CSI National Student Convention 2020
CSI Student Branch, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh
(February 21-22, 2020)
CSI student branch of Mody University of Science and Technology conducted a 2-Day
National Student Convention (CSI NSC 2020) of Computer Society of India (CSI) 2020 from
21 st February to 22 nd February at School of Engineering and Technology, Mody University of
Science and Technology. The theme of the convention was “ICT for Sustainable
Development”. A total of 521 student participants, 100 faculty delegates and 25 Experts from
industry and academia from national and international affiliation participated in this
convention, which consisted of 11 events such as are Keynote Address, Panel Discussion,
IOT Workshop, Hardware Model Presentation, Software Presentation, Website Development
Contest, Application Development Contest, Poster Presentation, Paper Presentation, ICT
Quiz, Coding Competition.
The 2-day event was commenced with an inaugural ceremony. The ceremony began with
lamp lighting by dignitaries. The dignitaries present were The Chief Guest Prof. K. K.
Aggarwal (Chairman-National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi), Guest of Honour Dr.
Narendra S. Chaudhari (Vice Chancellor – Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun), Dr.
A. K. Nayak (President- Computer Society of India), Prof. Kamesh Namuduri (University of
North Texas- Denton, USA), Prof. Girish Kumar (IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai), Prof.
Ramzi A. Haraty (American Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon), Prof. V. K. Jain ((Dean,
Academics & SET Mody University) Dr Rajeev Pourush (Head ECE Deptt. SET) and Dr.
Anand Sharma (SBC CSI Student Branch).
They inspired the students with their influential presence and advised them for achieving
their aim without losing moral values. Dr. V.K. Jain, Dean-SET welcomed the students and
dignitaries with his motivating words.
The day 1 of the events started with Keynote Address on the topic “Communication
Technologies: application and its affect”, the speaker were Prof. Girish Kumar (IIT-Bombay),
Prof. Kamesh Namudri (UNT, USA) and Mr. Rajib Bose (IBM). The speaker shared their
ideas and views on the topic.
Parallel all other events IOT Workshop, Hardware Presentation, Software Presentation,
Website Development, Application Development, Poster Presentation, Paper Presentation,
and Coding Competition, also got started.
The day-1 ended with a mesmerising performance of students in cultural program in the
presence of all the dignitaries, students and the participants, later a Gala Dinner was
organised for everyone.
The day-2 started with the keynote addresses on the topic “Computing Technologies for Human Welfare”, the speakers were Prof. Ramzi A. Haraty (American Lebanese University
Beirut, Lebanon), Prof. S. Sancheti Vice-Chancellor, SRM IST, Dr D.K. Chaturvedi
(Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra). The speakers shared their ideas and views on the
topic.
The event was followed by the Panel discussion on the topic “Smart Technologies for future
Advancement”, the panel members were Dr. Mahesh Bundele( Principal and Director,
Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur), Dr. Mukul Verma(IET), Mr. Pradeep Rathi (CSI),
Dr. Rohit Bhakar (MNIT) and Dr Vijay Janyani (MNIT).
The IOT Workshop was conducted by the “REGEX- Jaipur”, it was a two day workshop with
hands on projects.
The Software presentation which total of 69 participants with 32 teams, various innovative
software projects was displayed. The event was evaluated by Dr. Mamta C. Padole(CSI), the
winner of Software project presentation was team “VisionAR” , they won a cash prize of
3000 rupees and memento.
The Hardware presentation which witnessed almost 51 participants with 19 teams, various
innovative hardware project was displayed. The event was evaluated by Dr. Santosh
Yadav(CSI), the winner of hardware project presentation was team “SillyT”, they won a cash
prize of 7000 rupees and memento.
The Software presentation which total of 69 participants with 32 teams, various innovative
software projects was displayed. The event was evaluated by Dr. Mamta C. Padole (RSC3,
CSI), the winner of Software project presentation was team “VisionAR” , they won a cash
prize of 3000 rupees and memento.
The Coding Competition which witnessed almost 39 participants. The winner of coding
competition was Sukriti Shah, she won a cash prize of 3000 rupees and memento.
The student displayed their creativity through poster presentation, the total no. of participant
in this event was 32 teams with 64 participants, the poster were evaluated by Dr. Vishal Gaur
(ECB Bikaner) and Mr. Pawan Tanwar (ECB Bikaner). The winner of this event was team
“Tech3”, they won a cash prize of 3000 rupees and memento.
In web designing contest participants showed their creativity through HTML pages, A total
no, of 31 teams and 77 participants participated in the event, the event was evaluated by Dr.
Mamta C. Padole (RSC3, CSI). The winner was team “Rajshri”, they won a cash prize of
3000 rupees and memento.
The App Development witnessed 6 teams and 17 participants. The participants developed
various apps based on the theme. The event was evaluated by Amit Sanghi (CSI-
Lakshmangarh Chapter), the winner was team “TechArmy” they won the cash prize of 3000
rupees.
Many student submitted their research and review paper in the paper presentation, the event
was evaluated by Dr. Pradeep Rathi (RVP 6), The best paper was awarded to Jeeya Chouhan
and Saumya Saraswat, They were awarded a cash prize of 3000 rupees and memento.
Student showed their General Knowledge in technical sector by participating in ICT quiz.
The winner of quiz was Teena Taneja , she won a cash prize of 3000 rupees.
The whole 2-day convention was successfully concluded with valedictory ceremony and
prize distribution with Chief Guest Prof. S. Sancheti Vice-Chancellor, SRM IST, guest of
Honour Prof. Kamesh Namuduri, (University of North Texas-Denton, USA) and Prof. Ramzi
A. Haraty(American Lebanese University Beirut, Lebanon), Prof. R.K Vyas (Vice President
CSI), Prof. Jayant Bhide (Regional Vice President-3 CSI), Prof. M. Venugopal Rao (Director,
Mody University), Prof.V.K Jain (Dean, Academics & SET, Mody University), Dr Rajeev
Pourush (Head ECE Deptt. SET) and Dr. Anand Sharma(SBC, CSI Student Branch).
The winners were awarded with certificates and cash prizes and all the participants were
felicitated with certificate of participation. At the end Dr Anand Sharma proposed a vote of
thanks.