During the ongoing visit of Hon’ble Vice President to Uzbekistan, India and Uzbekistan signed an MoU on the Upgradation of the Jawaharlal Nehru India-Uzbekistan Centre for Information Technology in Tashkent on May 22, 2013.
The IT Centre in Tashkent was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh during his visit to Uzbekistan in 2006. Decision to upgrade this centre was taken during the visit of President of Uzbekistan, H.E. Mr. Islam Karimov to India in May, 2011. Follow up action was decided during the visit of Minister of State for IT Shri Sachin Pilot. A team of C-DAC earlier visited Uzbekistan in 2012 to examine the possibilities of upgrading of the centre.
The upgrading is expected to be completed during the financial year 2013-14.