Computer Society of India is the first and largest body of computer professionals in India. It was started on 6 March 1965 by a few computer professionals and has now grown to be the national body representing computer professionals. It has 72 chapters across India, 511 student branches, and more than 100,000 members. The Computer Society of India is a non-profit professional meet to exchange views and information learn and share ideas. The wide spectrum of members is committed to the advancement of theory and practice of Computer Engineering and Technology Systems, Science and Engineering, Information Processingand related Arts and Sciences. The Society also encourages and assists professionals to maintain integrity and competence of the profession and fosters a sense of partnership amongst members. Besides the activities held at the Chapters and Student Branches, the Society also conducts periodic conferences, seminars. Through the initiatives of Professor Rangaswamy Narasimhan, the first President, CSI has been in close liaison with International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) since its inception in 1965, when observers from India attended the IFIP Council meeting. Since 1974, when CSI became a member of IFIP, CSI has organized many IFIP sponsored events and was host to the 1978 Council meeting in Bombay and 1988 General Assembly in New Delhi. It represents India in technical committees and working groups of IFIP.

CSI-VIVA TECH is the student branch of the Computer Society of India (CSI) at VIVA Institute of Technology, Palghar. The Computer Society of India is a non-profit professional meet to exchange views, information, to learn and share ideas. We offer a range of services and networking opportunities through workshop, seminars and guest lectures for the development of students. We even organise technical fest "TechChase" in collaboration with other technical committee.The other major events organized by CSI are "Technical Paper Presentation" and "Imperia Project Competition". In Technical Paper Presentation, the students were given a chance to present their paper and get their paper to be published in VIVA's TECHNEXT Magzine. Also, Imperia gives a platform to the students to present their ideas and showcase their projects to the world. Our aim is to provide a training ground for computer enthusiasts of tomorrow. The mission of CSI-VIVA TECH is to facilitate research, knowledge sharing, learning & career enhancement, while simultaneously inspiring and nurturing new talent and innovations. We aim to provide the students of CSI-VIVA TECH, across all our departments, the best opportunities to acquire knowledge and gain experience in varied fields and thus help them become better professionals. Being closely associated with students, the Society has developed a well-established network of "Student Branches" all across the country. The activities conducted for the students associated with the Society include lecture meetings, seminars, conferences, training programmes, programming contests and practical visits to installations.