Is NIELIT Portal Down?

If you're experiencing issues with NIELIT Portal, try these troubleshooting steps:

Basic Steps

• 1. Verify the portal URL: Ensure you are visiting https://www.nielit.gov.in exactly, with no extra characters or typos. Sometimes the site may appear down if you are on an old bookmark or a redirect page.
• 2. Refresh and clear your browser cache: Press Ctrl + F5 (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + R (Mac) to hard refresh. If the issue persists, clear your browser's cache and cookies, then reload the portal. This resolves many "blank page" or "stale form" issues.
• 3. Try a different browser or device: NIELIT Portal is heavily used for exam registrations and certificate downloads. If you're using an older browser (e.g., IE11) or a work network, switch to a modern browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, and test on a mobile phone via mobile data.
• 4. Check your internet connection: Run a speed test or try loading other government sites. If other websites load fine but NIELIT does not, the issue is likely isolated to the portal. If nothing loads, restart your router or switch networks.
• 5. Disable VPN or proxies: If you are using a VPN, ad-blocker, or corporate proxy, temporarily disable it. NIELIT Portal often blocks certain IP ranges, and a VPN can cause a "connection reset" or timeout error.

Intermediate Steps

• 1. Test during off-peak hours: NIELIT Portal experiences heavy traffic during exam form submissions, hall ticket releases, and result announcements. If you get a "server busy" or "request timeout" error, wait 30–60 minutes and try again, preferably early morning (before 9 AM IST) or late night (after 10 PM IST).
• 2. Clear DNS cache and flush your local resolver: Open Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Mac/Linux) and run ipconfig /flushdns (Windows) or sudo dscacheutil -flushcache (Mac). Then restart your browser. This fixes "site not found" or SSL certificate errors that occur when your system has a stale DNS record for nielit.gov.in.
• 3. Check specific portal sections: If only certain pages (e.g., the student login page or the "Apply Online" form) fail while the homepage loads, the problem might be with a subdomain like register.nielit.gov.in or results.nielit.gov.in. Try accessing those subdomains directly to isolate the issue.
• 4. Temporarily disable browser extensions: Extensions that block scripts or force HTTPS (like HTTPS Everywhere) can interfere with NIELIT's older web framework. Open the portal in Incognito/Private mode (which disables most extensions) to see if the issue persists.

If NIELIT Portal is still not loading for you after these steps, please click the 'Report Outage' button on this Is It Down Bro? status page to let other users and our monitoring team know. Your report helps identify regional or large-scale disruptions faster.