NIXI Turns 20 In Its Journey Towards Digital Transformation Of India

The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), which has made exceptional contributions towards building India's internet infrastructure, completed two decades of its meaningful existence. Due to its unwavering dedication, the organisation has successfully created a robust and inclusive digital ecosystem in the country via its business divisions.

Set up in 2003, NIXI works under the aegis of Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and is tasked to increase internet penetration and adoption in India by facilitating the various infrastructure aspects to enable the internet ecosystem to be managed and used by the masses.

The four services which come under the NIXI are setting IXPs, towards building Internet Exchange Points, .IN Registry towards building the .in domain digital identity, IRINN towards IPv4 and IPv6 addresses adoption and Data Centre services under NIXI-CSC towards data storage services.

An event was organised to celebrate NIXI's 20th foundation day at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi yesterday. The occasion also saw the inaugural NIXI Foundation Day Lecture series. NIXI Chairman and MeitY Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma delivered the first lecture on "Digital Transformation: Need for India and the Globe."

In his address, Sharma said, "Starting from 2003, NIXI has been instrumental in building India into a repository of its internet ecosystem prowess. Evolving from the initial mandate of building Internet exchange points to keep India's data in India, NIXI has since evolved in building the digital identity of the nation by spreading the adoption of the .in domain and spreading the IPv4 & IPv6 address usage."

"The Data Centres vertical helps in rounding up the ecosystem by housing data in a safe, secure, unhindered and a cyber resilient structure. In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision, Digital India is being ably supported by the NIXI," he added, expressing its commitment in driving innovation, fostering inclusivity across the national spectrum and leveraging technology for a digitally enabled and empowered India.

Sharing his views, NIXI CEO Anil Kumar Jain said, "It gives me immense pride and privilege to serve the nation in building an organisation that builds India for the future. The wide population spectrum of India today demands and deserves internet enablement and NIXI will strive to meet those expectations in line with NIXI's mission of Empowering Netizens."

On the occasion, MeitY Additional Secretary Bhuvnesh Kumar felicitated longest serving employees of NIXI who have completed 10 years of service for their outstanding contribution. The NIXI also expressed its gratitude by honouring its former CEOs for their leadership, vision & contribution to the growth of the organisation.