NEW DELHI, June 3: The government is in the process of extending India’s National Knowledge Network to SAARC countries in order to enhance cooperation in the field of education, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said here today.
The National Knowledge Network (NKN)is a state-of-the-art multi-gigabit pan-India network for providing a unified high speed network backbone for all knowledge related institutions in the country.
“We are in the process of extending our National Knowledge Network to all SAARC countries which will allow students in South Asia to access digital libraries and networking sources unimpeded. SAARC Satellite will also benefit the region in education and research,” she said at the ground breaking ceremony of South Asian University (SAU). (PTI)
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