Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Apr 24: Two-day national conference on “Recent Advances in Computer Sciences & IT” (NCRACIT-2018), organized by the Department of Information Technology Engineering, School of Engineering & Technology (SoET), Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, under TEQIP-III, began here today.
Academicians from different Universities of India registered for this conference and shall be presenting their papers. Around 100 full length papers were received for the conference from across India and after a detailed scrutiny by the expert committee, 56 among them were accepted and have been published as conference proceedings book. Prof Javed Musarrat, Vice Chancellor BGSBU was the chief guest of the inaugural session whereas Prof Syed Afzal Murtaza Rizvi, HoD, Dept of Computer Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi was the keynote speaker. He presented a power point presentation on Role of CS & IT on Knowledge Development and Human Development.
The aim of the conference is to share the recent advancements in the field of Computer Science and Information Technology, exchange new ideas and provide a platform for multi disciplinary research.
The keynote speaker Prof Syed Afzal Murtaza Rizvi along with Dr Baijnath Kaushik, HoD Computer Sciences, SMVD University, shall be delivering talks during the sessions.
On the occasion of the inaugural session, Prof Javed Musarrat also delivered a talk supported with a power point presentation on ‘Disruptive Technologies: Future India 2050’. He laid emphasis on the significance of ‘Disruptive Technologies and how these can significantly change the world, habits, ideas, values and quality of life. He stressed upon the need of innovation and motivated the faculty, scholars and students to come up with novel ideas and prototypes. He asked all the departments to organize atleast one workshop and one seminar in the coming quarter.
Earlier Prof M Asghar, Dean SoET, expressed his views about the recent trends and advancements in Science and Technology. Malik Mubashir, HoD IT, presented the welcome address and Nikhil Gupta, organizing secretary, presented the overview and schedule for the conference sessions. Manmeet Singh presented the formal vote of thanks.
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