Name and Title of the Programme : Webinar on “Internet of Things (IoT) – Industrial Perspective"

Date                       : 11^th July, 2020

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 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. Life Member 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, Safa Society, New Delhi

                                  10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 11^th July, 2020 in the benign presence of Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, Prof. Ajay P. Thakare, Chairman, TPPC, IETE, Mr. R. K. Vyas, President, CSI and Mr. Ajay Goel, Vice President, Altran. The webinar began with the welcome address by Mr. R. K. Vyas, welcoming all the participants and acknowledging the importance of IoT in digital era, followed by the welcome address by Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi. He discussed the background note of conducting Webinars through virtual platforms and the success of such webinars which can be observed by huge participation from attendees across the world. These webinars act as networking tools to connect people 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 the primary objective of this webinar.

The webinar was aimed to promote the awareness of IoT with its architecture, building blocks and various use cases of IoT in smart homes, industry applications etc. Mr. Vivek Pachaury, Senior Director, Harman and Mr. Anil Pathak, Director (Engg.), Harman were the main speakers of the webinar. They began their discussion with an overview of IoT and its components followed by different use cases of IoT in home automation, home safety & security, entertainment, smart offices with a broad view of areas where IoT can be deployed to automate manufacturing operations and other processes in various Industry sectors. Continued with the discussion, the speakers also threw light on IoT related key technologies and possible areas for R&D. Data, AI and Analytics coupled with edge and cloud computing is leading to innovation in IoT. The attendees were also presented with a live demo on Smart connected car which can be monitored remotely. The entire session was made very interactive using small videos and live polling where participants were presented with questionnaire and poll results were shown immediately after the poll.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session moderated by Mr. Ajay Goel, where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. Ajay P. Thakare extended his appreciation towards speakers for their valuable and knowledgeable session. Prof. M. N. Hoda thanked all the participants and panelist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted 1586 participants from across the world.