New Delhi: Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, will inaugurate five new Centres of the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) tomorrow, including one at Balasore, Odisha. The other centres will be launched virtually at Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Daman (Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu), and Lunglei (Mizoram).
Alongside the new centres, the government will also launch the NIELIT Digital University (NDU) platform, which will offer specialised programmes in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, data science, semiconductors, and allied technologies.
According to the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), the platform is designed to democratise access to high-quality digital education with flexible learning