ERNET India Education and Research Network of India

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. 2

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 • Back. Bone network with 15 nos of Po. Ps 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 Po. Ps 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 institutes connected in 17 cities – 2. 4 Gbps bandwidth for grid fabric – More than 300 CPU computing resource available in grid

Grid Computing

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 + e. Science 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 (Qo. S) 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

NKN TOPOLOGY

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-India. Grid (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 ( 1 Gbps, 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. Mohanram Executive Director, ERNET India. Phone : 011 - 2436 3081 Fax : 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