Sys Conti 2007 Pics

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With my new Canon 710 IS I took some pics of the Systems Continuum 2007. Tried to experiment with angles and camera settings. Finally a few came out decently.

Media Reports on Sysconti - Pagalguy and Cool Avenues

It was a welcome change from all the contis (SOM lingo for continuums) in the past. This one was real value added seminar. The panelists gave real insights into the SME strategies in the IT services sector. The paper presentation and workshop was good if not great. But the address by Shri FC Kohli was the showstealer. He brought to fore many pertinent arguments about the state of Indian IT services. I will update the details when our college magazine "L!VE" is released. They will surely cover the events in detail.

PadmaBhushan FC Kohli is also referred to as the "Father of the Indian IT Industry". He pioneered IT services in the mid sixties with the formation of TCS. His vision can be gauged from the very fact that the words 'Consultancy' and 'Services' were non very prevalent then in 1965. TCS in 1970s was working on cutting edge technology. It actually linked Tata Power with Tarapore nuclear reactor. These were real breakthroughs then. Just goes to show the mettle of this man.

For me personally the greatest moment of pride was the presentation that I gave to Shri FC Kohli updating him with the progress that we have made with the Consumer Court project that we have undertaken, which is being championed by Prof Atanu Ghosh at the request of Kohli Saab. He was very interested and promised us all help . Recently his wife herself called us and asked us to meet her after exams to see how we can go about it. More about the project in some other post. This was followed by lunch which was again a first time concept for any conti .it e was indeed a very successful initiative and provided ideal platform to network and talk to all the speakers.

All in all Sys Conti 2007 was a huge hit and personally a very satisfactory one. Hope all the contis are able to emulate its success.