NCST. Review on C DAC, Mumbai

Objectives of CDAC (formerly NCST) Committed to India's role as a leader in software technology for carrying out R&D with a practical impact, Provide support to the IT industry, Make a significant contribution to high quality education and training of professionals for the IT industry in India Educational Activities at CDAC (formerly NCST) plays significant national and international roles in its areas of interest to hasten the acquisition of knowledge. We contribute our own findings and design suitable channels of dissemination. CDAC (formerly NCST) conducts a number of professional education courses, mainly focused on continuing education.

Educational activities at CDAC (formerly NCST) fall into two categories: Continuing education for professionals and Courses, which provide comprehensive training in software technology. Diploma Courses in Software Technology CDAC (formerly NCST) offers three part-time courses and one full time course in this category: PGDST (Post-Graduate Diploma in Software Technology) The PGDST is a stand-alone foundation building course, covering foundations of programming, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, computer architecture, database management, computer networks, and object oriented programming. Admission to the course is open to any graduates, and is based on performance in the CST examination. Detailed Information About PGDST including course contents, admission requirements, and assessment are available here. Announcements regarding the Course and Results APGDST (Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Software Technology) The APGDST stream offer a collection of modules for specialisation in software technology. Participants joining the course are expected to complete five modules from the set, based on availability and their preferences, in order to meet the diploma requirements. The set of modules currently available include: Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Component Object Modelling, Expert Systems, Graphical User Interface Design Parallel Processing, Multimedia Technology, Natural Language Technology, Network Programming, Programming Paradigms Software Engineering, Computer Graphics, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Advances in Database Systems, Project Module FPGDST (Full Time Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Software Technology) The FPGDST course is offered only at CDAC (formerly NCST) Bangalore and CDAC (formerly NCST) Belapur. The curriculum proposed for this course has been specially designed to prepare software professionals who are well equipped to cope with the needs of the IT industry today. The duration of the course is 52 weeks full-time. PGDIT (Post-Graduate Diploma in Internet Technology) The PGDIT is presently offered only at CDAC (formerly NCST) Kharghar. The curriculum proposed for this course has been specially designed to educate and train network professional who are well equipped to cope with the networking and internet technology needs of the IT industry today. The course provides an excellent combination of strong foundation in networking fundamentals, techniques and methodologies and extensive hands-on skills on state-of-the-art high-end hardware/software tools and environments. Research Groups at CDAC (formerly NCST) The Research and Development groups at CDAC (formerly NCST) work in the following areas: Computer Networks and Internet Engineering This division works in areas of computer networks and real time systems. Currently the group is working on: Cryptography Active Networks projects related to Network Management IP Multicasting IP Firewalling Multi-protocol Label Switching The ERNET project Data and Knowledge Engineering This division is engaged in R&D, education and training, and consultancy activities in areas related to database management and office systems. Areas of interest to the group include: Database Design Database performance DBMS evaluation Multiple query optimization Application productivity tools Specialized database applications Office models Office procedure specification and implementation Office information system software Integration of office systems and databases Educational Technology Unit The Educational Technology Unit has been set up to coordinate various courses and course-related activities like PGDST, APGDST, CST Examination, etc. Graphics and Computer Aided Design

The Graphics & CAD division works in the areas of computer graphics, computer aided design, virtual reality, multimedia, and electronic publishing. Current R&D projects are in the areas of: Desktop graphics and publishing tools CAD systems for complex surface geometry 3D graphics parallel rendering techniques Knowledge Based Computer Systems CDAC (formerly NCST) is one of the nodal centres of the nation wide Knowledge Based Computer Systems (KBCS) project, funded by the Department of Electronics with assistance from the UNDp. Research interests of the group include: Information Retrieval Machine Translation Intelligent Tutoring Systems Heuristic Scheduling Systems Software Engineering Work in the area of software engineering is mostly carried out by staff at CDAC (formerly NCST), Bangalore. The group promotes software development by offering know-how training and R&D backup. Software Promotion Centre The staff at Software Promotion Centre (SPC) is primarily responsible for setting up and maintenance of computing facilities at CDAC (formerly NCST). Their other activities include: Acquisition and updating of advanced equipment and software at CDAC (formerly NCST) Providing support to all staff members of CDAC (formerly NCST), students and other users of computing facilities at CDAC (formerly NCST) Providing consultancy service on specification planning, procurement, network design, power conditioning equipment and acceptance testing of different computer systems Provide software consultancy on demand Support various projects of Networks group like ERNET, BONET etc. Library CDAC (formerly NCST) has a well-equipped Library, which provides services to students, staff, and technical affiliates. More details can be found from the Library home page. Canteen The canteen offers services to the staff members, students, technical affiliates and external users. There are two portions of the canteen - the Main Canteen (2nd floor) and the Mini Canteen (Ground Floor). Administration The administrative section at CDAC (formerly NCST) handles operations like manpower management, accounting, management of general resources at centre, course administration etc.