C-DAC is proud to announce that Dr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Programme Coordinator, High Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC) Group, C-DAC-Pune has been included in the Sixteenth Edition of the "MARQUIS Who's Who in the World" which is a prestigious international registry of outstanding men and women in a wide range of professions and geographical locations in the world. Individuals are listed in this registry either because of their position or because their noteworthy achievements are of lasting value to humankind.

The Marquis Who's Who Publications Board has selected Dr. Sinha for this award because of their belief that Dr. Sinha's accomplishments in his field are of significant reference value. They considered Dr. Sinha to be part of a core group of highly qualified individuals who are prominent because of their leadership positions, educational attainments, significant publishing or public speaking experience, or contributions to the communities in which they work.

This honor by an International institution on a global level is certainly a great moment in Dr. Sinha's life. And the same time it is a proud moment for C-DAC, too, that one of its members has got such a rare and prestigious recognition.

Dr. Pradeep K. Sinha has been involved in the research and development of distributed computing systems and parallel processing systems for more than a decade. At present, he heads the High Performance Computing and Communication Applications Development Group and the National PARAM Supercomputing Facility (NPSF) Group at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, India. He was one of the chief architects of the recently developed PARAM 10000 Supercomputer by India. Before joining C-DAC, Dr. Sinha was with the Multimedia Systems Research Laboratory of Panasonic in Tokyo, Japan where he coordinated projects in the area of distributed networking systems.

Dr. Sinha obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science in 1980 from the Regional Engineering College, Allahabad, his Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 1983 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and his Doctor of Science degree in Information Science in 1991 from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Sinha has authored a number of papers and two books. His recent book titled "Distributed Operating Systems: Concepts and Design" is published by IEEE PRESS. This book is used as a textbook in many universities in the USA at Postgraduate level. Recently, the low-priced Indian Edition of this book has been brought out by Prentice-Hall of India. The book has become popular worldwide and is getting translated in foreign languages as well. The Japanese language edition of the book is expected to be published in September this year for use in Japanese Universities.

Dr. Sinha's second book on Computer Fundamentals has been recommended as a textbook for 'O' level module defined by the Department of Electronics. This book is widely used all over India in many colleges and universities.