Topics like renewable energy and artificial intelligence were discussed at a two-day first Odisha International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering, Communication and Computing Technology (ODICON-2021), which was hosted by the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University and concluded on Saturday,
The objective of the conference was to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers and scholar students on the same platform for sharing and exchanging their experiences, discuss new ideas and research results about all aspects of engineering, science and technology especially relevant to sustainable and clean energy, Prof Renu Sharma, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, ITER, and General Chair, ODICON-2021, said.
The inaugural session had Prof. Sushmita Mitra from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, as chief guest while Prof Celia Shahnaz, Chair, IEEE, Bangladesh Section, was special guest. Prof AK Mahapatra, SOA Vice-Chancellor; Prof AK Tripathy, Chair, IEEE, Bhubaneswar; and Prof SR Samantaray of IIT, Bhubaneswar and Secretary, IEEE, Bhubaneswar Sub-Section, were speakers.
Prof Shaikh Fattah from BUET, Bangladesh, was chief guest at the closing session while Prof Sivaji Chakravorti of Jadavpur University; and Dr Naeem Hannon of University Technology Mara, Malaysia; were guests of honour. Prof Damodar Acharya, Chairman of SOA Advisory Board and former Chairman, AICTE; Prof PK Sahu, Dean, ITER; Prof PK Nanda, Dean (Research and Development), SOA; and Dr Manoj Kumar Debnath, Organising Chair, ODICON-2021, also addressed the conference.
The keynote speakers included Dr Akshay Kumar Rathore from the Concordia University, Montrea; Prof Bijay Ketan Panigrahi from IIT, Delhi; Prof Ganapati Panda from IIT, Bhubaneswar; and Dr Swagatam Das from ISI, Kolkata.