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Pune, March 22, 2001
On
the occasion of the Fourteenth Foundation Day scheduled
for March 26, 2001, the Centre For Development of Advanced
Computing (C-DAC),
is pleased to announce the launch of a new range of
products and software, covering diverse areas including
Health, Language learning and the Sanskrit Authoring
Tool.  These products; namely - Mercury: The Integrated Telemedicine Solution, Web LILA (Learning Indian Languages through
Artificial Intelligence) Beta version and C-DAC's
VYASA will be formally launched on the Foundation
Day which falls on the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa.
Mercury, an Integrated
Telemedicine Solution, helps physicians to consolidate
the patient's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) rapidly
and also provides sophisticated TeleConsultation tools
with integrated Videoconferencing facilities. Mercury
helps maximize the utilization of precious resources
like bandwidth and, more importantly, the Specialist
time, keeping the operating costs low; thus helping
care providers build viable Telemedicine Services.
Web LILA is
the web version of LILA Hindi, a comprehensive software
that facilitates learning the language on the net, more
systematically and with ease at the click of a mouse.
This has been made possible through such contemporary
technologies as audio/video streaming on broad brand
and interactive on-line tutoring simulating a virtual
classroom.
C-DAC's VYASA is a Sanskrit Authoring tool that incorporates several
features that will assist Sanskritists in their creative
scholarly pursuits. It has a large data base/content
of all fourteen Vidyasthanas and provides online readers
for Bhagawad Gita, Vishnusahasra Nama and so on.
Primarily established
as an R&D Institution in the form of a national initiative
with the mandate to build capability to design, develop
and deploy a high performance computing system (supercomputer),
C-DAC has diversified into different areas of Information
Technology over the years and has in fact pioneered
the Indian language computing revolution in the area
of Information Technology through its GIST range of products. This has achieved the objective of
bringing the benefits of IT closer to the common man
who can now navigate the web and work on practically
any IT applications in any Indian language.
Extending the objective
of taking IT to the masses and empowering them to use
it effectively, the National Multimedia Resource Centre
(NMRC)
of C-DAC was established and has been involved in several
development projects including imparting training in
the area of Low Cost Multimedia and bringing out products
of affordable cost for diverse multimedia applications.
The latest offering from the Centre is 'Digital Karigari'
a web-based exhibition by Multimedia Artisans.
Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy
Secretary, Department of Science and technology, Govt.
of India is the Chief Guest for the Fourteenth Foundation
day and Prof. A. Paulraj of the Information Systems
Laboratory, Stanford University, USA will deliver the
Foundation Day address. The function will be presided
over by Shri. Vinay Kohli, Secretary, Department of
Information Technology, Govt. of India. The proceedings
of the Foundation Day program as they occur will be
Web cast and can be viewed live on C-DAC's website at www.cdac.in.
On the eve of the Foundation
Day, C-DAC has organized a Cultural Program for
CDACians and their families. The cultural evening will
feature a group dance presentation by renowned classical
dance exponent Sucheta Chapekar and the Kalavardhini
Troupe. Titled, 'Darkness to Dawn', the dance
is based on Pt. Nehru's Discovery of India.
For more information
about Mercury and Web Lila and Digital Karigari and
Vyasa click here.
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