NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE-VARANASI

In 1975 it was all but a dream .. a dream of weaving the entire country into one single communication entity, of reaching out to the world through communication systems which would know no barriers. It was with this vision of the future that NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE (NIC) was constituted in March 1975 and entrusted with the responsibility of bringing about a revolution in work ethos through the propagation of Information Technology (IT).

The beginning of 1988 saw the dream come true.. NIC`s Satellite base Computer-Communication Network, NICNET went into operation. 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. The IT services provides by NIC ranges 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 development of application software, systems software, database systems, distributed databases, Networking, Electronic Mail, EDI, Access to International Databases, CAD, GIS, Modeling, Expert Systems, Telematics , Office Automation Textbase Management System , Multi-Media system, Web site development and hosting, Vedio Conferencing and Training.