Information Technology has become one of the most important and promising technologies of the present world. It is crucial for the advancement and development of any country. The possibilities created by the Internet revolution, networking and advances in telecommunications have spurred a new era of opportunities and global competition. Muslim countries own nearly 50% of the world’s oil resources, 40% of global agricultural out put. However, the hard reality is that the total share of the Muslim world in high-tech products is far and few and even there is a disproportionate technological capability gap among the Muslim countries themselves. With changing paradigms of economic development where the natural resource endowment is giving way to man-made resources and the comparative advantage means having information ahead of the competitors, the challenge for the Muslim world today is to gear up the potential of Information Technology for the development and progress of the Muslim Ummah. The World of Islam constitutes over a billion people with rich traditions of learning and knowledge. However, the unfolding of IT revolution has created a quantum gap between the Islamic world and the developed west. The lack of information and its restricted flow has made the Islamic countries less responsive towards introducing applications for research on the one end and education, business and art on the other end of the spectrum. In order to realize its immense potential, the ‘Information’ needs to be channeled through systems and networks. It is up to the Muslim leadership to put in place institutional mechanisms that can address issues of interconnectivity and realize benefits for the Muslim Ummah.

1. Reasons for Establishing the INIT
2. Establishment
3. Status
4. Mission Statement
5. Objectives