CSI - Membership Benefits

The Society is targeted at the user community at large. Hence the membership of the Society is open to all professional involved in the field of information technology. The membership categories include Individual and Institutional. In the Individual member category there are five grades namely Fellow, Senior, Member, Associate and Student, whereas Institutional membership includes organizations and educational institutions. A professional can also apply for life membership in the Society. Normally, a professional joins the Society as an Associate member and upgrades himself to Senior Member grade over a period of time. The Fellowship is awarded to life members of the Society based on their contribution to the Society. The honorary Fellowship is given to non-members in recognition of their contributions to the promotion of IT. Membership Benefits are listed as under. Please note that this benefits can be changed by CSI from time to time.

	Student Membership
		Invitation for SBC to attend management committee meetings of local chapter.
		Eligibility for nomination of best SB award.
		Additional 10 copies of CSI Communications.
		Attachment to a Regional Student coordinator & National Student coordinator for assistance with resource persons for. Various events and chapter support to organize seminars / workshops / tutorials / competitions / Expo.
		Invitation for all Regional/State/National student conventions/conferences and competitions.
		Concessional rates for CSI Conferences and Tutorials for student members.
		Opportunity for students to interact with Industry professionals and chalk out a career path.
		Eligibility to publish articles in CSI communications and Transactions for student members.
		Eligibility to be nominated for the best Student paper in CSI communications.
		Invitation for chapter meetings to students.
		Eligibility for students to be nominated for Young IT Professional award.
		CSI Certification and Training programs at discounted rates for students.

	Institutional Membership Under CSI-Ahmedabad Chapter
		Recognition by Accreditation bodies for association with a professional organization.
		Grant of Free nominee membership to three faculty members.
		4 copies of CSI Communications every month.
		Access to CSI knowledge portal and distinguished speaker list and eligibility for volunteering to be a speaker.
		Eligibility to apply for project sponsorship.
		Eligibility to apply for assistance to attend International conferences.
		Concessional rates for CSI Conferences and Tutorials for nominees.
		Eligibility to publish articles in CSI communications and Transactions for nominees.
		Discounted IEEE membership rate for faculty.
		Reciprocal membership of BCS, ACS and subsidized product offerings by them.
		Benefits available through CSI-IFIP collaboration

	Individual Membership
		To facilitate interaction and collaboration among academicians, researchers and practitioners.
		To enrich participants through technical paper presentations, tutorials, workshops and exhibitions.
		To showcase state/territory-specific education/research competence and identify growth areas.
		To promote innovation through presentation excellence awards for path-breaking projects.
		To prepare 'Gen Next IT Professionals' through workshops, career guidance and entrepreneurship support.
		Focused Groups like (CIO Club, Special Interest Group, Software Process Improvement Network).
		Free Lectures.
		Networking with fellow professionals.
		Monthly talks on various topics.
		Awareness of Technology Developments through Conference & Seminars.
		We have a monthly CSI Communications magazine.
		We are also coming up with Speaker's Database where you will have an opportunity to speak on the various IT Topics and participate in CSI Activities.
		We also fund for Research Project for Permanent college teachers (age below 45 years) whose college comes under our Institutional membership and who are our members

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