National
Informatics Centre (NIC),
under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is the
technology partner of the Government of India. NIC has been instrumental in adopting
and providing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and eGovernance support
to Central and State Governments. Its state-of-art IT infrastructure also includes
Multi-Gigabit PAN India Network NICNET, National Knowledge Network, National Data Centres,
National Cloud, Video Conferencing, Email and Messaging Services, Command and Control Centre,
Multi-layered GIS based Platform, Domain Registration and Webcast.
NIC West Bengal State Centre (NIC-WBSC)
has been actively involved and is instrumental in promoting IT towards e-Governance
for the State and District Administration. Spread over different locations in Kolkata and with
its presence in all the 23 districts of the State, NIC-WBSC is assertively engaged in promoting
Informatics Culture towards e-Governance.