His Excellency Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Co-operative Republic of Guyana visited NIC on 24th August 2003. The Hon’ble President was received by DG, NIC and he visited the Master Earth Station of NIC HQ and was briefed on the NICNET operations by NIC officials. A Demonstration of Utility Mapping of Delhi was also done. Hon’ble President also participated in a videoconferencing session where he interacted with State Informatics Officers of Chhattisgarh, MP and Jharkhand. He appreciated the efforts put in by NIC for providing Government-Citizen interface using state of the art communication technology. His Excellency was accompanied by Sh.K.K.Jaswal, Secretary-DIT. During his India trip, the President also visited his ancestral village Pura Thakurain Masra Nawawa, Sahuji Maharaj Nagar, Uttar Pradesh along with Sh. Digvijay Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs. The Hon’ble President launched two websites developed by NIC, namely ‘Trace your Roots’ (http://indianroots.nic.in) which an endeavor to assist Indian Diaspora to trace their ancestral roots in a systematic manner, in an interactive mode through a questionnaire ; and ‘Website of Distt Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar (http://csmnagar.nic.in), developed in the local language by NIC Sultanpur, which provides useful information about the newly formed District.