Dr. R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India visited NIC Headquarters on April 1st, 2004 and had a glimpse of the facilities and ICT infrastruc- ture set-up of NIC, including the newly built Internet Data Centre and iNOC Centre. He was briefed about the latest ICT Applications being offered by NIC in various sectors. In his parting comments at the end of his visit, Dr. Chidambaram wrote, “It was a great pleasure to visit NIC again after a few years and to see the excellent work being done here, which ranges from rural connectivity, e-governance to platforms like CollabCAD. In the future, as India goes ahead on a fast-trak path, the potential of NIC is even higher. I wish NIC all the best in the future.”