9 th National Conference on “Information Technology & Business Intelligence”

Pioneer Institute of Professional Studies, Indore in association with the Computer Society of India and ISTE was organized 9th National Conference on “Information Technology & Business Intelligence” (ITBI-2010). Main aim of the conference was to invite fresh ideas and new solutions to emerge stronger, enabling businesses to use innovative ways to position them for growth.

The Inaugural Session was graced by the auspicious presence of the Chief Guest Dr. Rajkamal,Director of SOE and Ex Vice-Chancellor,DAVV, Indore;, Special Guest, Dr.S.G. Shah, Vice President, CSI Division III;  Dr. K..R. Pardasani, Head of MCA, MANIT, Bhopal AND Dr. N. S. Chaudhary, Prof. IIT, Indore 

Dr. Pardashani in his keynote speech discussed about Data Mining and Data Warehousing. He also highlighted the various issues related to demand for mining for high quality decisions at various levels in an organization to cope up with the challenges in the current scenario. 

On this occasion, Dr.N.S.Choudhary, IIT, Indore was conferred  “Pioneer IT Excellence Award-2010” He has done significant research work on gameAI, Neural Network Models like binary neural nets and bidirectional nets, context free grammar parsing, and graph isomorphism problem. He  talked about the various studies and experiments going on in the field of neural networks, parallel computing, and optimization algorithms. Dr. S. G Shah discussed about the developments in the field of Information and Communication Technology and its impact on globalization. He also talked about career opportunities in the field of ICT. He highlighted the contribution and activities of CSI in the field of IT. Various eminent personalities & research scholars discussed on various themes of IT & presented their papers on it. The conference has received a tremendous response & several delegates have registered themselves for paper presentations. 

This conference is going to focus on the scope, significance, applications & challenges in the field of IT. Dr. V.K. Jain , Director(MCA) and Conference Chairman provided and overview of the conference and technical sessions. He said that over 150 papers were received from various organizations/Institutions across India and they were reviewed by team of Professors. The Theme of First Session was “IT & Business Intelligence”, which covered 20 Papers. The Session was Chaired Dr. C.T. Bhunia , Director, Bengal Institute of Technology & Management  & the Session was Co-Chaired by Prof. Ravi Jain, IIST, Indore. 

The Theme of Second Session was “Managing Trends in IT” that included 21 Papers. The Session Chaired Dr.M.P. S.. Chawla, SGSITS, Indore & Session was Co-Chaired by Dr. V.K. Jain, PIPS, Indore. 

The Theme of Third Session was “Data Warehousing & Data Mining” that comprise of 22 Papers. The Session was Chaired Dr.V.R. Sathe, Impetus, Indore & Session Co-Chaired Dr. Aruna Tiwari, SGSITS, Indore.  

The Theme of Fourth  Session was  “Network Security” that comprised of 20 Papers .The Session Chaired Dr.P. Dandekar, Professor, KCBTA, Indore & Session Co-Chaired Dr. Rakesh Katare, Professor, Rewa University, Indore. 

The Conference also covered a Panel Discussion on “IT Education a Road Map Ahead”. The eminent panelaists were  Dr. V.K. Jain, as a Moderator,  Dr. Suresh Jain, Dr. P. Kanungo, Dr. C.K. Jain. Panel Discussion concluded with the following strategies for enhancing IT Education.

• Collaboration Programs between Institutes, Govt. And Industries. 

• Institute-Industry Interface. 

• Revision in Curriculum as per Market Demands. 

• Teachers Training. 

• live Industry Projects to Students. 

In the Valedictory Session Dr. P.K. Chande, Group Director, Truba Institute, Indore was the Chief Guest. Dr. P.K. Jain, Chairman ,Pioneer Institute congratulated the Conference Team for their  Positive Efforts & excellent team work.  

The Conference was organized by the organizing Chairman Dr. V.K Jain, Secretary, Prof. Nilesh Jain and Joint Secretary Prof. Preeti Jain. Prof. Nilesh Jain 

proposed his Vote of Thanks to the Conference Delegates for their Participation, Cooperation and Support.