The 10^th edition of INDIACom i.e. INDIACom - 2016, 2016 3^rd International Conference on “Computing for Sustainable Global Development” was organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi during 16^th – 18^th March, 2016. The conference was technically sponsored by IEEE (USA) Delhi Section and was patronized by CSI Region – I and CSI Divisions – I, II, III, IV & V,  IETE Delhi Centre, IET (UK) Delhi Local Networks and ISTE Delhi Section.

The inauguration of the three days conference was done on 16^th March, 2016.  Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, BVICAM, New Delhi & General Chair,  INDIACom-2016 briefed the audience about the history of 10 editions of INDIACom, since its inception in the year 2007 and presented a brief report of INDIACom - 2016.  Shri R. K. Vyas, National Hony. Treasurer, CSI, acknowledged the presence of all the dignitaries and talked about how CSI has been associated with INDIACom since its inception and is open to honest feedback for further improvement. Prof. Mini Thomas, Chairman, IEEE Delhi Section, appreciated the huge success of the event and also acknowledged the contributions of BVICAM, New Delhi, towards the activities of IEEE Delhi Section, through her message. Prof. A. K. Saini, Professor, GGSIP University, New Delhi, has applauded the success of the INDIACom team year after year, in last ten years. Dr. A. K. Nayak, Chairman, Publications Committee and incoming National Hony. Secretary, CSI, has also graced the occasion. He discussed, at length, different dimensions of sustainable computing, particularly issues related to carbon footprints, healthcare and their related future innovations. Mr. Jeetan Singh, CEO, High Point Learning (USA) was the Guest of Honour. He sensitized the young generation about their immense potential, which can be utilized in a big way for the sustainable computing applications. Prof. Hadi Hedayati, Vice Chancellor, Kabul University, Afghanistan, was the Guest of Honour. He discussed with the audience how sustainable computing applications can turn around the fate of the country at a much faster pace, besides adversaries, the inbuilt challenges and constraints of the system. Prof. Zainab Abu Bakar, Professor, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University Technology, Mara, Malaysia, was the Guest of Honour. She emphasized upon the collaborative research, maximizing the benefits to the research community. Professor Mohammad Yamin, Chair, Research Committee, Dept. of Management Information System, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Kind Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was the Guest of Honour. He was also the convener of the 2^nd international workshop on Information Engineering and Management (IWIEM 2016), being organized by him along with the INDIACom-2016, under Track # 05, having participants and authors from over 10 countries. During his key note address, he also emphasized to synergize and harmonize the undertaken research efforts and foster the collaborative research. Professor Tamas Gedeon, Head, Human Centered Computing, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, was the Chief Guest. He presented a detailed case study on sustainable computing applications. He discussed that how the research impact can be enhanced by taking some basic care for a better and greener society. The Inaugural Session was presided over by Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Noted academician and Founder Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, New Delhi, Past President, Fellow and Life Time Achievement Awardee of CSI, who expressed his appreciation to see the event growing immensely over the years. He shared his views on the importance of computing in a students’ life and that the education system should be open to accept students’ alternatives of solutions to encourage logical thinking and nurturing innovations & creativity. He also expressed his concern on how the focus is always laid upon the finances involved in the introduced innovation related projects rather than analyzing their cost benefits and savings, in long run. The amount and quality of shared ideas and life stories kept the audience hooked and inspired at the same time. The pre-conference hard copy of the proceedings for INDIACom-2016; were released by the dignitaries during the inaugural session. Dignitaries also released the soft copy of the conference proceedings.  The 15^th issue of the BIJIT; BVICAM’s International Journal of Information Technology, a refereed  and indexed international journal having ISSN 0973-5658, was also released on the occasion. Mrs. Anukiran Jain, Convener of the Local Organizing Committee, presented the vote of thanks. The inaugural session concluded on the Cultural Evening having series of nerve breaking cultural items performed by the students of BVICAM, New Delhi. The session was anchored and co-ordinated by Mrs. Parul Arora, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi.

INDIACom – 2016; the 10^th edition of this annual conference, attracted over 2600 papers, by over 5000 authors form over 22 countries. After a series of tough review exercises, in multiple cycles, by a team of over 900 experts; 930 papers were recommended to be accepted for presentation in INDIACom – 2016 during the three days under ten parallel tracks (including the poster sessions). Over 1200 Senior experts / researchers delegates from countries like USA, Australia, Greece, Spain, Malaysia, Canada,  Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, China, UK, Denmark, Romania, Ireland, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Spain, Ghana, Japan, Oman, Afghanistan, etc., and from all the states of India have participated during the three days of the event. A chosen set of 260 papers have been published in the hard copy of the proceedings with ISSN 0973-7529 and ISBN 978-93-80544-19-9 serials. All the 930 papers have also been published in the soft copy of the proceedings, available on the web-portal of the Institute at http://bvicam.ac.in/indiacom/, having ISSN 0973-7529 and ISBN 978-93-80544-20-5 serials. Out of 930 accepted papers, 812 papers were presented during the three days of the conference, which shall be published at IEEE Xplore with ISSN 0973-7529 and ISBN 978-93-80544-21-2 serials, the world’s largest repository, indexed with world’s leading Abstracting & Indexing (A&I) databases, including Web of Science, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, etc.

Track # 1 was on Sustainable Computing; Track # 2 dealt with High Performance Computing; Track # 3 for High Speed Networking and Information Security; Track # 4 on Software Engineering and Emerging Technologies; Track # 5 was for 2^nd international workshop on Information Engineering and Management (IWIEM 2016); Track # 6 was for ICT Based Innovations; Track # 7 was for Next Generation Computing; Track # 8 was for Next Generation Networking; Track # 9 was devoted to Software, Systems and Architecture while as Track # 10 was for Poster Sessions.

A Panel discussion was organized on the evening of 17^th March, 2016 based on the theme “Digital India”; an initiative undertaken by the Government of India, which includes creation of digital infrastructure, delivering services digitally and digital literacy.  The Panel Discussion was moderated by Prof. A. K. Nayak, Chairman, Publications Committee, CSI. Other panelists for the session were Justice Talwant Singh, District and Sessions Judge, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Mr. V. K. Gupta, IET (UK) and Dr. S. K. Yadav, Pro Chancellor, JJT University and Dr. Anup Girdhar, CMD, Sedulity Solutions, New Delhi.

Based upon the detailed and multidimensional deliberations in different sessions in three days, during Valedictory session, it was concluded that to achieve the inclusive and sustainable development for a diverse nation like India, the power and potential of the computing, in general and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in particular need to be harnessed to its fullest, in all focal areas related to the development having special focus on the 05 critical areas namely  (1) Agriculture and food processing, (2) Education & Healthcare (3) Reliable & Quality Electric Power, (4) Hard & Soft Infrastructural Development and (5) Seamless & effective last mile delivery of the services to the citizens. It was further concluded that considering the present ecosystem, in which more than 800 million people in India alone and over 03 billion people globally are living in villages, any mission towards achieving sustainable global development will not generate fruitful result unless the applications of computing reaches to the most underprivileged and deprived section of the society, living in the villages. The concept of PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas), conceptualized by our beloved former President of India; Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, needs to strengthen in a big way, at all level.

Over 1400 guests from different parts of the country and abroad, including 128 session chairs and invited speakers participated in 03 days of the conference.  Paper presentations, key note addresses, invited talks showcased the solid research base built by the experts and participants. The skill with which the event was executed, welcomed positive feedback from all visiting dignitaries.

Excursion trips to Fatehpur Sikri, Agra and Delhi Darshan was also part of the programme, which kept the foreign delegates and participants enthralled.

Different tracks of the events were co-ordinated by the faculty members, Dr. Anupam Baliyan, Mrs. Anukiran Jain, Mrs. Shalini Singh Jaspal, Mrs. Parul Arora, Dr. Shivendra Goel, Mr. Vishal Jain, Mr. Nitish Pathak, Dr. Ritika Wason, Mrs. Vaishali Joshi, Mr. Imran Khan and Mr. Manish, Mr. Uttam Singh Bist, Mrs. Manu Anand, Mr. Achin Jain and Mrs. Narina Thakur. 

Finally, on the last day of the conference, 18^th March, 2016; it was concluded at the Valedictory Session and inauguration of 09^th National Students’ Convention (NSC), which was enjoyed by all the guests and students of BVICAM, New Delhi. All the organizing entities also resolved to organized 11^th INDIACom i.e. INDIACom-2017 during 01^st – 03^rd March, 2017, in Delhi itself.