Bhubaneswar : On the occasion of its 53rd Edition, the Computer Society of India (CSI) 2020 conferred the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik with ‘CSI E-Ratna Award’ for recognition of his selfless service to its citizen and state through e-Governance and & ICT Initiatives in the presence of Dr. Achutya Samanta MP, Fellow, CSI & Manas Ranjan Patnaik, Convener CSI 2020 on the Second day of 53rd Annual International Convention which is the largest and prestigious IT convention of CSI held in first time in Bhubaneswar at KIIT University.
Speaking on the occasion Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik said, “I congratulate CSI for holding the IT Convention in Odisha. We in Odisha are transforming the state through 5T and we have taken up many developmental issues through Information Technology in Odisha.”
Apart from Chief Minister, other eminent dignitaries who received the SIG CSI e-governance Award on this ceremony were CSI Lifetime Award to Satish K.K, Hon Fellowship Awards to, Prof. Dr. Sasmita Samanta, Pro. VC KIIT and Minister of State, E&IT and Sports,Govt. of Odisha, Er Tushar Kanti Behera, Fellow Award to Dr. Gulshan Rai, Dr. A.K. Saini. The Computer Society of Odisha also conferred different states in which it conferred the IT Department of Govt of Odisha recived by Minister of State, E&IT and Sports,Govt. of Odisha, Er Tushar Kanti K Behera and IT Secretary Manoj Mishra.
