Computer Society of India (CSI) hosted its 50^th Golden Jubilee Annual Convention CSI-2015 at Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex, A-4, Paschim Vihar, Adjacent to Paschim Vihar (East) Metro Station, Rohtak Road, New Delhi-110063 from 2^nd-5^th December, 2015.

The theme of the three-day annual convention was “Digital Life”. The convention commenced on 2^nd Dec, 2015 with the inaugural function of 50^th Golden Jubilee Celebrations and Annual Convention at FICCI Auditorium, New Delhi. Shri R.S. Sharma, IAS, Chairman, TRAI, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest for the inauguration. Shri J.S. Deepak, IAS, Secretary, DeitY, MC&IT, Govt. of India was the Guest of Honor. Prof. S. V. Raghavan, Former Scientific Secretary, Office of the PSA, Govt. of India addressed the gathering with his keynote address. The inaugural function was presided over by Prof. Bipin V. Mehta, President, Computer Society of India. The function was conducted under the august presence of Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Former Founder Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, New Delhi and Prof. Anirban Basu, Vice President & Chair, Conference Committee, Computer Society of India alongwith many other distinguished luminaries and guests. Father of Indian IT Industry Shri F.C. Kohli was also among the distinguished luminaries who enlightened the occasion with their presence and blessings.

The inaugural also saw the conferment of Life Time Achievement Award alongwith Honorary Fellowship and Fellowship awards on many stalwarts who have contributed significantly in the development of CSI and the society as a whole. Concluded by networking dinner, the inaugural saw the confluence of many distinguished minds at a common platform.

The three-day annual convention initiated on 3^rd Dec, 2015 at Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex with nine parallel Technical Sessions comprising of 3 sessions each. Each of these sessions consisted of technical paper presentations from many authors. Every session was chaired by a panel of distinguished experts in the respective fields. From over 1500 papers received for the convention over 500 papers were accepted and presented during the three day convention. The convention provided a forum to bring together software developers, engineers, researchers and practitioners from academia and industry.

The convention was also a platform for different plenary talks by distinguished experts. Cyber Law Counsel, Supreme Court of India, Advocate Pawan Duggal gave a talk on Cyber Law. Next Generation Networks were delved by Mr. Rajesh Kumar S., Tech Lead, Juniper Networks. Ms. Swati Mehrishi, Springer India, New Delhi discussed “The Art of Writing Quality Papers” with the audience. Mr. Sachin Waingankar, Head, Solutions, Converged Data Technologies Private Networks gave an introduction to “Exploring the Potential of Cloud Services”. Mr Sudhakar, CMD, ECII, Hyderabad also delivered his talk on Next Generation Networks.

The three day convention also noted two panel discussions on Digital India by distinguished panel of experts including Mr. Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, Cyber Media, Gurgaon; Justice Talwant Singh, District and Sessions Judge, Ms. Shakti Raina, Head, Technology, Telecom Sector Skill Council; Mr. P. C. Mishra, GM (Systems), Coal India; Mr. Rajiv Garg, ED (IT), BHEL, Noida; Mr. Amajit Gupta, Managing Director, Juniper Networks; Mr. Sachin Waingankar, Head, Solutions, Converged Data Technologies Private Networks; Mr. K.S. Venu, Tally Solutions and chaired by Prof. Ravi Mittal, Vice Chancellor, KR Mangalam University, Gurgaon

The second panel discussion was conducted by experts including Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) Ashok Agarwal, Head, India Operations, AVG Technologies, USA; Mr. Rohit Bansal, CEO, Snapdeal; Mr. Prakash Kumar, IAS, CEO, GSTN, New Delhi; Mr. S. N. Gupta, Secretary General, NGN Forum, India; Dr. Kamaljit Singh, ED, IMS Noida; Mr. Raju Kanchibhotla, CSI and chaired by Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Gurgaon.

The convention also noticed a cultural evening to mark the CSI -2015; Golden Jubilee Annual Convention Celebrations. Shri Saurabh Bhardwaj, Member of Legislative Assembly, Govt. of NCT, Delhi was the Chief Guest. The cultural evening also noted a Kavi Sammelan presided over by Prof. Irtaza Karim, Director, NCPUL, MHRD, Govt. of India.

The occasion also provided a platform for the Book Release of Prof. Anirban Basu on Software Testing and Reliability and Prof. Mansaf Alam on Computer Architecture by Prof. K.K. Aggarwal , Former Founder Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, New Delhi, Prof. P.B. Sharma, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University and Vice Chancellor, Amity University and Prof. Bipin V. Mehta, President, Computer Society of India.

The three day annual convention also noted the conferment of CSI Annual Awards (HQ and ED) for Chapters, SBs, etc. CSI Execom and Annual General Body Meetings were also conducted. The convention was concluded on 5^th Dec, 2015 with the Valedictory Session.