C-DAC's Human Centered Design and Computing (HCDC) project started with the sponsorship for the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India in 1998. The centre got established in 1999 in the campus of Agriculture College, Pune. HCDC is entrusted with the task to identify and propagate cost effective applications of multimedia among the masses. Several initiatives for the development of multimedia authoring templates, component libraries, web-based repository and training have been taken. The multimedia team of C-DAC has been actively contributing to this field since 1992 and has experience of almost 10 years.

HCDC has successfully developed and delivered the following-

• Repository of multimedia components Web based Multimedia Portal hosting over 200 multimedia projects implemented by students trained at HCDC
• Readymade Content Libraries Shaili VL-I CD ROM, A library of traditional designs Shaili VL-II CD ROM, A library of traditional designs
  
• Application-oriented multimedia-authoring template QuickMM Album Authoring software
  
• Multimedia rendering of Dnyaneshwari CD Title ( 2 CD Volumes)
  
• Web Version of Dnyaneshwari
  
• GUI Evaluation Software
  
• Multimedia Kiosk along with software for the National Museum, New Delhi

HCDC is dedicated to propogation of multimedia by designing and conducting training programs such as-

• Diploma in Advanced Computer Arts, A full time, 6 months course
  
• Diploma in Multimedia Creations, A part time, 4 months course
  

Multimedia training is imparted at national level through the network of Authorized Training Centres space by C-DAC. The results achieved through this activity are regularly exhibited and demonstrated at national and international forums.

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Recent Publications

• Multimedia & Human Computer Interface (HCI)
  
  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Juxtaposing Commentary of Task Performance (CTP) and
  Interface Play Script (IPS) for Discovering Interface Metaphors
  Proceedings of International Conference on Information Management (ICIM), Mumbai, India, Volume II, pp. 809-818.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Multimedia Education: Current Trends and Future Potential
  Sampada Special Issue on Education, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture, July 2005, pp. 27-29.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Using Mnemonic Techniques as part of Pictorial Interface for Self Identification of Illiterate Villagers
  In Proceedings of International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (I-HCI 2004) organized by IESUP and CSI, Bangalore, India.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Experimenting with UniFace: A tool for Usability Testing of Icons
  ACM-SIGCHI-SI National Usability Conference Easy 2004, Bangalore, India.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Chasing the Cognitive Roots of Our Rectangular Mindset
  The Idea #7, CD Gazette of Electronic Arts, 2003-2004
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Pragmatic and Usable Approach for Digital Library Initiatives in India
  Proceedings of International Conference on Digital Libraries (2004),
  New Delhi, India, pp. 41-48
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Systematic Modeling of Stories and Role Development of Storyteller for Interactive Multimedia
  Proceedings of International Conference on Storytelling in the Digitalage (December 2002), National Institute of Design & Media Lab Asia, Ahmedabad, India.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Template based Authoring for Cost Effective Multimedia Production
  In proceedings of IEEE Multimedia Technology and Applications Conference, November 2001, P. 133-142, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Multimedia Rendering of Spiritual Texts
  In proceedings of 5th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia 1999, September 1999, P. 500-507, University of Abertay, Dandee, Scotland, UK.
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  - Dinesh S. Katre
  Unconventional Inspirations for Creating Software Interface
  Metaphors
  In proceedings of International Conference on Media and Design
  (ICMD 2002), Volume I, pp. 1-15, Mumbai, India.
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