Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is a national initiative of the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication & 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 for scientific engineering, e-governance and business applications. Towards fulfilment of this goal, C-DAC has advented the flexible and scalable parallel architecture, which has been realized in its renowned ‘PARAM’ series of Supercomputers.

A major spin-off of the grand challenge expeditions into the various realms of state of the art technologies has been the emergence of a high quality intellectual resource base at C-DAC. This resource base has been realized in the form of an expert team with specialized knowledge of various facets of advanced computing. With such a resource base at its command, C-DAC has set up the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) to meet the ever-increasing skilled manpower requirements of the ICT industry and supplement its intellectual resource base for cutting edge research and development.

C-DAC is the first Government Lab that has expanded its horizons globally, extending its high quality training services through ACTS to countries like Mauritius, Ghana, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Dubai and Japan. Presently, ACTS is offering its courses through a network of training centres spread across the country, wherein thousands of participants and professionals are being trained to enhance their skills. ACTS is equipped with the latest methodologies in advanced computing to enable the participants to make a mark in the ICT industry.