Founded in 1988, as a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, now Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology(MeitY), Government of India, The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is primarily an R&D Organisation involved in the design, development, and deployment of advanced Electronics & Information Technology (IT) based solutions.
With the delivery of PARAM Supercomputers, C-DAC has been the forerunner of the ICT revolution in India, constantly innovating and leveraging its expertise in rolling out national-level initiatives such as National Supercomputing Mission, Mission for Developing Digitally Inclusive and Smart Community (DISC) with focus on Agriculture, Health and Education, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Applications based on Biometrics and Bio-Informatics Applications including Cancer Research using Artificial Intelligence, etc.
C-DAC is committed to addressing the needs of society through user-centric initiatives, working with integrity, transparency, and openness, and innovating for economic growth.
Core values
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 it into the fulfillment of C-DAC's Vision.
Our VisionTo 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.
Our wide range of products, services, and solutions are designed to cater to a large market ranging from health care systems, data warehousing, multimedia, and multilingual technologies networking solutions to technical consultancy, training, and eGovernance solutions. To know more about these, follow the links below:
The setting up of C-DAC in 1988 itself was to build Supercomputers in the context of denial of import of Supercomputers by the USA. Since then C-DAC has been undertaking the building of multiple generations of Supercomputers starting from PARAM with 1 GF in 1988.
Almost at the same time, C-DAC started building Indian Language Computing Solutions by setting up of GIST group (Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology); National Centre for Software Technology (NCST) set up in 1985 had also initiated work in Indian Language Computing around the same period.
With the passage of time as a result of the creative ecosystem that got set up in C-DAC, more areas such as Health Informatics, etc., got created; while right from the beginning the focus of NCST was on Software Technologies; similarly C-DAC started its education & training activities in 1994 as a spin-off with time, it grew to a large effort to meet the growing needs of Indian Industry for finishing schools.
C-DAC has today emerged as a premier R&D organization in IT&E (Information Technologies and Electronics) in the country working on strengthening national technological capabilities in the context of global developments in the field and responding to changes in the market needs in selected foundation areas. In that process, C-DAC represents a unique facet working in close junction with MeitY to realize the nation’s policy and pragmatic interventions and initiatives in Information Technology. As an institution for high-end Research and Development (R&D), C-DAC has been at the forefront of the Information Technology (IT) revolution, constantly building capacities in emerging/enabling technologies and innovating and leveraging its expertise, caliber, and skillsets to develop and deploy IT products and solutions for different sectors of the economy, as per the mandate of its parent, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and other stakeholders including funding agencies, collaborators, users, and the market-place.
The management at C-DAC is confident that with a sound combination of a good hierarchal and functionally flat structure, and effective interpersonal communication system already in place, and newer HR thrust areas currently on stream, the employee-centric HR philosophy will get a further boost and reinforce a belief in the minds of IT professionals that C-DAC is truly a great a place to be in.
C-DAC's achievements are attributed to the strong human resource spread over its ten different locations across the country and manifest itself in employee-centric policies, a great learning platform, freedom to think and innovate, challenging areas to work in, and informal work culture that is second to none.
Though our niche lies mainly in the area of research and development, we are continuously striving to make ourselves self-reliant by marketing our products and solutions nationally and internationally. Thus we offer an environment to our employees to make their creativity economically viable and profitable to the organization.
C-DAC is committed to conducting its business in an ethical, socially responsible, and environmentally sustainable manner. This commitment is consistent with our corporate objectives and is essential to continued business success.
C-DAC's HR philosophy holds the employee, its 'Member' (of the C-DAC family), as being at the center stage of the organization.
C-DAC greatly values the contribution of its employees and keeps its human resource issues under constant review, drawing inputs in this regard both through internal climate surveys and the external environmental considerations.
Every day, at all levels of C-DAC's business, we strive to create an environment of trust and respect, where each individual is included and valued. This environment enables all C-DAC members to develop and contribute to their full potential.
The Human Resource group in C-DAC is continuously involved in effectively implementing its philosophy of employee-centric policies, a great learning platform, freedom to think, evolve and implement, and an informal work culture that is second to none. Thus creating a conducive work environment to facilitate the C-DAC employees to develop and contribute in keeping with the stated Vision & Mission objectives of C-DAC.
That matches some of the best in the industry
C-DAC believes in keeping its members financially comfortable and has accordingly designed its compensation package, which is balanced and in keeping with the industry standards. At the induction level (fresh graduates), our compensation package is amongst the best in the industry comprising of the basic salary, Dearness Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, and other benefits like Contributory Provident Fund, liberalized Leave Travel Concession, House Rent Allowance, or Leased Accommodation, Conveyance Reimbursements, Reimbursement of books/journals/newspapers, Children Education allowance, Credit Card fees, and long term loans. Our Medical Scheme for the employees is comprehensive and among one of the best covering the employee and his / her dependent family members.
We also recognize and award performance through a well-designed performance-linked compensation scheme. As the employee advances rapidly in his/her career, matching compensation also becomes due. Within the existing constraints, C-DAC keeps its compensation package under constant review and extends benefits for its members through a process of rationalization and benefits from time to time.