ACM India Council
The ACM India Council was created by ACM to recognize and support Indian ACM members and activities.
About the ACM India Council
The ACM India Council is an effort of ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, aimed at increasing the level and visibility of ACM activities across India. The ACM India Council activities, involving both academia and industry in computing, include research, organization of high-quality computing conferences, advancing Computer Science education, and awards to recognize achievement.
2024 ACM India Council Election Results
As a result of the votes cast by the ACM Professional members residing in India who were eligible to vote in the ACM India Council election, the following individuals were elected to serve on the ACM India Council effective 1 July 2024.
Executive Council Member
(1 July 2024 – 30 June 2028)
Maria Choudhary, Oracle India Pvt Limited, Goa
Meenakshi D’Souza, IIIT Bangalore
Amey Karkare, IIT Kanpur
Viraj Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Ponnurangam (PK) Kumaraguru, IIIT Hyderabad
Shourya Roy, Flipkart, Bangalore
Vipul Shah, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune
Revathi Venkataraman, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
Meenakshi D'Souza
Meenakshi was elected as President of the ACM India Council for the term July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026. She is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Computer Science at IIIT-Bangalore where she teaches a variety of courses including Automata Theory and Computability, Algorithms, Software Testing and Graph Theory. Meenakshi's Software Testing course offered on the NPTEL platform since 2017 and more than 57000 learners have enrolled for this course over these years. Her primary research interests are on Formal Methods and Software Testing focusing on embedded safety critical applications, she has been working on several sponsored projects in this area. Meenakshi did her PhD from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai and worked for Honeywell, Bangalore, prior to joining IIIT-Bangalore.
Meenakshi has been serving on the ACM India Council since 2018 and was the Secretary cum Treasurer of ACM India from July 2022 to June 2024. During her tenure, Meenakshi was on the Steering Committees of ARCS, CTiS and Annual Event, has co-organized three summer schools, two Grad Cohort events, and has worked on several operational aspects of ACM India.
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Rutvi Shah
ACM-W India Committee Chair Rutvi Shah has been volunteering ACMI-W since 2015, and has been instrumental in organizing events, conferences, workshops, and seminars focused on women in computing. She has served as Web Chair for the Ahmedabad Professional Chapter and as Secretary cum Treasurer on the ACMI-W Committee from 2021-23.
She has been in academics for 18 years and is currently associated with Sardar Vallabhbhai Global University, Ahmedabad, teaching at UG and PG Computer Applications Courses. She holds a PhD in Computer Science with research area focused on automated systems for medical image processing. She has undertaken research endeavours encompassing the realms of Data Science, Machine Learning and their affiliated areas. She hosts sessions for trending research areas, is on the board of the Technical Program Committee, and is a reviewer of various reputed International Conferences.
She believes that by leveraging her capabilities in information retrieval, analysis, and communication, she can be pivotal in generating strategic guidance in bridging the gender gap, nurturing talent, and championing diversity in the Indian technology landscape.
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ACM India Council
- President
- Meenakshi D'Souza
- Vice President
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Ponnurangam Kumaraguru
- Secretary/ Treasurer
- Sachin Lodha
- Member
- Shweta Agrawal
- Aritra Banik
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Ranjita Bhagwan
- Maria Choudhary
- Amey Karkare
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Viraj Kumar
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Sudip Misra
- Shourya Roy
- Vipul Shah
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Yogesh Simmhan
- Revathi Venkataraman
- R. Venkateswaran
- Past President
- Venkatesh Raman
- ACM India Executive Director
- Hemant Pande
- ACM India COO
- Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe
- ACM India COO Designate
- Ranga Rajagopal
Past ACM India Council Members
List of Past ACM India Council Members
ACM India Events
ACM India events and conferences include: Annual Event, ARCS Symposium, ACM-W Workshop, COMPUTE, CODS-COMAD, and ISEC.
ACM India also co-sponsors conferences held in India, such as CODS-COMAD, ISEC, Compute, ComsNets etc.
Contact Us
ACM India has an active presence on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. We encourage our members to participate and contribute on these social media channels to increase awareness of ACM India activities.
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