CHAPTER-1

COMPANY PROFILE

1.1 FOUNDATION:
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is an Autonomous Scientific
Society of Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications
and Information Technology, Government of India. The National Centre for Software
Technology (NCST), ER&DCI and CEDTI were merged into C-DAC in 2003.

After being denied a Cray supercomputer by the United States in 1987 due to a fear of it being
used for military purposes, India started a program to develop an indigenous supercomputer in
collaboration with Russia. Supercomputers were considered a double-edged weapon capable of
assisting in the development of nuclear weapons. For the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency in
the field, C-DAC was established by the Department of Electronics in 1988. Vijay Bhatkar was
hired as the Director of C-DAC. The project was given an initial run of 3 years and an initial
funding of ₹30,00,00,000 as the same amount of money and time was usually expended to secure
the purchase of a supercomputer from the US. In 1990, a prototype was produced and
was benchmarked at the 1990 Zurich Supercomputing Show (CONPAR 1990?). It surpassed most
other systems, placing second after US.

1.2 Mission & Vision:

To emerge as the premier R&D institution for the design, development and deployment of world
class electronic and IT solutions for economic and human advancement.

C-DAC's Mission statement has evolved after deep thought and in consultation with the members
of C-DAC. The Mission Statement as defined below, reflects the fabric and character of C-DAC
and integrates in the fulfillment of C-DAC's Vision.

 Expand the frontiers of Electronics and Information Technology.

 Evolve technology solutions - architectures, systems and standards for nationally important
problems.
 Achieve rapid and effective spread of knowledge by overcoming language barriers through
application of technologies.
 Share experience and know-how to help build advanced competence in the areas of
Electronics and Information Technology.
 Bring benefits of Electronics and Information Technology to society.
 Utilize the Intellectual Property generated by converting it to business opportunity.

1.3 Core Values:

The essence of C-DAC's philosophy and the bed rock of our Corporate Culture...

 Innovation and pursuit of excellence in 'Applications', 'Research' and 'Technology' (ART).

 Integrity, transparency and openness in all our actions.
 Working with and through the 'Teams' is our way of life.
 Distributed Leadership across the organization at various levels.
 Strive to continuously improve our processes and quality.
 Address the needs of the society through user centric initiatives.

1.4 Achievements:

C-DAC's achievements in last 5 years

 High Performance Computing, Grid &Cloud Computing.

 Multilingual Computing &Heritage Computing.
 Professional Electronics, VLSI & Embedded Systems.
 Software Technologies including FOSS.
 Cyber Security &Cyber Forensics.
 Health Informatics.
 Education& Training.