A seminar on 'Building professional image through website - Emerging trends and unknown techniques' was held by the Foundation on 27th July 2002 at Hotel Palmgrove, Madras, India.  The programme was inaugurated by Mr Vivek Harinarain IAS, Secretary, Information Technology Department of Government of Tamilnadu.  Mr B Suresh Kamath, Chairman of Laser Soft Infosystems Limited, Madras (one of the leading Indian banking software developers) was the Chief Guest.  

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Mr Vivek Harinarain IAS, Secretary of Information Technology Department of Government of Taminadu while inaugurating the Seminar emphasised the need for transparent communication.  He said that only truth can build reputation.  Click here for the text of his speech

Mr B Suresh Kamath, Chairman and Managing Director of Laser Soft Infosytems Limited, Madras was the Chief Guest and  sponsored the seminar.  He expressed his caution and concern over the negative aspects of the Internet and also  requested for exercising utmost caution.  He insisted on he use of internet for the development of mankind.  Click here for the text of his speech.

Mr S Kiruba shankar, Satyam Infoway and Usability expert of India, made a presentation on "Web usability and good designs".  He explained the benefits of 'usability' and also the strategies to achieve the usability.  Customer friendly designs were explained by him.  Click here for the full text of his presentation

Mr Naa Vijayashankar (Naavi), a Cyber Law expert of India  talked about "cyber accidents and how to deal with them".  He explained the various ways as to how the web sites may meet with accidents or hacked.  He also cautioned all the site owners to be cautious.  Click here for the text of his speech.

Mr H R Mohan, Chief Systems Manager, The Hindu, one of the leading National Newspapers of India spoke about "evaluating information sources on the net" and explained various methods of evaluation of a web site. Click here for the text of his speech.

Mr K. Srinivasan, Managing Director, Prime Point Public Relations (P) Limited and the Founder of Prime Point Foundation spoke on "PR aspects of the web sites". He insisted on the provision of 'Media Room' for the convenience of media professionals.  Click here for the full text of the presentation

The Seminar was attended by various Corporate Senior Executives, IT professionals, Corporate communicators, New Media professionals, academicians and others.  The picture shows a section of the audience.

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