National
Informatics Centre (NIC) is a premiere
S&T organisation of the
Government of India in the field
of Informatics Services
and Information Technology (IT)
applications , and has been instrumental in
steering Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
applications in Government Departments at
Central, State and Districts in government
services, wider transparency in government
functions, and improvement in decentralised
planning and management. To facilitate
this, NIC has established a nationwide ICT Network
– NICNET – with gateway nodes in Central Government
Departments, 35 State/UT Secretariats,
and in almost all 602 District
Collectorates , for IT services. The
Government has designated the nation-wideComputer
Communication Network, NICNET, as the Government Network.
NIC
is offering network services over C-band and Ku-band VSATs, Wireless
Metropolitan Area Networks(MANs) and Local Area Networks (LANs) with
NICNET gateway for Internet resources, to prompt economic, social
scientific and technological activities, and also for macro-economic
adjustment programme of the Government. NIC has played an important role
of an "active" catalyst and "facilitator" in
informatics development programme in Governments at the National, State
and District levels, during the last 25years,which has made them take
policy decisions to create" knowledge" societies that can
exploit knowledge to derive competitive advantage using the opportunities
provided by "digital technology". NIC has been instrumental in
adopting Information Technology and Communication Technology" to
reach out into India"( i.e. by implementing IT applications in Social
& Public Administrations). |