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1966: The
Bhabha Committee report was submitted and all its recommendations were accepted
leading to the setting up of the Department of Electronics (DoE) and Electronics
Commission subsequently.
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The Electronics Committee was set up under Vikram Sarabhai
to advise the government on implementation matters.
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Commercial computer installations touch 30.
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Hinditron Systems launched by Hemant Sonawala in Bombay.
1967: ECIL
set up in Hyderabad with Dr AS Rao as the Founding MD.
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10 Honeywell computers installed at the Department of
Statistics, Cabinet Secretariat.
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Computing starts in IIT-Bombay with the arrival of the Minsk
II computer. Prof JR Isaac spearheaded the initial efforts in setting up the
Computer Center assisted by five faculty members.
 1968: The
National Conference on Electronics convened by the Electronics Committee wherein
Vikram Sarabhai suggests the formation of a National Informatics Organization.
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Tata Group buys a mainframe for doing the data processing
work for its group companies and starts seeking external customers for
time-sharing. The division, called TCS, headed by a reputed engineer PM
Agarwala and upon his death, a young power engineer by the name Fakir Chand
Kohli is made the GM.
1969: IBM
1401 installed at Planning Commission under a grant from Ford Foundation.
1970:
The Department of Electronics (DoE) set up on June 26 by PM Indira Gandhi
in Delhi, with Prof MGK Menon as the Secretary of the Department.
- National Conference of Electronics held in March to survey the status of
the electronics industry since the publication of the Bhabha Report.
 1971:
Electronics Commission constituted in February in Bombay under the
Chairmanship of Prof MGK Menon.
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The Information, Planning and Analysis Group (IPAG) of the
Electronics Commission constituted in October in Bombay, with Dr N Seshagiri
as its Director.
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A young programmer, S Ramadorai, joins TCS.
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Operation Typhoon launched by IBM under Prem Shivdasani,
leading to the complete development of URMs in India.
1972:
DoE sets up panel on Minicomputers to work out the demand for these machines
along with the required peripherals for the Fifth Plan.
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DCM Data Products, the IT division of the DCM Group, becomes
operational.
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Major Balasubrahmanian appointed as officer on
special duty (computers) at the Electronics Commission.
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DEC is brought into India by Hinditron.
 1973:
FERA regulations enacted by Indira Gandhi; it would ultimately cause the
fracas leading to IBM's exit from India.
1974:
IIT-Bombay acquires EC-1030, a Soviet-make computer with 3rd generation
LSI circuitry.
1975: CMC
incorporated as Computer Maintenance Corporation Pvt Ltd with Dr Roddam
Narsimhan as its first chairman and Dr Prem Gupta as MD.
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Tandon Corporation, founded by Jugi Lal Tandon, produces
magnetic recording heads for floppy disk drives.
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UNDP team visits Delhi in March to study the proposal of the
DoE and Electronics Commission to set up a National Computer Center. UNDP
agrees to fund the National Informatics Centre to the extent of $4.4 mn.
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