Visakhapatnam: Union IT and electronics minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had dashed the hopes of Vizag people on getting a Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-Dac) for the city. C-Dac will help build right eco system for the IT sector. In a communication to Vizag MP K. Haribabu, the union minister made it clear that there is no such proposal to set up C-Dac in Andhra Pradesh.
It was in November 2014 that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wrote to the Centre seeking to establish Research & Development (R & D) institutes related to IT and electronics sector like Testing and Quality Certi-fication (STQC) Directo-rate, Centre for Develop-ment of Advanced Computing (C-Dac) and the Nat-ional Institute of Electro-nics and Information Technology (NIELIT), at Vizag to build right eco system top attract investments in Vizag in IT sector.
Recently, the Vizag MP had asked a question in the Lok Sabha regarding C-Dac. Mr Haribabu asked a) whether the government is planning to set up Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-Dac) in Andhra Pradesh and other States; b)if so, the details thereof; c) the present status of the proposal; d) and the time-frame fixed for the same?
To which the union minister in a written reply said, “(a): No, Sir. (b) to (d): Do not arise”.
After the Chief Minister wrote to the Centre, Vizag MP also followed it up with the concerned ministry on setting up C-Dac.“C Dac along with other R & D institutes like STQC and NIELIT, C-Dac would definitely help building the right eco system in attracting IT talent followed by companies to this region.” “Unfortunately this is not happening. However we will again pursue these institutes with the help of our MP who was instrumental in getting many institutes to Vizag. Our MP was successful in resolving many long pending issues and grounding the projects,” said O. Naresh Kumar of Vizag Development Coun-cil (VDC), which had been pursuing these institutes for Vizag since long.
