- C-DAC is the premier Research & Development organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas.
- India's first supercomputer PARAM 8000 was indigenously built (in 1991) by the C-DAC.
- Various activities of C-DAC in the area of agriculture:
- Electronic Nose and Vision (ENOVISION) system for measuring quality parameters of tea and rice.
- This work is being extended to other products such as chilli, turmeric and to environmental engineering.
- C-DAC has also developed Wireless Data Logger used for determining the fitness of perishable agricultural items.
- Ubiquitous Agriculture (u-Agri): An Internet of Things (IoT) based system for acquiring micro-climate information from agricultural fields and providing personalized and localized advisories on Pest and Disease Forewarning and Irrigation Scheduling, to farmers.
Source: https://www.cdac.in/
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