National Knowledge Network completion in 2-3 yrs: Chidambaram

NKN to link 1500 organisations @ Rs 6000 crore

PTI | December 2, 2010



Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Dr R Chidambaram today said that work on building the National Knowledge Network (NKN) will be completed in two to three years.

With this Rs 6,000-crore ambitious project, 1500 organisations linked with knowledge and researches will be inter-connected with high-tech internet facility, he said.

"Work of building the national knowledge network is on and around 70 to 80 organisations have been interlinked. This project will be completed in two to three years," Chidambaram told reporters after inaugurating the 19th National Laser Symposium at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology here.

He said the government wants to connect 1500 organisations with NKN, which include Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

The establishment of National Knowledge Network will facilitate dissemination of information in higher education, health, science, agriculture and others sectors.

 

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