National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Head of the organization
Dr. Neeta Verma (Director General)
Website
www.nic.in
The National Informatics Centre is part of the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's, Department of Electronics & Information Technology and is the premier science and technology organisation of the Government of India in informatics services and information & communication technology (ICT) applications.
Ever since its inception, NIC has played a pivotal role in steering e-governance applications in the government departments at the national, state and district levels. Almost all Indian-government websites are developed and managed by NIC. Besides NIC has been instrumental in steering applications of ICT at various levels in the Government, which in a way leverages Digital India.
In addition to setting up a National ICT Infrastructure for the Government, NIC has also designed and developed solutions/platforms for various sectors of the Government at the Centre and State. This facilitates wider transparency, data driven planning and management and enhancement in the quality of services.
