The BSWAN is providing Video Conferencing (VC) facility in government departments at the State and District and Block levels in order to enable key officials to have virtual meetings with their peers working at geographically distributed locations across the state. The facility shall thus aim to reduce the time and expense incurred by officials in commuting to the State or District or Block Head Quarters to attend important meetings. The video Services will be integrated with NIC Video Conferencing solution to provide seamless VC connectivity in all the departments. BSWAN 2.0 should also support video conferencing with the Panchayats through the NOFN.
BSWAN has dedicated video conferencing solution and Master Control Unit is installed at State Head Quarter. Desktop based VC solution has been implemented which has the facility to setup point to point/multipoint VC sessions in Blocks. Other end point equipment (projector, end point client system etc.) are installed to enable video connectivity in District Head Quarters.