Ongoing R&D projects of E-Infrastructure initiated during XIIth Plan period 1. Project Title Setting up the Eduroam Services in India Executive Agency: ERNET India Principal Shri. Meherban Singh Investigator: Address: ERNET India 5th Floor, Block –I A Wing, DMRC IT Park, Shastri Park New Delhi-110053 Phone 9818955800,23765375 : Fax: Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.eis.ernet.in/ Project Objectives: To implement the Eduroam services in India. Eduroam (education and roaming) allows users (researchers, academicians, teachers, students, professionals, etc) to securely access the Internet from any Eduroam-enabled institution either nationally as well as internationally from the premises of any of the participating institutions. Achievements/ 140 No. of institutes connected so far Outcome Monitoring server for members of radius servers in India has been created. Log Server for keeping the access log of all the users connected has been created. Database server having information related to each user in eduroam setup of India has been created. Helpdesk and Trouble Ticketing Systems(TTS) for eduroam users has been created. Start Date May 2012 Duration (36 months) extended for 12 months (in months): Status of Project: Ongoing 2. Project Title IPv6 Training Program for Staff of Government/Ministries and Institutions. Executive Agency: ERNET India Principal Shri.Praveen Misra Investigator: Address: ERNET India 5th Floor, Block –I A Wing, DMRC IT Park, Shastri Park New Delhi-110053 Phone 9818955800,23765375 : Fax: Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.eis.ernet.in/ Project Objectives: The objective of the proposal is capacity building in the area of next generation Internet protocol IPv6 to enhance adoption and deployment of IPv6 specially in Government organizations and associated institutions. Achievements/ System will be configured based on IPv6 for the purpose of providing Outcome training to staff of Government Organization and other Institutions for their different training and analyzing needs in the field of IPv6. It is expected around 3000 staff from Central/State Government/Ministries and related organizations will be trained on use and deployment of IPv6 free of cost. Documents and training materials on IPv6 will be prepared. Start Date 22nd July 2014 Duration (36 months) (in months): Status of Project: Ongoing 3. Project Title To establish VSAT connectivity for Internet / Intranet access in the North- Eastern States of the Country. Executive Agency: ERNET India Principal Shri.Avanindra Singh Investigator: Address: ERNET India 5th Floor, Block –I A Wing, DMRC IT Park, Shastri Park New Delhi-110053 Phone 9650387171 : Fax: Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.eis.ernet.in/ Project Objectives: The objective of the proposal is to establish C-band VSAT connectivity at 60 institutes (to be selected from the list of 90 institutes provided by ERNET India) in North Eastern part of the country. These institutes includes Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kendriya Vidyalaya, ICAR research institutes/colleges and govt organizations/institutes in remote locations of North-Eastern states of the country (i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim). Achievements/ The project will provide connectivity to the sites/user institutions that Outcome are still deprived of a reliable connectivity. The connectivity will enhance the efficiency of the institution/department in their respective areas such as: Schools: The connectivity will help in promoting e-educations in the schools. It will help students and teachers to access online study material, online labs, submitting online forms, getting examinations results etc. Agriculture research institutes/colleges: The connectivity will help in promoting e-Agricultural related activities including dissemination of information on agricultural techniques among researchers and farmer community, promoting research in their respective areas etc. ERNET India has placed order for up-gradation of VSAT hub and 60 new VSAT equipments which are to be installed in North- East. Start Date 23rd March 2015 Duration (42 months) (in months): Status of Project: Ongoing 4. Project Title Setting up Centre of Excellence(CoE) on Internet of Things(IoT). Executive Agency: NASSCOM and ERNET India Principal Mr. K.S Vishwanathan Investigator: Address: ERNET India 5th Floor, Block –I A Wing, DMRC IT Park, Shastri Park New Delhi-110053 Phone: Fax: Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.eis.ernet.in/, www.nasscom.in Project Objectives: Provide a physical lab infrastructure in IoT area. Enable start-up and entrepreneurs access to Industry experts. Build IoT eco-system to harness talent/support Indian Engineering Industries to gain edge in the global market. Support Govt. initiatives using IoT in areas like water, energy, agriculture, health, security and privacy of data. To create, develop and establish new high end technologies through collaborations. Achievements/ Physical laboratory infrastructure is already operational. Outcome The Centre has defined guidelines for select of Start-ups. 5 Start-ups have been selected for incubation. Conducting regular meetings/ workshops with start-up and Entrepreneurs. The Centre was inaugurated on 7/7/2016. Start Date 25th June 2015 Duration (60 months) (in months): Status of Project: Ongoing 5. Project Title Setting up of Wi-Fi at Allahabad University Executive Agency: ERNET India Principal Mr. Meherban Singh Investigator: Address: ERNET India 5th Floor, Block –I A Wing, DMRC IT Park, Shastri Park New Delhi-110053 Phone: Fax: E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.eis.ernet.in/ Project Objectives: Wi-Fi LAN creation through powerful combination of wired & wireless network technologies enable flexibility, resiliency, ease of access to information, data & services by any Wi-Fi enabled device. Highly available, secure, scalable & redundant Centralized Wireless Controller Management & Authentication systems at AU, Central site. Cost-effective network setup with centralized Wireless controller for better management, ease of configuration, dynamic environments & with increased flexibility. Coverage of around 70 Departments/faculty/buildings/blocks in the campus including Hostels and would serve over 25000 faculty/teachers/students/staff/etc. Enabling high speed wireless access to Internet & Intranet resources to campus employees, staff, faculty, teachers, students, official visitors, guest on any-time anywhere basis across AU campus. Improvement of delivery of student-centric services, employee performance & efficiency and real-time access to information, learning material & data. Enable faster and more efficient decision-making at all levels. Achievements/ The Wi-Fi connectivity at Allahabad University is fully operational Outcome since 31.01.2016. More than 6000 users accounts for Wi-Fi access have been created. Total 1058 Wireless Access Points have been installed in various buildings/departments. Start Date 28th March 2015 Duration (36 months) (in months): Status of Project: Ongoing 6. Project Title Setting up of Wi-Fi at Utkal, North East Hill, Pune and Osmania Universities Executive Agency: ERNET India Principal Mr. Meherban Singh Investigator: Address: ERNET India 5th Floor, Block –I A Wing, DMRC IT Park, Shastri Park New Delhi-110053 Phone: Fax: E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.eis.ernet. in/ Project Objectives: To setup & create Model Wi-Fi enabled Campus Network at each University with tier-3 architecture upgraded 10 Gigabit Fiber optic redundant backbone. Wi-Fi LAN creation through powerful combination of wired & wireless network technologies enable flexibility, resiliency, ease of access to information, data & services by any Wi-Fi enabled device. Enabling high speed wireless access to Internet & Intranet resources to campus employees, staff, faculty, teachers, students, official visitors, guest on any-time anywhere basis across the campus. Improvement of delivery of student-centric services, employee performance & efficiency and real-time access to information, learning material & data. Enable faster and more efficient decision-making at all levels. Achievements/ At Savitribai Phule Pune University, project implementation is Outcome completed and it is made operational since 24.05.2016. Total 53 Nos. buildings/departments/hostels have been covered under this project. For Wi-Fi at Osmania, Utkal and NEHU University the deployment is in progress. As per the proposal, approximate 122 Nos., 60 Nos & 55 Nos. buildings will be covered under the Wi-Fi project at OU, UU & NEHU respectively. Start Date 23rd July 2015 Duration (36 months) (in months): Status of Project: Ongoing .