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In the Fall of 2006 there were demonstrations of advanced networking at 622Mbps organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), C-DAC, ERNET, TIFR and the National Knowledge Commission, at CHEP06 in Mumbai, followed by a workshop immediately following CHEP06. Following this and advice provided by ICFA/SCIC members, Internet2, the IEEAF and others, the Knowledge Commission of India issued a recommendation to create a Knowledge Network.
India has rapidly moved forward towards advanced network infrastructure (i.e. a backbone like Abilene and possibly CENIC-like organization which our Indian colleagues refer to as SPV: special purpose vehicle). The Indian Prime Minister has accepted the National Knowledge Commission recommendations and efforts are on to create a CENIC like organization to provide the shared gigabit optical fiber backbone to all RENs including ERNET, Garuda, science and technology research network and medical research and education network among others. The recommendation letter from the Knowledge Commission may be found at http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/recommendations/networks.aspAndasp and the report on the National Knowledge Network by Dr. D.P.S. Seth at http://www.knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/er_nknet.pdf
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