SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA (STPI)
- STPI was established and registered as an autonomous society under then Department of Electronics in 1991 with an objective to implement STP scheme.
- STPI’s main objective has been the promotion of software exports from the country.
- Starting with a few centres in 1991, STPI has grown all over the country with 53 centres.
- STPI has been providing statutory services on a single window clearance mechanism from various STPI centres across the country.
- Apart from the statutory and datacom services, STPI has been providing incubation facilities especially to the SMEs and start up units.
- STPI is also working with State Governments/ Local Authorities for creation of more space equipped with state-of-art infrastructure facilities for the growth of the IT/ITES industry and promotion of software exports from the country.
- STPI has also been providing value added services such as web hosting, data centre, video-conferencing, collocation services etc.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NIELIT)
- NIELIT (erstwhile DOEACC Society), an autonomous scientific society under the administrative control of Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) was set up to carry out Human Resource Development and related activities in the area of Information, Electronics & Communications Technology (IECT).
- NIELIT is engaged both in Formal & Non-Formal Education in the area of IECT besides development of industry oriented quality education and training programmes in the state-of-art areas.
- It is also one of the National Examination Body, which accredits institutes/organizations for conducting courses in IT in the non-formal sector.
- NIELIT is also the nodal implementing agency on behalf of DeitY for Data Digitization of the population of 15 assigned States and 2 Union Territories for the creation of National Population Register (NPR) project of Registrar General of India (RGI).
- NIELIT is also successfully executing the Agriculture Census and Input Survey Project under which tabulation of about 10 crore data records have to be done.
