Hyderabad :

The Computer Society of India (CSI) will hold its golden jubilee conference with the theme “ICT – Opportunities in digital India” here in December.

The three-day conference will be inaugurated on Dec 12 by Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Defence Research and Development Organisation chief Avinash Chander will deliver key note address on “Digital India – challenges and opportunities ahead”.

The main event will be preceded by a conference of students and another event on “e-governance knowledge sharing”.

Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will deliver the inaugural address at the students’ conference “Campus to corporate & beyond”.

The CSI will be organizing these events in association with Telangana government, the Hyderabad Software Exporters Association, the DRDO, JNTU and GNIT.

K. Mohan Raidu, convenor, CSI Golden Jubilee Event 2014 said over 2,500 students from across the country and more than 1,000 delegates from the industry, academia, and research institutions will be participating in the convention which will underline research, development and implementation of emerging ICT applications.

Telangana Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma, Wednesday launched CSI@50 global convention website.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / PTI / October 15th, 2014