AGARTALA, April 26 (TIWN): Central IT Minister Prem Prakash Chaudhury during the inauguration programme of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre at Agartala Bodhhungnagar said, "Infrastructure is not enough for digital world as technology keeps on changing. In the Digital World we have to upgrade ourselves continuously if we want to compete the Global-tech. If we talk about mobile, within a year the new technology will beat the old version of the mobile company may be in much cheaper price. On that time the old technology and methods' existence become unimportant. So in every project, the state govts should focus to complete the works in due time. Otherwise, new technology will arrive in the market and the project to remain incomplete". The Minister also mentioned that after infrastructure development, time to time maintenance, development, addition of new technology are very much important role to play.

The programme was basically launched for National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre at Agartala Bodhhungnagar's inauguration which is reportedly functioning in Tripura since 2008, but the office was functioning from R K Nagar.

"The work load of NIELIT has been increased a lot with the  raising digital literacy throughout the country. The training done either by formal or informal courses need to expand with P.hd research, innovation and continuous upgradation of the students", said Chaudhury.

"It's your intellectual property which will enable you to compete the competitive world. India, with the European countries like America has developed its software business, export a lot; obviously we are importing too. However it can not be denied that we are lagging yet behind the Global-tech  for which skill development, high-speed internet is very much important", said the Minister.

There will be a 'National Assessment Board' to  monitor the time to time skill development projects in various states in coming days, added the Minister.