CSI Punjab State Student Convention 2017 hosted by the Department of Computer Applications, Chitkara University

Two-day CSI Punjab State Student Convention was hosted on March 3-4th, 2017 by the Department of Computer Applications, under the aegis of Computer Society of India, Chandigarh Chapter. The primary theme of the convention was “Digital Connectivity & Social Impact.”

Dr Madhu Chitkara, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab along with dignitaries Mr Shiv Kumar, Regional Vice President, Region-I, CSI, Mr D. S. Chhabra (President, CSI Chandigarh Chapter), Mr D.N Mishra (Ex-Vice President, CSI Chandigarh Chapter) inaugurated the Convention. Mr Maninder Singh (CSI State Student Coordinator, Punjab) delivered the “Keynote Address”. The convention provided a chance our alumni Mr Varun Sharma, CEO, Tech Labs, to come back to his alma mater and this time to conduct a workshop as “Lead Resource Person” on Rapid Web Application Development using WordPress.

Mr Saurabh Agrawal, Regional Student Coordinator, Region-I, CSI visited the Chitkara University campus on the second day. He visited the sites of events and interacted with the students of various colleges. He appreciated and applauded the initiative of Chitkara University of holding such a thoughtful convention, and suggested that such events can be conducted at the regional level in future with students participating from educational institutions from various states of Northern India. He also honoured the winners of various competitions.

The convention received an overwhelming response of about 170 entries from the students of various colleges of the Punjab State.

Mr Preetinder Singh Brar, Program Incharge, Department of Computer Applications expressed a vote of thanks for the complete support and smooth flow of the event.

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