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.
ACM India Council Elects Prof. Venkatesh Raman as President
In the ACM India Council meeting and Annual General Meeting held on June 25, 2022, members elected Prof. Venkatesh Raman as President, Prof. Supratik Chakraborty as Vice President, and Prof. Meenakshi D'Souza as Secretary/Treasurer. The appointments are for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.
Venkatesh Raman
Venkatesh Raman obtained his PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and since 1991 he has been at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, where he is currently a Professor. His primary research interests are in the area of data structures and algorithms, in particular in Succinct Data Structures and Parameterized and Exact Algorithms. He has organized or participated in several faculty development programs (FDPs) on Algorithms in institutions all over the country.
He has been serving on the ACM India council since 2016 where he served as Vice-President during 2018–2020 and Secretary/Treasurer during 2020–2022. During these periods, he was on the Steering Committee of COMPUTE, CTiS, and ARCS symposiums, and was part of the Education Committee and Steering Committee of summer/winter schools of ACM India council.
Heena Timani
ACM-W India Committee Chair Heena Timani was Chair and Founder/Vice-Chair of the ACM Ahmedabad Professional Chapter. She was a member of the ACM-W India Committee from 2017 to 2019 and has been reappointed as Chair for the term July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. She is Director of iAnanya Datalytix Pvt. Ltd. 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.
ACM India Launches Minigraphs
ACM India has launched Minigraphs, a new series of documents comprehensively covering technical areas of current significance. Minigraphs are intended for those with some knowledge of computing: senior undergraduates and postgraduates, and young professionals in industry. They will help readers to answer the question: "Should I think of starting work in this area?"
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ACM India Council
- President
- Venkatesh Raman
- Vice President
- Supratik Chakraborty
- Secretary/ Treasurer
- Meenakshi D'Souza
- Member
- Shweta Agrawal
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Ranjita Bhagwan
- Prateek Jain
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Viraj Kumar
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Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
- Sachin Lodha
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Sudip Misra
- Balaraman Ravindran
- Rijurekha Sen
- Rajeev Shorey
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Yogesh Simmhan
- Past President
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Jayant Haritsa
- ACM India Executive Director
- Hemant Pande
- ACM India COO
- Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe
Past ACM India Council Members
List of Past ACM India Council Members
ACM India 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.
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