Dinesh Katre is former Senior Director and Head of Department of Human-Centred Design and Computing (HCDC) Group at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, INDIA. C-DAC is India's premier R & D institution and a scientific society under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. He joined C-DAC in October 1992 as a research associate and founded the Human-Centred Design & Computing Group at C-DAC. Over the years, he has developed a unique combination of skills and knowledge in the fields of design, human-computer interaction, user centric technological innovation, heritage computing, multimedia systems, information management and digital preservation. Apart from the positions held in C-DAC, he has also been active in the professional societies like IFIP where he has been a Vice Chair twice.

Positions held at C-DAC

• Co-Mission Director, Digital Preservation and ARVR, 2020 

• Senior Director & HOD: C-DAC, Jan 2015 - Present

• Associate Director and HOD: C-DAC, May 2011 - 2014

• Programme Coordinator, Human-Centred Design and Computing Group: C-DAC, January 2010 - May 2011

• Group Coordinator, National Multimedia Resource Centre: C-DAC, April 2001 - February 2010

• Team Coordinator, Multimedia Creations Team: C-DAC, 1998 - 2001

• Member Technical Staff: C-DAC, April 1993 - March 1998

• Research Associate: C-DAC, 1992-93

Positions held at International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

• Vice Chair, Working Group on Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) 13.6, 2017-2020

• Vice Chair, Working Group on Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) 13.6, 2009-2012

Chief Investigator / Principal Investigator for R & D projects

He has been the Chief Investigator (Grant Holder) for many prestigious R & D projects.