Symposium on Industrial IoT held at SMVITM, Bantakal

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Udupi, 05 Nov 2016: Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM), Bantakal, near here under the aegis of the Student Chapters of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Internet of Things (IoT) Club, organized a state level Student Symposium on Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT - 2K16) at the institute premises on Friday, November 4. Thirty teams from various Engineering colleges across the state exhibited their project models in the event.

 

The Symposium cum exhibition was inaugurated by the chief guest Rajashekar V Maiya, Associate Vice President and Head, Finacle, Infosys Ltd, Bengaluru and guest of honor Venkat Kumar Sivaramamurthy, head of innovation labs, Kotak Bank, Bengaluru along with Rathnakumar, secretary, Sode Vadiraja Mutt Education Trust (SSVMET) who presided the function.

 

Rajashekar V Maiya who was the chief guest spoke about the revolution brought by the IoT in various industries and how our ideas can be materialized as a commercial product.

 

 

Dr Vasudeva, head, department of CSE welcomed the gathering. Manoj T, Assistant Professor, department of CSE, proposed the vote of thanks.

 

Delivering a key note address, Venkat Kumar Sivaramamurthy spoke about the recent developments in the Internet of Things and the paradigm shift in various industries by adopting the IoT concepts.

 

Valedictory program of the event was held in the same day evening. Professor Dr Radhakrishna S Aithal, director, International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS), Manipal University, Manipal was the chief guest and Chandrashekar Rao Kuthyar, Lead Consultant, SangamOne Connected Services Ltd., Bengaluru was the guest of honor.

 

Addressing the students at the valedictory, Professor Dr. Radhakrishna S Aithal appreciated the students’ interest in the field of IoT and advised the students to bring out more implementable ideas in the coming years by utilizing the opportunities obtained.

 

Project titled, ‘Process Automation Using Arduino and GSM” by “Kishore and team of SMVITM, Bantakal,’ won the first Prize and they were honored with a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and certificates. Second Prize of Rs 7,500 was awarded to ‘AgriCopter’ by Kuldeep Rao B of SMVITM, Bantakal. Third and fourth prize with a cash prize of Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 was awarded to ‘Automation of Dry-wet waste collection to support Swach Bharath Abhiyan (IoT),’ by Bharadwaj B and team of Sairam College of Engineering, Bengaluru and ‘Manual Paddy transplanter’ by Punith Kumar Shetty and team of Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil respectively. The winners received the prize from the chief guest Professor Dr Radhakrishna S Aithal.

 

Anusha B Rao of department of civil engineering welcomed the gathering. Sachin Bhat of department of electronics and communication engineering read a brief report of IIOT-2016. Akhila V Rao, president, Student Council, SMVITM, proposed the vote of thanks. Reshma Hebbar, Assistant Professor, department of CSE compered both the programme.