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The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a research and development organization under the department of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India plans to invest Rs. 350 crores to develop new technologies for computing in Indian languages.
Rajat Moona, Director General of C-DAC said that the organization this year will be on the way to convey the web to the common man and usage of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
While one can as of now enlist domain names in Devnagari script and some Indian dialects, a noteworthy drive will be dispatched for the current year that "will really have a network to the general population", he told.
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"We are looking at Indian languages computing and another localisation and making sites and software available in Indian languages, that's close to Rs. 350 crores kind of a project," Moona said.
The Indian Government recognized reputed firm is also looking for an investment in hardware design and technologies.
On National Supercomputing Mission, he said, "We are working on supercomputing technologies and National Supercomputing Mission is on the way, and we are looking forward to its implementation. Lots of supercomputers will be installed, applications will be used and a lot of supercomputing activity is likely to take place in the next few years."
Investment outlay for NSM is Rs. 4,500 crores over seven years, Moona said.
"In the project proposal which has already been approved, we had talked about 70-plus supercomputers in all ranges - 50 of them are for educational purposes and about 20 of them mid-range and a few of them very high-range supercomputers. That was the plan. We are still in the process of defining it further."
"India has already taken an enormous lead in software technology. There are a few projects we are planning to launch in this particular year primarily for hardware technologies," he said.
Moona said C-DAC is working with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on standardisation of language keyboards.
"Keyboard standards for PCs are already defined and they are already in use but with newer technologies like mobile phones and touch screens, suddenly keyboard technology becomes different and we are working with BIS on defining newer standards for that. In times to come, those standards would be useful and will be available," he said.
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