No invention has transformed our world so comprehensively as the computer. It is just over 56 years since the successful running of the world’s first stored-program computer at Manchester University. From that pioneering work, computer applications have moved steadily and continuously to the present state, resulting change our lives and mind of thoughts every minute of every day.

 

The scale of this success is the result of integration of computer technology with communications technology which is known as Information Technology. Here computer technology is used to generate information and communication technology is used to disseminate it. This information Technology can deliver information almost instantaneously around the globe. Information is at the heart of this technology.

 

The capability of delivering or disseminating of information of this technology can be used to achieve the most important mission of a university which is knowledge. The reason for this is that universities revolve around knowledge - its discovery, dissemination and preservation. It is mandatory that a university must disseminate information about itself to achieve its knowledge objective.