Name and Title of the Programme : One Week Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP)

                                                        on “Emerging Research Trends in CS & IT”

Date(s)                       : 25^th to 29^th May 2020

Organized By               : Jointly by:-

                                      1. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), N. Delhi

                                       2. IEEE Delhi Section

In collaboration with    :     1.Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section

                                        2. Consultants Network Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section

                                        3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section

                                        4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section

                                        5. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre

                                        6. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section

                                        7. Computer Society of India (CSI)

                                        8. Safa Society, New Delhi

                                        9. Brain Mentors Pvt. Ltd, Delhi

Report:

India is facing great challenges in every sector due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. However, in this melee, education sector has come up with different digital tools and technologies to cope up with such situation. BVICAM conducted its second online webinar in continuation of its FDP series, to promote awareness on emerging research trends in the domain of CS & IT. The objective of the FDP was to nurture the research aptitude and competency development of the young research scholars and faculty members doing research. FDP also covered two days workshop on Machine Learning and Deep Learning with Python by Brain Mentors Pvt. Ltd on 26^th and 27^th May 2020.

The FDP began with the Inaugural Session on 25^th May, 2020. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, welcomed all the members and discussed the background note of conducting this FDP.  Prof. Prerna Gaur, Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, was the Guest of Honour and highlighted the activities of the IEEE Delhi Section. The Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session was Prof. R. K. Shevgaonkar, Vice Chancellor, Benett University, Greater Noida, also Former Director, IIT Delhi and Former Vice Chancellor, Pune University, Pune. He delivered his Inaugural Address on Digital Transformation in Higher Education, in which he has highlighted the major technological shift in the entire education system.

This FDP was conducted in 10 interesting and knowledge imparting sessions including four different sessions of workshop. Different technical sessions covered during FDP were – How to be Happy in Difficult Times by Dr. Shankar Goenka, WOW Factors, Faridabad; Project based Learning and Higher Order Thinking Skills by Dr. P. S. Grover, Delhi University, Delhi; Awareness of IPR and Patent Filing by Mr. Awab Habib Fakih, AIKTC, Mumbai; Technology Transformation from Academia to Industry by Mr. Gaurav Arora and Ms. Baishakhi Banerjee, India Mentors, Delhi; IoT and Cloud Computing Enabled VANETs by Dr. R. S. Rao, AIACT&R, Delhi and Exploring Remix to Implement Smart Contract by Dr. Mayank Agarwal, G. K. V. Haridwar.

Sessions covered during two days workshop were based on Machine Learning with Python and Deep Learning with Python, both sessions conducted by Mr. Ravi Kant, Brain Mentors Pvt. Ltd. Delhi. In these two sessions, participants learned a lot about machine learning and deep learning models and performed hands-on using Covid-19 datasets having number of active cases, recovered cases etc. in different states of India.

This FDP was being the most innovative event, aimed to provide an open exchange of ideas that gave all the participants an opportunity to learn about emerging trends in research and benefitted their academic career growth. The FDP observed active participation from various research scholars and faculties with positive outcomes. It attracted over 90 participants, including participants from ABES College of Engg, Ghaziabad, BIT Meesra, Annamalai University, National P. G. College, Lucknow, SD Bansal College, Indore, Shri ShankaracharyaTechnical Campus, Bhilai, Pune University, iNurture Bangalore, Trinity College, Delhi, Amity University, UP, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, DY Patil International University, Pune - to name a few along with International participants from Saudi Arabia.

Last day of the FDP witnessed Valedictory Session in the benign presence of Chief Guest Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Noted Academician, Chairman NBA, N. Delhi and Founder & Former Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, New Delhi; Dr. A. Murali M. Rao, Chairman, IEEE Computer Society, Delhi Section; Mr. R. K. Vyas, President, CSI and Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, BVICAM. Prof. K. K. Aggarwal expressed his appreciation on the success of FDP with the active participation of all the participants and a wide variety of topics covered during five days of FDP. Dr. A. Murali M. Rao appreciated the way BVICAM conducted this online FDP and congratulated all the participants and BVICAM team for its success. Prof. M. N. Hoda also shared his experiences on this webinar and thanked all the speakers for conducting interactive sessions, resolving all queries of the participants during their sessions and overall making it a successful event with fruitful outcomes. All the participants were awarded with certificates of participation. The entire FDP was coordinated by Dr. Vishal Jain, Associate Professor, Mr. Manish Kumar, Assistant Professor and Mr. Uttam Singh, Assistant Professor, BVICAM. Dr. Vishal Jain expressed his vote of thanks to all the attendees for making this event a huge success of its own kind.