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In the Fall of 2006 there were demonstrations of advanced networking at 622Mbps at CHEP06 in Mumbai, organized by the C-DAC, ERNET, TIFR, and on the US side by IEEAF, ICFA/SCIC members, UWash/PNWGP, the WIDE Project at Keio University in Japan and others. This was followed by a workshop organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), ERNET, C-DAC, TIFR, and the National Knowledge Commission, and on the US side by IEEAF. This was followed by a workshop. Following this and advice provided by ICFA/SCIC members, Internet2, the IEEAF, UWash/PNWGP, WIDE Project at Keio University in Japan and others, the Knowledge Commission of India issued a recommendation to create a Knowledge Network.
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