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]