National Informatics Centre (NIC): The premier ICT organisation of Govt of India

DIRECTOR GENERAL
Name:	Dr. B. K. Gairola
E-mail id :	dg@nic.in

National Informatics Centre, since its inception has been striving towards induction of Information & Communication Technology in the process of governance. In the recent years, there has been a significant shift from G2G domain to G2C Services. Large number of initiatives have been taken by the government at various levels to enhance the quality of services to citizens. The significantly enhanced scope of e-governance applications & services and the timeframe available to implement these have necessitated larger participation of IT Industry at different stages of the Projects such as Consulting, Development & Rollout.

This emerging scenario has changed the expectations of the Government from NIC, from a mere developer of applications to provision of high level support in managing the projects through its entire lifecycle. An important component of such an emerging role of NIC is to support the government in strategic control of the application development and services required to be outsourced to the industry. This requires reorganization & reorientation of the strategy by which NIC has been providing services in the past.

Another major role envisaged for NIC relates to managing of e-governance infrastructure set up under various government initiatives across the country. NIC is preparing itself to support the states to manage the state level e-Governance Infrastructure such as State Data Centers, State Wide Area Networks & State Portals. NIC is also signing the MoU with state governments under which it can provide the advise, consultancy and necessary technical support for effective and efficient management of the e-Governance Infrastructure.

Wish you all a very happy & prosperous Year ahead....