About the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI):
- It was established in 2003 as a not-for-profit organization under the Companies Act 2013.
- It is tasked to increase Internet penetration and adoption in India by facilitating the various infrastructure aspects to enable the Internet ecosystem to be managed and used by the masses.
- The four services which come under the NIXI:
- Setting IXPs, towards Building Internet Exchange Points
- .IN Registry towards building the .in domain digital identity
- Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN) towards Internet Protocol (IPv4 and IPv6) addresses adoption.
- Data Centre services under NIXI-CSC towards data storage services.
Initiatives of NIXI
- IPv6 Expert Panel (IP Guru):IP Guru is a group to extend support to all the Indian entities that are finding it technically challenging to migrate and adopt IPv6.
- It’s a joint effort of DOT, MeitY & community to promote IPv6.
- NIXI Academy: NIXI Academy is created to educate technical/non-technical people in India to learn and relearn technologies like IPv6 which are normally not taught in Educational Institutes.
- NIXI-IP-INDEX: NIXI has developed an IPv6 index portal for the Internet community. This portal will showcase the IPv6 adoption rate in India and across the world.
