Technological advancements in IT in the past decade has proved that it can contribute
to any area which leads to Nation Development. Application of IT in core areas like
Agriculture, Education, Governance and Defense has tremendous impact in the overall
qualitative improvement in life. There are initiatives to utilize satellite based remote
sensing data and GIS in the agriculture field. Researchers, service providers as well as the
government are seriously looking at the application of IT in the education sector. The potential
of IT related entrepreneurial skills, largely untapped within the student community needs to be
recognized and groomed. Computer Society of India understands that it is imperative to
explore new avenues and provide impetus to the application of IT in these areas.
The National Student Convention (NSC 2010) gives students the opportunity to interact
with other students and professionals from all over the nation to share ideas, gain new
technological options and understand possible implementations of IT in the above core
areas under the theme "IT for Nation Development".
The major domains under the theme of the convention are:
- IT in Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Green Technologies
- IT in Education
- E-Governance
- Entrepreneurship
- Defense and Space Applications
COMMITTEES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS
Principal Secretary - Dept. of IT, Government of Kerala
Prof P Thrimurthy
President, Computer Society of India
Mr M D Agrawal
Vice President, Computer Society of India
Mr S Mahalingam
Immediate Past President, Computer Society of India and Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services
Prof. H R Vishwakarma
Hon. Secretary, Computer Society of India and Senior Professor, VIT
Mr S Ramanathan
CSI Region-VII Vice President
Ms Mini Ulanat
CSI Region-VII Student Coordinator and Faculty, Department of Computer Science, CUSAT
Mr Merwin Alexander
CEO, Technopark
Dr. C G Sukumaran Nair
Mr Amarnath Raja
CEO, InApp Information Technologies, Technopark
Mr Satish Babu
Chair, CSI-SIG-FOSS
Mr P M Sasi
Chairman, IEEE Kerala Section
Dr Achutsankar S Nair
Hon. Director, Centre for Bioinformatics, Univeristy of Kerala
Mr Brajesh Kaimal
COO, Experion Technologies
Programme Committee Chair
Prof. S Krishnan Kutty
Professor and Head, IT Department, GEC Barton Hill, Trivandrum
Organizing Committee Chair
Dr. T M George
Principal, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum
