Dr. S.K Pal

Designation: Lord Kumar Bhattacharya Chair Professor in Manufacturing in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean (Alumni Affairs) at IIT, Kharagpur and a Chairperson in Department of heavy industry, Government of India sponsored Center of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Topic: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Advanced Manufacturing

Venue: MS Teams

Date: 15th September 2021

Summary: We at SAI CELL are overwhelmed by the great presence of our Eminent guest Dr. SK Pal. Sir did his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, and Postdoc from the University of Sheffield, UK. As an Artificial Intelligence expert, teacher, and Faculty he cleared our doubts related to Industry 4.0 and Introduction of Artificial Intelligence in especially the manufacturing Industries and gave a complete Lecture on his ongoing Government Sponsored Projects, How things actually work and how we can get research opportunities there. It was a very Interactive session and our guest not only gave lectures and cleared doubts but also Ensured us to give further research opportunities and paved the way for future collaborations of IIT KGP AND NIT DGP for AI Research. We thank our guest for his precious presence and hope for more learning opportunities from him.

Mr Ashish Sukhadeve ( B.Tech, ECE)

Topic:Upcoming Trends and success mantra for the new data-driven modern world.

YOUTUBE LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUCvhfHhplo

Date: 28th August 2021 - 6 PM

Summary: Students' Alumni Interaction Cell NIT Durgapur is proud to have arranged an Alumni Entrepreneur Talk Program with none other than Mr Ashish Sukhadeve. This was one of the most inspiring sessions of the year where we learned a lot about entrepreneurship and the stamina and grit required to succeed in life. Our speaker is the founder and CEO of Analytics Insight which is the world's first print and online publication dedicated to insights, trends, and opinion from the world of disruptive technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Robotics, Cloud Computing and IoT. We thus learned a lot about such groundbreaking technologies and the need to adapt and progress in the new era of technology. The speaker motivated us to become the best version of ourselves and cleared all our doubts. The audience greatly enjoyed this session. We are extremely thankful to our speaker for this incredible session and hope he will always be there to guide us.