Osmania University is now Wi-Fi enabled

The entire campus of the Osmania University (OU) is now Wi-Fi-enabled. On Monday, Union Minister for Electronics, Information Technology and Law Affairs Ravi Shankar Prasad remotely inaugurated the Wi-Fi services at OU along with the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

OU is one of the five universities in the country selected under the Digital India Project by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for its Wi-Fi project. Thanks to the initiative, OU is now equipped with creation of ICT infrastructure worth Rs.15 crore for Wi-Fi enabled services.

According to officials there are 1,379 hotspots on the entire



Osmania University campus including the administrative, academic and amenities areas covering 113 buildings.

The initiative will enrich the academic environment under ‘Connectivity Anywhere’ in universities as part of the Digital India mainstream requirement for higher studies. The Wi-Fi facilities were launched on Monday to coincide with the fourth anniversary celebrations of the Digital India programme.

Vice-chancellor Prof S Ramachandram thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for the Wi-Fi enabled infrastructure and launching of its services in the university.