ExecCom Transacts October 2011
1. Announcement of the CSI Elections 2012-13/2012-14 : The Nominations Committee of the CSI has made an announcement regarding the national, regional and chapter level elections for 2012-13/2012-14. The committee has urged all CSI members to register/ update their latest e-mail Ids with the CSI Headquarters. This will allow the members to derive full benefits from Internet Balloting and to take CSI to a leadership Position in showcasing the use of IT for Elections.
2. The 2nd Conference Call among ExecCom Members and other stakeholders : The members and colleagues are requested to benefit from the events coming up e.g. CSI- 2011 the 46th Annual Convention, 1-3 Dec’2011, Ahmedabad (www.csi-2011.org), COMNET-2011 International Conference on Communication & Networks, 4-6 Dec 2011, Udaipur (singhdharm@hotmail.com), ObCom2011: International Conference on Recent Trends in Computing, Communication & IT, 8-11 Dec’2011, Vellore (obcom2011@vit.ac.in), SEARCC-2011, 12-13 Dec’2011, Mumbai, (www.searcc-2011.org), YITP Awards (Regional: Oct-Nov 2011, National: 12 Dec’2011, Mumbai), ASPIRE 2011-First Symposium on Software Systems,15-17 Dec’2011, Chennai, (djram@iitm.ac.in), COMAD-2011 International Conference on Management of Data, 19-21, Dec’2011 (Bangalore, gopal@annauniv.edu), ICDECS-2011 International Conference on Data Engineering & Communication Systems 29-30 Dec 2011, Bangalore (www.icdecs2011.in).
3. CSI Excellence Awards for Academia : The ExecCom in its meeting held during 23-24 July in Bangalore had approved to instate an exclusive set of awards for academia to to recognize the large membership base of academic institutions, student branches, faculty members and student members. The nominations forms for these awards are available at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/academic-excellence-awards.
4. Student Conventions and related programmes : The team of Regional/State Student Coordinators led by Mr. Ranga Rajagopal has been working hard to host student conventions across India as well as to reach out to over 1000 colleges and institutions. The 28th CSI National student convention was successfully hosted by Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology (GIET), Rajahmundry and organized by CSI Vizag chapter and its affiliated Student Branches. Several regional and state conventions have been hosted and are in pipeline in different regions/cities of India.
5. Talent and Skill Development : Mr. Ranga Rajagopal, National Student Coordinator, Prof. Mini Ulanat, National Skill Development Convener and Wg Cdr Murugesan, Director-Education have been providing value-added services to student members Other significant contributors include Dr. Sakthivel, Dr. Maluk and Mr. Adivarahan who have taken up specific tasks at the regional/national level such as Faculty Development Programmes, Projects Competition, Discover Thinking School Quiz respectively.
6. KM Portal, Digital Library and Student Portal : Mr. Mohan Datar, Advisor to CSI HQ is working towards furtherr development on KM portal and membership software Prof. Mini Ulanat and Mr. Ranga Rajagopal have submitted two proposals for Digital Library and Student Portal respectively which are under consideration by the President.
7. CSI Funding for Minor Projects : CSI Student Branches and member institutions are requested to motivate faculty and students to submit their project proposals (based on new or ongoing projects for the academic year 2011-12) to director.edu@csi-india.org on or before 31st January 2012.
8. Call for Fostering Student Branch Activities : The CSI Fellowsand distinguished members are requested to recommend names of potential candidates whose services would help strengthen the student branches and academia in general. It is proposed to select and publish the list on CSI website 1000 distinguished lecturers consisting of professionals from industry, government, research institutes and well-known institutes/colleges etc. The CSI student members will be motivated to directly contact these distinguished speakers and invite them.
9. Revival of Defunct Chapters and Formation of New Chapters : The Regional Vice Presidents and Hon. Secretary have been making hectic efforts towards revival of defunct chapters and formation of new chapters. The regional staff members concerned have been assigned the task of of necessary follow up with and providing the necessary help to the Chapters. The target set is to form the ad hoc committees of all such chapters for current 2011-12 latest by 31st October 2011. Two committees have been formed to prepare comprehensive proposals on (1) Financial requirements and sustainability Strategies (2) Human resources requirements.
10. The President/ExecCom Interaction with Chapters: The President, OBs and ExecCom members strived for a close interaction with the chapters. The modes and efforts included chapter visits, writing e-mails and making phone calls to seek their suggestions and feed backs on various aspects of chapters/members development. Several members have also shared their experiences, success stories, best practices and path-breaking initiatives. A few examples are Dr. Debasish Jana of Kolkata on high-quality research oriented technical events, Mr. Vineet Kumar Mathur of Jamshedpur on a unique award instituted in the honour of its founder chairman, Mr. Santosh Kamat of Goa on IT exhibitions, Dr. Dharm Singh of Udaipur submitting a compendium of CSI Programmes and state-of-the-art reports, Mr. Vijay Rastogi of Ghaziabad on outcomes of national conferences on entrepreneurship development, Mr. Praveen Krishna of Viajayawada compiling the brief history of all CSI Chapters in Andhra Pradesh, Prof. Kalyanaraman of Vellore on faculty/student members’ role in Green Vellore project.
Based on inputs from members concerned and past practices, the agenda for National Council Meeting (scheduled with CSI-2011) has been drafted. Apart from the activities report of April-November 2011, the meeting shall include brainstorming sessions on “CSI’s Road map 2011-12 and 2012-13”
Prof. H R Vishwakarma
Hon. Secretary, Computer Society of India
secretary@csi-india.org