1. About CSI H Raghavendra Rao
Vice Chairman,
Computer Society of India- Bangalore Chapter

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About CSI
Vision: IT for masses
Oldest Computer Professional body
66 Chapters, 381 Student Branches, 40,000+ members
Brings quarterly journals, monthly communication and local newsletter
CSI has International affiliations with
IEEE-CS, IFIP, SEARCC, etc.
Bangalore chapter hosts & supports about 50+ events in a year
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3. Mission- Bangalore Chapter
Capable of making a difference to the community through IT and be a trusted advisors to the IT Policy makers
Provide Value add to sponsors, Delegates, students, IT and membership
Educate IT users on appropriate usage (safe, secure, legal and ethical) of IT
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Focus Areas
Conduct programs for the benefit of
Members (student and other membership)
IT fraternity
Industry
To partner with industry in organizing state of art, best in class, technically rich programmes, seminars, workshops
Play a significant role in industry, academia
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Events
National Events
Annual Convention
YITPA
BIG
Regional Events
Student Convention
Student Branch Meet
Local Events
Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops
Evening Talks
Special Interest Group Events
Seminars/Conferences/Workshops
Evening Talks
Supported Events
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6. Contests /Examinations
Contests/Exams
National Software Talent Contest
DOEACC, BCS examinations
National Young IT Professionals Award
Acknowledgments
CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards
Award for Packaged Software
CSI-KPIT Cummins ‘Best CIO Award’
CSI-QAI Awards….
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Awards
Fellowships
Young IT Professional Awards
Best Software, Best Shrink Wrapped Software and Best IT Usage
Best Student Paper Postgraduate
Dr. Virendra Gupta Memorial Award
Best Article
Raizada Memorial Award
Student standing 1st in the exams conducted by CSI
Anita Khanna Memorial Award
Best Student Paper Contest
Best Paper on Industry
Kewal Dubey Award
Female candidate scoring highest marks in NSE
Vandna Goyal Award
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Recognition Basket
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Specific Benefits
10-20% discount on all CSI hosted events
Special rates for CSI supported events
20% discount on membership of IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS)
CSI Communications " ( monthly) and CSI Journal (quarterly)
CSI members can apply for CICC training courses conducted at Japan
CSI promotes and provides financial support for research work in contemporary areas in IT and Computer Science
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10. A Society with a difference
Professionals, Users and Students
Knowledge sharing Events
Newsletters, Communication and Journal
Contests
Exams
Awards
Recognitions
CIO Club
Special Interest Groups
No single society or non-profit professional body
can boast such packaged offering
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Key events conducted
CSI- National Convention- 2007
Seminar - Business for Industrial Group
Seminar on “Knowledge Enabled Product Development”
Seminar on “Business Continuity Management- 200”
Student Convention -2007
Joint Events
Business Intelligence (Sama Technologies)
CXO Meet-Storage Media management (Kores)
Vision Cyber Security (Digital Foundation Society)
Supported events of BCMI, ICMG, Secure Mtatix, OMG-ADA software group, ISACA
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Calendar of Events
CIO Meet
Aug’08
National Conf. on “IT in Defense”
State level Quiz Competition
Sep’08
Workshop on “IT Governance”
Nov’08
22nd CSI-Karnataka Student Convention
Seminar on “SOA-Business Process Management”
Dec’08
Workshop on “Consumability in the context of IT”
National Conference on “Computer Hardware”
Jan’09
Conference on “BFSI”
Feb’09
Rural IT Awareness Programs
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CSI-India website
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14. Thanking you Computer Society of India, Bangalore Chapter,
No. 201, M.B.C, Infantry Road, Bangalore –
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