Today's liberalized economic world order is witnessing a silent competition for sustenance and excellence in almost every sector of economy. Focussing on such competition - both national and global levels, the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assesment Council(TIFAC) of the Department of Science and Technology(DST) launched Mission REACH (Relevence and Excellence in ACHieving new heights in educational institutions) in the year 2000 - a mission embedded in its technology vision 2020. TIFAC is addressing the vision through an objetive - driven approach by nurturing quality manpower in areas of high relevance to the indian industry.

Under the Mission REACH, institutions are being targeted for creating Centres of Relevance & Excellence(COREs). These TIFAC-COREs are mandated for excelling in focussed areas.Through these centres, technology generation and skill upgradation of workforce is to be done on a continous basis.Delhi College Of Engineering is one of the such centres in the area of Fiber Optics and Optical Communications The activities of this TIFAC-CORE at DCE is supported by TIFAC/DST, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and partners from industries under Mission REACH Program, Technology Vision - 2020, Govt. of India.