The Society is targeted at the user community at large. Hence the membership of the Society is open to all professionals involved in the field of information technology.
The membership categories include Individual and Institutional. In the Individual member category there are five grades namely Fellow, Senior, Member, Associate and Student, whereas Institutional membership includes organisations and educational institutions.
A professional can also apply for life membership in the Society.
Normally, a professional joins the Society as an Associate member and upgrades himself to Senior Member grade over a period of time.
The Fellowship is awarded to life members of the Society based on their contribution to the Society. The honorary Fellowship is given to non-members in recognition of their contributions to the promotion of IT.
Institutional membership is a necessity for starting and maintaining a student Branch. Additionally at least a strength of 75 student members is to be maintained at all times
- Recognition by Accreditation bodies for association with a professional organization.
- Grant of Free nominee membership to three faculty members.
- 4 copies of CSI Communications every month.
- Access to CSI knowledge portal and distinguished speaker list and eligibility for volunteering to be a speaker.
- Eligibility to apply for project sponsorship.
- Eligibility to apply for assistance to attend International conferences.
- Concessional rates for CSI Conferences and Tutorials for nominees.
- Eligibility to publish articles in CSI communications and Transactions for nominees.
- Access to IEEE on-line digital library.
- Reciprocal membership of BCS, ACS and subsidized product offerings by them.
- Benefits available through CSI-IFIP collaboration.
- Student Branches (All Advantages of IM Plus…)
- Invitation for SBC to attend management committee meetings of local chapter .
- Eligibility for nomination of best SB award.
- Additional 10 copies of CSI Communications.
- Attachment to a Regional Student coordinator & National Student coordinator for assistance with resource persons for. various events and chapter support to organize seminars / workshops / tutorials / competitions / Expo.
- Invitation for all Regional/State/National student conventions/conferences and competitions.
- Concessional rates for CSI Conferences and Tutorials for student members.
- Opportunity for students to interact with Industry professionals and chalk out a career path.
- Eligibility to publish articles in CSI communications and Transactions for student members.
- Eligibility to be nominated for the best Student paper in CSI communications.
- Invitation for chapter meetings to students.
- Eligibility for students to be nominated for Young IT Professional award.
- CSI Certification and Training programs at discounted rates for students.