The NKN is the state-of the-art multi- gigabit pan-India network for providing a unified high speed network backbone for all knowledge related institutions in the country. A total of 822 institutes have been identified under NKN out of which 682 institutes have already been connected. The fiber for another 56 institutes has been laid and the commissioning work for these institutes is in progress. Sixty six virtual classrooms have been created at various institutes across the country. In addition, 273 institutes have been migrated from National Mission on Education for Information and Communication
Technologies (NMECIT) to NKN. NKN Points of Presence (PoPs) at Guwahati, Bangalore, Belapur, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bhopal are operational. Integration work with respect to each end user organization is in progress. NKN network has been enabled for IPv6 services and this has been made available to the end users. 250 district links have been identified and allotted to the Telecom Service Providers for providing the required connectivity at district headquarter level