About the Symposium
The National Frontiers of Engineering Symposium was launched by the INAE in 2006 as one of its annual flagship events. It brings together young and outstanding engineering professionals (aged ~30-45 years) from industry, universities, and research organizations to deliberate upon emerging and leading-edge research and development work in the domain of engineering and technology. Convening engineering professionals and technologists from various fields and providing a platform for braintorming the contemporary and futuristic issues related to frontiers areas translational research and innovation. The desired mode of interaction may include collaborative work, complementary development of new techniques and approaches, and establishment of contacts among the next generation of leaders in engineering. The format of the symposia encourages both formal and informal discussion in groups as well as one-on-oneformat. Speakers may be advised to focus their talks on current cutting-edge research in their respective disciplines to colleagues outside their field and to address questions such as: What are the major research problems and distinctive tools used? What are the current limitations in advancing and possible ways to overcome these limitations?
Important Dates : July 9-10, 2021
Organizers
Prof. Murty B S
Theme : Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Dr. Amit Acharyya
Dr. Vineeth N Balasubramanian
Theme : Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technology
Dr. Suhash Ranjan Dey
Dr. Suryakumar S
Theme : Infrastructure + Unconventional Energy
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma
Dr. Mahendrakumar Madhavan
Theme : Rural Entrepreneurship
Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal
Dr. Sushmee Badhulika
Speakers and Participants
Theme : Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Speakers
Dr. Piyush Rai
IIT Kanpur
Dr. Preethi Jyothi
IITB
Dr. Sunny Manchanda
DRDO DYSL AI
Dr. Vineeth N Balasubramanian
IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Amit Acharyya
IIT Hyderabad
Participants
Dr. Sai Subrahmanyam Gorthi
IIT Tirupati
Dr. Mridula Verma
IDRBT
Dr. Abhijnan Chakraborty
IIT Delhi
Dr. Debangshu Dey
Dr. Yamuna Prasad
IIT Jammu
Dr. Mansi Sharma
IIT Madras
Theme : Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Technology
Speakers
Dr. Neena S. John
Center for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS)
Dr. Vikranth Racherla
IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Senthilkumaran K
IIIT DM Kancheepuram
Dr. Suryakumar S
IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Suhash Ranjan Dey
IIT Hyderabad
Participants
Dr. Tapasi Sen
INST
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
IIT Kharagpur
Raghu Adla
Founder & CEO, Paninian India Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. D. Venkata Kiran
IIT Tirupati
Ms. Priyanka Nadig
CYIENT
Dr. I. A. Palani
IIT Indore
Theme : Infrastructure + Unconventional Energy
Speakers
Dr. Syed K. K. Hussaini
IIT Patna
Dr. Arjun Sil
NIT Silchar
Dr. Ramendra S. Dey
INST Mohali
Dr. Mahendra K. Madhavan
IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma
IIT Hyderabad
Participants
Dr. Abhishek Rajput
IIT Indore
Dr. Raheena M
IIT Ropar
Dr. Jothi Saravanan
IIT Bhubaneshwar
Dr. R. Vinu
IIT Madras
Dr. Mukesh Kumar
IIT Ropar
Dr. Ananya G.
GODI Energy
Theme : Rural Entrepreneurship
Speakers
Dr. Shailendra Tiwari
Fasal
Dr. Omkar Prasad
IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Rajib deb
ICAR - NDRI Karnal
Dr. Sriparna Chatterjee
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar
Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal
IIT Hyderabad
Participants
Dr. Poonam Kumari
IIT Guwahati
Dr. Swati Ghosh Acharrya
HCU
Dhruv Gupta
Head of Operations, iTIC Incubator, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Priya Jadhav
IIT Bombay
Dr. Siddhartha Singha
IIT Guwahati
Dr. Sushmee Badhulika
IIT Hyderabad
Theme : Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
Speakers
Dr. Suhani Mohan
Saral Deisgn
Dr. Pooja Devi
CSIR-CSIO
Dr. Mitesh Khapra
IIT Madras
Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji
JNCASR
Schedule
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Detailed Schedule
Inaugural Session
July 9, 2021 (Friday) (9:00-9:25)
09.00 - 09.05 | Welcome Remarks (Prof. B. S. Murty, Director, IITHyderabad) |
09.05 - 09:10 | About NatFoE Symposium: Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti, VicePresident, INAE |
09:10 - 09:20 | Presidential Remarks (Prof. Indranil Manna, President,INAE) |
09:20 - 09:22 | Releasing Symposium Abstract Booklet |
09:22 - 09:25 | Vote of Thanks (Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Coordinator,NatFoE 2021) |
Session-1 (Theme: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning)
09.30 - 09.45 | Dr. Vineeth N Balasubramanian (Towards Explainable and Robust AI Practice) |
09.45 - 10:00 | Dr. Piyush Rai (Learning Continually Without Forgetting Past Knowledge) |
10:00 - 10:15 | Dr. Preethi Jyothi (New Frontiers for Automatic Speech Recognition) |
10:15 - 10:30 | Dr. Sunny Manchanda (Continual Learning Machines) |
10:30 - 10:45 | Dr. Amit Acharyya (AI For Next Generation Healthcare Systems Design) |
10:45 - 11:30 | Discussion |
Session-2 (Theme: Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technology)
14.30 - 14.45 | Dr. Suhash Ranjan Dey (Electrochemical Process for Design and Development of New Age Materials) |
14.45 - 15:00 | Dr. Neena S John (Metal Oxide Nanomaterials with Spiky Morphology for Multifunctional Applications) |
15:00 - 15:15 | Dr. Senthilkumaran Kumaraguru (Towards Faster Qualification of Powder Bed Fusion Process Through Multiscale Linked Surrogate Models) |
15:15 - 15:30 | Dr. Vikranth Racherla (Solid State Sintering Using Friction Processing) |
15:30 - 15:45 | Dr. Suryakumar S (Studies on Additive Manufacturing of Large Metallic Components) |
15:45 - 16:30 | Discussion |
Session-3 (Theme: Infrastructure & Unconventional Energy)
09.30 - 09.45 | Dr. Mahendrakumar Madhavan (Cold-Formed Steel for Sustainable Construction) |
09.45 - 10:00 | Dr. Arjun Sil (Quantification and Spatial Mapping of Atmospheric Corrosion Hazards in Indian Context) |
10:00 - 10:15 | Dr. Syed Khaja Karimullah Hussaini (Stabilisation of Ballasted Rail Tracks to carry High-Speed Trains) |
10:15 - 10:30 | Dr. Ramendra Sundar Dey (Improvisation in Carbonaceous Materials and their Implication in Metal-air Battery and Third Generation Ammonia Synthesis) |
10:30 - 10:45 | Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma (Metal-CO2 Battery: An Indigenous Technology for India’s Mars Mission and An Attempt to Fix CO2 Emissions on Earth) |
10:45 - 11:30 | Discussion |
Session-4 (Theme: Rural Entrepreneurship)
14.30 - 14.45 | Dr. Prasad S. Onkar (Role of Technology and Design in Rural Development) |
14.45 - 15:00 | Dr. Rajib Deb (Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Indian Livestock) |
15:00 - 15:15 | Dr. Shailandra Tiwari (Steering Data Driven Agriculture in India: A Way Towards Lower Cost Better Output) |
15:15 - 15:30 | Dr. Sriparna Chatterjee (A Way Towards Sand Based Add-On Filter For Zero Bacteria Drinking Water) |
15:30 - 15:45 | Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal (Antimicrobials For Preservation of Fresh Produce and Hygiene) |
15:45 - 16:30 | Discussion |
Special Session on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava
July 10, 2021 (Saturday) (11:30-13:00)
11.30 - 11.45 | Dr. Suhani Mohan (Rural Entrepreneurship Model for Improving Menstrual Hygiene) |
11.45 - 12:00 | Dr. Pooja Devi (Green Synthesized Hybrid Nanostructured Materials for Green Hydrogen Generation) |
12:00 - 12:15 | Dr. Mitesh M. Khapra (Samanantar: The Largest Publicly Available Parallel Corpora Collection for 11 Indic Languages) |
12:15 - 12:30 | Dr. Tapas Kumar Maji (Metal-organic 'Soft' Hybrids for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction and H2 Production) |
12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion |
Special Evening Talks
July 9, 17:15-18:00 hrs
Advances in Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing Technologies
byDr. Tessy Thomas
Distinguished Scientist & Director General - Aeronautical Systems (AS)
DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India
July 10, 17:45-18:30 hrs
Evolution of high strength automotive steels and their future
byDr. Debashish Bhattacharjee
Vice President (Technology and New Materials Business), Tata Steel.