The Hon'ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Shri. Pramod Mahajan, visited C-DAC on December 12, 1999 to chair its Governing Council Meeting. C-DAC which is a Scientific Society under the Department of Information Technology held its Governing Council Meeting here today. The Chairman of the Governing Council is the Hon'ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

On the occasion, the Hon'ble Minister unveiled C-DAC's Vision for the New Millennium: "To emerge as the premier R&D institution for the design, development and deployment of world class IT solutions for economic and human advancement." In his message to the members of C-DAC, Shri. Pramod Mahajan said that he was delighted that C-DAC had chartered its vision into the new millennium. "This I see is not merely as a statement but a promise and an action agenda collectively prepared by all its members".

He also expressed happiness that C-DAC had translated this vision into a mission statement reflecting its desire and the goal it wishes to achieve in the various activities in the area of IT in the decade of the coming millennium.

Shri. Pramod Mahajan observed that C-DAC has come a long way in over a decade of its existence, rising from an R&D Institution to develop and commercialize its products, technologies and solutions in practically every major area of Information Technology. "Whether it is in the area of Supercomputing, Multilingual / Multimedia technology or high-end training and computing solutions, each of these requires a continuing development thrust to help reap the fruits of the IT revolution for our Society. C-DAC has made pioneering contribution in these areas and I wish C-DAC continuing success in its efforts to help in our national goal of building India as an IT Superpower".

Also present on the occasion was Shri. P.V. Jayakrishnan, Secretary, Department of Information Technology. Shri Jayakrishnan applauded C-DAC's "pioneering work in bringing India on the map of Supercomputing and also multilingual and multimedia technology, which are most relevant for diffusing IT to the masses".