Centre at Delhi was established in 1989 as a Project Cell for R&D in the area of Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Being in Delhi and near to the then Department of Electronics (DoE), the centre was involved in various coordination activities between DoE and all other C-DAC Centres.

focus areas of the Delhi Centre are Cyber Security, Education and Training, e-Governance Solutions, Extended Reality, International Cooperation, Neuro-Cognitive AI and Software Technology.

C-DAC Delhi has set up the International Cooperation Division (ICD) to promote the product & technologies available across centres to meet the ever-increasing requirements of the IT industry. ICD is actively working with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) & Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) towards collaborations/ co-operations with various countries, by sharing knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of ICT. Till today C-DAC has successfully implemented numerous projects in 40 countries in Africa, East Europe, South-East Asia, Central Asia, Middle East, Arab, Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Island Countries in close association with Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Electronics & IT. These projects have brought in laurels for C-DAC and propelled Indian expertise in ICT in the International Arena.

C-DAC Delhi has setup Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) in its new building at Jasola Institutional Area, New Delhi in Sep 2020 and is offering PG Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC) & PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PG-DBDA) for domestic & international students apart from corporate training to several foreign agencies, Ministries/ Departments under Central & State Government.