N. Seshagiri

Narasimaiah Seshagiri (10 May 1940 – 26 May 2013) was an Indian computer scientist, writer and a former director-general of the National Informatics Centre,[3][4] an apex organization of the Government of India, handling its e-governance applications.[5] He was a member of the Y2K Action Force of the Government, formed to combat the 9999 computer bug.[6] He is credited with many publications which included The bomb! : fallout of India's nuclear explosion[7] and Information systems for economies in transition.[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2005, for his contributions to science and technology.[9]

N. Seshagiri
Born
Narasimaiah Seshagiri

(1940-05-10)10 May 1940 [1]
India
Died26 May 2013(2013-05-26) (aged 73)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India [2]
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
OccupationComputer scientist
Known forNational Informatics Centre
AwardsPadma Bhushan

See also

References
  1. "Remembering Dr. N. Seshagiri, India's ICT Evangelist and Founder Director General of National Informatics Centre".
  2. "N Seshagiri, NIC founder, dies at 73 | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "ANALYSIS-India infotech sector above politics". India Network. 20 April 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. "10 from State figure in Padma awards list". The Hindu. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. "About Us". National Informatics Centre. 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. "Asia unharmed by Sept. 9 bug". Jawawa. 10 September 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. Seshagiri, N. (Narasimhiah) (1975). The bomb! : fallout of India's nuclear explosion. Vikas Publishing House. p. 147. ISBN 0706903439.
  8. N. Seshagiri, J. Salmona, I. P. David (Editors) (1996). Information systems for economies in transition. National Informatics Centre. p. 449. ISBN 0074633643. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.


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