ACM India Council
The ACM India Council was created by ACM to recognize and support Indian ACM members and activities.
About the ACM India Council
The ACM India Council is an effort of ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, aimed at increasing the level and visibility of ACM activities across India. The ACM India Council activities, involving both academia and industry in computing, include research, organization of high-quality computing conferences, advancing Computer Science education, and awards to recognize achievement.
Jayant Haritsa
ACM India Council President Jayant Haritsa is on the faculty of the Department of Computational and Data Sciences and the Department of Computer Science and Automation at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He received his undergraduate degree from IIT-Madras, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Fellow of ACM and IEEE for his contributions to the design and implementation of database engines. He has been on the ACM India Council since 2018 and chaired the Steering Committee of the annual IRISS symposium. He is also on the Steering Committee of ACM India awards.
Heena Timani
ACM-W India Executive Council Chair Heena Timani was Chair and Founder/Vice-Chair of the ACM Ahmedabad Professional Chapter. She was also a faculty sponsor of the ACM-W chapter at Ahmedabad University. She was a member of the ACM-W India Executive Council from 2017 to 2019. She is an independent consultant, business analyst and academic advisor. Her specialization is Bayesian inference and Applications of Bayesian networks in business intelligence and analytics. She is actively involved in supporting and organizing computing events for women in India under ACM-W.
Annual Events
ACM India events and conferences include: Annual Event, ARCS Symposium, ACM-W Workshop, COMPUTE, CODS-COMAD, and ISEC.
ACM India also co-sponsors conferences held in India, such as COMSNETS 2021.
ACM-W India Events
Read about Hackathons, Celebrations, Summer Schools and more events ACM-W India hosts throughout the year.
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ACM India Council
- President
- Jayant Haritsa
- Vice President
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Hemangee Kapoor
- Secretary/ Treasurer
- Venkatesh Raman
- Member
- Supratik Chakraborty
- Meenakshi DSouza
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Gargi
Dasgupta
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Manish
Gupta
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Pankaj
Jalote
- Venkatesh Kamat
- Viraj Kumar
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Ponnurangam
Kumaraguru
- Rajeev Shorey
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Vasudeva
Varma
- ACM-W India Chair
- Heena Timani
- Past President
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Abhiram Ranade
- ACM India Executive Director
- Hemant Pande
- ACM India COO
- Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe
Past ACM India Council Members
List of Past ACM India Council Members
Contact Us
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