Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Smarter Devices as a Catalyst for Business Resilience”

Date   :   19^th February, 2022

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.      IEEE Technology Engineering and Management (TEM) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            7.      IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            8.      IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            9.  The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            10.  The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            11.  Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            12.  The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, New Delhi
                                            13.  AICTE’s IIPC of BVICAM, New Delhi
Report:

The Webinar was held in the benign presence of senior dignitaries from all collaborating societies and chapters. The webinar was aimed to make people aware of business resilience in current times. Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section gave welcome address and introduced the topic. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, BVICAM and Vice Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, welcomed the dignitaries and participants and gave the background note of the webinar and sensitized the participants that how in last one decade organizations have changed to themselves, in terms of re-engineering the business process to make it more significant and relevant. He emphasized and motivated that the participants to keep learning continuously regardless of disruptions, all around us. Connected enterprise is the norm today that connects all threads of business enterprise today globally. He also emphasized that that the changes are inevitable and all of us have to be ready to keep ourselves relevant for the challenges being posed to us on account of huge technological change in the backdrop of these smart times.

Mr. Umang Garg, Managing Director, Global Practice Leader, Nagarro was the lead speaker of the webinar. He was assisted by Ms. Yuvika Singh, Associate Principal Consultant and Mr. Santosh Joshi, Principle Engineer, Nagarro. They gave a very detailed background of how smarter devices could enable industrial enterprises with new opportunities while optimizing operations. They also demonstrated how smarter devices are promoting business resilience through real use cases implemented through wearable devices.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Umang Garg, Ms. Yuvika Singh and Mr. Santosh Joshi for their valuable 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. Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi and Ms. Ayushi Chopra, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, were the conveners of the webinar and has coordinated the entire webinar. The other faculty members of BVICAM; Mr. Uttam Singh Bist was working at the backend to make it successful and present it in seamless manner to the participants. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the world and Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, proved itself, once again, as a perfect host.