Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Believing the Unbelievable-Technology for 2021​”

Date   :   12 ^th February, 2021

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks 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. Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals (IITP), Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

AICTE’s Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) of Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, in collaboration with Computer Society of India (CSI), IEEE Delhi Section, IEEE Computer Society, Consultants Network Affinity Group, Inter Society Relations, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Delhi Centre and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section organized an online webinar on “Believing the Unbelievable-Technology for 2021” was conducted on 12th February, 2021.

The Webinar was held in the benign presence of Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President Elect, CSI. The webinar began with the welcome address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay welcoming all the guests and participants, followed by the welcome address of Prof. A. K. Saini outlining the multidimensional perspective of challenges faced by humanity in 2021. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to keep learning continuously regardless of all disruptions.

Prof. K. Subramanian, IEEE Ambassador & Area Coordinator, India-IEEE (GAC) was the lead speaker of the webinar. The webinar was aimed to discuss the economic, social, political and technological drivers show a stronger relationship between Information and Economy. There is going to be a sea change in the workplace, and workforce. The future enterprises have to devise a new generation HR policies to retain and sustain global Knowledge workforce. The green computing and the environmental protection and sustainable development assume a greater significance. Latest development in the Internet of Things (IoT) demands a collaborative, cooperative and coexisting workforce for sustainable development. Creativity, Innovation and Productivity are the three major factors to be nurtured and practiced by the People, Enterprises and the Nation for sustainable growth.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Prof. K. Subramanian for his valuable and detailed session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all the webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted more than 400 participants from across the world.