National Internet Exchange of India Initiatives

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently launched three new initiatives of National Internet Exchange of India. They were NIXI Academy, IP Guru and NIXI-IP-INDEX.

Three Initiatives of NIXI

• IP Guru: It is also called IPv6 that extends support to all Indian entities that are finding it challenging to adopt IPv6. The IPv6 is to offer its services free of cost. It is a joint effort of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Telecom.
• NIXI-IP Index: It is a portal developed for the internet community. It will showcase IPv6 adoption rate in India and in the world.
• NIXI Academy: It has been created to educate non-technical and technical people in the country. It will teach technologies like IPv6 that are usually not taught in educational institutes.

IPv6

IP stands for Internet Protocol. It sets rules on data delivery over the public network. Version 6 is the most recent version of IP. It is also called IPng, which is, Internet Protocol next generation.

National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)

The NIXI is a Non-Profit Organisation that was established under Section 8 of Companies Act, 2013. It was established in 2003 to spread internet infrastructure to the citizens of India. This is achieved by the following:

• IRINN: Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers to manage and operate Internet Protocol.
• .IN Registry: It manages and operates .IN country code domain.
• It also operates Internet Service Providers and Content Delivery Network through which internet data is exchanged.

The res.in, gov.in, ac.in are operated by ERNET, National Internet Exchange of India and Ministry of Defence.

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021