Computer Centre
Creating and maintaining a computing environment for the pursuit of academic excellence at NIT Hamirpur
About Computer Centre
Computer Centre
Computer Centre is a central facility, which caters to the needs of different academic departments and various sections of the institute. The mission of Computer Centre at NIT Hamirpur is to create and maintain a computing environment for the pursuit of academic excellence.
The ultimate aim of the centre is to provide professional services, promote and assist the use of new computing technology among the students, staff and administration. Computer Centre at NIT Hamirpur aspires to be a leading computational facility in higher education.
Computer Centre manages various computing and communication facilities throughout the campus. NIT Hamirpur has state-of-the-art campus wide network of more than 2500 voice & data nodes over the fiber backbone with above 100 active devices, wi-fi, Voice over IP (VoIP) and videoconferencing.
The Institute has got 1 Gbps connectivity among NKN networked institutions which includes all the IITs, NITs etc. along with 100 Mbps Internet Bandwidth under National Knowledge Network (NKN), MHRD, Govt. of India. All individual Students, Faculty and Staff are provided with Internet facility in the hostels and residences.
Presently, 185 computing nodes including 15 servers, 50 workstations, 30 thin clients, 70 desktops and 20 mobile terminals are installed in various labs of the Centre building. The software facilities for language lab are also available in one of the labs.
Inauguration
New Computer Centre was inaugurated by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Hon'ble Former President of India) on January 03, 2009.