ExecCom Transacts June 2011
1. Conference Calls among OBs, ExecCom Members and other stakeholders: The President initiated a path-breaking process of conference calls among the ExecCom members and other stakeholders. There were two rounds of conference calls among membership committee members, one round of conference call each among Regional Vice Presidents, Divisional Chairpersons and National/Regional Student Coordinators. The participants found this process as very effective and economical way of conducting meetings.
2. Chapters AGMs, Annual Reports and Action Plans: The most of CSI chapters have either conducted or in the process of conducting the annual general body meetings across India. The RVPs are requested that the Chapters in their regions send the following details for the HQ records and inclusion in the annual report:
(a) Minutes of AGM duly approved and signed by the Chapter Chairman and Hon. Secretary along with outgoing and incoming MC/NC members, a few good photographs taken during the AGM
(b) Reports of Conferences/Events 2010-11 including brief write-ups, a few photographs, distinguished resource persons, outcomes and recommendations
(c) Audited Chapter Accounts 2010-11 including opening/closing balances, details of bank chapter accounts and names of signatories
(d) Action Plans for 2011-12 including membership development, conferences and technical programmes- estimated budget, expected outcomes, potential audience, resource persons and host/sponsoring organizations
The Chapters may send the above details to hq@csi-india.org with cc secretary@csi-india.org and the respective Regional Vice Presidents on or before 25th June 2011.
3. Call for Regional Conferences: The CSI Regional Conferences serve as effective platforms for showcasing the region-specific developmental initiatives of chapters, member institutions and other major stakeholders. Several senior members have suggested for organizing regional conferences focused around industry verticals such as manufacturing, transport and communication, BFSI, healthcare, judiciary and law, energy, disaster management, cultural heritage and tourism. It is proposed to organize Northern Regional Conference (Region-I), Eastern Regional Conference (Region-II/IV), Western Regional Conference (Region-III/VI) and Southern Regional Conference (Region-V/VII). The chapters may send their proposals to hq@csi-india.org with cc to vp@csi-india.org and secretary@csi-india.org on or before 15th July 2011.
4. Divisional Conferences for 2011-12: The CSI Divisional Conferences are the springboard of research and innovation in ICT and especially emerging technologies and applications. As of now the host chapters and tentative dates have been finalized for Division-II (COMAD-2011: Conference on Management of Data, at Bangalore, CONSEG-2012: Conference on Software Engineering, at Indore), Division-IV (COMNET-2011: Conference on Computer and Communication Networks, at Udaipur) and Division-V (ConfER-2012: Conference on Education and Research, at Faridabad). The host chapters of the above conferences may please circulate the conference announcement among the chapters, host the conference websites and release the first call for papers in CSI Communications. The Division-I and Division-III are launching new conference series viz., ConHard-2011 (Conference on Computing Hardware and Embedded Systems) and ConApp-2011 (Conference on Computer Applications). The chapters interested in hosting ConHard-2011 and ConApp-2011 may send their proposals to hq@csi-india.org with cc to vp@csi-india.org and secretary@csi-india.org on or before 15th July 2011.
5. National/Regional/State Student Conventions for 2011-12: A team of regional and state student coordinators has been formed to work with Mr. Ranga Rajagopal, National Student Coordinator. The above team will be provided support and assistance from Wg Cdr Murugesan, Director (Education) and Prof. Mini Ulanat, National Convener for Skill Development Programme. The calendar of events of student conventions and programmes will be prepared in consultation with the leading institutions and universities across India. The focus will be on inculcating research and innovation, project-based learning and motivating students towards publications in conferences and journals. It is proposed to host 2 national student conventions, 7 regional student conventions and about 15 state student conventions. The chapters and student branches may send their suggestions and proposals to nsc@csi-india.org with cc to director.edu@csi-india.org.
6. CSI Who’sWho Book and Members Directory: The HQ team is in the process of finalizing CSI Who’sWho Book like the previous year and is exploring bringing out CSI Members Directory. The Chapters, Student Branches and the members at large are requested to update their contact details immediately.
7. CSI Fellowship and Service Awards: Awards and recognition play vital role in improving the visibility of professional societies like CSI and also fulfilling objectives of encouragement to the organizations and professionals who have excelled in ICT domains at national and international level. The award committee for 2011-12 has been constituted with Prof. P Thrimurthy as Chairman and Prof. H R Vishwakarma, Hon. Secretary, Mr. Sanjay Mohapatra, RVP-IV and Mr. H R Mohan, Division-IV Chairperson as members. A formal announcement and call for nominations will be issued separately.
8. Honour and Recognition for Founder Chapter Chairpersons: There are several suggestions from senior CSI members for honouring and recognizing the contributions of founders of various Chapters across India. To begin with, it is proposed to appropriately acknowledge the dedicated services of founders of chapters which have completed 25 years of operations.
9. CSI Golden Jubilee: The professional societies such as CSI follow a paradigm of Innovate-Associate-Resonate-Communicate cycle for serving the members and larger interests of inclusive growth. It is a matter of great pride that CSI has achieved several of the tasks as envisaged by its founders and leaders. As we approach the Golden Jubilee of CSI, the members across nation are requested to share the achievements and contributions of CSI and its chapters, student branches and members at large. The above contributions will augment the on-going efforts of compiling the History of Computing in India and Role of CSI.
10. Inter-Societies Interaction and Collaboration: Our members across nation have been requested to propose to organize and participate in joint CSI activities with our partner/sister societies such as IEEE, BCS, PMI, IE(India), IETE in addition to nomination of our CSI members in IFIP TCs, participation in IFIP WG and SEARCC activities. Our members, esp student members are requested to take benefits of CSI collaborative agreements C-DAC and DOEACC. With a view to give impetus to the above, about 8-10 Faculty Development Programmes (FDP) are being planned spread across different regions of India. The Chapters and Student Branches are requested to send their proposals to host these FDPs at their locations to CSI Education Directorate with cc to vp@csi-india.org and secretary@csi-india.org
11. Call for Research Proposals, Case Studies, Technical Papers and Articles: The Chapters, Student Branches and Members at large are requested to submit the Research Proposals and Case studies involving development/deployment of ICT in socially relevant sectors and especially catering to the needs of unrepresented geographical areas and segments of society, including how far CSI Programmes have helped and/or can help promote further growth of ICT. The proposals may also include surveys to assess the reach and effectiveness of CSI programmes including membership development. The innovative and path-breaking proposals from CSI member faculty and students will be considered for financial assistance as per guidelines applicable for CSI minor research grants. The research work and case studies will also be considered for publications in CSI periodicals and in the proposed Research Digests. The proposals may please sent to csi.research@csi-india.org with cc director.edu@csi-india.org. The members may be encouraged to send their technical papers and artciples for considering to the respective CSI periodicals namely, csic@csi-india.org (CSI Communications), csi.journal@csi-india.org (the Journal of CSI), csi.adhyayan@csi-india.org (CSI Adhyayan) and csi.enewsletter@csi-india.org (CSI eNewsletter). The best contributions in each category will be considered for recognition and suitable reward.
12. Preparation of Electoral List for CSI Elections 2012-13/2012-14: There has been a concern about inadequate turn out of members in the elections for last several years, presumably communications not reaching them. In order to ensure the correctness of the members’ contact details, the HQ has been striving to reaching out to the members and updating the membership database. It is our earnest request to all CSI voting members to update their contact details, ensure the payment of all their dues (if any) and preferably become CSI life members. The CSI objectives can be realized only through active participation and collective wisdom of its members in various programmes and organizational development activities at the national, regional and chapter levels.
Prof. H R Vishwakarma
Hon. Secretary, Computer Society of India
secretary@csi-india.org