The Centre for Information Resource Management (CIRM) began as the Internet Centre on 13 June 2002, with financial support from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), facilitated by Professor Bharati Roy, noted academician and Member of the Rajya Sabha. Professor Roy inaugurated the Centre on the same day.

At the eighth meeting of the Sixth Executive Council, held on 22 March 2007, the Council approved the renaming of the Internet Centre as the Centre for Information Resource Management (CIRM). The Centre was inaugurated under its new name on 3 December 2007 by Professor Debesh Das, then Minister-in-Charge of the Department of Information Technology, Government of West Bengal.

CIRM moved to the University’s E-Technology Building in December 2015. The building was inaugurated by Sri Keshari Nath Tripathi, then Governor of West Bengal. Since its establishment, the Centre has grown from a small computing facility into a central unit supporting the University’s ICT infrastructure, education, research and digital governance.

ICT Infrastructure and Services

CIRM maintains a campus-wide Local Area Network (LAN), supported by a Gigabit optical-fibre backbone connecting academic and administrative departments. It provides round-the-clock internet access to faculty members, administrative staff, research scholars and students through a 1 Gbps Optical Fibre Cable link established under the NMEICT-I and NMEICT-II projects of the Government of India.

The LAN also extends to the Research Scholars’ Hostels, enabling access to University computing resources from departments, laboratories and hostels. The campus network currently connects more than 1000+ terminals.

The Centre maintains key University ICT services, including the web, mail, DHCP, proxy and antivirus servers. It also supports high-performance Computing (HPC) systems, advanced servers, state-of-the-art computing laboratories and application software. CIRM manages the University’s IP-PBX system and campus-wide CCTV surveillance infrastructure. Its technical team assists users with network connectivity, computers and related peripherals.

Digital Governance and Institutional Initiatives

CIRM supports the planning and implementation of ICT-enabled projects and initiatives across the University. Dr. Ujjal Marjit serves as the University’s Nodal Officer for the SAMARTH project and SWAYAM Coordinator.

The Centre contributes technical and coordination support to initiatives including the SAMARTH Portal, SWAYAM, NEP 2020 and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), as well as NAAC- and NIRF-related activities. It also supports the implementation of PM-USHA and other projects sponsored by the Government of West Bengal and the Government of India. CIRM promotes the use of emerging technologies through the University’s AI and Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives.

Training and Research Support

CIRM organises AI literacy programmes for teaching and non-teaching staff and arranges Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) for educators and academic professionals, including participants from across the country.

The Centre also provides faculty members and researchers with access to plagiarism-detection software throughout the year. Through its computing facilities, network services and technical support, CIRM helps advance teaching, learning, research and administration at the University.