Dedicated to Ratan Tata, IAC-2024 marked a significant milestone in the journey towards creating a synergistic alliance between academia and industry to achieve "the goal of Vikhsit Bharat - Vikshit Jharkhand-2047

Day 3 HighlightsDay three of the Conclave featured panel discussion on socioindustry relevant topic and a Hackathon on themes and challenge statements which would lead to ldquoVikshit Bharat ndash2047rdquo the theme of the conclaveThe panel discussion on the topic ldquoCorporate Social Responsibility CSR and Environmental Accountability in Mining Operationsrdquo featured participation by industry academia stalwarts Shri Amitanjan Nandi Executive Director Mining Damodar Valley Corporation Mr PB Sinha Consultant FEURST Inc France Dr SK Chaulya Scientist CSIRCIMFR and Dr NK Mohalik Senior Principal Scientist CSIRCIMFR This panel discussion was mainly focused on the interplay between economic growth and environmental sustainability in mining at the global level and particularly in JharkhandThe panelists discussed the challenges and solutions for environmental accountability in mining operations adoption of technological innovations for sustainable practices economic importance of mining in Jharkhand alongside environmental degradation concerns future of mining under climateconscious regulations and community rights consent and inclusive mining policies The event concluded with thoughtprovoking contributions from the panel encouraging sustainable strategies and policies to balance economic and ecological priorities in mining sectorsThe other event featured Circuit Design amp Simulation Hackathon which was organized in collaboration with VLSI System Design VSD Bangalore under the umbrella of IAC 24 This event was dedicated to pay tribute to Padma Vibhushan Late Shri Ratan Tata a visionary who believed in empowering individuals through technology and innovation to build a better future for IndiaAll the circuit implementations were done on opensource EDA tools Chief Guest from academia Prof Amit Patra Director IIT BHU and Guest of honour Shri Kunal Gosh VSD Benglore shed light on the importance of opensource tools in VLSI circuits Up skilling of students on circuit design will be utilized in development of IP for realworld applications For this event there were 1651 participants registered from engineering colleges all over the country and after initial shortlisting 232 circuit design reports were submitted for final round evaluation These designs were finally examined by the expert members from the industry and subject experts from academia for final round The top three participants were called to present their work at NIT Jamshedpur Chief Guest from Industry Kunal Ghosh and jury member Anagha Ghosh VSD Banglore evaluated the participants based on their work The first prize went to Sangesh S from Patiala Punjab 2nd prize to Nalinkumar S Bangalore Karnataka and 3rd prize to Sree Vishnu Varthini S Coimbatore Tamilnadu Dr Kunal Singh and Dr Chandradeep Singh were coordinator and convener of the eventDuring closing ceremony of the 2nd IndustryAcademia Conclave IAC2024 Prof Goutam Sutradhar presented the brief report of IAC2024 He expressed his deepest gratitude to the coorganizers of this event Central University of Jharkhand Ranchi IIT ISM Dhanbad BIS IIT Bhilai IIT Patna NIT Agartala NIT Arunachal Pradesh NIT Manipur NIT Mizoram NIT Nagaland NIT Patna and NIT Raipur for being instrumental in shaping this conclave He also extend his appreciation to the sponsors of this conclave Powergrid Tata Steel Greenko Group MIDHANI Grind Chem DVC NTPC GAIL AIMIL Braithwaite Janyu Tech Allied publishers Springer Nature SBI Canara Bank and BIS for their financial support and motivationHe added further that IAC2024 has successfully brought together academia industry and government stakeholders to foster partnerships advance research and promote entrepreneurship reinforcing NIT Jamshedpurs commitment to contributing to a sustainable innovative and selfreliant India by 2047 aligned with the theme Vikshit Bharat ndash Vikshit Jharkhand This conclave saw participation by 72 delegates from 28 IITs NITs and institutes of national repute and 46 delegates from 18 industries showcasing their latest innovations and industryrelevant products and services on 43 stallsThe highlights of IAC2024 included five panel discussions on national and industryrelevant topics including Renewable Energy Integration Industry 40 Digital Twin Technology InnovationDriven IPR and Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability as well as the signing of three MoUs with IIT Jodhpur RVSCET Jamshedpur and Ramgarh College to foster collaboration and innovation in research a model competition featuring 300 students with 90 models from 70 schools and colleges with a total prize amount of 1 lakh a Circuit Design amp Simulation Hackathon using opensource tools and cultural evenings featuring traditional performancesProf Sutradhar paid his gratitude to Dr shubra Kamal Dutta Hon chief adviser of conclave and heartily congratulated the organizing secretaries Prof M K Sinha and Prof Amaresh Kumar and their team on the successful event

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