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ACADEMY ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

Academy News (Covering period from April 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

Joint Activities with Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]I. SERB-INAE Collaborative Initiative in Engineering<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

INAE jointly with SERB had taken an initiative last year to conduct various events under SERB-INAE Collaborative Initiative in Engineering. As an outcome, the following four initiatives under the umbrella of \u2018Collaborative Initiative in Engineering\u2019 were undertaken.<\/p>\n

a. SERB-INAE Conclaves on Atmanirbhar Technologies – Engineering Secured Future
\nb. SERB-INAE Woman Engineers Program
\nc. SERB-INAE Outreach Programs for NE, J&K and Ladakh
\nd. SERB-INAE Innovation Hackathon<\/p>\n

INAE has received a tremendous response and the initiative has progressed well with the conduct of events efficiently under all the four verticals given above. The events\/programs organized during the period April to December 2023 are given below:<\/p>\n

a) SERB-INAE Conclaves on Atmanirbhar<\/em> Technologies – Engineering Secured Future<\/strong><\/p>\n

(i)<\/strong> The 17th<\/sup> National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFoE-23) Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Symposium on National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFoE) is one of the flagship events of INAE since 2006. The main objective of the event is to encourage Young Engineers (ages ~27-45) from industry, universities, and R&D labs to discuss leading-edge research and technical work across a range of engineering fields.\u00a0 The 17th<\/sup> National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFoE-23) symposium was organized by INAE in collaboration with Birla Institute of Technology Mesra under the aegis of INAE-SERB conclave on Atmanirbhar<\/em> Technologies- Engineering Secured Future during June 24-25, 2023. This annual flagship event of INAE was attended by young researchers across various academic institutions, R&D laboratories and industries as speakers and participants. The Inaugural Session was presided over by Prof Indranil Manna, President, INAE. During the Inaugural Session, Prof C Jeganathan, Co-ordinator, NatFoE-23 & Dean RIE, BIT Mesra delivered the Welcome Address and explained the objectives of the symposium. Shri Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. He enthused and motivated the august audience of young engineers for achieving great heights in their endeavours. He also delivered a talk on \u201cGetting to the Green Frontier: A Net-Zero Development Model for India\u201d wherein he interacted with the students on the Green Frontier Model and laid down the challenges that might occur in the near future due to climate change. Lt Col Shobhit Rai (Retd), Deputy Executive Director, INAE expressed his heartful gratitude and regards to all the dignitaries, coordinators of the event and SERB.<\/p>\n

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There were technical sessions on four thematic areas in the symposium and each session had one plenary talk and three keynote talks by experts from the relevant disciplines. All the technical sessions were conducted by the respective theme conveners. Four themes covered during the event were (i) Mining Technology -Mastering Depth & Exploration (ii) AI, GPT & Robotics – Technology of Future (iii) Smart Water Harvesting & Cleaning – Engineering Water (iv) Embracing Futuristic Technologies to make Engineering Education Alluring. In addition, a special session on Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav<\/em> was organized to commemorate the seventy-fifth year of Indian independence and the achievements of the country during this period. There was total 20 presentations by domain experts in the thematic areas and Plenary Talks by eminent speakers\u00a0during the Symposium.<\/p>\n

\"\"Prof T. Pradeep, IIT Madras presenting a memento to a speaker<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plenary talk of the first session on Mining Technology -Mastering Depth & Exploration was given by Prof. Arvind Kumar Mishra, Director of CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad (CIMFR). His talk was on \u201cEmerging Trends of Exploration and Extraction Technologies for Deep-Seated Coal Deposits.\u201d Dr Debasis Bandhopadhyay, CMPDI (HQ), Ranchi, Dr PS Paul, IIT (ISM), Dr Siddhartha Roy, CMPDIL (HQ), Ranchi were the invited speakers of this session. The Azadi talk was delivered by Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya, IIT Kharagpur. The second session on AI, GPT & Robotics – Technology of Future was graced by Dr Manish Gupta, Director, Google Research as plenary speaker. The topic of his talk was \u201cWhat an Amazing Time to be an AI Researcher. Dr. Swagatam Das, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Dr Anuj Kumar Sharma, AKTU Lucknow, Mr Gopi Krishna Nuti, Autodesk, Bangalore were the invited speakers of this session. The on the theme of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav<\/em> in this session was delivered by Mr Joy Mustafi, MUST Research, Hyderabad.<\/p>\n

The plenary talk on Smart Water Harvesting & Cleaning – Engineering Water was delivered by Prof T. Pradeep, IIT Madras as a plenary speaker. The topic of his talk was \u201cAffordable Clean Water Using Advanced Materials.<\/strong>\u201d \u00a0Prof VC Srivastava, IIT Roorkee, Dr J Rajesh Banu, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Dr Pradip P Kalbar, IIT Bombay delivered the invited talks in this session. The talk on the theme of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav<\/em> was given by Dr (Mrs) Indira Khurana, Director Research at the Safai Karmachari Andolan and Vice Chairperson of NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh. The Plenary talk of the session on Embracing Futuristic Technologies to make Engineering Education Alluring was given by Dr Rajeev Shorey, IIT Delhi as a plenary speaker. Dr Shorey spoke about about \u201cRecent Investigations in the Intersection of Machine Learning and Edge Computing.\u201d Dr. Tapan K. Gandhi, IIT Delhi, Dr. Kaushal Kumar Bhagat, IIT Kharagpur and Dr. Manjira Sinha IIT Kharagpur were the invited speakers of this session. Another talk on the theme of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav<\/em> was given by Dr. T V Bharat, IIT Guwahati.<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0large number of Research Scholars and Faculty Members of BIT Mesra also attended the Symposium and helped towards the organization of the symposium. Through this symposium, participants got the opportunity to form connections and opportunity to engage with successful alumni, faculty, and professionals with vast experience and professional standing. The symposium provided participants and students alike access to knowledge and insights that helped them in their professional journeys as engineering professionals and students.<\/p>\n

National Competition on Innovation in Manufacturing Practices (IMP 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Innovation in Manufacturing Processes (IMP) \u2013 2023 conducted by INAE and BIT Mesra under the aegis of SERB-INAE Conclave on Atmanirbhar <\/em>Technologies- Engineering Secured Future on June 26, 2023, is a national level project competition open to all engineering students and practitioners with the endeavour to engage with the engineering youth of the country. The Innovation in Manufacturing Processes (IMP) \u2013 2023 was dovetailed with the 17th<\/sup> National Frontiers of Engineering (NatFoE-23) Symposium. In addition to undergraduate and postgraduates (Master\u2019s students) categories, start-ups were also invited scholars to showcase their project work related to innovations in manufacturing sector. The students participated from various eminent institutions such as NIT Rourkela, NIT Patna, NIT Jamshedpur, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, IIEST Shibpur, IIT Guwahati, RCC Institute of Technology, Kolkata, Rai University, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka, BIT Polytechnic and BIT Mesra. The competition received an overwhelming response with a registration of total 62 teams. Entries were invited in the form of three-minute video (mp4) of the functioning model process, operations and a description of 250 words write-up document. Out of all these entries, 16 entries were shortlisted for the final pitching in front of the Jury members.\u00a0The Pitching session included many innovative ideas in areas such as Drilling Technology, Sustainable E.V. development, and Sustainable biodegradable paper packaging from waste material.\u00a0 A total of six prizes, three winners and three runner-up prizes of Rs 40,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively in the undergraduate, postgraduate and Start-ups\/PhD categories were conferred.<\/p>\n

The Chief Guest at the Inaugural ceremony of IMP-2023 was Prof Sivaji Chakravorti, Vice President, INAE, and the Guest of Honour cum Jury members were Dr. Hariharan, Former General Manager, HRD – MTI SAIL Ranchi, Dr. P.K. Chatterjee Former Chief General Manager, MECON Ltd., Ranchi and Mr. M.K. Gupta, Principal, Jharkhand Tool Room, Govt of Jharkhand. The session began with the Welcome Address by Dr. C. Jeganathan, Coordinator of IMP-23 & Dean of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, BIT Mesra. He welcomed the dignitaries and briefed about the competition and about the details of various participating institutions. The jury members of IMP-2023 addressed the gatherings and stressed about the need for Innovation in India\u2019s Manufacturing Industry. Prof Sivaji Chakravorti highlighted the importance of IMP as an opportunity for young engineers and entrepreneurs in this national level project competition. Prof Indranil Manna, President, INAE & Vice Chancellor, BIT Mesra also addressed the audience with pertinent information about India\u2019s glorious past in the field of manufacturing and emphasized the need for sustaining the GDP through manufacturing industry since it can serve to strengthen national security, provide job opportunities, and stimulate the growth of a sustainable economy. Prof Indranil Manna presented Memento as a token of gratitude to Chief Guest and jury members. Dr. Richa Pandey, Assistant Professor, BIT Mesra proposed the vote of thanks.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Participants\/Winners with Jury members of IMP 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

Shri N. C. Agrawal, CEO of Meditron, Ranchi, was the Chief guest of this valedictory function. Shri N.C Agarwal addressed the gathering with his experience in the entrepreneurial journey, and motivated and congratulated all the participants. In the Undergraduate category, <\/strong>first prize was awarded to Ankit Niraj Pandey and Team from Parul University, Gujarat for their Project on \u201cDrilling Technology\u201d, and the second prize was awarded to Bogi Manish Kumar and Team from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for their project on \u201cAI Chat\/GPT and Robotics\u201d. In the Post-Graduate Category, the first prize was awarded to Pranjal Pandey and Team from BIT Mesra for his project on ‘AI, Chat\/GPT and Robotics’, and the second prize was awarded to Ms. Nistha Mukhopadhyay and Team from BIT Mesra for their project on \u201cBiodegradable Packaging Paper from Waste Material.\u201d In the final category comprising of Start-ups\/PhD the first prize was awarded to Piyali Mukherjee and Team from IIEST Shibpur, Kolkata for their project on \u201cHealthcare Diagnostics\u201d, and the joint-second prize was shared between Akanksha Kumari and Team, BIT Mesra and Sweta Satpathy and Team BIT Mesra for their projects on \u201cKey Intervention to Solve Micronutrient Deficiencies\u201d and \u201cHigh-Speed Non-Invasive, Biomechanical Profiling for Medical Purposes\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

b) SERB-INAE Woman Engineers Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

(i)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 Two-days Symposium for Young Women Engineers <\/strong><\/p>\n

INAE and SERB jointly organized a two-days Symposium for Young Women Engineers during <\/strong>November 20-21, 2023 at Tezpur University, Assam.\u00a0 The topic of the Symposium was \u201cTechnologies for sustainable developments in North-Eastern Region\u201d. Young women engineers (< 45 years of age) from engineering and technological Institutions\/Universities covering all the states of North-Eastern region (NER) participated in this symposium. The symposium featured eight distinguished scientists and deliberated on areas covering two themes namely, \u2018High-value Agri-based products\u2019 and \u2018Rejuvenation of natural resources\u2019<\/em>. Further, the symposium featured group activity by participants on problems and solutions that are pertinent to the people of north-east. The inaugural function was graced by Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Tezpur University and he emphasized the women\u2019s contribution in science and technology for the growth of nation. Altogether 30 young women engineers covering the states of Northeast participated in the symposium. Dr. Sharmila Mande, FNAE and coordinator of the Symposium further emphasized that the event provided a dynamic platform for young women engineers to explore innovative solutions in addressing regional problems that are important for sustainable development of north-eastern region. The two-day deliberations by the domain specific expert scientist provided knowledge on emerging and advanced technologies and the implementation of the similar research work by the participants in the North-Eastern states of India.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0c) SERB-INAE Outreach Programs for NE, J&K and Ladakh<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>(i) <\/strong>Two-Day SERB-INAE Workshop on \u201cEntrepreneurship and Skill Development with Special Reference to Startups\u201d held<\/strong> on 17-18 July 2023\u00a0at <\/strong>University of<\/strong> Ladakh<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the aim to inculcate an entrepreneurial spirit among the participants and motivate them to become successful entrepreneurs, INAE organized a two-day workshop on \u201cEntrepreneurship and Skill Development with Special Reference to Start-ups\u201d jointly with the University of Ladakh on July 17- 18, 2023 at Leh. On the inaugural day, about 70 students from Elizer Joldan Memorial College, Leh Industrial Training Institute Leh, and the University of Ladakh participated in the workshop. During the event, Prof. SK Mehta, Vice-Chancellor University of Ladakh and Prof. Indranil Manna, President INAE were the Chief Guests. While addressing the participants, Prof. Indranil Manna advised students to take the maximum inputs from the two-day workshop and come up with new innovative ideas to solve certain unmet gaps in the market. He also expressed the intention to further collaborate with the university for future courses of action. Prof. SK Mehta also guided students to develop entrepreneurial traits to become successful entrepreneurs in the near future. Later, Mr. Abhishek from the Department of Industries and Commerce, UT Ladakh acquainted the students with various government incentives and schemes for entrepreneurship development in Ladakh and advised students to avail the benefits. Ms. Stanzin Minglak, Co- founder Lena Ladakh spoke at length about how to become successful female entrepreneurs. Next speaker, Mr. Nawang Phuntsog, Founder Nomadic Mills talked at length about community-based entrepreneurship and the importance of giving something back to the community. In the afternoon session, Ms, Rigzin Wangmo Lachic, encouraged participants to think out of the box and shared her experience in entrepreneurship. Later, Mr. Stanzin Jorden Co-founder Ladakh Basket spoke about the opportunities available to the youths in the Agri sector and asked students to be interns in their start-up.<\/p>\n

On the second day, Dr. Debasis Chatterji, Founder Confiscore.com took two sessions on design thinking for innovation and gave tasks to the participants. He talked about the relevance of design thinking in today\u2019s environment and shared examples of the application of design thinking in solving certain societal problems. In the afternoon session, Ms. Rigzin Angmo, Co- Founder, Nima Goss Goss familiarized the participants with the entrepreneurship process and the traits one needs to develop in order to become an entrepreneur. Later in the valedictory session, Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti, Vice-President INAE, and Prof. AK Sharma, Registrar University of Ladakh were the chief guests. While addressing the gathering, Prof. Sivaji shared some anecdotes of successful innovators and advised students to become innovators. Prof. AK Sharma advised students to broaden their horizons and engage in entrepreneurship at early stages of life even during their studies to make themselves self-dependent. At the end of the event, Dr. Mohd Rafee proposed the vote of thanks. The event was an astounding success in meeting the objectives.<\/p>\n

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(ii) Workshop on \u201cSelf-employment through Entrepreneurship \u2013 The path for Self-reliant India\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

SERB and INAE jointly organized three-days\u2019 workshop on \u201cSelf-employment through Entrepreneurship \u2013 The path for Self-reliant India\u201d in association with NIT Silchar during July 26-28, 2023.\u00a0 The primary objectives of the workshop were to make the participants aware of recent trends and future aspects of being an entrepreneur, to identify the possible sectors for becoming an entrepreneur and to motivate people representing different sections of society, including SC, ST, EWS, women, the differently abled, and Ex-servicemen to consider entrepreneurship as one of their career options in the light of NEP 2020 to making India self-reliant \u2013 Atmanirbhar Bharat<\/em>. The program was widely circulated, and a total of 89 participants registered and 52 attended the program from different institutes like Polytechnique College, Government Engineering College, Private College from West Bengal, NERIST, NIT Silchar and Assam Pollution Control Board. Lecture sessions by experts, hands-on training sessions were scheduled during the event wherein lecture sessions were related to recent trends in entrepreneurship and product development, the future of entrepreneurship, and funding schemes provided by the government. The participants conducted experiments on the wind turbine, 3-D printing, product development using natural resource-based composite materials, and solar photovoltaics. The event was an astounding success in meeting the laid down objectives.<\/p>\n

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d) SERB-INAE Innovation Hackathon<\/strong><\/p>\n

(i) INAE Youth Conclave 2023: <\/strong>The INAE Youth Conclave 2023<\/strong> was held under the aegis of SERB-INAE Innovation Hackathon during November 3-4, 2023 at GITAM University, Vishakhapatnam. The theme of the conclave “Innovation and Technology for Global Challenges,” highlighted the importance of technological advancements in addressing pressing global issues. The conclave focused on six key areas, each with profound implications for global problem-solving: 1. AI in Healthcare, 2. Space & Robotics, 3. Green Energy and Storage, 4. Circular manufacturing, 5. Biomedical Engineering and Devices, 6. Smart City & Urban Planning. The conclave featured a series of engaging events that fostered innovation, knowledge sharing, and entrepreneurial spirit. These events included Ideathon, Poster Presentation, Model\/Project Exhibition, Start-Up Showcase. In each of these events, participants came from different states had the opportunity to compete for prizes, with the top three performers in each category receiving cash awards. The 1st<\/sup> prize winner received Rs 25,000, the 2nd<\/sup> prize winner received Rs 15,000, and 3rd<\/sup> prize winner received Rs 10,000. An inspiring inclusion in the event was the provision of exclusive prizes for women-only teams, with a cash award of Rs 10,000 in each event to promote gender diversity and inclusivity.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti, Vice-President, INAE and Prof DR Prasada Raju,
\nCoordinator of the event interacting with the participants<\/em><\/p>\n

All these events were outstanding successes with overwhelming participation and unprecedented enthusiasm. Each event was well appreciated by all the stakeholders from Academic institutions, R&D Organization and Industry. The success of these initiatives shall lead to future programs of engineering importance to the nation producing unique impact and meaningful outcome. To view the report of the INAE Youth Conclave 2023 click here\u2026.<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]II. SERB-INAE Digital Gaming Research Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SERB-INAE Online and Digital Gaming Research Initiative was launched at the behest of DST as a unique program to leverage Digital Gaming Research and Industry in India and to achieve self-reliance in advanced Augmented Reality (AR)\/ Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to create indigenous gaming platforms for a number of applications ranging from education to leisure with the backdrop of Indian Ethos, for desktop and hand-held devices. This initiative is in line with national priorities. A call for well-defined proposals on the following thematic areas concerning online and digital games were invited through INAE Website and was also published in national dailies, besides forwarding to INAE Fellows, Young Associates, Directors of IITs, NITs and CFTIs and AICTE for further distribution.<\/p>\n