Computer Society of India
Young IT Professional (YITP) Awards 2017
HARDWARE
Hardware development, IoT,
Cloud implementation
SOFTWARE
Information Security, Scrum &
Agile, AI, BFSI, Manufacturing,
Retail, NOSQL, Banking &
Finance, Marketing
APPLICATIONS
Multi lingual applications, Applications for
rural development, Smart Cities, Digital
India, Medicine or Health care, Fashion
industry/ Liberal Arts, Animations, Public
transport, BFSI, Manufacturing, Finance,
Marketing, Retail, Gaming, Mobile Apps
COMMUNICATIONS
Telecom, Mobile computing,
Security & Privacy
EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH
E-learning, Animation Industry
The Young IT Professional Awards are instituted to encourage Researchers, IT
professionals/ Practitioners, Entrepreneurs, Researchers, Academicians, or Ph
D/PG Research Scholars below 35 years of age in service/support/research/
education/training function in the field of Information Technology.
These awards are instituted both at the national as well as at the regional
levels. The winners of the each region will qualify for competing in the final
national round.
OBJECTIVES
To recognize the significant contribution(s) made by a person as mentioned
above.
To motivate upcoming professionals and enhance the prestige of the
profession by enabling them to exercise their skills and competencies in the
best possible and innovative manner
To directly or indirectly contribute towards the improvement of professional
effectiveness in different spheres of life
To motivate young men and women to imbibe the entrepreneurial spirit and
thereby encourage more and more people to venture into entrepreneurship
To encourage contribution in boosting the economy of the country and
promote research
Criteria
The most outstanding technology project related to any theme mentioned here
(but not limited to), completed during the year 2016 / 2017 (project duration
could be of 2-3 years from the start date) within an organization will be judged
for following criteria by the selection committee:
Criticality of IT Usage
Improvement of Customer Service
Innovation, Return on Investment
Quality of Management
Impact on Organization and/or Society
Eligibility
Any individual below 35 years of age (as on 31st March, 2017) who are either
working professionals/practitioners, entrepreneurs, researchers,
academicians or Ph D/PG Research Scholars and has made significant
innovation in the areas of IT applications and services, research and academics
to bring improvement in service, support, research and education/training in the
field of Information Technology.
Participants can be from CSI corporate members, Business
organizations, Research Institutes and Interns from incubation centers of
universities. Only those individual with minimum of 3 years and maximum
12 years of experience or Ph. D/PG Research scholars below 35 years of age
can participate in this competition.
A team of maximum 3 members meeting all the eligibility criteria may be
nominated. The project nominated should be original and not published earlier.
Nominations should be supported by the organization/Institutions to which
the applicants are attached. Applications nominated by any CSI Fellow are
also eligible.
Awards Comprise of:
Trophy and Certificate to first two winning teams/individuals and prizes as under:

Category National Awards Regional YITP award (For each region)

Winner 25000/- 5,000/-

1st runner up 15,000/- 3,000/-

Special mention 10,000/- 2,000/-

The winners of the regional contest will qualify for competing in the final national round.

Host Chapters for Regional Contest

Regional Round Territory Regional YITP Conveners
will be held at

Region-I Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Mr. Deepak Sharma
Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and other areas in Mobile: 9795121212
LUCKNOW
Northern India
Email: yitp.region1@gmail.com

Region-II Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, North Eastern States and Dr. Tanushyam Chattopadhyay
other areas in East and North-East India Mobile: 09088814000
KOLKATA
Email: t.chattopadhyay@tcs.com

Region-III Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and other areas in Dr. Mamata Padole
Western India Mobile: 9998792087
VADODARA
Email: mpadole29@rediffmail.com

Region-IV Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and other areas in Dr. Brojo Kishore Mishra
Central & South Eastern India Mob: - 09437875808
BHUBANESHWAR
Email: - brojokishoremishra@gmail.com

Region-V Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Mr. Vishwas Bondade

Mobile: 09844058799
BANGALORE
Email: vishwasbondade@gmail.com

Region-VI Maharashtra and Goa Mr. Vasant Sathe

Mobile: 09422320807
PUNE
Email: vsat32@rediffmail.com

Region-VII Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar, Kerala, Prof. A Sivabalan
Lakshadweep Mobile: 09443093253
COIMBATORE
Email: asivabalan@yahoo.com
 Schedule
Schedule for the application submission dates and the host dates for all the regions are as follows:
Region I Region II Region III Region IV
Host Chapter Lucknow KolKata Vadodara Bhubaneshwar
Last Date of 31/08/2017 04/092017 11/09/2017 04/09/2017
Application
Date of Contest 16/09/2017 16/09/2017 24/09/2017 18/09/2017
Venue CSI Lucknow Chapter, Indian Statistical CSI Vododara Chapter CSI
Lucknow Institute, Kolkata Bhubaneshwar
Vadodara
Chapter,
Bhubaneshwar

Region V Region VI Region VII National Round

Host Chapter Bangalore Pune Coimbatore Nashik
Last Date of 31/08/2017 31/08/2017 31/08/2017 Not Applicable
Application
Date of Contest 16/09/2017 16/09/2017 17/09/2017 07/10/2017
Venue CSI Bangalore Chapter, Department of Computer CSI Coimbatore Nashik, Maharashtra
Bangalore Engineering,
Dr,Vishwanath Karad MIT Chapter,
WPU, Coimbatore
Paud Road,Kothrud, Pune

The National round will be hosted by CSI, Nashik Chapter at Nashik (Maharashtra) on 7th October 2017. CSI
National Young IT Professional Awards will be presented on the same day.

CSI - YITP 2017 National Round

Fellow & Patron Mr. Shrikant Karode
Committee Event coordinator-Mr. Sandip Karkhanis, Chairman, CSI Nashik, 9823202079
Mr. Sanjay Mohapatra How to Apply
President, CSI
Nominations should be made in the prescribed format available on the CSI-website:
Dr. Anirban Basu http://www.csi-india.org/CSIAwards.php on or before the last date of
Chairperson, CSI Awards Committee
submission for the specific region to the Regional Convener. The nomination process is
described in the prescribed format.
Mr. Arvind Sharma
RVP Region-I
Selection Process
Mr. Devaprasanna Sinha Regional Contest
RVP Region-II
In the Regional Round, short-listed individual / teams will make oral presentations followed
Dr. Vipin Tyagi by Q&A in the presence of selection committee on the day of contest.
RVP Region-III

Mr. H S Mishra National Round

RVP Region-IV The National round will be contested by Winners and Runners up of the regional contest. No
changes to be made in the submitted project between the regional and national
Mr. Vishwas Bondade round.
RVP Region-V
The decision of the selection committee of Regional and National rounds will be final and
Dr. S S Sane will be the binding for the participants.
Convener-YITP Awards,
RVP Region-VI
For further details contact:
Dr. M. Sundaresan
RVP Region-VII CSI HQ YITP Cell
Computer Society of IndiaTM
Samruddhi Venture Park, Unit No. 3, 4th Floor,
Marol Industrial Area, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093, 022 - 29261708
Email: yitpawards@csi-india.org | Web: www.csi-india.org