MANU/PIBU/1568/2021
Department/Board : Press Information Bureau
Date : 15.04.2021
Secretary MeitY Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney inaugurates three new initiatives/services of National Internet Exchange of India
IP Guru has been launched to extend technical support to Indian Entities in adoption of IPv6
NIXI Academy to be created to educate technical/non-technical people in India about technologies like IPv6 which will lead to better management of Internet resources in country
NIXI-IP-INDEX portal has been launched to showcase IPv6 adoption rate in India and across the world
Sh. Ajay Prakash Sawhney, IAS, Secretary Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) & Chairman NIXI today inaugurated three path breaking initiatives for National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI). With this launch, NIXI has announced to play a supporting role for the IPv6 awareness and adoption in the country along with DOT & MeitY.
The details of the three new initiatives are as below:
1. IPv6 Expert Panel (IP Guru) (https://nixi.in):
IP Guru is a group to extend support to all the Indian entities who are finding it technically challenging to migrate and adopt IPv6. In addition to this the IPv6 expert group will help in identifying & hiring agency that will help end customer by providing necessary technical support to adopt IPv6. This panel will guide all such Indian entities and help in increasing the IPv6 adoption. It's a joint effort of DOT, MeitY & community to promote IPv6. The expert panel group comprises members from government and private organizations.
2. NIXI Academy (https://training.nixi.in):
NIXI Academy is created to educate technical/non-technical people in India to learn and relearn technologies like IPv6 which are normally not taught in Educational Institutes. The easy-to-use platform helps network operators and educators understand networking best practices, principles and techniques; manage Internet resources better; and use appropriate Internet technologies more effectively. NIXI academy comprises an ........