Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ ble Union Minister, Communications and Information Technology, during his visit to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar inaugurated the Virtual Class Room Project over National Knowledge Network. He interacted with NIC Delhi Headquarters Team, IIT Ropar team and Registrar cum Nodal Officer from IIT Chennai. During the discussion, Sh. Raynil John, Scientist-D from NIC Delhi briefed him about the present status of establishment of Virtual Class Rooms in premier Institutes of India. He informed that at present 66 premier Institutes like IITs, NITs, ICAR etc have been covered under VCR project. For establishment of Virtual Class Room at NIT Jalandhar, NIC had transferred funds to the tune of Rs. 40 lakhs for purchase of Hardware, Networking and Site renovation. Dr. Agnihotri, Nodal Officer, NKN-VCR, NIT Jalandhar informed the Hon’ble Union Minister that faculty from NIT Jalandhar has already started using this facility in delivering the lectures to the remote institutions. Sh. Sibal appreciated the work done by NIC for establishing such a State of Art Virtual Class Room and he emphasised on taking this work further ahead. During the inauguration, Director, NIT, faculty members, officers from NIC Punjab and students were present.