National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT): The
increasing role of science and technology in the economic and social
development of the country generated a pressing demand for faster technology
transfer to the industries. In fact information centres serving the needs of
different industries and Research & Development units, were therefore
required to be coordinated and organized into an integrated system to avoid a
haphazard growth and duplication of activities and to conform to national and
international standards. In order to meet this requirement the National
Information System for Science & Technology (NISSAT) was launched in 1977.
In tune with the changing global scenario and in pursuance of the national
efforts in liberalization and globalization of the economy, NISSAT reoriented
its programme activities continually in order to be useful to a wider base of
clientele in diverse subjects. Besides establishing the internal linkages
between the information industry, its promoters and users, NISSAT also made
efforts to establish a bridge between information resource developers and users
in India
and other countries. a) History: In 1971 the government of India made a request to UNESCO for advising the government about the establishment of an information network in science and technology in the country. In 1972, Dr. Peter Lazer, who worked as a consultants submitted a report on NISSAT. In 1973, the panel group of National Committee on Science and Technology (NCST) recommended the establishment of NISSAT under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and finally NISSAT was launched on 13th May 1977 under the Department of Science and Technology and was put under the charges of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the Ministry of Science and Technology.. b) Closure of Scheme: The scheme has not been included as a
component of the Tenth Plan of the Planning Commission. So, finally the NISSAT
comes to an end. Though, it has not been possible to provide financial
assistance to many of the projects during 2002-03, most of them continued their
activities and provided services.
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