New Delhi
Centre for Development of Telematics(C-DOT), the premier R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC), an autonomous Scientific Society of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the SemiconIndia 2022 event at Bangalore on 30th April, 2022 with the objective of working together in the diverse areas of Telecom and ICT to boost indigenous technological design and development.
The MOU signing ceremony was attended by Shri Daniel Jebaraj, Director, C-DOT and Shri E. Magesh, Director General, C-DAC in the august presence of Shri Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and senior officers from both the organizations. The signing of MOU will help both the organizations leverage each other’s strength in their respective domains.
C-DOT is a premier telecom R&D organization under the Ministry of Communications, Government of India, carrying out advanced research and developmental activities in narrowband and broadband switching and transmission networks, terrestrial radio systems, satellite systems, optical communication equipment, network protocols, advanced security solutions and network management systems. C-DOT is hailed as the progenitor of the indigenous telecom revolution in the nation. With more than three decades of its relentless R&D efforts in the indigenous design, development and production of telecom technologies especially suited to the Indian landscape, have been in the technology forefront and has significantly contributed to Indian Telecom Network’s digitization.
C-DAC was set up to emerge as a premier R&D institution for the design, development and deployment of electronic and ICT technologies and applications for socio economic advancement with the mission of expanding the frontiers of Information and Communication Technologies, evolving technology solutions, architectures, systems and standards for nationally important problems, achieving rapid and effective spread of knowledge by overcoming language barriers through application of technologies, sharing experience and know-how to help build advanced competence in the field of Information Technology, bringing benefits of Information Technology to society, and utilizing the Intellectual Property generated by converting it to business opportunities.
