An MoU was signed with Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) by two professors of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. Esteemed faculty members, Dr. Sudip Kumar Sahana, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, and Dr. Debomita Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, have bagged projects under CCL.
Dr. Debomita Ghosh's project is named "Adaptive Irrigation Management using Sustainable Energy" with the idea of achieving sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility under CCL and shall be completely done based on renewable energies.
The project is to take place in a year's duration and is expected to be completed by 2024. Dr. Sudip Kumar Sahana's project encompasses work around "Self-Monitoring of Mine Workers", which is the first to be put to use in both India and abroad.
Starting in February 2023 and envisioned to be completed by January 2026, it will be incorporating technologies like Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and IoT.
This project has prominent goals like, developing a web-based behavioral data acquisition system and routine behavioural monitoring, dealing with health hazards of miners in real-time, and establishing a quantitative assessment system for monitoring behavioral therapy applied to several risk adolescents.