Neural Computing 2015 (December 17 –19, 2015) Tenth International Conference on Information Systems Security – ICISS 2014 (December 18 – 20, 2014) Academic programmes IDRBT offers a range of academic programmes, designed specifically to meet both the existing and emerging human resources of the Indian banking and financial sector. These include: IDRBT Ph. D. Programme Postgraduate Diploma in Banking Technology (PGDBT) M. Tech. Programme with University of Hyderabad Certificate Course in Ethical Hacking Executive education Training programmes form an inherent part of IDRBT's initiatives in aiding technology absorption in the Indian banking and financial sector and keeping it abreast with the developments taking place in technology. The institute's programmes are structured in a way to prepare the top and middle-level managements of Banks and other Financial Institutions for the future in technology banking. These executive development and education programmes mainly focus on identifying the gaps in the skill requirements and then provide training in those areas. The IDRBT provides holistic executive education through these programmes that cover the entire spectrum of technology which is applied in banking and financial sector. The institute offers over 100 programmes that train over 2500 bankers every year. Banking forums Indian Banks’ Chief Information Officers (CIO) Forum Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) Forum Chief Analytics Officers (CAO) Forum FinTech ForumFintech Forum Contests IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards IDRBT Banking Application Contest IDRBT Annual Doctoral Colloquium IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards With the objective of instilling healthy competition and widening the reach of technology adoption and absorption in a faster way among all the banks, the institute constituted the IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards in 2001. The awards are a recognition bestowed on the banks which have implemented and improved the use of technology at all the fronts of banking activities for enhancing customer service as well as ease of doing banking. The awards are presented keeping in view a particular aspect of technology implementation which changes year-by-year. There are various categories which focus on cyber security, financial inclusion, IT infrastructure, IT risk management, etc. These technology awards honour the best banks of the Indian banking and financial sector. The awards are presented by the governor of the Reserve Bank of India every year. IDRBT Banking Application Contest To bank on the popularity of apps development, and bring in new and useful app innovations in the Indian banking and financial sector, the institute launched the IDRBT