Dr Vijay Bhatkar

The supercomputer



Vijay Bhatkar proved that restrictions imposed by the Clinton regime could
never stunt India's forward march in technology. He rode into history as the

father of Indian supercomputing when, as C-DAC's founder executive director,

he built the PARAM-10,000 supercomputer in 1998. The GIST multilingual

technology project at C-DAC was another feather in Bhatkar's cap. Again in

1998 he founded the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) at C-DAC that

provided the industry with 5,000 software professionals. ACTS was in line with

his vision of bridging the digital divide, creating a knowledge-based society

and making India an R&D hub for the world. Currently, Bhatkar is engaged

with his 'Education to Home' mission as the chairman of the ETH Research

Lab.