Dr. Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC, along with Shri Nagesh Shastri, DDG, NIC HQ, made a visit to NIC Pune on 14th May 2019 for a review meeting. An interaction was held with Shri R.R. Rane, DDG & OIC and the Officers of GRAS Project team to assess the prospects of productizing the Finance Department Applications for a national roll-out. They also interacted with Shri Ashish Shiradhonkar, HoD, eCourts, to discuss virtual courts and implementation for eChallan. This was followed by their visit to NIC Pune Office wherein they took a tour of the Network Operation Centre (NOC) for National Knowledge Network (NKN). Detailed presentations on major software development projects such as National Generic Document Registration System, Maharashtra State Registration, Rural & Urban Land Records and Transport were made by Shri R.R. Rane and other HODs of various project groups. DG also interacted with the Officers of STDC, Nagpur. Addressing the Officers and staff at NKN hall, Dr. Neeta Verma appreciated the efforts put in by NIC Pune with respect to the software projects and services offered by NDC and Cloud Division. She underscored the need to have a collaborated work environment by the software development group and the infrastructure group such as NDC to ensure smooth execution of projects. DG also mentioned that NIC Pune is mainly meant for software development, and therefore, the Centre is expected to come out with software solutions for rollout across the nation.