ABOUT NIC

In 1975, the Government of India has setup NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE with a vision to weave the entire country into one single communication entity. It was entrusted with the responsibility of bringing about revolution in work ethos through propagation of Information Technology. 

NIC`s Satellite base computer-communication network, NICNET went into operation in 1988. National Informatics Centre is a premier organisation in the field of Information Technology (IT) in India. It provides state-of-art-solutions to information management and decision support requirements of the Government and the Corporate sectors at various levels. The IT   services provides by NIC range from conducting feasibility studies for computerisation, designing, developing and implementing computer-based information systems; to undertaking large turnkey projects. The services provided by NIC include devlopment of application software, systems software, database systems, distributed databasees, Networking, Electronic mail, EDI, Access to International Databases, CAD, GIS, Modelling, Expert Systems, Telematics , Office Automation Textbase Management System , Multi-Media system, Web site development and hosting, Vedio conferencing and training.

NICNET

NICNET was designed and implemented by NIC using state-of-the-art satellite-based computer-communication technology. Keeping in view the wide geographic spread of the country, ranging from islands in Indian ocean to highest Himalayan ranges. The design of NICNET, which is one of the largest VSAT networks of its kind in the world, ensures extremely cost effective and reliable implementation

NICNET Services:

·         NICNET, which presently has more than thousand Micro Earth Stations in operation, serving the Central Govt., State Govt. and other govt. organizations, provides the following services.

• Interactive Access
• Remote database access
• File Transfer facility
• Electronic mail facility
• Emergency Message Communication
• International Remote Access
• International Mail Facility
• Electronic Data Interchange
• Internet Access
• Data/ Multimedia application broadcasting
• Video Conferencing