Welcome to DHANBAD Chapter
Electronic Data Processing was introduced in Dhanbad area through ICL/IBM Unit Record Machines in several organisations in mid 1959s, which graduated to a full fledged Computer Centre in 1973 with installation of an ICL 1901A computer system at PDIL, Sindri (Formerly known as Planning & Development Division of the Fertilizer Corporation of India). The doors were wide open for outside users and this resulted in expansion of Computer usage in BIT Sindri, CFRI, ISM, CMRI, BCCL and CMPDIL, PDIL became Institutional Member of the CSI in 1973.
The seeds for formation of Dhanbad Chapter of CSI were sown in 1975 by forming “Computer User's Group” which had its meetings in PDIL, Sindri and ISM Dhanbad.
With ISM and BCCL installing their own computers and becoming Institutional Members, CSI membership increased. Efforts were made in 1980 to open a chapter of CSI but the membership strength fell short of the required minimum number. It took quite a few years to increase the membership and finally the magic number of 30 was achieved in December, 1987.
A meeting of CSI Members was held on 17.3.88 in PDIL Sindri and an “Adhoc Committee for Formation of Dhanbad Chapter of the CSI” was formed comprising of Prof. K. K. Rao of ISM and Sri V.C. Rai of PDIL as Convenors. Formal request for opening the Dhanbad Chapter was made in June 1988. The management committee of the chapter was formed on 20.8.88 with Prof. D. K. Sinha as Chairman and prof. K. K. Rao as Secretary Formal approval of the Chapter was received in Sept. 1988.
Sri K K Rao, Sri D D Misra, Sri V C Rai & Sri S Mitra are the founder member of CSI Dhanbad chapter and due to them only the chapter came into the existence.
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