at the institute with its inaugural ceremony in Chanakya Auditorium. The event was formally inaugurated with the Lamp Lightening before Goddess Sarasvati by the Vice Chairman, I.T.S-The Education Group, Sh. Arpit Chadha, Director-PR, I.T.S-The Education Group, Sh. Surinder Sood, Guests including Dr. Amitabh Rajan , Chairman at Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Dr. Vineet Kansal , Pro Vice Chancellor at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University ,Shri Arvind Thakur , Senior Advisor to the Board, NIIT Technologies, Shri Manoj Chugh ,Director(IT), President - Group Public Affairs, Member Group Executive Board, Mahindra & Mahindra,  Dr. Sunil Kr. Pandey and Director-IT, I.T.S Ghaziabad.

In his welcome address, Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S – The Education Group welcomed the guests and congratulated Department of I.T. for taking such initiative. He said that we all are fortunate to have leaders from Top-Industry & Academia under one roof of I.T.S. He also encouraged all the delegates to learn and listen all the dignitaries so that it can help them in coming time.

Earlier, the Director (IT), Dr. Sunil Kr Pandey presented a brief of this CXO Meet and its theme “Innovation. Creation & Integration  : Role of CXOs & Way Ahead” and spoke about the objectives and need of the event CXO Meet-2019. He said that we, at I.T.S, Ghaziabad are committed to continuously work towards identifying latest industry trends and equip our students with require understanding of latest developments in IT which helps in overall development of our students and preparing a pool of budding technocrats who are ready to work in the industry

Shri Surinder Sood, Director-PR, I.T.S - The Education Group welcomed the guests and congratulated Department of I.T. for taking such initiatives where student can directly listen and meet the person who are leading the IT Industry & Academia.

While addressing the gathering Dr. Amitabh Rajan, Chairman at Reserve Bank of India Services Board advised all the delegates that apart from updating ourselves we should respect others . He said that India is a developing country. Students can prove themselves very helpful in the noble work of its development. Students are the backbone of any society and the nation. The society and the nation have immense faith in its youth power. Hence, it is the duty of the youth to tackle every problem efficiently.

Dr. Vineet Kansal, Pro Vice Chancellor at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University while addressing the gathering said Universities play an important role as leaders in teaching and learning, in education, research and technology. .The most important role they have been assigned is the production of highly skilled manpower and research output to meet the industry goals. Universities transform people's lives through education and through the wider impact of their research. Universities help students to develop the skills and knowledge employers need. He very nicely describe the role of MOOCS and also advised students to enroll for online courses like NPTEL, Swyam Prabha and many more.

While addressing the audience Sh.Arvind Thakur, Senior Advisor to the Board, NIIT Technologies said that NIIT Technologies is a leading global IT solutions organization, enabling its clients to transform at the intersect of unparalleled domain expertise and emerging technologies to achieve real-world business impact. He advised students to be prepared for the upcoming challenges in the IT industry like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He said that students should train themselves in a way so that they are industry ready when they pass-out from the colleges.

Sh. Manoj Chugh, Director(IT), President - Group Public Affairs, Member Group Executive Board, Mahindra & Mahindra, while addressing the gathering said that students should always respect the course what they are opting and should prepare themselves for the industry . He said that students of I.T.S are fortunate to have events like CXO Meets where industry leaders come and share & guide  them for the upcoming opportunities which they have to face after completion of the course.

Inaugural ceremony was followed by one panel discussion. The panel discussion was based on the theme “Leading Innovation & Technology : Future Ahead” where dignitaries including Ms. Anita Jha, Sr. Vice President, Sulabh International, Shri Prakash Kumar, Country Head (IT), BMW, Shri Inderjeet Singh, Chief Cyber Security Officer, VARA United, Shri Munish Chawla, Co-Chairman, Regional Committee for Entrepreneur & Start-ups discussed about the what are the various issue in the IT world which gives birth to various attacks and they also discussed about the security policies  framed by the government for public and private and timely in their methods for detecting and preventing attacks. mechanisms for cyber security. They also shared some live use cases with the audience

At the end of the event Director(IT) & Convener of CXO Meet, Dr. Sunil Kr. Pandey presented a vote of thanks and advised all the students to be aware about the new challenges in IT industry.

Overall the CXO Meet ended on a success note.