Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Anshu Prakash today inaugurated an online certification course on 5G Technology for Government Officers through Video Conferencing. National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovation and Training (NTIPRIT), the premier training institute of Department of Telecommunications, is conducting the first of its kind 36-hour (12 week) online 5G Certification Course to train and certify Officers of Government of India. To start with, this 36-hour certificate course on 5G has been made available to Officers<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">While formally launching the 5G certification course, Mr Anshu Prakash said that this course would act as a capsule programme for learning overall 5G technology from the perspective of Policy making. Secretary (Telecom) highlighted the importance of exploiting the potential of 5G to the full and making possibilities like Machine-to-Machine Communications, Internet of Things a reality. He also directed NTIPRIT to come up with such training programmes for Officers of other departments and ministries in future.</span><br />