First TIFAC-CORE's Meet was held on July 24-25, 2003 at New Delhi. Honorable Dr. R. Chidambaram Chairman, TIFAC & Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India, presided the two days meet. All TIFAC-CORE's members and Co-ordinators participated. Presentation was given by Prof. Usha devi, Co-ordinator, TIFAC-CORE in Advanced Computing and Information Processing, about TIFAC-CORE at SASTRA and its activities.