ABOUT THE CONVENTION
The seed for the Computer Society of India (CSI) was first shown in the year 1965 with a handful of IT enthusiasts who were a computer user group and felt the need to organize their activities. They also wanted to share their knowledge and exchange ideas on what they felt were a fast emerging sector. Today the CSI takes pride in being the largest and most professionally managed association of and for IT professionals in India. The purposes of the Society are scientific and educational directed towards the advancement of the theory and practice of computer science and IT. The organization has grown to an enviable size of 100,000 strong members consisting of professionals with varied backgrounds including Software developers, Scientists, Academicians, Project Managers, CIO’s , CTO’s & IT vendors to just name a few. It has spread its branches all over the country. Today, the CSI has 72 chapters all over India, 511 student branches, and more than 100000 members including India’s most famous IT industry leaders, brilliant scientists and dedicated academicians
The institute is always keen to impart quality technical training to the faculties/ professional on recent technologies, by organizing various short term courses/ CSI National Level Student Conventions/ workshops. In this regard Department of Computer Science and Engineering of School of Engineering and Technology at Mody University of Science and Technology is hosting a CSI National Level Student Convention on ICT for Sustainable Development which is undoubtedly the leading thrust area now days because of its application to a wide spectrum of problem domains. Convention is aimed to bring together students across all over India and providing them a common platform to share their ideas and present their skills at national level and interact with some of the renowned experts of the field. All the events of CSI National Level Student Convention on ICT for Sustainable Development have a collective prize money of worth Rs 100000/-