C-DAC releases two new products for the northeast

Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), the R&D organization of
the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology (MC&IT), Government of India released two products for
the northeast (NE) region at the Indian Science Congress. MGK Menon, Chancellor
NEHU, inaugurated the Param Sheersh Supercomputing Facility at NEHU and released
Cure@Home in the region.

Cure@Home is a Decision Support System with a knowledge base of integrative (allopathy,
ayurveda, homeopathy, yoga) medicine to address common healthcare needs. It can
be used at home, clinics, hospitals, healthcare centres, public places &
schools. It offers home remedies for diseases and symptoms, as well as advice on
diet and lifestyle. The features also include a multimedia gallery for easy
perception and Interactive applications like body mass index (BMI) calculator,
waist hip ratio (WHR) calculator, immunization scheduler, expected date of
delivery calculator.

Shri S Ramakrishnan, Director General, C-DAC said, “It is a proud moment for
C-DAC. These two products represent the result of two such projects in a short
period. This product will enable us to address a wide range of developmental
issues in the region.”

Param Sheersh facility is a supercomputing facility created by C-DAC at NEHU.
The facility aims at conducting research in strategic areas of weather, seismic,
bio-informatics, physics, computational fluid dynamics, material sciences, life
Sciences etc. The facility shall serve as a core back-bone platform for
students, faculty and researchers in the region to develop competency skills for
solving problems in these areas.

Dr Medha Dhurandhar, Chief Coordinator-NE Projects, C-DAC, expressed her
happiness at the successful release of the products and commented, "The NE
region is a high priority area of development for C-DAC. The partnership with
the region only strengthens our resolve to continue to work together and develop
new products and technologies that shall not only benefit the people but also
create new opportunities for the development of the region."