Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC)

Lecture Series on data science
The department of Computer Science and Engineering with the partnership of the Industry Institute Partnership Cell has organised a lecture session on 26th September 2022. The speaker was Mr. Ashesh Das Lead in Business Analytics and Research in Fidelity Investment. It was a very engaging session giving an insight into what is being practiced in the industry in this field. This was the 1st part of this lecture series which will be continued with more sessions on the coming days.

Internet of Things
“IF YOU THINK THAT THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFE, THINK AGAIN. THE INTERNET OF THINGS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE IT ALL OVER AGAIN” – BRENDAN O’BRIEN

The Department of Electrical Engineering organized a 1- day seminar on the topic “Internet of things” on 24th September, 2022 (Saturday). It is an initiative by the department to provide a glimpse of the current industry scenario, the opportunities to be explored and the exciting challenges to be met in this field to the upcoming Electrical Engineering graduates.
1st session: This session is an industry interaction session by Mr. Shouvik Sarkar & Mr. Rajesh Mitra from Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd. on the topic “IOT”. Mr. Shouvik Sarkar is presently working as Technical Head- core domain in Ardent Computech and Mr. Rajesh Mitra is the branch Manager of the same company in Kolkata.
2nd Session: This session is an alumni interaction session with Mr. Tunir Saha, alumnus of Department of EE, 2014 batch on the topic “Introduction to Internet of Things”. Mr. Tunir Saha presently working as Senior System Analyst in IBM and he is the founder of Skubotics. Total no. of participants: Students from 2nd, 3rd, 4th year, faculties and technical staffs.

Recent Trends in IT 2.22
The Department of Computer Applications of B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, hosted a seminar on "Recent Trends in IT 2.22" on 27th of August, 2022 for the students of MCA. Our MCA Alumni of 2011 passout, Mr. Rahul Joshi, was the Guest Speaker for the event. As an Agile Expert who is leading Large Digital Transformation Programs in diverse technology platforms and Business domains, Rahul Joshi, has been working for Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. for more than 10 years now. Rahul works as the Functional Consultant in the domains namely CRM CX, BFSI and Retail. In his speech, he spoke about the dynamcity and ever-changing trends of the industry. Some technology trends that will majorly impact how we live and work, while others will be more subtle. He elaborated his speech in the field of Artificial Intelligence encompassing Machine Learning, Data Science; Cloud Computing, Cyber Security which are ubiquitously applied in the industry and as an IT professional there will be a constant surge for learning, unlearning and relearning these technologies.

The students interacted with their alma mater and seeked directions for their career advancement.

Industry Visit
A one-day industrial visit was organized by the department of electrical engineering at Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station (DSTPS), Andal, on 9th September, 2022. 42 Students from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year participated in the industrial visit under the supervision of 6 faculty members from the department. Dr. Nandita Sanyal, HoD, Department of Electrical engineering and Madhumita Kundu Mondal, Coordinator of this industrial visit, arranged the entire event smoothly.

The officials of DSTPS guided the students in explaining the operation of different sections of the thermal power plant like the coal handling plant (CHP), water treatment plant (WTP), ash handling plant (AHP), electrostatic precipitator, boiler, furnace, turbine-alternator and switchyard. The engineers of DSTPS did a detailed explanation of the 200kV and 400kV switchyard. The officials explained how automation helped to control the operation of the entire power station. Utmost care has been taken for the students during this entire process, and they have been dropped at their respective locations after completing this visit by a bus booked by the college.

Cross domain recommender systems and analytics using datascience
Department of Computer Science and Engineering in collaboration with the Industry Institute Partnership Cell organised a 1 day workshop session on the topic of CROSSDOMAIN RECOMMENDER SYSTEM AND ANALYTICS USING DATA SCIENCE on 20th October 2021.The session was a combination of lecture session along with coding presentation. The session was conducted by ARDENT COMPUTECH PVT LTD.The focus of this session was to provide the students with the fresh and upcoming areas in computer technologies.The workshop enabled the students to aware themselves with industrial needs which will shape their careers with cutting edge technological knowledge.The student response was amazing which contributed to the success of the 1 day workshop by the department.

Lecture Series on Data Science (Part 1)
The department of Computer Science and Engineering with the partnership of the Industry Institute Partnership Cell has organised a lecture session on 26th September 2022. The speaker was Mr. Ashesh Das Lead in Business Analytics and Research in Fidelity Investment. It was a very engaging session giving an insight into what is being practiced in the industry in this field. This was the 1st part of this lecture series which will be continued with more sessions on the coming days.

MoU/ Industry Center of Excellence
B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology has collaborated with EduSkills Foundation for enabling Industry 4.0 ready digital workforce in India. This collaboration aims to fill the gap between Academia and Industry by ensuring world class curriculum access.

Industry talk on “Robotics”
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering jointly with SPIE student chapter, BPPIMT, in association with ARDENT Computech. Pvt. Ltd. organized a one day workshop on “Embedded Systems and Robotics”, on 14.09.22. Around 50 students of 2nd yr and 3rd yr of ECE, CSE, IT and EE department participated in the event. Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Ivy Majumder, HOD, ECE Dept. followed by a Hands-on Training Session on Embedded Systems and familiarization of Energia, conducted by Mr. Ramesh Kumar, and Mr. Mostafa Seikh, Asst. Prof. ECE.

In the second half, Mr. Souvik Sarkar, Technical Head, Core Domain, ARDENT Computech Pvt Ltd., delivered a lecture on “Robotics”, followed by preface on “Tinkerad” software. Both the sessions were very much informative and interactive. Workshop ended with a feedback session followed by vote of Thanks by Dr. Vedatrayee Chakraborty.