The inauguration of all the three divisional NIC video conferencing centres of Chhattisgarh state viz. Raipur, Bilaspur and Bastar was done by the Hon’ble Chief Minister Sh. Ajit Jogi from NIC VC studio, Bilaspur . Later that evening the Chief Minister also inaugurated from his Raipur office the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) in Bhilai using point to point video conferencing at 384 Kbps. For this purpose 3 ISDN lines based VC system was installed by NIC at STPI,Bhillai and the entire process of its installation and operation was coordinated by the NIC District Centre, Durg. While talking to the press, the Chief Minister stated that his aim is to get in direct touch with the people of Chhattisgarh, through the excellent VC technology provided by NIC.