The organization is a leading R&D institution, developing world-class IT solutions driving economic progress, fulfilling the nation's aspirations. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) was established as a Scientific Society under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. The organization has been forging ahead with the vision to emerge as the premier R&D for the design, development and deployment of world class electronics and IT solutions for economic and human advancement at which the nation is looking upon to take it through the transformation. C-DAC has a growing nation-wide presence of around 3000 employees across India with 12 centers in the cities of Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Noida, Patna, Pune, Silchar and Thiruvananthapuram. Originally established to carry out research and to develop High Performance Computers, the R&D of C-DAC has expanded to various other areas such as grid and cloud computing, multilingual computing, heritage computing, professional electronics including VLSI and embedded systems, cyber security and cyber forensics, health informatics, software technologies and education related to these technologies. With its first HPC mission in 1988 and subsequent delivery of PARAM series of supercomputers, C-DAC has been the forerunner of the ICT revolution in India. With a wide spectrum of expertise and core competencies in various ICT domains, many national level initiatives are rolled out such as National Supercomputing Mission, Microprocessor Development Programme, Mission for Developing Digitally Inclusive and Smart Community with focus on Agriculture, Health and Education, Language Technology Applications such as Machine Translation, Cross–Lingual Information Access, Speech Technology, Professional Electronics Technologies like Microcontroller and DSP, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Applications based on Biometrics, Malware Analysis, Bio-Informatics Applications including Cancer Research using Artificial Intelligence etc. The primary activity of C-DAC is research and development in specific areas of Information and Communication Technology and Electronics (ICTE). Therefore, C-DAC’s Technology Roadmap is comprehensive in covering the aspects pertaining to Core Research, Research & Development, Applications and Services with Mission Mode Programmes namely Exascale Computing, Microprocessor & Professional Electronics, Quantum Computing, IoE, Dependable and Secure Computing. C-DAC’s vision is to enhance and synergize technical efficacies for the betterment and ease of life of citizens and position India at a premium space on the global map. At C-DAC, each employee is committed for achieving the moto of “One Vision, One Goal – Advanced Computing for Human Advancement”.
