Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Default is Digital-Trends and Opportunities”

Date   :   12^th June, 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 Society (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                          2.  Consultants Networks ffinity (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.  The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                           7.  The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                           8.  Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                           9.  The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, New Delhi
                                            10.  AICTE’s IIPC of BVICAM, New Delhi
Report:

The Webinar was held in the benign presence of Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section and Prof. A.K. Saini, Vice President, CSI and IETE and Dean, University School of Management Studies, GGSIPU. The webinar began with the welcome address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay welcoming all the guests and participants. Prof. A.K. Saini, Vice President, CSI and IETE and Dean, University School of Management Studies, GGSIPU also addressed the session and motivated the participants with his words. He discussed how going digital was important in the present times and was the need of the hour. Prof. M.N. Hoda, Director, BVICAM also motivated the participants with his words. 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 now COVID-21. 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.

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Singh, Group Leader, TCS Innovation lab, Mumbai was the lead speaker of the webinar. The webinar was aimed to give an overview of how innovation and digital technology has transformed the present world. He beautifully explained how different innovations by TCS and other tech giants have helped humanity sustain in the present times.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Dinesh Kumar Singh 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 200 participants from across the world.