Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, July 21: The prestigious 5G & IoT Lab at Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SMVDU Katra, was inaugurated by Dr Jitender Chhadda, Senior Director Operations and Strategy, Intel India.
Vice-Chancellor SMVDU, Dr Sanjeev Jain, Head of the Department Dr K R Jha and Coordinator of the Lab, Dr Rakesh Jha, were also present on the occasion.
After the inaugural, Dr Chhadda had detailed interaction with the coordinator of the lab along with the Ph D, M Tech. and B Tech students of the department working in the Lab. Students demonstrated their live work to the Intel Director.
It is pertinent to mention here that a lab of this sort is not available even in leading IITs and NITs in the country. This lab was set-up in collaboration with Intel India under education program of Intel FiCE for Indian Universities. The coordinator of the lab, Dr Jha briefed the Intel Director about the achievements of University being carried out in this Lab. The major thrust areas of work being carried out in this lab are Green Communication, security issues, smart agriculture, smart campus, smart city and health monitoring systems.
The inauguration was followed by a special lecture and interactive session by Dr Chaddha. He highlighted the important steps in the transformation from a student’s life to a professional life. He appealed to students to have at least a 20 year vision what they wish to be and achieve and what steps are necessary to be taken to realize the vision. He further emphasized that the only thing which is in control of the students, is the curiosity and the students should be willing to know and learn more and the possible areas of the application of the knowledge.
Registrar, Prof V K Bhat, Dean Faculty of Humanities Dr Vandana Sharma, Training and Placement Officer B K Bhatia and many other faculty members and all Engineering students were present on the occasion.
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