National Institute of Technology Hamirpur has been actively participating in the Community Service Programme under World Bank Funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). The institute is committed toward wholesome development of society by educating not only its own students but extending its services and technical know-how to the community. So far we have conducted 49 programmes under this component for the organized/unorganized/unemployed sectors of the society. The institute is going to have a 50th celebration of Community Service Programme in the month of May 2008. The theme of celebration is “Information and Communication Technology in the Service of Society”.
The celebration includes organization of several events: competitions. Awareness workshops, lecture series for school children and computer training programmes for deprived children. These programmes are organized to motivate children toward ICT oriented carriers and give exposure of latest technologies.
The celebration shall have an inauguration function on 23rd May 2008 followed by an awareness workshop on “ICT Infrastructure Awareness” during 23-25th May 2008. The objective of workshop is to create awareness among ICT users and planners. The workshop includes wide range of presentation on LAN/WAN, VoIP, WI-Fi Network/Telephony, Video Conferencing, Web technologies, e-resources, integrated physical infrastructure, smart building, security issues in ICT and social issues in the use of ICT. The participants shall also be acquainted with the best practices followed by NIT Hamirpur in the creation of ICT infrastructure.

We look forward for an active participation from one and all.