PG-DAC — Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing
The main route. Twenty-four weeks full time, around 900 hours of theory, lab and project work, six days a week. The syllabus is developed by C-DAC with input from industry and academia, and is revised as the technology moves.
Open to engineering graduates and MCA or MSc candidates. Final-year students can apply provisionally. Entry is by CCAT rank, not by application to us directly.
- Duration
- 24 weeks
- Eligibility
- Graduate, 50%
DASDM — Diploma in Advanced Software Development Methodologies
A longer programme built around trimesters, with a live project in the final one taken either at the centre or inside an IT organisation. A Management Development Programme runs alongside the technical syllabus.
Assumes you already have sound computing fundamentals and can program. If you do not, Pre-DAC first.
Pre-DAC — CCAT preparation
Coaching for C-DAC's Common Admission Test. Covers the aptitude section, computing fundamentals and programming, with practice papers under timed conditions.
Worth taking seriously: the CCAT rank decides both which course and which centre you are offered, so preparation is what separates getting the diploma you wanted from getting whatever is left.
Certificate courses
Short programmes, roughly 80 to 320 hours, for students and working professionals. Current areas include Core Java, PHP, Android, Linux system administration, network security, ethical hacking and information security, cyber forensics and cyber law, business computing and 3D animation.
Batch availability varies. Ask about the one you want and we will tell you when it next runs.
Fees, batch dates and CCAT deadlines change every cycle. Call the centre for the current figures rather than relying on a page that may be out of date.