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159 33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 2. Framing policy documents and finalizing them in consultation with the Computer Users' Committeemembers. 3. Drawing up specification of the RfP (Request for Proposal) tender document for IUCAA IT required to be purchased, and oversee all purchases related procedure and followup. 4. Maintenance of IT hardware in the campus including servers, desktops, mobile computing equipment, printers, etc. 5. Providing in-house design, development and maintenance support to theAdministrative Office Automation Software (iOAS) and IUCAA website. (Designed web portals consisting online applicationmodule for various workshops.) 6. Maintaining Zimbra email servers and mirror sites hosted at IUCAA, and their day-to-day administration. 7. Configuration andmanagement of data backups. 8. Design, management and administration of network topology and firewall rules. 9. Administration of Ruckus wireless network covering the entire office as well as residential campus. Providing end users support forWi-Fi devices such as laptops, mobile devices, etc. 10. Day to day administration of VMware infrastructure and various servers catering to Administration such asAD, etc. 11. Maintenance of Video Conferencing equipment and end user support. 12. Management of inventory of computer centre consumable items and assets and furniture and its tracking. 13. Procurement of SSLcertificates and software for all the relevant web servers at IUCAA. 14. End user service support to administrative staff, academicmembers, visitors and associates. 15. Infrastructure, management and coding support to IT intensive projects such as Big Data, AstroSat, LIGO, MALS, SUIT, etc. 16. Procurement, installation and periodic upgradation of mathematical software such as Matlab, IDL, Mathematicameant for general IUCAAusers and cluster users. 17. Hardware maintenance and general system administration of clusters in IUCAA in coordinationwithOEM. 18. Assisting Estate Department withData Centremanagement activities. 19. Architecting newhardware solutions to address operational needs.