Tech Sangam : C-DAC – Academia Collaboration Initiative

Fusion of C-DAC Experts and Academia:

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Fusion of C-DAC Experts and Academia Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is an autonomous society under the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MC & IT), Government of India. Since its inception in the year 1988, C-DAC has pioneered the development of High Performance Computing (HPC) in the country covering RISC processors, interconnection networks, network connectivity and programming environment for scientific engineering. C-DAC has to its credit ‘PARAM’ series of Supercomputers that are flexible and scalable. C-DAC is engaged in Research and Development in the following areas:

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

Advanced Computing Training School:

As a part of the mandate given to C-DAC to generate quality manpower to address the growing demand for trained manpower in the extremely fast moving sector of Information Technology, C-DAC established its Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS). ACTS imparts quality training in high-end technologies to existing and prospective users. It offers a range of basic to advanced courses, spanning a wide spectrum in the filed of Information Technology.

Highlights:

An ISO 9001: 2000 certified TrainingCentre
Trained more than 2,50,000 students
Grown from one city to one centre to 30 cities and 53 centres in India
Over 150 crores of investment and 600 plus dedicated manpower
Training Centres across India as well as in other countries
State of the art training facilities
Experienced and skilled Faculties from the IT Industry

ACTS offers the following Post Graduate Diploma Courses
PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (DAC)
PG Diploma in VLSI Design (DVLSI)
PG Diploma in Advanced Computer Arts (DACA)
PG Diploma in Wireless and Mobile Computing (WiMC)
PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design (DESD)

Upcoming Courses

PG Diploma in Geo-informatics
PG Diploma in Language Computing
PG Diploma in Network & Cyber Security
PG Diploma in Modern Techniques of Software Engineering
PG Diploma in Animation & Gaming


These are six-months full-time programmes for graduates wherein the trainee is moulded into Industry ready professional.

Students for the above mentioned courses are selected through national level Common Entrance Test, conducted by ACTS, 4 times in a year.

ACTS also conducts undergraduate courses and customized training programmes for corporates such as Indian Army, Indian Air force, India Navy, Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), College of Military Engineering (CME), Wipro Technolgies and others.

To compliment its training activities, ACTS conducts a full-fledged national level Common Campus Placement Programme (CCPP) for the students at the end of the curriculum. Major recruiters include C-DAC R&D, Honeywell, T-Systems, HSBC, Nihilent Technolgies, IBM, Cybage and many more


Tech Sangam: C-DAC – Academia Collaboration Initiative

ACTS shall provide the educational institutions with:

Periodic seminars on latest technology trends in the IT sector with the help of industry experts
Faculty orientation programmes to their existing faculties
Consultancy services for setting up/upgrading the institution’s IT infrastructure
Regular interactive sessions with IT domain experts and the academia
IT talent search with contests & awards
Scholarship programmes for students

As a part of recognizing the young talent of the educational institutions that participate in Tech Sangam, C-DAC presents:

Tech Prakalpa Award:
A national level symposium for the final year students of the engineering / MCA/ MCS streams of those institutions that are part of Tech Sangam. By this, C-DAC wishes to provide a platform to those budding graduates wherein they can present their IT related projects. The best project will be awarded the Tech Prakalpa Award, the details are as follows:

First Prize: Rs.1,00,000
(Rs.60,000/- to the project team, Rs.40,000/- to the guide and shield to the institution)

Second Prize: Rs.75, 000/-
(Rs.50,000/- to the project team, Rs.25,000/- to the guide and shield to the institution)

Third Prize: Rs.50,000/-
(Rs.30,000/- to the project team, Rs.20,000/- to the guide and shield to the institution)

2 Consolation Prizes of Rs.15,000/- each.