Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) was established in August 1984 as an autonomous Telecom R&D centre of DoT, Govt. of India and is hailed as the progenitor of the Indigenous Telecom Revolution in India.

C-DOT is committed towards flagship programs of the Government of India that include Digital India, Make in India, BharatNet, Skill India, Startup India, and Smart Cities, and has been working on futuristic technologies like M2M/IOT, 5G, AI, etc.