Punjab & Chandigarh state center of Institution of Engineers (IEI) in association with Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College Fatehgarh Sahib today organized a two day International Conference on “Electronics and Communication, Renewable Energy and IOT’s Vision 2040” at Engineers Bhawan, Sector 19A Chandigarh.The conference was inaugurated by Dr. K.K. Aggarwal Chairman of the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), responsible for gradation of the Technical Institutions. Also present on the occasion were IEI National Chairman Dr. Gunaraja & other dignitaries of National & International repute.While speaking about this international conference IEI Chairman Punjab & Chandigarh Er JR Garg said that the aim is to present current researches being carried out in the areas of Electronics, Communication and Information Technology and Electrical Engineering for scientists, scholars, engineers and students from the universities, technologists, entrepreneurs and policymakers all around the World. Thus, the conference provided opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face and to establish research relations.In the two days event, 06 technical sessions for academicians & researchers & 02 sessions for the students were organized. Some of the international delegates also presented their research paper through Video Conferencing.
Er JR Garg also informed that Vice Chancellor of IKG Punjab Technical University (PTU) Jalandhar Dr. Ajay Sharma will be the Chief Guest of the closing ceremony to be held on 8th Sept 2019 & Maj. Gen. Dr. G.S. Lamba Principal of BBSB Engg College will be the Guest of Honor.Vice Chancellor of IKG-PTU Jalandhar, Dr. Ajay Sharma will share his valuable experiences on how introduction of these areas in the curriculum of the budding engineers has enhanced sustainability of the solutions to the current engineering problems. He will also highlight the importance of IoT in healthcare in General & Post – Operative care in particular. Dr. AP Singh of SLIET Longowal will present the final report of the Conference, benefits of the renewable energy generation techniques with a vision of about next two decades (Vision 2040).The researchers and engineers coming from academia and industries interacted for the advancements of this technical sector and shared best practices and thereby learn to transform their own research findings through step towards ‘Make in India’ campaign. This conference will act as a path which leads to the search for knowledge. The conference focused on Improving researcher’s retention and success, enhancing researcher’s development and learning and supporting well-being and social inclusivity.
ABOUT IEI
The Institution of Engineers (India) or IEI is the largest multidisciplinary professional body that encompasses15 engineering disciplines and gives engineers a global platform from which to share the professional interest. IEI has a membership strength of nearly 0.7 million. Established in 1920, with its headquarters at 8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata 700020, IEI has served the engineering fraternity for over nine decades. In this period of time, it has been inextricably linked with the history of modern day engineering. In 1935, IEI was incorporated by Royal Charter and remains the only professional body in India to be accorded this honour. IEI functions among professional engineers, academicians and research workers. It provides a vast array of technical, professional and supporting services to the Government, Industries, Academia and the Engineering fraternity, operating from over 100 centres located across the country. For details visit www.ieindia.org. The Punjab State Centre of the Institution of Engineers was located at Lahore before the partition of India. After 1966, when Haryana and Himachal established their separate centre, this Centre was named as Punjab & Chandigarh State Centre. The foundation stone of this building was laid in 1966 by Sardar Pratap Singh Kairon, the then Chief Minister of Punjab. Located in the centre of city beautiful and equipped with all kind of infrastructure to organize such seminars.