Dr. Varun Dutt, Assistant Professor, SCEE, SHSS, IIT Mandi, has recently been nominated as he Vice-Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Chapter India Council (Conference/Workshop Committee). The IEEE Computer Society is the computing professional's single, unmatched source for technology information, inspiration and collaboration. The Society's India Council has conducted many good events and conferences in India in the previous years. These have included high profile visits of top researcher in computer science to India, including that of the 2013 Computer Society's President, David Alan Grier.