India and Sri Lanka today signed four agreements for collaboration in ICT sector, setting up of e-office system and connecting of National Knowledge network (NKN) for collaboration among universities and academics. The MoU for cooperation was signed by Union minister for Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad with his Sri Lankan counterpart in Colombo.
Mr. Prasad in his address said that the agreement is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of extending benefits of Digital connectivity to its neighbours. He said that Sri Lanka has become the first country to be connected to NKN through a Gigabyte optical fibre network. This will connect NKN to Lanka education & research network (LEARN) through which universities on both sides can share best practices and research ideas.
National Informatics centre (NIC) has set up a model E-office system for Sri Lanka and both projects were formally inaugurated on the occasion. Shri Prasad also called upon President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss cooperation in those areas and other issues of mutual interest.
He will deliver a memorial lecture in remembrance of Sri Lanka’s former foreign minister Laxman Kadirgamar later in the evening.
