| Sl. No | Event Name | Organization | Type of Event | Speaker | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Sustainable Computing (AISC 2025) | Organized byDepartment of Information Technology,BPPIMT, Kolkata&A. K. Choudhury School of Information Technology,University of Calcutta | Conference | Academicians and Industry Experts | July 24-26, 2025 |
| 2. | Introduction To Gemini CLI | Organized byDepartment of Information Technology,BPPIMT, Kolkata | Tech Talk session | Ms. Usha Rengaraju, the World’s First Woman Triple Kaggle Grandmaster, Chief of Research, Exa Protocol | August 7, 2025 |
| 3. | AI Powered Evolution: Exploring the Impact of AI in Smart Computing for Sustainable Society | Organized by Dept. of CSE &IT, MAKAUT, West Bengal (SPOKE) and Dept. of IT, BPPIMT, West Bengal(SPOKE-affiliated). Under the banner of Electronics and ICT academy, NIT, Patna (HUB) Supported by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India | One Week Online FDP | Academicians and Industry Experts | January 12-16, 2026. |
| 4. | Robotics and IoT Laboratory Visit | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata | Industry Visit | Dr. Hena Ray, Scientist E at C-DAC, Kolkata | 27 February, 2026 |
| 5. | Image Processing Using MATLAB | Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd, Module No. 132, SDF Building, Salt Lake, Sec V, Kolkata – 700091 | Industry Visit | Mr. Soumyadeep Sarkar, Senior Consultant, Automation and Design, Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd | April 17, 2026 |
| 6. | Industry visit for AI based project learning | Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd, Module No. 132, SDF Building, Salt Lake, Sec V, Kolkata – 700091 | Mr. Mahendra Dutta, Technical Head, Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd | May 2, 2026 |
| S.No | Date | Name of the Program | Resource Person | Venue | No. of students attended from IT | POs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | August 1, 2024 | MoU with Ardent, AI-Focused Industry Sponsored Laboratory | Mr. Sanjib Dutta | BPPIMT | – | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| 2. | July 11, 2024 | Tutorial Session on Some aspects of Algorithms for Data Science(AISC Conference 2024) | Jibendu Mazumder, Director, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Arijit Mukherjee, Principal Scientist, TCS Research | B Block Seminar Hall, BPPIMT | 10 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| 3. | February 21, 2025 | Workshop on Python with AI & ML | Mr. Mahendra Dutta, Technical Head and Mr. AvikDas, Sr. Scientist, TCS Kolkata, | Block C, Lab 402 | 50 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| 4. | April 25, 2025 | Gap Lecture for Design Analysis and Algorithm | Mr. Mahendra Dutta, Technical Head and Mr.Rajesh Mitra, Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd. | Block C, Lab 402 | 52 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| June 21, 2025 | Industry Visit | Mr. Anup Kumar Paswan, SeniorSoftware Developer, Techno Exponent, Euphoria GenX | Euphoria GenX,Salt Lake City, Kolkata | 21 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| S.No | Date | Name of the Program | Resource Person | Venue | No. of students attended from IT | POs | PSOs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | January 20,2024 | MoU with Ardent | Mr. Sanjib Dutta, Manager – Sales and Marketing Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd | BPPIMT | – | PO1,PO10, PO12 | PSO1 |
| 2. | January 25,2024 | Lecture Session on “What matters on Corporate World” | Mr. Moyukh Mazumder, Senior Consultant, KPMG Bangalore & IT Alumni | Block C, 201 | 52(3rd Year) | PO1,PO10, PO12 | PSO1 |
| 3. | March 22,2024 | Industrial Visit | Mr. Mahendra Dutta, Technical Head and Mr. Avik Das, Sr. Scientist, TCS Kolkata | Ardent Computech Software Ltd., Salt Lake Sector- V | 16(3rd Year) | PO1,PO10, PO12 | PSO1 |
| S.No | Date | Name of the Program | Resource Person | Venue | No. of students attended from IT | POs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | October 17, 2022 | Lecture Session on Software Enginnering | Mr.Krishnendy Nandy, Accenture | Webinar | 64 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| 2. | October 18, 2022 | Lecture Session on Builder Pattern | Mr. AkashdeepBhattacharya, NRI Fintech | Webinar | 43 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| 3. | October 22, 2022 | Webinar on Transformational Technologies in Recent Days (TTRD 2022) Series III Topic: Mobile Application Development Platforms and their demand in present days | Mr. Surjava Ghosh,iOS Developer at Infosys, Kolkata, West Bengal | Webinar | 44 | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
| 4. | June 2022 – July 2023 | Mou with Cleonix Technologies Private Limited | Mr. Debdip Roy | MoU | – | PO1,PO10, PO12 |
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Sustainable Computing (AISC 2024) was Organized by Department of Information Technology, B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, Kolkata and A. K. Choudhury School of Information Technology, University of Calcutta on July 11-13, 2024.
The conference was technically sponsored by IEEE Kolkata section and the proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer in the “Information and Communication Technologies” series. There has been a submission of more than 230 papers, among that 66 papers have been accepted.
On July 11, the inaugural session was held at B P Poddar Institute of Management and Technology. Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy, ISI Kolkata was the chief guest and he delivered a tutorial lecture on Some aspects of Algorithms for Data Science. Dr. Gitosree Khan, BPPIMT hosted the session. Jibendu Mazumder, Director, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Arijit Mukherjee, Principal Scientist, TCS Research and Dr. Saptarsi Goswami Bangabasi Morning College delivered insightful lectures at the tutorial session.
An IEEE membership development drive was organised by Dr. Shila Ghosh, Chair, Membership drive committee, IEEE Kolkata section; it was followed by a session by IEEE WIE.
The conference was held on July 12-13 at Software Technology Park, STPI Kolkata. On July 12, there was an inaugural session. Prof. Dr. Sutapa Mukherjee, Principal, BPPIMT and Chairperson, AISC 2024, Prof. Amlan Chakraborti, Director, AKCSIT and General Chair of AISC 2024, Aditya Kr Sinha Director at C-DAC Patna, Shri Sanjay Kumar Das, W.B.C.S (Exe.), Managing Director, Shri Manjit Nayek, Director, STPI, Prof. Bimal Roy, ISI Kolkata, Prof. Partha Pratim Das, IIT Kharagpur, Assoc Prof Anupam Chattopadhyay, NTU, Singapore, Prof. Lau Sian Lun, Sunway University, Dr. Soumya Sen, AKCSIT, Dr. Gitosree Khan, BPPIMT, Program Chairs, AISC 2024 Malaysia inaugurated the conference by lighting a lamp. The session was hosted by Dr. Sabnam Sengupta, General Chair, AISC 2024 and Head, Department of Information Technology, BPPIMT.
There had been keynote lectures by eminent academicians; Prof. Kenneth W. Regan, University at Buffalo, Dr. Bimal Roy, ISI Kolkata, Dr. Partha Pratim Das, Professor, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Nandini Mukherjee, Jadavpur University, Shri Sanjay Kumar Das, W.B.C.S (Exe.), Managing Director, Prof Anupam Chattopadhyay, NTU, Singapore, Prof. Tino Cortesi, Università Ca’ Fioscari Venezia, Kamiya Khatter, Springer delivered keynote lectures.
There were 7 technical sessions (oral and poster) where contributory papers were presented in different tracks such as AI and Cyber Physical System, AI in Health Informatics, etc. Eminent Personalities like Prof. Sankhayan Choudhury, Prof. Amlan Chakraborty, Prof. Rituparna Chaki, Dr. Sunirmal Khatua, Dr. Soumya Sen, University of Calcutta, Dr. Anshuman Banerjee, ISI Kolkata, Dr. Punyasha Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, Dr. Ananya Kanjilal, Dr. Jayeeta Chanda, Dr Bikramaditya Mondal Dr. Sabnam Sengupta , BPPIMT, Prof. Lau Sian Lun , Sunway University, Prof. Tino Cortesi, Ca Forcari University, Dr. Suparna Biswas, MAKAUT, Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Kalyani University, Dr. Subhrojyoti Bhowmik, Peerless Hospital, Mr. Susanta Sinha, TCS were there among the session chairs in these 3 days. There was a cultural program by the students of BPPIMT on July 12th, which was followed by the conference dinner.
Springer India will be sponsoring awards for best paper and best poster in 1st, 2nd and 3rd category worth a range from Euro 150-300.
The conference ended with a high note with a vote of thanks by Prof Amlan Chakraborti, AKCSIT.
Department of Information Technology of B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology organized a Webinar on “Introduction to decision tree and Ensemble in Machine Learning” on June 4, 2020. Dr. Saptarshi Goswami, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department ( CSE) Bangabashi Morning College has been the speaker of the session. Dr. Goswami has more than 10 years experience in the field of Machine learning and Data science. He is an executive committee member of Society for Data Science. More than 220 participants, both from West Bengal and other states participated in the webinar. The webinar was convened by Dr. Sabnam Sengupta and was coordinated by Dr.Gitosree Khan. Satyaki Majumdar and Reetam Dutta had been the student coordinators of the event.
The Workshop on Machine Learning for Data Analytics using R (MLDA 2019) is aimed to address current state-of-the-art of Machine Learning and Data Analytics both in Academia and Industry. The workshop helps to understand the progress of Machine Learning in the field of Data Analytics both at research and application level. The goal of this workshop is to deliver in-depth concepts, methods, applications by integrating Machine Learning methodologies for Data Science advancement. The hands-on session of this workshop demonstrate how to apply Machine Learning methodologies for the Data Analytics application using R. Number of Participants present in the workshop was 46. The following are the list of distinguished speakers:
Distinguished Speakers:
1. Prof. Aditya Bagchi, Emeritus Professor, Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda University
2. Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti, Dean Faculty of Engineering & Technology, University of Calcutta (ACM Distinguished Lecture)
3. Prof. Bhabatosh Chanda, ISI
4. Prof. Indranil Mukhopadhyay, ISI
5. Mr. Ambarish Ganguly, TCS
6. Mr. Mrityunjoy Panday, Cognizant
Experts of R:
7. Dr. Saptarsi Goswami, University of Calcutta
8. Mr. Dibyendu Bikash Seal, University of Calcutta
Department of Information Technology, BPPIMT, had organized a 3-day workshop on “Recent Trends in Machine Learning”. Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd. and Webtek Lab taken hands on sessions on the first two days of the workshop. On the 3rd day of RTML 2018, Dr. Soumya Sen, University of Calcutta and Mr. Nilotpal Ghosh, Sr. Architect, Cognizant Technology Solutions delivered lectures to the students from 2nd year and 3rd year attended the workshop.
A Symposium on Advanced Computing, Communication and Biomedical Engineering (ACCBE 2017) was organized by Dept of Information Technology, B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology in collaboration with Center of Excellence for Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Calcutta on March 27-29, 2017.
Distinguished speakers from institutes of National and International repute delivered lectures at the symposium.
The speakers were:
- Prof. Bimal Roy (Padma Sree), ISI Kolkata (Former Director)
- Prof. Swapan Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University (Former director NIT Suratkal and NIT Durgapur)
- Prof. Pradip Kr. Das, Jadavpur University
- Prof. Santi Prasad Maity, IIEST, Shibpur
- Prof. Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur (Former HOD, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur)
- Prof. Nandini Mukherjee Jadavpur University
- Prof. Kallol Bhattacharya, University of Calcutta
- Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti, University of Calcutta
- Prof. Anirban Sarkar NIT, Durgapur
- Dr. Arijit Mukherjee, TCS, Kolkata
- Prof. Sabnam Sengupta, BPPIMT, Kolkata
There was a tutorial session organized by Center of Excellence for Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Calcutta on “IoT Landscape: Technologies and Applications” by Prof. Amlan Chakrabarti, Mr. Suman Sau (CU), Ms. Debomita Chakraborty (IBM), Mr. Kaushik Chakraborty(CU) , followed by a student paper presentation on March 28, 2017.
Dept. of Information Technology, BPPIMT organized a Faculty Development Programme on “Use of ICT for online and blended learning” during 8 th -9 th July and on 30 th July 2016. Spreading the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education is a MHRD initiative and is aimed to give a direction in initiating a learner oriented teaching learning environment. This FDP was also aimed to extend this connection for imparting knowledge, transitioning towards a more active and learner oriented teaching learning environment. A total of thirty eight faculty and technical staff members from all departments participated in the programme. Discussions on learning management system LMS: MOODLE was a major thrust area in the programme. The event was coordinated by Gitosree Khan, Swagata (Gayen) Kundu, Balaram Ghosal, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Lipi Begam and Asim Kumar Panda.
Department of Information Technology organized a workshop on Hadoop in association with Ardent on November 16, 2016. The workshop session was mentored by Dr. Rajmohan Dey Sarkar, Director of Ardent Computech Pvt. Ltd. The objective of BigData Hadoop Workshop is to make awareness about the new Technology like Big Data Hadoop, Data Analytics among Engineering Students. The workshop was designed to give in-depth knowledge of the Big Data framework using Hadoop to use Pig, Hive, and Impala to process and analyze large datasets for data ingestion with our big data training.With Hadoop, no data is too big. And in today’s hyper-connected world where more and more data is being created every day, Hadoop’s breakthrough advantages mean that businesses and organizations can now find value in data that was recently considered useless. The students also gained hands on project during the workshop.
Ms. Ria Mukherjee Basu, Faculty (Culture and Language Initiatives), TCS Talent Development delivered a lecture on “Enhancing Employability Skills” in an industry academia interaction session organized by Department of Information Technology, BPPIMT on November 9, 2016 in association with the Technical forum. The lecture is about bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry. It mainly emphasize the significance of enhancing academia‐industry collaboration for augmenting research, innovation, employability and greater productivity, through various measures. Hence, the session ends with the solution that Academia and industry need to recognize each other’s strengths and strive towards greater trust and communication.
A National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing & Communication (ETCC 2014) was organized by the Department of Information Technology, B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, on March 22-23, 2014, at Hotel Pride, Kolkata. The conference was technically sponsored by IEEE and Computer Society of India, Kolkata chapters. The conference proceedings were published by Springer under the book series “Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering”. The proceedings of ETCC 2014 are available in print format from international organizations, like amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and are also available in different electronic (e-book) formats, like Amazon Kindle.
Distinguished personalities from institutes of national and international repute have graced the conference with their esteemed presence and lectures on various emerging domains. Prof. Dwijesh Dutta Majumder, Professor Emeritus, Indian Statistical Institute had been the chief guest of the conference. Prof. Partha P. Das, IIT Kharagpur delivered the first keynote lecture and Prof. Swapan Bhattachrya, Director; NIT Surathkal delivered the keynote lecture 2. In addition to that, there had been plenary sessions by Prof. Nabanita Das, ISI Kolkata, Prof. Aditya Bagchi, ISI Kolkata and Prof. K. P. Ghatak, NIT Agartala. Prof. B. N. Chatterji, Dean Academics, BPPIMT, had chaired the plenary sessions. Other than that, there had been invited lectures by Prof. Indranil Sengupta, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Nabendu Chaki, University of Calcutta, Dr. Anirban Sarkar, NIT Durgapur, Dr. Debashis De, WBUT, Kolkata, Dr. Ananya Kanjilal, BPPIMT, Dr. Tanay Chattopadhyay, WBPDCL. Prof. B. P. Sinha, ISI Kolkata and Prof. Samiran Chattopadhyay, Jadavpur University, Dr. Rituparna Chaki, University of Calcutta, were also present during the conference. There were total 49 papers, including 7 papers in the poster presentation category.