Name and Title of the Programme : Two Weeks Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP)

                                                        on “Emerging Technologies for Education and Research in CS & IT”

Date(s)                       : 13^th to 25^th July 2020

Organized By               : Jointly by:-

                                      1. IEEE Delhi Section

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

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), Mumbai

                                        8. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, Safa Society, New Delhi

                                        9. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The FDP began with the Inaugural Session on 13^th July, 2020. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, welcomed all the guests & attendees, and discussed the need of Education 4.0 under the backdrop of Industry 4.0. He also motivated all the participants to proactively adapt to the new ecosystem New Normal and make the entire teaching-learning process flexible enough to meet the expectations of students in the digital era. Prof. Prerna Gaur, Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, was the Guest of Honour and highlighted the activities of the IEEE Delhi Section. She also talked about various student chapters introduced under IEEE DS to promote the relationship between Academia and Industry. Chief Guest of the inaugural session, Dr. Dinesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor, J.C Bose University of Science & Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, addressed the session and discussed the urgent need of focusing on continuous assessment of students & promoting online education in all parts of the country. The presidential address was delivered by Prof. M. N. Doja, Director, IIIT, Sonipat highlighting the need to develop interest among students in online education in order to meet challenges posed by COVID-19 Pandemic. The session was also addressed by Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President-Elect, CSI and Prof. J. W. Bakal, President, IETE, New Delhi.

There were 21 interesting and knowledge imparting Webinar sessions covered during this two weeks of FDP. Changing Instructional Paradigm by Prof. M. N. Hoda, BVICAM, New Delhi, Citations and Reference Management using Mendeley by Dr. Ritika Wason, BVICAM, New Delhi, Google Classroom by Mrs. Tanya Pathak Garg, BVICAM, New Delhi, Robotics and Automation Process by Dr. George Tsaramirsis, King Abdulaziz University, K.S.A, 21^st Century Computing Technologies and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities by Dr. Nasib Singh Gill, MDU, Rohtak, Docker and Kubernetes by Dr. Vipin Gupta, U-Net Solutions, Punjab, Research Methodology by Prof. D. K. Lobiyal, JNU, New Delhi, MOODLE - Open Source LMS by Mr. Uttam Singh Bist & Mrs. Tanya Garg, BVICAM, New Delhi, Applications of Design Thinking by Mr. Shailesh Gupta, 3SRC Technologies, Noida, Software Defined Networking (SDN) by Mr. Manish Aggarwal, Altran Technologies, Gurugram, MOOC -The Next Generation Learning Platform by Dr. Durgesh Tripathi, GGSIPU, New Delhi, Introduction to Data Science and Analytics by Ms. Ekta Gupta, Brain Mentors Pvt. Ltd., N. Delhi, The Art of Writing Quality Papers by Dr. Gagandeep Singh, CRC, Taylor & Francis Group, Basics of Machine Learning using Python, Text & Image Analytics using Machine Learning, Object Detection using Machine Learning & Deep Learning with Python – all four sessions by Mr. Ravikant Tyagi, Brain Mentors Pvt. Ltd., N. Delhi, Simplifying IPR and Patent Filing by Mr. Awab Habib Fakih, AIKTC, Mumbai, Industry 4.0 by Mr. Vijay Anand, Altran Technologies, Gurugram, Role of Academia in Industry 4.0 by Dr. Mani Madhukar, IBM, Noida and BlockChain by Dr. Mayank Aggrawal, G. K. V., Haridwar.

The FDP was aimed to provide all participants with a better understanding of emerging technologies for education and areas of research in CS & IT. During the FDP, the participants were given Assignments based on the sessions and they also underwent a quiz based on MCQ Tests. On the basis of their performance in these assignments and MCQ Tests, they were ranked at A+, A and B categories.  The FDP observed active participation from 55 participants as various research scholars and faculties from different states of the nation, including participants from College of Engg. & Mgmt., Kolaghat, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk, Gujrat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Graphics Era University, Dehradun, BIT Sindri, Dhanbad, Delhi School of Business, Jorhat Engg. College, Assam, JJTU, Rajasthan, Annamalai University, ICFAI University, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, ASBM University, Bhuvneshwar, Rajiv Gandhi Govt. Polytechnic, Itanagar, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, to name a few.

Last day of the FDP witnessed Valedictory Session. Dr. Vishal Jain, Associate Professor, BVICAM, presented a brief report on all the sessions covered during two weeks of FDP. Prof. M. N. Hoda welcomed all the guests and thanked all the speakers & participants to make this FDP a successful program with positive outcomes. He also motivated participants to always get involved in the continuous improvements to upgrade their technical skills. Guest of Honour, Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President Elect, CSI, congratulated the organizing team for successfully conducting FDP on a wide area of topics turning into a value addition to the attendees. Chief Guest of the event, Prof. J. P. Saini, Vice Chancellor, Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi, congratulated all the participants and motivated them to adapt & learn new technologies for research & innovation for sustainability. The session was presided over by Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Noted Academician, Chairman, NBA, New Delhi and Former Founder Vice Chancellor, GGSIP University, New Delhi. He discussed the need and significance of emerging technologies in our lives and acknowledged that the inadequacies and shortcomings in these technologies must be recovered to make better solutions for meeting the challenges. He also appreciated the efforts made by BVICAM in organizing continuous FDPs and webinars on wide area of topics serving multiple disciplines.

At the end, few participants shared their experiences on attending FDP sessions and gave their valuable feedback. The entire FDP was coordinated by Dr. Vishal Jain, Associate Professor, Mr. Manish Kumar, Assistant Professor, Mr. Uttam Singh, Assistant Professor, BVICAM and Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM. All the participants were awarded with certificates of participation electronically. Dr. Vishal Jain expressed his vote of thanks to all the attendees for their active participation and professional bodies for their collaboration in this online FDP.