Hon’ble President of India Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam participated in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore through Videoconferencing from New Delhi on 21st April 2004. The event was witnessed by around 10,000 people present at BEL’s Bangalore complex. NIC provided the Videoconferencing link between Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi and BEL, Bangalore using its Mobile VSAT over NICNET at a high speed of 768 Kbps and the same was commended by the Hon’ble President.