Mumbai city now has its very own SIGCHI or Special Interest Group in Computer Human Interaction. On Friday, 23rd March 2007, an elaborate ceremony was held at the Hyatt Regency Mumbai to launch this unique initiative which was attended by some 60 participants from across the corporate and design spectrum. It was a pleasure to host Joseph ‘Jofish’ Kaye, a research assistant from Cornell University, who had earlier spoken on pushing the boundaries of HCI at CHI Bangalore. The event was sponsored by Human Factors International and was inaugurated by Dr. Eric Schaffer. Check out some of the pictures from the event.
March 2007
The Namesake (2007)
An incident with Ashoke Ganguli (Irrfan Khan) changes him for good and takes his journey, half-way across the globe and which spans a generation from Kolkata to New York and characterize a cultural drift between the two.
Mira Nair [Salaam Bombay (1988), Monsoon Wedding (2001)] directs The Namesake which is derivation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s book of the same title. It got critical attention then especially since it was coming after Lahiri’s Pulitzer award winning and much acclaimed book The Interpreter of Maladies.
Finally, I am 'Drawn'!
Presenting my caricature done by noted artist and cartoonist Srinivas Prabhudesai. It shows my love for technology. I am holding a cellphone in one hand and a laptop in the other which is painting the Indian flag on my cheek and encouraging me to make the country proud. Srinivas Prabhudesai is a noted caricaturist and his drawings are featured regularly in leading Marathi dailies.
CHI Mumbai Launching Soon
Amidst the tangle called ‘my life’ comes some good news. CHI is launching the Mumbai chapter of SIGCHI. For the uninitiated, ACM SIGCHI is the ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, which brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use. ACM SIGCHI provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas about the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Amongst some notable chapters are BayCHI (San Fransisco), and BostonCHI (Boston City).