WHERE CHANGE IS INEVITABLE All good things, they say, must come to an end. So has 1995, and so will my tenure as editor of Informatics. The National Informatics Centre represents the very aspirations of a Country which is trying, and trying very hard, to overthrow the shackles of convention and embrace the latest in science and technology in its bid to keep pace with a fast-moving world. NIC is a very dynamic organization. A lot has happened since the first issue of the newsletter was published three-and-a-half years back. Due to NIC's unstinted efforts, frontier technologies such as Multimedia, Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) are now familiar concepts in the Country; the implementation of the Ku Band-based NICNET National Info Highway and the Web Server, not only redefined computer-based satellite communication but also ushered in a host of new services such as Internet access and Data Broadcast; and, by introducing computers in practically every walk of life, NIC has directly or indirectly, upgraded the lives of millions of Indians. NIC's role in the election process, projects such as COURTNIC and JUDIS, Computerization of Population Census, and Customs Computerization have served to provide the cutting edge to development activities. Keeping track of all that was going on was by no means an easy task. But it was exciting and exhilarating to be in the middle of it all. You feel like you are in the fast track of life. I am sure that Correspondents for Informatics will agree with me wholeheartedly. The new Editor of Informatics, Ms Nidhi Verma, is already on the job. She will be taking independent charge very soon. I wish her and Informatics all success. Before I finally say adieu, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the Readers of Informatics, to its Correspondents, to the Members of the Advisory Committee, to the Co-ordinator & Convenor, to Mr Subhash Kapoor who handles all the art and design aspects of the Newsletter, to the Publications Division and to all others who were sources of support and inspiration. I would like them to know that Informatics was one of the best things that happened to me. Wishing you a very Happy New Year.