Online repository for storing DMRC official records was formally launched by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation MD Mangu Singh on 16th February, 2015 at Metro Bhawan, New Delhi. Shri RP Saxena, DDG, Shri SB Singh, DDG and Dr. Surinder Kumar, STD of the NIC and other members of Digital Archiving and Management Group of NIC, were present during the inauguration. The repository is created using open source digital archiving software ‘DSpace’ with backend ‘PostgreSQL’ database in the Linux environment. Digital technology has brought about a large number of changes in the modernization and automation of work processes in various organizations by making the processes more efficient, transparent and productive. It offers various advantages like easy accessibility and retrieval, protection of data authenticity, data security besides the possibility to save and store in the multiple formats. Once digitized, processing is easier and faster compared to the manual system. Furthermore, digitization enables access at multiple points at the same time. DMRC online repository is presently having twenty one different collections corresponding to different sections and departments of DMRC, with more than eight thousand records amounting to one terabyte of data have been uploaded and are hosted at the National Data Centre at Shastri Park. These records are accessible through Intranet at DMRC offices at Metro Bhawan and Ashok Road.
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Digital Archival of Records for Phase-1 and Phase -2 of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) launched
From April 2015 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre