S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Madras will turn great from 2 to 4 April when it will celebrate Research Scholars Day completely online.
What else? This is the first time in its history that IIT Madras will celebrate the special event completely online.
RSD (Research Scholars Day) of IIT Madras envisions extending the frontiers of academic research and innovation beyond the theories of textbooks and laboratories.
It aims to bring together minds while encouraging the free exchange of ideas and research interests.
Research at IIT Madras is pursued by around 570 faculty members, more than 3,000 MS and PhD research scholars in addition to around 800 project staff and a good number of undergraduates as well.
IIT Madras is celebrating RSD and the theme this year is ‘Shunya: Nanos to Cosmos’
Shunya (zero) has been a cornerstone for several scientific advancements.
IIT Madras to celebrate great RSD from 2 to 4 April
It also symbolizes the pursuit of a sustainable future and a positive beginning.
From Nanosciences to cosmic exploration, the endless pursuit of knowledge continues through RSD 2021.
Professor Ashok Kumar Mishra, dean (Academic Research) at IIT Madras said it gives him an immense pleasure and excitement to be a part of Research Scholars Day (RSD) 2021.
Research at IIT Madras is continuously nurturing by researchers and RSD has been a platform for sharing the knowledge among research scholars, academicians, industrialists, entrepreneurs, and practitioners of various specializations, he said.
Research Scholars Day (RSD) was started at IIT Madras in 2012 with a vision to spread awareness and celebrate academic research and innovation.
The RSD 2021 is the ninth edition of this annual research festival at IIT Madras.
RSD 2021 will feature over 40 events, ranging from lectures by eminent speakers, competitions and workshops to a research expo.
Rohit Jhunjhunwala, research affairs secretary at IIT Madras said RSD 2021 strives to bring together scholars onto a single platform to compete, communicate and collaborate in a variety of events.
It also provides the scholars to an opportunity to showcase their work to their peers as well as to a wider audience.
The RSD 2021 team warmly invites everyone to join us in this celebration and take back a lasting experience, he said.
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Prominent speakers at RSD 2021 of IIT Madras are Mr. Jim Cantrell, Founder & CEO, Phantom Space Corporation, Mr. Kallol Roy, Former CMD, Bhavini, DAE and Mr. Arjita Sethi, Founder and CEO – Equally, theschoolofgames.org
Though RSD of IIT Madras has always been open to every university, this edition has got significant participation from campuses across India.
RSD 2021 is meant to be a confluence of the various stakeholders in the research field such as scholar-students, academicians, industrial R&D professionals and the research enabling organizations.
Awareness about cutting edge research and how it impacts the lives of the citizenry has been and always shall be the prime focus for RSD.
Further information about the event and registration can be done at ‘www.rsdiitmadras.com’
AICTE and GUVI
IIT Madras incubated startup GUVI joined hands with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to upskill 10 lakh Indians in coding through a one day free workshop.
The workshop titled ‘AI-For-India 1.0’ is expected to set a world record for being the largest coding workshop conducted online.
Targeted towards students, IT professionals, and anyone in the age group of 8 to 80 years interested in coding, the event is scheduled to be conducted on 24th April 2021.
Registrations have already begun and can be done on the GUVI’s AI-for-India website: ‘https://www.guvi.in/AI-for-India?utm_source=online&utm_medium=articles&utm_campaign=aiforindia’
This initiative, being taken up in memory of IIT Madras incubated GUVI’s Co-founder Ms. Sridevi Arun Prakash, is part of the startup’s mission to provide training in Artificial Intelligence to One billion Indians and make India – the leader in the Artificial Intelligence field.
Dr. Buddha Chandrasekhar, Chief Coordinating Officer, AICTE launched the initiative of IIT Madras incubated GUVI and AICTE.
He said Ministry of Education and AICTE want to give the best education and skills to all Indian students, as well as faculty and institutes.
We have come up with an initiative along with GUVI that got selected for NEAT (National Education Alliance for Technology) to upskill 10 lakh students in Artificial Intelligence.
The collaboration of IIT Madras incubated GUVI and AICTE will surely set a world record.
In this workshop, participants can learn to build a face recognition app using Python from industry experts.
This online coding workshop is expected to draw the participation of people from various backgrounds.
All the participants will gain free access to IIT Madras incubated GUVI’s Python course that helps them understand the concepts of the Python programming language.
Further, world record event participation certificates and unlimited access to ‘CodeKata,’ a Coding skill-building platform, will be offered to all the participants.
Kumar Vembu Founder and CEO of GoFrugal Technologies also spoke about the initiative of IIT Madras incubated startup and AICTE.
He said automation freed us from lots of manual labor.
The AI revolution will free us from data-driven and rule-based decisions.
‘I congratulate GUVI on its effort to expose so many people to Artificial Intelligence and its potential.’
Once these people get started with AI, I am sure a significant percentage of them will invest more time and effort to become an expert.
This initiative will not only help create a large talent pool for the industry but could also result in creating AI entrepreneurs. I wish IIT Madras incubated GUVI and all the participants a huge success, he said.
Mr. Arun Prakash, founder and Chief Operating Officer, GUVI said through every age, the world experiences different revolutions.
Currently, we are at the brink of the coding or AI revolution.
You do not need to be a developer but you need to understand what is happening.
You need to be well-informed on what your data means to you and what it means to others so you can make informed decisions without depending on the opinion of others, he said.
S.P. Balamurugan, Co-founder and CEO of IIT Madras incubated startup GUVI said this AI initiative is bound to spur all the aspiring youth, professionals and common man to develop their technological skills further developing our nation with innovative ideas that go hand-in-hand with the innovation objective of GUVI.
This grand online event, Ai-for-India 1.0 is just the beginning step of a Progressive Coding Revolution, which will be held on 24 April.
IIT Madras incubated GUVI invites every Indian to join hands in making this online event a Great Success by registering to AI-For-India 1.0 that sets the world record with the maximum number of participants.