New Delhi: A CD-ROM on Fifty Years of Indian Education was released on August 18, 1997 by the Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Mr SR Bommai, at the PIB Conference Hall, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. The meeting was addressed by Mr Muhi Ram Saikia, Minister of State for Education. He praised the efforts of Department of Education and NIC for putting valuable information of the last 50 years of Indian Education on Compact Disk for dissemination. The information has been classified into various sections such as Adult & Continuing Education; Elementary Education; etc. The information content relates to important Central/State Education Acts; Examination Policies of CBSE etc. Dr N Seshagiri, Special Secretary & Director General of NIC mentioned that this is the first time that an effort for bringing out a CD-ROM on the historic information of a Department of Government of India has been conceptualized. For any further information contact at: edudept@edunic.delhinic.in