Shambhunath Institute of Engineering & Technology, Allahabad Report of visit of Sri H.R. Mohan, Past President, Computer Society of India & Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter On 28 September 2017, it was a proud moment for Shambhunath Institute of Engineering & Technology, Allahabad to have Sri H.R. Mohan, Past President, Computer Society of India along with Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter in the campus. Both the guests were welcomed by Prof. D.K. Dwivedi, Director (Capacity Building & Entrepreneurship), Prof. Radha Raman, HOD, CSE, Prof. Parikshit Agrawal, Prof. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Student Coordinator, CSI-SIET Student Branch and other faculty members of Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SIET, Allahabad. Prof. Dwivedi briefed the guests about various courses run by Shambhunath Group of Institutions & academic achievements within a short span of time & also about social activities & achievements of Utthan NGO in whose flagship institutions are running. Sri H.R. Mohan deliberated about the role of professional societies such as IEEE, ACM, CSI, IETE, ISTE etc. in grooming faculty & students for Research & Development, Industry requirements & Academic environment. Dr. P. Sakthivel emphasized the need for the establishment of chapters of IEEE & ACM and organizing more technical events in association with these professional societies in future to give wide exposure to the faculty & students of SIET, Allahabad. Both the guests took a round of various departments and laboratories in the campus and appreciated the efforts of management & faculty members of SGI for the overall academic excellence of SGI in such a short period.
