Formed in 1965, the CSI(Computer Society of India) has been instrumental in guiding the Indian IT industry down the right path since its formative years. Today, the CSI has 70 chapters all over India, 418 student branches, and more than 90,000 members, including India's most famous IT industry leaders, brilliant scientists and dedicated academicians. At present, you have the opportunity to be a part of this distinguished fraternity too.

The mission of the CSI is to facilitate research, knowledge sharing, learning and career enhancement for all categories of IT professionals, while simultaneously inspiring and nurturing new entrants into the industry and helping them to integrate into the IT community. The CSI is also working closely with other industry associations, government bodies and academia to ensure that the benefits of IT advancement ultimately percolate down to every single citizen of India.

CSI Membership

• The Society is targeted the user community at large. Hence, the membership of the Society is open to all the professionals 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 organisations 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.

CSI Having MOU's with

• IEEE
• MIEL
• BCS
• PMI project Management Institute (PMI)
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
• eWIT (empowering women in IT)
• Microsoft
• IIT Bombay

Membership Benefits

• Joining a large community of Professionals, Corporate and Institutions
• Free CSI Communications
• CSI Journal, R & D Grant
• Concession in Events Participation
• Opportunity to be Office Bearer
• Opportunity to organize events and participate
• Concession in joining IEEE
• CSI Examinations/Certifications