The 7th Sectoral Summit of NEC was recently held to review 'IT, ITES and Telecommunications' in Kohima, Nagaland. The summit was chaired by Hon'ble Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), Panchayati Raj, Sports and Youth Affairs, Sh. Mani Shankar Aiyer. The Hon'ble Governor of Nagaland, Sh. K. Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister of Nagaland, Sh. Neiphiu Rio, Secretary, Ministry of DONER, Smt Sushma Singh and other officials of Ministry of DONER, Members and other officials of NEC, Ministers and senior officials of North Eastern state governments took part in the deliberations. Dr. Shefali DDG and Smt Nandita Chaudhri, STD represented NIC HQ in addition to the NE State Informatics Officers (SIOs) of NIC. The state government officials, representatives from NIC, DIT, DOEACC, STPI, BSNL etc. delivered presentations and extensive discussions were held. The main topics of discussion and deliberation were the strengthening of IT infrastructure, more efficient and effective development of e-Governance applications, faster and reliable internet connectivity, augmentation of ITES in the NE for the all round socio economic development of the region. The Monitoring system for projects/schemes of Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR), developed by NIC was also inaugurated by the Hon'ble Minister during the event.