Presenter

Sanjay Wandhekar is the centre head of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India. He spearheads the development of advanced HPC technologies and the establishment of PARAM supercomputing facilities across the country under the National Supercomputing Mission. To date, 22 high-performance PARAM supercomputers with a cumulative compute capacity of over 37 PF have been deployed, and deployment of over 60 PF capacity is in progress, under his leadership.

An alumnus of the College of Engineering, Pune, and IIT Kanpur, Sanjay was a core team member in the development of India’s first supercomputer, PARAM 8000, at C-DAC in 1990-1991. With more than 35 years of experience in designing and managing HPC and IPTV technologies and systems, he has played a pivotal role in shaping India’s supercomputing ecosystem. In recognition of his contributions, he and his team received the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam High Performance Computing Award in 2019.