Events & Seminars

Dr. R Chidambaram spoke on the evolution of the computers and the presence of it in every aspect of our lives and giving a direction to the discussion said that the cyber laws are formulated in the “trusted times” when one does not realize the severity of a cyber attack. Mr. J Satyanarayana presented the government perspective which emphasized the need for “Look Inside Policy” and talked about computer literacy and the ways to achieve it. He also informed the floor of the new policies and schemes that the GOI plans to introduce like National E-governance Plan 2.0, Meghraj 2, E-Governance Academy to name a few.

Dr. Ratan Dutta talked about the future and said that the next big thing would be a shift from the digital computers to the quantum computers and the DNA computers and said that research and development funds should be focused at these.

Shri S Mahalingam gave the business perspective and said that the way to the conceptualization of the idea to commercialization of IT lies only in skill development.

The discussion was then thrown open to the floor inviting questions and opinions to which the response from the audience was remarkable. After this the President CSI addressed the concerns and questions raised by the audience and envisioned a bright future for the CSI. The moderator Dr. R Chidambaram declared the session closed.

The vote of thanks was given by Mr. HR Mohan Vice-President CSI.