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Inauguration of Society For Information
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Delhi:
February 2, 2011: With a view to make budding
professionals of Information Technology (IT) aware
about latest developments happening in the field of
IT, the Department of Information Technology of
Delhi Technological University
(DTU), formerly Delhi College of Engineering, has
established a students’ body ‘Society for IT
Engineers’ (SITE) at DTU.
SITE was
formerly inaugurated today by Mr. Savitur
Prasad, IAS, Secretary, Department of IT, Govt. of
Delhi along with Prof. S.C. Dutta
Roy, IIT Delhi, Prof. P.B. Sharma,
Vice Chancellor, DTU, Prof. O.P.
Verma, Head of IT Department, DTU and
Dr. N.S. Raghava, Faculty Advisor, SITE
among others. Welcoming the distinguished guests,
Prof. Sharma said, “Technical societies in
educational institutions play a crucial role in
bridging the gap between what the course curriculum
offers to the students and what the industry
expects. I am hopeful that SITE would act as a
connection between the world of academia and world
of industry and aid us in transforming graduating
engineers to professional engineers.”
Stating that IT
has made rapid strides in all areas of human
activity, Prof Roy urged students to take IT to
those sections of society who have not been
benefited by IT. “Can you reverse ‘Society
for IT Engineers’ to ‘IT
Engineers for Society’ and do
something for not just your own professional
development but for the society at large,” he asked
the students.
Chief Guest for
the occasion, Mr. Prasad complimented the University
for establishing a Society for IT students and
conveyed his best wishes for the same.
He even invited DTU students to work with them on
live projects undertaken by the Department of IT,
Govt. of Delhi. He said, “We are keen
to provide efficient services and readdress
grievances of residents of Delhi in a more effective
way, by using IT, and I call upon the students to
think about how we can achieve that. I would like
DTU students to conceptualize and implement new
projects in E-Governance and citizen services.”
The inaugural
function of SITE was followed by a technical session
by Mr. Tapan Paul, Regional Sales Head,
Motorola India. A booklet on SITE was also
released on the occasion. SITE would be organizing
several activities like workshops, seminars,
projects etc. for students to nurture their
technical skills and unleash their talent in areas
like programming, designing, web development, image
processing, robotics, hacking, animation and so on.. |
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