Northeastern India today is poised to be one of the major growth areas in the country. Given the abundant availability of natural resources and moreover an attractive virtual tax free fiscal package specially developed for the Northeast, the region shows opportunities to attract a surge of investments across the country. Not only that, developing the Northeastern region is crucial to the security and overall progress of the nation. Additionally, the region shows potential to be a gateway for India for developing our relations with the ASEAN and East Asia.
Active use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the government and private sectors is a tried and tested route and could be vital in realizing the great economic potential of the region.Therefore integrating the Northeastern states with each other, with the rest of the country as well as the world is the best way forward.
With this objective in mind, NICT was born. NICT is an initiative to showcase the potential of the Northeast and to attract investment in this region through a common platform like NICT where business embraces technology. NICT is organized by The Telegraph, the No.1 English daily in Calcutta and the East.
Since 2005 NICT has been organized in Guwahati, Assam and has been a resounding success over the past years.
With the enthusiastic and positive response that NICT Guwahati has received over the years we are all set to drive the power of Information and Communication Technology even deeper into the heart of the northeast.
The Telegraph is proud to bring NICT 2008, the largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Conference of Northeastern India, to Agartala, Tripura. An exclusive conference where ICT professionals, senior policy makers, academicians and technocrats will converge to decide the future of the deepest areas of Northeast through the use of ICT. |
