National Knowledge Network-Connecting (nkn.gov.in): Contacts

NKN is steadily evolving as the National Education Research Network (NREN) of India. The project has already made significant progress by connecting over 1800+ institutes in the network. NKN is now being looked at as the harbinger of change in our knowledge society. This also brings the responsibility to continuously provide the much required impetus to R&D initiatives related to networking technology.

NKN is steadily evolving as the National Education Research Network (NREN) of India. The project has already made significant progress by connecting over 1800+ institutes in the network. NKN is now being looked as the harbinger of change in our knowledge society but this also brings together the responsibility to continuously look forward to provide the much required impetus to R&D initiatives related to networking technology. NKN understands the requirement of R&D initiatives without a profit motive and therefore took a step forward in facilitation of this cause. The team comprising of zealous engineers and networking experts have worked over past few months to develop set of NKN products and services.

Internet, Intranet, Network Management Views, e-Mail, Messaging Gateways, Caching Gateways, Web Hosting, Voice over IP, Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) Services, Video Portals, SMS Gateway, Co- Location Services, Video Streaming etc.

These services of NKN have been developed with an aim to benefit the larger community of NKN users. The individual institutes are responsible for development of these services and are also operated and maintained by them. Community services are initiated with a non-profit motive and objective is to cater to issues that are or will be faced by the wider community. The focus area is the common problems faced by a pool of users and provide them an easy access to tools and technologies through a centralized mechanism. The delivery mechanism for these services is primarily cloud based technology which allows us to disseminate it to a larger audience within short span of time.

CollabCAD is a 3D CAD/CAM Software system for collaborative design & development of Industrial Designs. It provides a total solution from product design, numerical control, visualization, simulation, analysis to content management, workflow and office automation. CollabCAD is an initiative of National Informatics Centre (NIC, Department of Information Technology), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC, Department of Atomic Energy) and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (Department of Space, VSSC).