CDAC:
Starting from its initial mission on building indigenous supercomputers, Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has progressively grown to build an eco-system and institutional framework for innovation, technology development, skills, delivery plans, collaboration, partnership and market orientation in a number of niche areas of national importance and market relevance in ICT and Electronics.
Through in-house research, technology and product development efforts and in collaboration with Academia, Research Labs and Industry in India or abroad, it endeavours to identity promising ideas nurtured building of ideas and competencies convert many of them into practical tools, technologies, products and services to meet the needs of : SMEs and other industrial players in the country; intermediate players; and end-users in Science and Engineering, manufacturing & service sectors, government, health, development and strategic sectors.
Of special relevance to C-DAC are innovation and development of solutions impacting large public, in Indian context or those where technology and innovative approaches can make a big difference in cost or performance, offer new functionalities or contribute to better quality of life.
C-DAC’s focus has been on emerging as a leader in chosen enabling technology areas and work towards integration of these in end-to-end solutions in various verticals/domains including infrastructure. The latter is undertaken oftentimes by C-DAC itself but equally or more often in conjunction/collaboration with other public and private agencies through a consortium and partnership mode. Institutional innovation to support scaling up process of such efforts is also one of the priority objectives.
The focal areas in terms of enabling technologies as outlined above would be:
§ High Performance Computing & Grid Computing § Language Computing § Software Technologies with special reference to Free/Open Source Software § Professional Electronics including VLSI and Embedded Systems § Cyber Security § Health Informatics § Education & Training with special reference to Finishing School and areas of specialized skills