official website of C-DIT-Center for Development of Imaging Technology

.	Brief History
.	Mis sion Statement
.	Quality Policy
.	Themes
.	Managing Team
.	Team Structure
.	Administration
.	Centre for Media Convergence
.	Linkages/Clientele

BRIEF HISTORY
Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) is an organization established in 1988 by the Government of Kerala for advancement of research, development and training in imaging technology with an implied role in socially relevant science & development communication. Shri P. Govinda Pillai was the founder Director of the Centre. C-DIT is currently housed in a 3-acre Campus in the picturesque Chithranjali Hills, beside the Kerala State Film Development Corporation Campus, 7 kms from Thiruvananthapuram City, on the way to Kovalam. It also has a City office in Thiruvananthapuram and a Regional Centre in Kayamkulam.

C-DIT employs close to 100 persons. One of the uniqueness of C-DIT is its rare combination of human resources, a talented pool of creative personnel co-existing with technological work force. Over the past 15 years of its existence, C-DIT has taken up many prestigious projects of the Government of Kerala and completed them successfully.

MISSION STATEMENT
To become the leading service provider and product innovator in new media information technology systems, tools, applications and content development with thrust on deployment of sustainable and appropriate imaging and imaging technology for science and development communication.

QUALITY POLICY
Quality in services and products offered by C-DIT is achieved and sustained when each concerned employee: scientifically approaches, continuously monitors and reviews, owns and enjoys tasks assigned to them and continuously strive to achieve customer satisfaction and establish a C-DIT brand image.

The focus of C-DIT is based on certain themes in line with the changes in the realms of science, technology and the society at large

Cultural Customisation
Ensuring visual, audio and linguistic localization of information technology systems
Malayalam as Administrative Language
To evolve technology support for ensuring use of Malayalam as administrative language
Digital Heritage Archiving
To develop and popularise tools and processes for archiving heritage information
IT for the Disabled
To evolve strategies to ensure that the disabled are not left out of the benefits of cyber revolution
Freedom in Software
To promote the technical, ethical and economic advantages of free software
Media Convergence
To promote the seamless integration of different media formats, technologies and their delivery
Edutainment
To realise convergence of library, laboratory and playground through possibilities of the new media
Techno Creativity
To explore creative avenues in technological advancements

C-DIT is currently working under the Chairmanship of Shri V. S. Achuthanandan, Hon"ble Chief Minister of Kerala. Shri K. Sureshkumar IAS is the Director and Shri K. T. Balabhaskaran is the Registrar. C-DIThas an executive committee with representatives from Government Departments along with a Governing Body.

TEAM STRUCTURE
Currently C-DIT works as 11 financially independent and functionally focused teams with overlapping memberships. The teams are
· Optical Image Processing Team(OIP)
· Visual Communication Team(VCT)
· New Media Team(NMT)
· Educational Informatics Team(EIT)
· Web Services Team (WST)
· Computational Linguistics Team (CLT)
· e-Governance Team (EGT)
· Software Engineering Team (SET)
· Open Source Technology Team (OST)
· Communication & Training Team (CTT)
· Technology Extension Team (TET)

ADMINISTRATION
Headed by the Administrative Officer, the Team lends support to all C-DIT Teams in matters such as project monitoring, purchase, accounting, manpower, recruitment, project proposal preparation, human resource welfare and employee amenity activities. Establishment, Accounts and Purchase are the three major limbs of the team. Junior Executives supervise Establishment & Purchase wings. Assistant Manager (Finance & Accounts) supervises the Accounts wing with the assistance of Junior Executive. Altogether there are 43 employees in this team.

CENTRE FOR MEDIA CONVERGENCE
C-DIT has evolved as a centre of convergence over years, currently in a position to offer a plethora of services covering a wide range of information appliances and deploying all conceivable media formats. From beta tapes to white light holograms, from digital audio to virtual laboratory software, from all new worldwide web to plain old print media, C-DIT integrates seamlessly in the dozens of projects handled by the C-DIT Teams each year. To formalize a common backdrop for the rainbow of media infrastructure and skills that C-DIT has, a Centre for Media Convergence has been established, which is an umbrella of the following teams: OIP, VCT, NMT, EIT, WST and CLT.

LINKAGES/CLIENTELE
C-DIT commands linkages and networks with several institutions and bodies of repute including