Project INCITE (Indian Networks Co-operation in Information Society Technology with Europe) funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme (FP6), facilitated IT cooperation between India and Europe in the R&D sector. Its mission was to spread awareness on the access to the IST (Information Society Technology), now changed to Information Communication Technology (ICT) funding programme of the European Commission to the Indian IT community.

INCITE was instrumental in the setting up of the National Contact Point (NCP), a permanent platform linking the IT community to the activities of the IST programme.

The INCITE project started in June 2005 and ended in May 2007, was successful in achieving the following three objectives of the project: 

• Helping Indian organizations access and benefit from the EU funding to research in the ICT sector
• Promoting IT co-operation at research level between India and the European Union 
• Setting up a permanent platform for co-operation between India and the European Union – The National Contact Point (NCP).

The Ministry of Information Technology (MIT), Government of India is the NCP – A permanent body supporting Euro-India Collaborative programme. The NCP operates in a Networked way through the “Indian Research Support Network” (IRSN) organizations. ITSMA is the leader of this NCP network.  The National Contact Point Network is the main structure to provide guidance, practical information and assistance on all aspects of participation in FP7.
The IRSN assists the NCP in all its activities. It enables a decentralized functioning of the National Contact Point. Based in Delhi, the Indian NCP operates on a decentralized basis through a network of reputed organisations, grouped in the Indian Research Support Network. More ...