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Standardization, Testing and Quality Certification
Standardization, Testing, Quality and Certification (STQC) Directorate is an
attached office of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, providing
quality assurance services in the area of Electronics and Information Technology
(IT) through countrywide network of laboratories and centre(s). The services
include testing, calibration, IT and e governance, training and certification to
public and private organizations.
National Internet Exchange of India
NIXI is a not for profit organization set up under Section 25 of the Companies
Act, 1956 (now Section 8 under Companies Act, 2013) for peering of ISPs among
themselves and routing the domestic traffic within the country. NIXI is
performing the following three activities: (i) internet exchanges; (ii) IN registry
and internationalized domain names (IDNs); (iii) National Internet Registry
(NIR).
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology
NIELIT a scientific society of the MeitY, is actively engaged in capacity building
and skill development in the areas of Information Technology (IT); electronics;
communication technologies; hardware; cyber law; cyber security; IPR; GIS;
cloud computing; ESDM; e-waste; IoT; e-governance and related verticals.
NIELIT offers courses both in the formal as well as the non-formal and is also
the preferred agency for many state governments for rolling out IT literacy
programmes for its employees and the masses.
Software Technology Parks of India
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) was set up in 1991 as an autonomous
society under the MeitY. STPI's main objective has been the promotion of
software exports from the country. It acts as 'single-window in providing services
to the software exporters. STPI is responsible for implementation of the Software
Technology Parks (STP) scheme and the Electronics Hardware Technology Parks
(EHTP) scheme.
Media Lab Asia
Media Lab Asia has been promoted by this Ministry as a not for profit company.
The objective of the company was set to bring the benefits of ICT to the common
man. The functional activity includes application areas such as ICT for
healthcare, education, livelihood and empowerment of disabled.
National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated
National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) a Section 8 as (erstwhile Section
25 Company) was set up by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in 1995 as its
extended arm for providing total ICT solutions to the central and state
government departments and organizations. Its services include state-of- theart
hardware, software, consulting, technical support, design and development,