Call for Volunteers
Call for Volunteers to strengthen the CSI Special Interest Groups and international collaboration with IFIP, IEEE and other international societies
Prelude: As the first and the largest IT professional society of India, the CSI has a crucial role to play at the national and international level. The founders of CSI had a holistic vision for the society and its members to eventually become a springboard for innovation and creativity in IT usage and development.
In the last 45 years, the CSI has made a tremendous impact in every sphere of Indian society - be it in the business, industry, government, academia, research and consultancy. The effective functioning and growth oriented organization of the CSI has made it possible to reach out to different geographical regions of India.
On the other hand, the technical divisions along with the constituent special interest groups have been providing the technological leadership to the members of the society. Since its inception, the CSI has been playing the leading roles in the international collaboration among the professional societies.
Aim and Objectives: To consolidate the above achievements and take forward the technology development agenda of CSI, we request our members to volunteer their services in the following ways:
1. Form new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in emerging technological domains with a focus on solving the issues and concerns about globalization and inclusive growth.
2. Contribute in the CSI Special Interest Groups as member, event organizer, technical reviewer, knowledge capturing and making available to all members and industry etc.
3. Contribute in the activities of IFIP Technical Committees and highlight the India-specific technological needs through participation and contribution in the IFIP programmes and activities in India and abroad.
4. Contribute in the collaborative programmes of CSI and is partner societies e.g. IEEE, BCS etc. Also, participate and contribute in the continuing education programmes offered jointly by CSI and its partner societies.
Submission of Proposals: This call is being issued for inviting fresh proposals as well as strengthening the existing entities. Outline about SIGs and a list of new expected topics can be found under DIVISION & SIGs listed on CSI KM portal www.csi-india.org.
More details about IFIP, IEEE and BCS can be seen at the respective websites of these organizations.
The conveners of existing CSI SIGs and CSI representatives in IFIP Technical committees are especially requested to submit the activities reports and current status of the respective entities covering following points:
CSI SIG Conveners:
• Activities Report for the last two years
• Action plan for the 2010-11
• A brief note on the SIG’s outcomes e.g. helping Research and promoting knowledge in this domain
• A brief note on ny significant contributions/achievement of the SIG e.g. helping CSI in enhancing its brand image and adding more value to members
• A brief note on the National/International conferences planned and corpus generated for Chapters and HQ.
CSI Representatives in IFIP Technical Committees:
• What did you set out to achieve as an IFIP TC Representative and as a global ambassador representing Indian technical community?
• What were the activities of your IFIP TC during the last year, and how you were able to contribute / participate?
• What is action plan for 2010-11, and any constraints that you faced/face?
• How can your involvement benefit Indian academicians, researchers and professionals? E.g. May be we could have more of our members to participate in IFIP Working Groups or other events, and/or bring more of these activities to India.
The interested members may please forward their profiles, past achievements, carrying out similar or equivalent volunteering activities and statements of intent to (a) hq_sig@csi-india.org for volunteering in CSI SIGs, (b) hq_IFIP@csi-india.org for volunteering in IFIP TCs and (c) hq_IEEE@csi-india.org for volunteering in IEEE, IEEECS and BCS joint programs and promotions.
Submission Deadline: The last date for all the submissions as above is 15th June 2010.
Mr. M D Agrawal Prof. H R Vishwakarma
Vice-President, CSI Honorary Secretary, CSI