** FC Kohli, father of Indian IT industry, passes away

Faqir Chand Kohli – FC Kohli, often called the Father of Indian IT industry, passed away on Thursday. He was 96.

FC Kohli joined Tata Electric Companies in 1951 and helped to set up the load despatching system to manage the system operations. He became director of Tata Electric Companies in 1970. He was the first CEO of TCS which pioneered India’s IT Revolution and helped the country to build the $100 billion+ IT Industry.

** IIT-M students design device for typing in braille

Aimed at helping the visually impaired, it fits into a smartphone’s port

Four students from the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras have come together to develop a handy device for the visually impaired.

Four students — Sundar Raman P., Adil Mohammed K., Shivam Maheshwari and Andrea Elizabeth Biju — got together to develop the device.