The CNF configures and manages

• Data centre to provide support to CSIR-ERP and IT services in the lab.
• National Knowledge Network (NKN) internet connectivity of 1 Gbps.
• A 128-core computational cluster to facilitate high performance computing for research.
• In-house set up, configuration and system administration of linux based servers including mail, web, DHCP, DNS, Intranet, Database and data Back-up to facilitate IT services.
• A gigabit fibre optics based backbone network at 23 locations across the NPL campus and providing LAN connectivity to ~1000 computers.
• Security solutions including a Unified Threat Management (UTM) system for multi-level firewall, anti-virus and anti-spam solutions.

• In-house development of automated software solutions using open-source technologies for reservation of sophisticated instruments, facility booking, Personal Inventory record and Online Group (IV) recruitment system.
• Implementation of CSIR-Enterprise Application to increase the work efficiency and transparency.
• ERP Data Center with 20 TB SAN, database and application servers to connect CSIR-NPL to the CSIR-ERP network.

• Development of affordable biomedical instruments like blood oxygenation monitor, ECG machine and brain oximeter (partially supported by the DST under the Innovative Product Development Centre).
• Research on models for prebiotic evolution and ecological networks using numerical methods.
• Teaching Advanced Computational Physics under the MTech AcSIR programme.