Mangaluru: The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Nitte, in association with Texas Instruments University program and IIT Roorkee, under the aegis of SPARC, MHRD, Govt of India supported by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, is conducting a five-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Embedded Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things” from January 20 to 24. N.M.A.M.
Institute of Technology, Nitte is one of the 10 institutions selected to organise such an FDP in India. This FDP is recognized by AICTE at par with QIP for recognition/credits.
The workshop was inaugurated on January 20. V. S. Ramesh, Director, STEPS Knowledge Services Private Limited, India was the chief guest of the function. He highlighted the importance of hands-on training in the current education system. Dr. Niranjan N. Chiplunkar, in his presidential address to the gathering, stressed the need for interdisciplinary learning in engineering education. Dr. Sanjeev Manhas, principal investigator, E&ICT Academy, IIT Roorkee addressed the participants through Skype and highlighted the scope of the FDP.
Dr. Rekha Bhandarkar, HoD, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and the Convener of the FDP welcomed the gathering and highlighted the importance of IoT in the current context. Dr. K. S. Shivaprakasha, Organising Secretary briefed about the focus of the workshop. Shankari N, Assistant Professor, introduced the chief guest. Durgaprasad, Associate Professor delivered the vote of thanks. Anirudh and Sarthak presented the invocation. Lavanya, Assistant Professor, compered the program.
