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II. Programmes conducted by staff:

1. 
   Techkriti – Network & Cyber Security Championship 2016 IIT Kanpur & NIT Srinagar, 18-20^th March 2016
   

2. 
   Intellectual Property Rights and career opportunities by Arshid Ahmad Sheikh, Patent Attorney, Condo Roccia Koptiw, USA, 10-08-2015 at 12:00 noon.
   

3. MOU between NIT Srinagar and IEEE (USA) on 14th September 2015 at National Institute of Technology Srinagar. In this regard the signing ceremony was held in the CSE High Tech room on 14th September 2015 (Monday).

III. Any other activity/achievement:

Dr. Mohammad Ahsan Chishti, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Kashmir has been awarded the prestigious "IEI Young Engineers Award 2015-2016" in Computer Engineering Discipline by The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) in recognition of the contributions made by him in the field of computer engineering. The award consists of a certificate and plaque. The award was given for his remarkable contribution with more than 50 research publications to his credit and 8 patents with two granted International Patents.

IV. Purchases made: