COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA

ACTIVITIES OF THE YEAR 2014-2015

a. At IE Building, Bharath Heavy Electricals Ltd., Tiruchirappalli:
Special Lecture Programs

b. At Bharathidasan University Technology Park, Tiruchirappalli:
Special Lecture Programs

Other Programs:

15. A spoken tutorial program was conducted on ‘Open Source Software’ by Ms. Pallavi Nile Coordinator, IIT Bombay, on 28th February 2015

16. A Computer Science and IT Book Exhibition was organized on 19th March 2015 at Bharathidasan University Technology Park (BUTP) Library, Khajamalai Campus, Tiruchirappalli for the benefit of the students and faculty members.

17. An Examination on Computer Basics was conducted in association with BHUMI organization, Tiruchirappalli on 20th March 2015 for the students of orphanages students at Bharathidasan University Technology Park (BUTP) Computer laboratory.

18. An Eye Camp was organized by Vasan Eye Care, Tiruchirappalli on 21st March 2015 at Bharathidasan University Technology Park (BUTP) Auditorium.

19. A National Seminar on Big Data Analytics was organized in association with the Bharathidasan University Technology Park, Khajamalai, Tiruchirappalli on 25th February 2015.   Dr. M. Ravichandran, Registrar, Bharathidasan University inaugurated the seminar. Dr. C. Muthu, Associate Professor of Statistics, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli and Mr. M. Johnson, CEO, Shalom Infotech, Tiruchirappalli conducted the Seminar.

c. At Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli:
Special Lecture Programs

Other Programs

17. CSI Golden Tech-Bridge Programme  was conducted by Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli in association with the Computer Society of India-Tiruchirappalli Chapter, on 9th August 2014. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. M.A. Maluk Mohamed, Principal, M.A.M. College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, who is also the Regional Student Coordinator of Computer Society of India. Mr. G.S. Ragunathan, Additional General Manager, BHEL, Tiruchirappalli and Chairman, Computer Society of India – Tiruchirappalli Chapter delivered the valedictory address.

18. Microsoft Technology Associate Certification training program in the courses - .Net Fundamentals with Window-8 Application and Database Fundamentals with C# - APO.Net were conducted by 360o Technology Box, Chennai from 9th to 19th September 2014.

19. An Intra-Departmental Talent Hunt Programme was conducted for the students of B.Sc.(CS), BCA and B.Sc.(IT) in the Department of Computer Science. A written prelims was conducted on 10th October 2014. The finals were held on 15th October 2014.

20. A one-day workshop on Personality Development was conducted on 11th December 2014 for the final year PG students of Computer Applications, Computer Science and Information Technology.  Mr.  S.A.W. Buhari, Placement Officer, Jamal Institute of Management, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli and Mr. Prakash, Soft Skill Trainer, Chennai were the resource persons.

21. An Intercollegiate Technical Symposium, SWAP-2K14, was organized on 16th & 17th December 2014.  Mr. Sultan Raja, an illustrious alumnus, Technologist, Hewlett Packard, Bangalore, inaugurated the program.  On the second day, Dr. A.K. Khaja Nazeemudeen, Secretary & Correspondent of the college, delivered the valedictory address and distributed the prizes and certificates to the winners. The overall championship award was bagged by students of Cauvery College for Women, Tiruchirappalli and  Ms. B. Thivya Priyaa from Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli  won the Miss SWAP-2K14 award

22. An Inter-collegiate Under Graduate Technical Symposium, VARIT-2K15, was organized  on 10th January 2015 for the students of arts, science and engineering colleges of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. Dr. M.A. Maluk Mohamed, Prinicipal, MAM College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli inaugurated the proceedings. To commemorate the occasion, a souvenir was released by the chief guest. The students of Cauvery College for Women, Tiruchirappalli won the overall championship and the students of PRIST Universtiy, Thanjavur won the second place.

23. A one-day workshop on Android Apps Development and prelims of Appdhoom-2 event was conducted by Target Soft Systems, Chennai in association with the Computer Society of India on 22nd January 2015. 

24. A Two-Day Workshop on Research Methodology in Computer Science was organized for the benefit of M.Phil. scholars and PG students on 27th & 28th January 2015.  Dr. L. Arokiam, Associate Professor of Computer Science, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli inaugurated the workshop. Lectures and demo sessions were conducted on the current topics including data mining, cloud computing and image processing.

25. A State Level Seminar on Computing and Communication Technologies (SCCT-2015) was organized on 25th February 2015. Dr. F. Sagayaraj Francis, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, inaugurated the seminar. Janab. Dr. A.K. Khaja Nazeemudeen Sahib, Secretary & Correspondent, released the seminar proceedings. Dr. F. Sagayaraj Francis, Dr. C. Balakrishnan, Alagappa University, and Dr. A. Shaik Abdul Khadir, Khader Mohideen College, Adirampattinam delivered invited talks on Big Data Analytics, No SQL and Image Mining respectively.

26. An intra-collegiate symposium, MindSparkz’15 was organized for the students of all the departments in the college on 25th & 26th February 2015. Events like Quiz, Extempore, Marketing, Word hunt and Connections were conducted. UG and PG students from almost all the departments participated.

27. An technical quiz programme, Compu-Quiz,  was conducted on 12th March 2015 for the UG students of the Departments of Computer Science, Computer Application and Information Technology. 

28. A National Conference on Advanced Computing (NCAC 2015) was organized on 5th March 2015. Dr. M. Mohamed Sathik, Principal, Sadakathullah Appa College, Tirunelveli inaugurated the conference. The e-proceedings of the NCAC-2015 was released by the Secretary & Correspondent. Technical talks were given by Dr. D. Muhammad Noorul Mubarak, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and Dr. A. Kaja Mohideen, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computational Science, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

d. At M.A.M. College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli:

e. At Srimathi Indira Gandhi College, Tiruchirappalli:

1. A One-day National Level Workshop on ‘Recent Trends in Human Computer Interaction’ was organized on 28th February 2015, in association with the CSI student chapters of MAM College of Engineering, Jamal Mohamed College, Srimathi Indira Gandhi College and Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli. Dr. S. Ganesan, Registrar, Anna University, Chennai inaugurated the workshop and released the book authored by  Dr. K. Meena, Past Chairperson, Computer Society of India and Former Vice Chancellor, Bharathdasan Univerity, Tiruchirappalli and Dr. R. Sivakumar, Head, Department of Computer Science, AVVM Sri Puspam College, Poondi, Thanjavur.

f. At Saranathan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli

1. CSI Golden-Tech Bridge Programme was conducted on 9th August 2014 at the campus as a mark of golden jubilee celebrations of CSI.

2. A one-day workshop on Android Apps Development and prelims of Appdhoom-2 event was conducted by Target Soft Systems, Chennai in association with the Computer Society of India on 10th January 2015. 

3. A one day workshop on “Developing application with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using .NET” was conducted to the campus placed students of CSE/IT on 24th January 2015.  Mr. SP. Srinivasan – a Microsoft Certified Professional was the resource person.

4. A Summer workshop on Java programming and web Technology was conducted during from 8th to 12th June 2015..

g. Inter-School Quiz Contest

An inter-school quiz contest was conducted in association with Sri Jayendra Matric Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli on 8th August 2014. 22 team from various schools participated in this contest. Dr. K. Meena, Past Chairperson, Computer Society of India and Former Vice Chancellor, Bharathdasan Univerity, Tiruchirappalli delivered the valedictory address and distributed the Prizes and Certificates to the winners. The students of Sri Vageesha Vidhyashram, Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli bagged the Vidya Seva Ratnam K.Santhanam Rolling Trophy trophy. The students of Sri Sivananda Balalaya, Vayalur Road, Tiruchirappalli and those of Sri Akilandeswari Vidyalaya, Tiruchirappalli won the second and third prize respectively.

h. Golden Jubilee Celebrations

The Golden Jubilee Year of the Computer Society of India was celebrated by the Tiruchiarappalli Chapter on 1st March 2015 at the Bharathidasan University Technology Park, Khajamalai, Tiruchirappalli. Many members, including past office bearers of the chapter, took part in the celebrations. A Memoir was released and presented using PowerPoint during the proceedings. Mementoes were presented to all the senior members present, in recognition to their distinguished services to the society. The highlight of the day was the presence of Col. Shivaraj, Fellow CSI and President, Munirka Vihar Welfare Association, New Delhi in the celebrations.

i. New Student Branch Inauguration

A new student branch of Computer Society of India was started at Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti. The branch was inaugurated by Shri. G.S. Raghunathan, Chairman, CSI-Tiruchirappalli Chapter  and  AGM,  Informatics  Center, BHEL, Tiruchirappalli  on  16th March 2015.