commission in the present form. To effectively discharge its functions under Section 9 of the KSCBC Act, 1993, KSCBC has launched this web based application viz., e-CDESK.
OBJECTIVE OF e-CDESK:
The objective of the project e-CDESK is to collect data with respect to the representation of the caste and communities of Kerala in the services under the state. Authorized users from various Government departments, PSUs, Local bodies, Universities, University departments, Colleges, Schools etc. will be provided with user logins in this web application so that they can enter data into the database from their location itself. A system administrator from KSCBC will consolidate the data received and generate customized reports for statistical analysis based on the data. These reports will help KSCBC in discharging its functions under Section 9 of the KSCBC Act, 1993.
MODULES OF e-CDESK:
Module for Government Department
Using this module, the department user can login to the online web application
and can enter caste/community wise details of employees of the department.
These details will be forwarded to the HOD/ Directorate user for
verification. The directorate user/ HOD after entering the web application can
see the details of employees forwarded by the respective department user in his
inbox. He can verify the details and can enter his remarks. If the details are found
correct, the verified list can be forwarded to the KSCBC.
Module for Autonomous Bodies
In this module, the user of the respective autonomous bodies can login to the
online web application using the username and password assigned. He can enter
caste/community wise details of employees of the autonomous body. These details
will be forwarded to the HOD for verification. The HOD after entering the web
application can see the details of employees forwarded by the respective user in his
inbox. He can verify the details, enter his remarks and if the details are found
correct, forward the details to the KSCBC.
Module for PSUs
Here, the user of the respective PSU can login to the online web application using
the username and password assigned. He can enter caste/community wise details
of employees of the PSU. These details will be forwarded to the HOD for
verification. The HOD after entering the web application can see the details of
employees forwarded by the respective user in his inbox. He can verify the
details, enter his remarks and if the details are found correct, forward
the details to the KSCBC.
Module for Local bodies
In this module, the user of the respective local body can login to the online web
application using the username and password assigned. He can enter
caste/community wise details of employees of the local body. These details will be
forwarded to the HOD for verification. The HOD after entering the web application
can see the details of employees forwarded by the respective user in his inbox. He
can verify the details, enter his remarks and if the details are found correct, forward
the details to the KSCBC.
Module for Universities and other Educational Institutions
This module includes provision for entering caste/community wise details of
staff of concerned universities, university departments, schools and colleges.
These details will be forwarded to the respective HOD (Principal for school
and colleges) for verification. The HOD after entering the web
application can see the details of employees forwarded by the
respective user in his inbox. He can verify the details, enter his remarks and if
the details are found correct, forward the details to the KSCBC found correct,
forward the details to the KSCBC.
Module for KSCBC
The details forwarded from the HOD/directorate user of the concerned
government departments/autonomous bodies /PSUs /local bodies
/universities /university departments/ schools /colleges will be seen as a
consolidated list in the inbox of the KSCBC user. Various reports such as caste
wise, community wise, department wise, mode of recruitment wise, gender
wise, category wise reports can be generated and can be exported to
PDF/excel format using this module. There will be provision for
percentage wise calculation of employees based on category, caste,
community etc. in comparison with the allotted quota/ sanctioned
strength of employees for the particular category, caste, community etc.