National Knowledge Network. Dr. B. K. Murthy Director & Head National Knowledge Network Division Ministry of Communications and IT Govt.

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1 National Knowledge Network Dr. B. K. Murthy Director & Head National Knowledge Network Division Ministry of Communications and IT Govt. of India

2 Contemporary INDIA Large and Complex Democracy More than a Billion people (80% lives in villages) Large population is YOUNG! Federal structure with 35 states and Union Territories Growing Economy Global Presence 2

3 Education and Research Institutions in India IITs 7 Engineering Colleges 1,537 Deemed Universities 110 Universities 268 Agriculture 274 IIMs 7 Educational Institutions Covering ICT Education Medical Colleges 723 Degree Colleges 18,064 Schools (8-12 class) 4,26,780 Polytechnics 1,244 R&D Labs CSIR/DSIR DST, Biotech IMD DOS DAE etc Dental Colleges 240 New Institutions Planned 467 3

4 ICT in Education: Govt. Initiatives Two Major schemes of Ministry of HRD National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning National Mission on Education Through ICT Department of ITs Pilots for frontier areas before the formal system responds Courses on Microprocessor in late 70s PGDCA/MCA programmes in early 80s Establishment of ERNET in late 80s Language Computing/Learning Material Development in Emerging Technologies in early 90s E-learning activities: Courseware for MS (BITS Pilani), ADIT of IGNOU etc. in late 90s Currently UG/PG Courses on VLSI Design/Embedded Systems Design/ Information Security Being initiated and nurtured till the formal system takes over and now establishment of National Knowledge Network 4

5 Objectives of National Knowledge Network To bring together all the stakeholders in Science, Technology, Higher Education, Research & Development, and Governance with speeds of the order of 10s of Gbps coupled with extremely low latencies. To interconnect all institutions engaged in research, higher education and scientific development in the country, over a period of time. 5

6 NKN Design Philosophy To build a scalable network, which can expand both in the Reach (spread in the country) and Speed. To be a common Network Backbone like national highway, wherein different categories of users shall be supported. 6

7 Features of NKN High Capacity, Highly Scalable Backbone Provide Quality of Service (QoS) and Security Wide Geographical Coverage Common Standard Platform Bandwidth from Many NLD s Highly Reliable & Available by Design Test beds ( for various implementation) Dedicated and Owned. 7

8 Networking Scenario in INDIA Large number of networking initiatives with limited scope in each sector NICNET (Government Information) ERNET (Education) GARUDA (Grid Computing) ANUNET SPACENET SWANs (35 in number) Each one covers a specific application domain) 8

9 NKN TOPOLOGY 9

10 NKN of INDIA EDGE Distribution EDGE Distribution Distribution Distribution EDGE Distribution EDGE 10

11 Educational Institutions Cert-IN Research Labs CSIR/DAE/ISRO/ICAR National Internet Exchange Points (NIXI) INTERNET Connections to Global Networks (e.g. GEANT) NKN National / State Data Centers EDUSAT MPLS Clouds Broad Band Clouds 11

12 NKN Connecting Global 3 n Internet 2 GEANT 2 Servers Internet Database Servers Application Servers Servers 1 Web Servers Servers VPN/IP MPLS Network 10 Gigabit GRID Connecting Institutions on common Network Servers Pool School School VPN/Firewall/ IPS Central Data Centre Wi-Fi Enabled Virtual Classroom Backbone Hosting Content & Applications of different disciplines 12

13 Application Requiring High Bandwidth Virtual Laboratories Collaborative Mega Science Projects Innovative Info-Bio-Nano Experiments Non-invasive Medicare for Diseases like Cancer Diagnostic Domes as Public Health Centers in Rural Areas Country-wide Classroom University without Walls Voice Conferencing among Researchers Video Conferencing among Researchers On-line access to Electronic Resources 13

14 Current Status Initial Phase 15 PoPs set up across the country 57 Institutions of Higher Learning Virtual Class Rooms in 6 IITs Inaugurated by the Hon ble President of India 14

15 Summary Missions such as NKN require enormous determination and vision continuity. NKN philosophy is Encourage, Enable, Enrich, and Empower the users. Interaction and Sharing are Important Paradigms for Quality Education and Innovation, National Knowledge Network (NKN) would act as a Catalyst in that direction. NKN is expected to bring in revolution in Education the way Text books revolutionised a few hundred years ago 15

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