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Motto | ज्ञानादेव तु कैवल्यम् (Sanskrit) Only through knowledge one attains liberation (English translated) |
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Established | 1988; 31 years ago |
Field of research | High Performance Computing, Multi-lingual Computing and Heritage Computing, Professional Electronics, Software Technologies, Cyber Security, Blockchain, Data Science, Health Informatics |
Director | Magesh Ethirajan,[1] Director General |
Address | Pune University Campus, Ganesh Khind, Pune - 411 007, Maharashtra, India |
Location | Pune, India (headquarters) |
Nickname | C-DAC |
Operating agency | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India |
Website | www.cdac.in |
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is an Indian autonomous scientific society, operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.[2]
Further information: Supercomputing in India and PARAM |
C-DAC was created in November 1987,[3] initially as the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Technology (C-DACT).[4][3] In 1988, the US Government refused to sell India a Cray supercomputer due to concerns about India using it to develop nuclear weapons.[5] In response India started development of its own supercomputer, and C-DACT was created as part of this programme.[6][7]
Dr Vijay Bhatkar was hired as the director of C-DACT.[7] The project was given an initial run of three years and an initial funding of ₹30,00,00,000, the cost of a Cray supercomputer.[7]
A prototype computer was benchmarked at the 1990 Zurich Super-computing Show. It demonstrated that India had the second most powerful, publicly demonstrated, supercomputer in the world after the United States.[7][8]
The final result of the effort was the PARAM 8000, released in 1991.[9]
The National Centre for Software Technology (NCST), Electronic Research and Development Centre (ER&DC) and CEDTI were merged into C-DAC in 2003.[10][11]
Originally established to research and assemble High Performance Computers, the research of C-DAC now includes:
C-DAC branches and training centres include:[12]
C-DAC provides several courses in the field of advanced computing and software development. Among these are the HPC certification course- C-DAC Certified HPC Professional Certification Programme (CCHPCP).[13] C-DAC organises advanced computing diploma programmes through the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) located all over India.[14] The PG Diploma courses include
C-DAC has also established Centres of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) abroad under the Ministry of External Affairs' s development partnership projects.[15][16][17][18]