1. 1982: Launch of India’s first IT publication – DATAQUEST


2. 1986: Launch of one of the 1st Networks in India – ERNET, as a collaborative effort with five IIT’s, IISc, erstwhile NCST and DIT. Over 800 institutions and 100,000 users were connected by 1996 before the initiative led to a society, ERNET India that was rated as one of the most successful UNDP projects in the world.


3. 1995: West Bengal Chief Minister made India’s first cellular phone call, inaugurating Modi Telstra’s MobileNet service in Calcutta.


4. 1995: VSNL introduces internet in India via dialup in 6 cities on Aug 14,1995.


5. 1996: Launch of India’s first portal – www.rediff.com


6. 1997: First online banking site launched by ICICI Bank.


7. 1997: Sabeer Bhatia’s Hotmail sold to Microsoft for $400 million; he becomes the poster boy of the Internet age to Indians.


8. 1998: Sify becomes India’s first Private ISP.


9. 1998: Launch of Nasscom by Dewang Mehta, a chartered accountant by profession to promote IT industry.


10. 1999: Launch of India’s first Hindi portal www.webduniya.com


11. 2000: IT ACT 2000 passed by the Indian Parliament.


12. 2003: Air Deccan becomes first airlines to offer online ticketing in India.


13. 2008: MTNL launches 3G in India (Delhi).


14. 2009: India crosses the 500 million mobile subscriber base.


15. 2010: Epic – the first Indian web browser launched by Hidden Reflex.