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07NEWDELHI2052
2007-04-30 10:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:  

EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL

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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 002052 

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USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M. NICKSON-D/JAY HATFIELD
USDOC FOR 3131/USFCS/OIO/ANESA/KREISSL
USDOC FOR 4530/MAC/ANESA/OSA
ICE HQ FOR STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
STATE FOR EB/ESP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL
INFORMATICS CENTRE SERVICES, NEW DELHI, LICENSE NO. D363973

REF: USDOC 02902

UNCLAS NEW DELHI 002052

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USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M. NICKSON-D/JAY HATFIELD
USDOC FOR 3131/USFCS/OIO/ANESA/KREISSL
USDOC FOR 4530/MAC/ANESA/OSA
ICE HQ FOR STRATEGIC INVESTIGATIONS
STATE FOR EB/ESP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL
INFORMATICS CENTRE SERVICES, NEW DELHI, LICENSE NO. D363973

REF: USDOC 02902


1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act.


2. Former Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe (Rufe) and BIS
FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the
National Informatics Centre Services, Inc. (NICSI),New Delhi, on
April 24, 2007.


3. BIS requested a PSV at NICSI, a National Informatics Centre (NIC)
company under Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
(MCIT),located at Hall No. 6, NBCC Towers, 15 Bhikaji Cama Place,
New Delhi 110001, Tel: 91-11-2436-4874, Fax: 91-11-2436-4873, Email:
hmr@nic.in, Website: www.nicsi.com. NICSI was listed as the
Ultimate Consignee for hardware and encryption software items
controlled under ECCNs 5A002, 5A991 and 5D002. The license
applicant was Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco),San Jose, CA.


4. ECO along with FSN Narayan met with H. Madhav Reddy (Reddy),
Senior Technical Director and Vinod Patni (Patni),Territory Account
Manager, Cisco. Prashant Agrawal (Agrawal),Under Secretary (AMS),
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),facilitated the meeting.
Agrawal was also present at the meeting.


5. NICSI officials were aware of certain BIS regulations. This was
the first USG or BIS official visit to NICSI. They were cooperative
and forthcoming. They produced the shipment documentation for BIS
Team to view. The file contained the NIC Supply order to NICSI and
internal correspondence between NIC and NICSI with regard to
procurement of Cisco hardware and encryption software items. Patni,
the Cisco representative based at NICSI, electronically forwarded a
spreadsheet containing details of items supplied against the NICSI
Purchase Order and Cisco Invoice including the ultimate end-user.
Patni also faxed copies of the NICSI Purchase Order to Cisco, and
Cisco Invoice. Also, Patni provided a copy of Cisco questionnaire
which was completed by NICSI concerning the BIS export license
compliance on which NISCI declared the intended end-use of
technology as encryption for the data, video and voice digital

signature, e-post, and email.


6. Reddy made a slide presentation on various activities undertaken
and supported by NIC and NICSI including the end-use of hardware and
encryption software items. He stated in order to achieve full
e-governance, the GOI has directed all state governments and Union
Territories (UT) to make everything virtually-available online such
as passport application forms, birth/death registration, digital
signature, etc. NIC, the primary GOI IT agency, is the host and a
preferred choice of all Government organization websites.


7. Reddy stated there are approximately 607 districts in India and
GOI, via NIC, has a mandate to connect them electronically for
better e-governance. Reddy stated that they have been purchasing
and using similar Cisco products since 1998 in order to provide
cyber-security. The items covered under this license are installed
and operating at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner (Provision
and Logistics),Delhi Police, Rajpura Road, Delhi. At Delhi Police
Office, the system is being used for inventory management system.
The items covered under this license will be used to provide a
secure and reliable network infrastructure. These would be used to
detect and prevent cyber attacks. Reddy stated that all listed
items at the Delhi Police Office are strictly operated under the
control of NICSI personnel. BIS Team was given a tour of the Delhi
Police Office that was approximately 7-8 kilometers north of the
NICSI office. BIS Team saw the items covered under this license in
operation. BIS Team noted the serial numbers of four key items.


8. Established in 1995, NICSI is the commercial arm of NIC under the
administrative control of the Information Technology Department of
GOI's MCIT. NIC provides the network backbone and e-governance
support to the Central Government, State Governments, UT
Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. NIC has so
far hosted approximately 4,000 government websites. NICSI's primary
objective is to develop and promote value-added computer and
computer-communications services over the basic infrastructure and
services developed by NIC. The products and services provided by
NICSI include hardware, systems software, software development,
intra-networking, wide area networking, videoconferencing,
customized software, IT training, IT consultancy and IT
implementation support. NIC/NICSI has a presence in all 28 Indian
states and UTs.


9. Recommendation: NICSI specified the intended end-use in the
Cisco export control compliance questionnaire as
products covered under this license will be used for encryption for

the data, video and voice, digital signature, e-Post, e-Mail, and
extension to present network. It is nowhere mentioned in the
end-use statement that the licensed items would be installed and
operated at the Delhi Police Office. However, Reddy stated that
although the equipment is installed and operated at the Delhi Police
Office, NIC has total physical and operational control of the
equipment in question (NIC personnel are assigned to the facility on
a 24/7 basis). Post recommends National Informatics Centre Services,
Inc. as a reliable recipient of the controlled U.S.-origin
commodities. All indications are that the listed commodities are
used in accordance with U.S. export control regulations.
(PSCUSHMAN/MKRUFE/PNARAYAN) Pyatt