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HEREareanumberofinterestingeventsscheduled
TatIDRBTinthecomingmonths.
The first of the events, which is of great importance to
the Institute, is the Annual Banking Technology
ExcellenceAwardsfunctiononOctober23,2015.Aftera
rigorous evaluation process with the help of an external
knowledge partner and eminent jury, the banks that
have done exceedingly well in adoption of technology in
someoftheimportantareasgetidentifiedtoreceivethe
awardsfromtheGovernoroftheReserveBankofIndia.

On the same day, three important inaugurations are
also planned. The first is the inauguration of the Banks'
CIO Forum. The forum would provide a platform for
In December, the Institute is also hosting an
Banks' CIOs to discuss common concerns among
International Seminar on Fuzzy and Artificial Systems.
themselves in the adoption of technology and to work
on best practices and solutions for adoption across Speakersofinternationalreputeintheareahaveagreed
banking sector. The second is the release of IDRBT to deliver keynote addresses, in addition to paper
booklet on “IT Vendor Management: Principles and presentationsbyresearchersacrosstheglobe.
Practice”. The book is expected to serve as a handbook While these events are going on, the Institute will be
on vendor management to banks. The third is the working on the evaluation of submissions from
inauguration of Centre for Open Source Systems, which youngsters from academic institutions, banks and IT
is being designed to serve as the test bed for banks to companies across the country in response to the IDRBT
experiment and wherever feasible, adopt open source Banking App Contest. Presentation of the apps, along
systems. with prize distribution is being planned during March-

The next important event is the Fifth Doctoral April 2016. It is an occasion where IDRBT would bring
Colloquium on December 11-12, 2015. It is an event together students, banks and IT companies, to start
building a repository of useful apps for banks, keeping
where Research Scholars from reputed institutions in
up its position as the intersection of research,
India converge to present the results of the research
carriedoutbythem. academicsandbankingindustry.
Looking forward to the series of exciting events and
lookingforwardtoparticipationfromallofyou.

(Dr. A. S. Ramasastri)

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