National Informatics Centre (NIC) is a key organization under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and plays a pivotal role in the promotion of e-Governance and provisioning of ICT infrastructure, platforms, products & services for the Government.
The vision behind the establishment of NIC was of Dr. Narasimaiah Seshagiri, Founder Director General, NIC and former Special Secretary to the Government of India under whose dynamic and visionary leadership during the 25 year period spanning 1976 to 2000, NIC established an extensive IT infrastructure and service delivery system across the Government establishments – covering Ministries, Departments, State Government establishments up to the districts.
To pay tribute to the visionary, NIC organised the “Dr. N. Seshagiri Memorial Lecture – 2019” at VigyanBhawan, New Delhi, where the keynote address was delivered by Narayana Murthy, Founder – Infosys Limited, in the august presence of . Sanjay Dhotre, Hon’ble Minister of State for HRD, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Ajay Swahney, Secretary, MeitY and a large number of Senior Government Officials, eminent personalities from Government and Private organizations.
