Computer Facilities The computer facilities at <strong>IGIDR</strong> include state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art technology Computer Center with latest hardware, networking equipment, s<strong>of</strong>tware and help desk facilities. The whole <strong>of</strong>fice campus is networked by Ethernet based LAN on fiber optic segmented backbone and connected to the Internet through 1 MBPS leased line. Important campus locations are also served by wireless network. In addition, the computing facility includes a computerized library system. The campus network has been extended to the residences <strong>of</strong> the employees Hardware The computer center is equipped with high-end HP ITANIUM Servers , HP NAS server, AMD OPETRON server , HP Alpha servers Sun Ultrasparc servers, and Intel Pentium based multimedia workstations , CISCO switches and routers for campus wide network connectivity, In addition to several HP Deskjet printers in the faculty and staff <strong>of</strong>fices, the printing facilities also include highspeed Network HP Laser printers, in each <strong>of</strong>fice block including the Computer Center. The Center also provides total backup solution for users data through various backup devices viz., DAT, CD/DVD writer , and LTO-2 tape drive, color scanners, visualizers and projectors have been provided to assist the users in creating and presenting multimedia presentations. Operating Systems and S<strong>of</strong>tware The servers are powered by Compaq Tru64 Unix, Solaris 8, LINUX, SCO UNIX, Windows 2003 Server Operating systems and the workstations are loaded with Linux (viz., Suse, RedHat,), Win2000/XP/98 OS. The center provides all standard Econometrics and Statistical packages such as SAS, RATS, CATS, GAUSS, TSP, STATA, MICROFIT, LIMDEP, DEA, SHAZAM, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB and GAMS,EVIEWS under Unix/ Linux and windows environments and <strong>of</strong>fice automation packages like STAROFFICE, MSOFFICE, LATEX,ADOBE ACROBAT under Unix/Linux and Windows environments. The center is also equipped with a digitizer with GIS S<strong>of</strong>tware SPAN, MAPINFO to carry out GIS related projects. In addition to the above s<strong>of</strong>tware, the institute subscribes to corporate databases such as PROWESS, INDIA TRADE,CAPITAL LINE and various other national and international databases. The Computer Center conducts various training and orientation seminar/lectures on several computer related topics, s<strong>of</strong>tware, databases and on new IT technologies implemented at <strong>Institute</strong> to enhance and upgrade the computer skills <strong>of</strong> the user community <strong>of</strong> <strong>IGIDR</strong>. 46 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-06
3 rd Convocation <strong>of</strong> <strong>IGIDR</strong>. (From left): T.V. Subramanian (Registrar), R.Radhakrishna (Director), S.R. Hashim (Chairman, UPSC), Y.V. Reddy (Governor, and President <strong>of</strong> <strong>IGIDR</strong>) and M.H. Suryanarayana (Dean) Hon. Chief Minister <strong>of</strong> Maharashtra VR Deshmukh, Hon Dy. Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Planning Commission, MS Ahluwalia and. V.K. Sharma at the release <strong>of</strong> Maharashtra State Development <strong>Report</strong> Nov <strong>2005</strong>. <strong>Indira</strong> <strong>Gandhi</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Development Research 47