This 1^st online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interventions after the COVID-19 Pandemic”, proposed to be held on May 2-3, 2020 shall help the academic fraternity as well as industry-experts to envision the ever-expanding contours of applications of the AI for the country. Bharat needs to make rapid strides in the AI and allied fields, at a time when most of being developed the AI products are either having their origin outside the borders of Bharat or by the foreign entities by hiring talent of Bharat under their brands to augment their intellectual property.

So, during this period of the lockdown, the School of Information and Communication Technology in general and the Department of Computer Science Engineering in particular has undertaken a right initiative, in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence of the University on AI. The undersigned conveys his best compliments for the success of this endeavour of the organisers.

The organisers deserve all the praise and appreciation for selecting such a vital and most appropriate subject, most crucial for the ensuing decade for a prosperous Bharat, as well as for the global mankind.

I once again wish all the success for the event.

(Prof. Bhagwati Prakash Sharma)

It is a matter of great pleasure to learn that the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University School of Information and Communication Technology for organizing two days 1st Online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic : Opportunity and Challenges" to be held on 02-03^rd May 2020. The overwhelming response to the conference is a matter of great satisfaction and encouragement and I am sure that the deliberations in the conference would pay attention to significant areas of Artificial Intelligence and will identify key areas of further research on the theme. The organizers have shown amazing and constant self motivation in these trying times. They have used the current situation as a opportunity and have set new benchmarks in online webinars, discussions and collaborative research.

I extend my best wishes to all participants and people involved in organizing this conference.

With best wishes

(Prof. Shweta Anand)

Welcome Address from the Dean, USICT

It is my pleasure to welcome the contributors and delegates to the International Conference Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence Interventions After Covid -19 Pandemic: Opportunity and challenges being held on May 2-3, 2020. Presently, world is passing through a very crucial phase of their existence due to COVID-19 pandemic. The roles of our technocrats and researchers utilizing advanced next generation technologies with Artificial Intelligence will certainly going to contribute a lot in various fields towards rebuilding Bharat.

The scope of the Conference encompasses major areas as Artificial Intelligence and its allied technologies, which will help immediate and long term requirement of Bharat and world in new novel innovations for mankind. Within a short span of time available for paper submission, we have received excellent response and 300+ papers. Research contributions has been accepted through rigorous independent review process for oral presentation and publication in the conference proceedings. We look forward to exciting research findings on diverse areas of technology and its related fields. I am very grateful to all the authors who have submitted their latest research advances to this conference.

This conference will provide an effective platform for communication and collaboration, an opportunity to present results of their research work. It will stimulate interaction and nurture further cooperation among researchers from academia and industry as well through keynote address, plenary sessions, technical papers presentation and panel discussion. I believe that deliberations being held in the conference would prove fruitful and the participants will find technical program interesting and valuable.

I congratulate the Conference team for providing excellent technical support for online processing of the submissions including review process and inclusion of the accepted papers in the technical program. I also appreciate the efforts put in by organizing committee and the faculty of the School of ICT, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida. Once again, I welcome the delegates to the conference and wish them all the best for first online International conference in GBU.

( Prof. Sanjay K. Sharma )

I am extremely delighted to learn that Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University School of Information and Communication Technology has been organizing quite prestigious events in the recent past and has decided to organize two days 1^st Online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunity and Challenges” A2ICP-2020 on May 2-3, 2020. The prominent and leading speakers from industry, academia and research are likely to participate in the conference.

I am also aware of the fact that the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater NOIDA is also bringing out e-proceedings of A2ICP-2020 conference on this occasion. This would not only benefit its participants and readers across the globe but will also inspire other institutions to come forward with such unique initiative during this COVID-19 lockdown period.

I am of the view this event will be a landmark to help provide a digital platform for researchers and practitioners to come together to foster the needs of modern human life post COVID-19 lockdown by means of exemplary research sharing in the area of AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

I am pretty sure that this conference would definitely succeed in setting an agenda for research and development community for the new decade in the field of upcoming Smart and energy efficient computing, Smart-Grid, Sustainable ICT, Green Technology and Green Data Centres.

I am sure that Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida will continue to organize similar events and thereby contribute towards the skilled and trained manpower for the nation under the dynamic leadership of visionary Vice-Chancellor, Dean Academic Affairs and Head of Department.

With best wishes,

(Prof. Nasib Singh Gill)

I am glad that the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University School of Information and Communication Technology is organizing two days 1st Online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic : Opportunity and Challenges” to be held on 02-03^rd May 2020. I would like to congratulate the program committee for organizing this conference at this appropriate time.

In this period of lockdown the economy of Bharat is in bad shape. All stakeholders will have to look for different opportunities to recover these losses. AI can play a big role in this process.

I hope that conference will spark collaborative opportunities and inspire new thoughts in the area of AI and its applications in rebuilding Bharat. I am hopefull that during this period of lockdown the conference will receive high quality paper.

My best wishes for a fruitful and productive conference.

(Prof. Sanjay Jasola)

I am very happy to learn that the Department of Computer Science of the University School of ICT, Gautam Buddha University is organizing 1^st Online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunity and Challenges” during 02-03 May 2020.

AI is one of the most disruptive technologies of the present era making a paradigm shift in the technological space. AI primarily a complement and supplement of natural human intelligence offers powerful tool to combat the uncertain happenings in almost all walks of life in addition to enhancing the productivity. Across the world, we have witnessed AI enabled innovative solutions to some of the most complex real world problems but with major focus on automation and language processing.

The Covid-19 outbreak has sent a strong alarm across the academia, research community, industry and the government agencies as well to reinvent their focus and strategies. The imperative need is to leverage the AI potential to devise cost-effective solutions to the real-time problems in Indian context essentially in the areas of healthcare, agriculture, and habitation.

I firmly believe the presentations and deliberations in the conference will bring in certain enabling approaches and scalable solutions to the formidable technological challenges for building a safe, healthy and self-reliant Bharat.

I also congratulate organizing team of the conference for choosing such a timely theme of the conference of immense importance and relevance in the post Covid-19 period.

With best wishes

(Prof. Brahmjit Singh)

It gives me immense pleasure to learn that Department of Computer Science and Technology, University School of ICT, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida is organising first on line international conference on rebuilding Bharat with Artificial intelligence interventions after COVID–19 Pandemic: opportunities and challenges on May 02-03, 2020.

India,s glorious history and its proud association with Lord Buddha has given India a lead in providing the world the path to handle uncertain situations and caring for the lives of its citizens in the crisis like COVID- 19. On those lines Gautam Buddha University is also moving on the path of providing excellent education in emerging technology areas. Computer Science and Artificial intelligence are the latest technological tools to overcome the present world crisis. It gives us challenge as well as opportunities to become a world leader.

In this context, I appreciate the University School of ICT to take an initiative and organize on line conference and put forth a claim of India , in front of world , that Artificial Intelligence methods can me widely used for handling challenges of any seriousness.

I am sure the conference will provide a perfect platform to bring together researcher, students and experts of Artificial intelligence , to establish guiding path for larger lasses of society.

I wish the organizers and participants of this conference all success and congratulates the organisers on this timely initiative.

(Prof. Ela Kumar)

It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all in two days 1st Online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic : Opportunity and Challenges" to be held online at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P., India. The conference is truly a multi-disciplinary event where a large number of delegates can share their thoughts on a common platform. The response from the academic community has been enthusiastic, with almost more than 300 submissions received. Each abstract has been carefully reviewed to ensure research quality. The overwhelming response to our call for abstract confirms that A2ICP-2020 has become the excellent forum where the deliberations would churn out new ideas and suggestions for the AI interventions to rebuild the Bharat after COVID-19.

I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dean Academics, all Deans of GBU Schools and Technical Programme Committee for their kind guidance and support during the conference. I wish to thank our organising committee members for their enthusiasm, commitments, dedications and hard work to organize and managing every aspect of the conference. The triumph of the conference goes to the contributors and delegates who have worked hard and submitted the latest developments in their respective fields. I would like to express my thanks to eminent invited speakers for panel discussion who agreed to for panel discussion on the latest AI interventions to rebuild the Bharat after COVID-19, besides of their tight schedules. I hope that A2ICP-2020 will be a very rewarding experience for all attendees. Wish you all a productive and enjoyable conference.

(Dr. Pradeep. Tomar)

The 1^st Online International Conference on Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University School of Information and Communication Technology for organizing two days A2ICP-2020 to be held on 02-03^rd May 2020 will serve as a common platform for eminent academicians, technologist, scientists and those who matter in policy making for deliberation to review the current process of R & D in all spheres of AI. The 1^st online international conference is timely endeavor indeed and deserving of deep appreciation. Such a conference is extremely relevant in the current context when the boundary lines between subjects are being blurred and synergy amongst hitherto independently studied areas is ushering in a true knowledge economy characterized by synergy between Academia and Industry. I am sure that A2ICP-2020 will open a window to the world of AI, with all its beauty and multiple applications in the diverse fields.

I am sure the deliberations in this conference are going to contribute to further advancements in the fields of AI and will provide us with your invaluable feedback.

I congratulate the participants of the conference on this occasion.

With Warm Regards

(Dr. Arun Solanki)

I on behalf of organizing committee welcome you all to 1^st online International Conference on “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunity and Challenges”. We had been working on the concept of Artificial Intelligence and it applications since few years now and realize that it is one of the keys factors linking to the quality of lives of people and contribute to the wholesome development of our country.

It is April 30, 2020 and the world is gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Undoubtedly, global scenario has been changed a lot. Almost every country and every sector is going to have either positive or negative impact of this crisis around the globe and Bharat is no more an exception. The global supply chain is facing a higher level of disruption which is unprecedented. Artificial Intelligence is not only as relevant as it was before the global pandemic crisis, rather far more crucial to move forward for a country like India.

Some sectors like Tourism & leisure, Aviation and Maritime, Automotives, Construction and Real Estate and Manufacturing Industries will be potential losers. On the contrary, sectors like Information and Communication Technology, Medical Supply and Services, Food Processing &Retail, Personal and Health care, Agriculture industry will experience quite the status of winners out of this crisis situation. Some industries will enjoy it as boon while others as curse. Major economical and paradigms shifts will take place. “Some manufacturers have ceased production completely, some have seen greatly reduced demand and others have seen a huge increase in demand. Every manufacturer is impacted by this crisis in some way and for many this poses an existential threat.” According to John Robinson, Strategic Client Advisor, Digital Supply Chain at SAP.

The last decade has seen not only medical and allied health field but engineering and technology sector to have invested significant time and effort into the area of Industry 4.0 technologies. This is a welcome change for the entire industry where we see clear opportunities and areas of larger networking between various players in this multi domain Technological Industry.

We could successfully associate ourselves with various technology and academic institutions in the last decades and successfully tested and tried technical products that could have large impact in the technical field.

Today we see the need of AI in every domain and every sector must get acclimatized with this Technological phenomenon. This conference with the theme “Rebuilding Bharat with Artificial Intelligence Interventions after COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunity and Challenges” is the right platform to bring various stakeholders on one platform to discuss needs of human being and their lives, Societal and Economic developments in a totality. Through this conference we will put all our effort to drive the national policy on AI and coming out with the list of priorities with the critical measures need to be taken. The thematic talks and the plenary sessions will drive you through the multi sector emergence in the AI world. This could be the first conference of its kind in the region where everyone could have opportunity to showcase and present their ideas, thoughts, developments that could lead to a meaningful life in the community in an online mode. I thank each and every one of you who are contributing to the success of the conference and looking forward to seeing you all soon.

(Dr. Sandhya Tarar)