Prof K. K. Aggarwal, eminent IT expert and Vice-Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, has been elected President of the Computer Society of India (CSI). He will take over from April 1.
Headquartered in Mumbai, the CSI is one of the largest and most professionally managed associations of and for information technology (IT) professionals in India. The society exclusively works in the scientific and educational arena directed towards the advancement of theory and practice of computer science and IT. The organisation has been around for four decades and has grown to the size of some 30,000 members, professionals with varied backgrounds, including software developers, scientists, academicians, project managers, CIOs, CTOs and IT vendors, to mention a few.
The society also aims to work to ensure that the international impact, which computer scientists and information technologists of India have made the world over, is not only maintained but further improved. Professor Aggarwal, although associated with the formal education system for past four decades, has always been a staunch believer in interaction between industry / the professional world and the academic fraternity.
He has earlier been the Sectional President of IT Section in Indian Science Congress Association, Chairman, DOEACC (a society fully owned by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology), and also the President of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers.
He was conferred the fellowship by the Computer Society of India in 2003 and his election to the level of President in a short span is a recognition of his potential by the computer fraternity all over the country for his significant contributions. After a gap of several years, an academician has been elected to this position. This is bound to result in more intensive communication between the working professionals and the academic community.
