National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT/ DOEACC)

National Institute Of Electronics & Information Technology

Abbreviation	"NIELIT"
Established	1990
Type	Public
Headquarters	New Delhi
Affiliations	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology & AICTE
Website	http://nielit.gov.in

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), erstwhile known as the DOEACC Society, is an autonomous scientific society under the administrative control of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the government of India.^[1] The Society is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The NIELIT (National Institute of Electronic and Information Technology) Scheme, jointly developed by AICTE and MeitY, was launched in 1990 after detailed deliberations in a National Working Group. The objective of the scheme is to generate high quality man-power in the computer software and allied fields by utilising the expertise and facilities available with various institutions in the non-formal sector. NIELIT is one of the National Examination Body^[2] in India, which accredits Computer courses in 'O' , 'A' , 'B' & 'C' level approving institutes / organizations for conducting particular course, specializing in the non-formal sector of IT education and training.

Over the last two decades, NIELIT has acquired very good expertise in IT training, through its wide repertoire of causes, ranging from ‘O’ Level (Foundation), ‘A’ Level (Advance Diploma), ‘B’ Level (MCA equivalent), ‘C’ Level (M-Tech level), IT literacy courses such as CCC (Course on Computer Concept), BCC (Basic Computer Course) and other such long term and short term course in the non formal sector like courses on Information Security, ITeS-BPO(Customer Care/Banking), Computer Hardware Maintenance (CHM-O/A level), Bio-Informatics(BI-O/A/B level), ESDM etc, besides, high end courses offered by NIELIT Centres at Post-Graduate level (M.Tech) in Electronics Design & Technology, Embedded Systems etc. which are not normally offered by Universities/Institutions in the formal sector, in association with the respective state Universities.

NIELIT Centres

At present, NIELIT has 39 Centres:

Agartala,^[3] Aizawl,^[4] Ajmer,^[5] Aurangabad,^[6] Calicut,^[7] Chandigarh,^[8] Chennai,^[9] Chuchuyimlang,^[10] Churachandpur,^[11] Delhi,^[12] Gangtok,^[13] Gorakhpur,^[14] Guwahati,^[15] Imphal,^[16] Itanagar,^[17] Jammu,^[18] Jorhat,^[19] Kohima,^[20] Kolkata,^[21] Kokrajhar,^[22] Leh,^[23] Lucknow,^[24] Lunglei,^[25] Pasighat,^[26] Patna,^[27] Ranchi,^[28] Ropar (Rupnagar City Centre),^[29] Senapati,^[30] Shillong,^[31] Shimla,^[32] Silchar,^[33] Srinagar,^[34] Srikakulam,^[35] Tezpur,^[36] Tura^[37] with its Head quarters at New Delhi. It is also well networked throughout India with the presence of about 800 institutes.

Courses

• Digital literacy Courses^[38]
• Non-Formal Courses^[39]
• Formal Courses^[40]
• PG/Advance Diploma Courses^[41]
• Short Term Courses^[42][43]

Admit Card & Results

• Admit Cards ^[44]
• Result ^[45]

Student Portal

• Student Information and Enrollment System ^[46]
• For Previous Year Questions Paper ^[47]

Further Activities

The basket of activities of NIELIT is further augmented by the wide range of projects that it undertakes. NIELIT has demonstrated its capability and capacity to undertake R&D projects, consultancy services, turnkey projects in office automation, software development, website development etc. NIELIT is also the nodal implementing agency on behalf of MeitY for Data Digitization of the population of 15 assigned States and 2 Union Territories for the creation of National Population Register (NPR) project of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

NIELIT is also successfully executing the Agriculture Census and Input Survey project under which tabulation of about 10 crore data records have to be done. NIELIT has planned a road map for adopting appropriate pedagogy for metamorphosing NIELIT into an Institute of National Importance.

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