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ERNET India. Education and Research Network of India. DILIP BARMAN SR. Manager, ERNET. ERNET India. National Research & Education Network of India (NREN)
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ERNET India Education and Research Network of India DILIP BARMAN SR. Manager, ERNET
ERNET India • National Research & Education Network of India (NREN) • An Autonomous non-profit organization.
Main Objectives: • Set up and run a nationwide Academic and Research Network. • Undertake and promote R&D in the area of computer networking.
Main Objectives: • Human Resource Development in the area of computer networking. • Content hosting relating to education and research. • Registrar for domains- edu.in, res.in & ac.in
ERNET Network • BackBone network with 15 nos of PoPs all the country. • GEANT – ERNET Connectivity. • ERNET Network- GARUDA Network. • National Knowledge Network (NKN)
ERNET Backbone network • ERNET is the ERNET operates through Point of Presence (POP) located at premier educational & research institutes • 15 PoPs at various cities of India • 400 Mbps of Aggregate Internet bandwidth • 100 Mbps connectivity to global research network through GEANT 2
ERNET Network- GARUDA Network • National Grid Computing Initiative - GARUDA • National initiative for grid computing as Proof of Concept • 45 institutesconnected in 17 cities • 2.4 Gbps bandwidth for grid fabric • More than 300 CPU computing resource available in grid
ERNET Network • GEANT – ERNET Connectivity • Applications over ERNET-GEANT Link • Access to LHC grid for Indian scientist • Relay of surgery from Korea & Japan to Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai since Jan 2007 for tele-education • Regular DVTS session during APAN meetings on Healthcare • DVTS session from Delhi on 6 August’08 during APAN-NZ meeting
National Knowledge Network(NKN) • Interconnect all National Research & Education • Institutes, Leading National Labs, Colleges etc • • Connect more than 5000 sites across the country • • Serve millions of end-users + eScience Projects • • 3-tier Architecture, partially subsidized by National • funds: Links national, regional and international • initiatives • • The Campus Network • • The NREN • • The International connectivity
NKN Design Philosophy • Common Network Backbone like national • highway, wherein different categories of users • shall be supported • • To build a scalable network, which can expand • both in Reach (spread across the entire • country) and Speed (capacity)
NKN Features • High Capacity, Highly Scalable Backbone • • Provide Quality of Service (QoS) and Security • • Wide Geographical Coverage • • Bandwidth from Many NLD’s • • Highly Reliable & Available by Design • • Test beds ( for various implementation) • • Dedicated and Owned. • • Connectivity for International & other global R&D Networks
Applications to show cased • Countrywide Real Time Classroom (IITs) • • GRID Applications • - Climate Change Modeling (MOES) • - High Energy Physics (DAE/DST/Univ) • - Health (EYE) Grid (Major Hospitals) • - Collab-CAD (NIC/BARC/VSSC) • - Open Source Drug Discovery (CSIR) • • Agriculture • • e-governance
Migrating present Grids to NKN • LHC regional Grid (DAE/DST) • – 2 X Tier II CMS & ALICE and 14 Universities • • Garuda Grid (C-DAC/DIT) • – 45 institutes in 17 Cities; partially using NKN • • EU-IndiaGrid (European Grid) • – 9 Indian partners and 5 European • • DAE Grid (DAE private Grid) • – Operational with NKN backbone • • International connectivity • – Geant (100 Mbps, EC+DIT) • – TIFR-CERN Link ( 1Gbps, DAE/DST)
SN - EYE CARE • Tele Medicine • – Diabetic Retinopathy • – Glaucoma • • Tele Education • – Training of Nurses • – Sharing of Pubmed Database • – Current areas of Research Interest • • Sankara Nethralaya (SN) will act as a Nodal Agency
For further details kindly contact: • Mr. N. MohanramExecutive Director,ERNET India.Phone : 011 - 2436 3081Fax : 011 - 24362924 E-mail : mohan@eis.ernet.in
Thank You ERNET India (NREN of India) An Autonomous non-profit organization under Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India New Delhi