Dr VAn served as a resource Person and delivered a session on " AI and IoT Driven Cyber Physical Systems for fueling Innovation, Incubtion and IPR Ecosystems" organised by IIC of Nandha Engineering College, Erode on 28th June 2025. Around 60 faculty members attended and got benefitted
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert in the Board of Studies for Department of CSE, Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore for the Academic year 2025-2026. Dr VAN attended the BoS meeting on 28th June 2025 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for UG offered by Dept of CSE, KIT for the welfare of student community.
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert in the Board of Studies for Department of ECE, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology for the Academic year 2025-2026. Dr VAN attended the BoS meeting on 28th May 2025 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for UG offered by Dept of ECE, SRIT for the welfare of student community.
Dr VAN served as a Resource Person in a One Day Seminar on “Embedded IoT Innovations: Enhancing Connectivity with Sensors” organised by the the The Institution of Engineers (India), Coimbatore Local Centre in association with Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research Under the aegis of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Division Board, IE(I) on 24th May 2025. He delivered a technical session on "Low-Power IoT Devices for Real Time Data Collection and Applications of IoT and Sensors in Smart Cities and Healthcare" in the AN sesion of the Seminar.
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert in the Board of Studies for IT dept, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore for the Academic year 2025-2026. Dr VAN attended the BoS meeting on 24th May 2025 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for UG Program offered by IT Dept, HCET for the welfare of student community.
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert - IoT and CPS in the Board of Studies for Kumaraguru School of Innovation (KSI) Departments (CSE,IT,AI&DS,ISE,MCA) for the Academic year 2025-2026. Dr VAN attended the BoS meeting on 9th May 2025 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for UG, PG programs offered by KSI for the welfare of student community.
Dr VAN served as the Chief Guest for GNAANA - ECE Association Valedictory Function organised by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kangeyam Institute of Technology on 6th May 2025 and delivered a Guest Lecture on “Emerging Trends in Telecom Networks ”
Dr VAN conducted two day hands-on Session related with " IoT End Node Design and Integration of End Nodes with Edge and Cloud" on 23rd and 24th September 2024 at St Jospeh college of Engineering and Technology, Palai, Kottayam. Around 66 final year students attended this workshop and got hands-on training. IETE CBE IoT Lab in a Packet and Raspberry Pi 4 were used as the Hardware Kit and Participants appreciated the design of IoT Kit also.
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert - IoT and CPS in the Board of Studies body for the Department of Computer Science and Design, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai and attended the BoS meeting on 21st September 2024 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for the BTech (CSD) offered by KEC for the welfare of students community.
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert - IoT and CPS in the Board of Studies for Kumaraguru School of Innovation (KSI) Departments (CSE,IT,AI&DS,ISE,MCA) from the Academic year 2023-2024. Dr VAN attended the BoS meeting on 16th August 2024 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for UG, PG programs offered by KSI for the welfare of students community.
Dr VAN served as the Chief Guest of ISTE Day celebrated by the ISTE Chapter of Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 22nd May 2024 and handled a workshop on Prototype Design and Development jointly organised by ISTE Chapter and Institution's Innovation Center of KIT. Around 200 students of First year engineering students of different branches attended the workshop and got benefitted. Dr VAN also highlighted the various opportunities under Startup India Schemes exclusively for student startups.
Dr VAN is serving as an Academic Expert - IoT and CPS in the Board of Studies body for the Department of Information Technology, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore and attended the BoS meeting on 18th May 2024 and contributed in fine tuning the curriculum and Syllabi for the BTech (IT) offered by HiCET for the welfare of students community.
Dr VAN visited ATAL Community Incubation center ACIC at Kalasalingam Innovation Foundation at Krishnankovil, Srivilliputhur on 16th May 2024 and discussed with Dr Srinivasan Seshadri, Director about the Innovative projects in the domain of IoT and CPS. Dr VAN also visited TVS Sensing Solutions Pvt ltd, Vellaripatti, Madurai on the same day and discussed Dr Balaji Venkataraman, President at TVS Sensing Solutions Private Limited and Director at Fiber Optic Sensing Solutions about the possibilities of consultancy services in the domain of IIoT and IoT Security related projects.
Dr VAN conducted one day hands-on Session related with " IoT End Node Design and Integration of End Nodes with Edge and Cloud" on 15th May 2024 as a part of the Five days FDP on DESIGN OF IOT APPLICATIONS FOR SMART CITY INFRASTRUCTURE sponsored by DST-SERB organised by the Department of CSE, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. Around 30 faculty members attended this workshop and got hands-on training. IETE CBE IoT Lab in a Packet was used as the Hardware Kit and Participants appreciated the design of IoT Kit also.
Dr VAN served as a resource person in the CAREERFEST 2024 jointly organised by the Rotary Club of Pattukottai and Elevate Career Visionaries on 11th May 2024 at raja Mahal, Pattukottai. Around 130 students along with their parents attended the CAREERFEST 2024 and interacted with career counsellors and got guidance. It will be a continuous process and participants will get training for necessary soft skills also.
The team mentored by Dr VAN, released their IoT Kit (IoT Lab in a Packet) by the IETE President Prof (Dr) Anil Kumar Saini on 8th May 2024 in a hotel The Grand Regent, Avinashi road, Coimbatore during the special Executive Committee meeting of IETE Coimbatore Centre. IETE President appreciated the contributions of Dr VAN in the domain of IoT and CPS.
Dr VAN served as the Chief Guest for the 10th International Conference on Latest Trends in Science, Engineering and Technology (ICLTSET'24) held on April 26, 2024 organised by the Department of ECE, Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. Dr VAN delivered the National Vision on Electronics Industries 2020-2030 based on the National Policy on Electronics 2019 and highlighted the various opportunities under Startup India Schemes.
Dr VAN served as the Session Chair - IoT and CPS stream for the IEEE International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Management (ICSTEM'24) held on April 26, 2024 (Afternoon Session) organised by the Department of ECE, KIT-Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.
Dr VAN conducted two days hands-on Value added course on "Application Development using Arduino" for I year B.E CSE (Cyber Security) (2023-27 batch) of PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore during 26th and 27th March 2024. Around 63 students attended this hands-on VAC. Resource persons covered various application design including the key concepts of Embedded Systems, Networks and IoT using Arduino Platform (ESP32). Ms Subathra from JRM Technologies served as the Co-Trainer.
Dr VAN condcuted a special Career Guidance and Counselling sessions for diferetly abled (Hearing and Specch impaired) +2 students of Avai Ashram, Sivasailam, Tenkasi district on 23rd March 2024 along with Dr Venkatesh Raman. Mr Ramesh, HM, School for Special Children supported the session by serving as a Sign language Interpreter.
Dr VAN attended One day LDRA Seminar on "Compliance and Beyond: Pioneering Safety and Security in Embedded Software Development" on March 19th, 2024, in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. As a part of the seminar, detailed discussion on Safe and Secure Coding, Requirements Driven Testing, Process Compliance, Certification, Tool Selection and achieving Process Compliance using LDRA tools were done.
Dr VAN delivered a technical session on "Design of End and Edge Nodes for Smart Agriculture" on 16th March 2024 as a part of three days CEFIPRA-FUNDED JOINT INDO-FRENCH WORKSHOP Making Smart Irrigation Affordable for Small Farmers via Machine Learning . This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the academia and the industry, extension agents, and farmers in the fields of irrigation, ecology, sensors, IoT, and artificial intelligence in order to exchange ideas and develop concrete proposals for academia-industry-farmer partnerships in research projects that will lead to technologies relevant to real-world smallholder farms. Around thirty research from different apart of India and France participated and presented their research ideas. nearly five proposals are under process for funding.
Dr VAN conducted three days hands-on Value added course on "Application Development using Arduino" for I year B.E CSE (2023-27 batch) of PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore during 6th, 7th and 8th March 2024. Around 120 students and Six faculty members attended this hands-on VAC. Resource persons covered various application design including the key concepts of Embedded Systems, Networks and IoT using Arduino Platform (ESP32).
Dr VAN conducted one day hands on Workshop on "5G Wireless Technologies for Various Applications" on 25th February 2024 as a part of KRIYA 2024, one of the largest technical symposium conducted by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. Around 55 participants across Tamil Nadu attended and got benefitted.
Dr VAN attended one day Workshop on Cyber Security Initiatives in the Power Sector, Organised by Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru on 16th Februray 2024.
Dr VAN served as the External Academic Auditor in Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 15th February 2024
Dr VAN attended IEW, IOTshow, smartBHARAT and B2B Tech Expo 2024, held on, 31stJan - 2nd Feb 2024 at KTPO, WHITEFIELD, Bengaluru, India.
Dr VAN handled a session on Design and deployment of IoT End and Edge Nodes for real time applications as a part of the three days FDP on Internet of Things and Machine Learning Applications for Engineering Systems (Kerala State Government DTE Sponsored) organised by Govt Engineering College, Srikrishnapuram, Palakkad on 23rd January 2024.
Dr VAN Visited the Institute of Mathematics, Chennai on 10th January 2024 and met Dr Venkatesh Raman for designing special training module to train engineering graduate students in the areas of Advanced Data structures and Analysis of Algorithms.
Dr VAN handled a one day Master Class and Hands-onWorkshop on IoT security on 20-11-2023 as a part of the CAM2023 in association with Intel IOT Club, organised by the TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore as a part of the Cyber Security Awareness Month. Around 72 students of BTech CSE with Specialization in Cyber Security participated and got trained in the domain of IOT Devices ( Both Hardware and Software aspects).
Dr VAN served as the Chief Guest and handled the Hands-on Workshop on "Recent trends in IoT" organised by the Computer Sciences Department of Govt. Arts and Science College, Thennangur, Vandavasi as a part of the State level Workshop on capacity Enhancement for Students on 03-11-2023.
Dr VAN delivered a technical session on "IoT Based Predictive Analytics and Maintenance in Smart Industries" during the All India Seminar on “Interfacing Mechanical Engineering with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning” on 10-10-2023, organised by The Institution of Engineers (India) Coimbatore Local Centre in association with Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore
Dr VAN inaugurated the activities of IETE Student Forum of KGISL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 26-09-2023 and introduced office bearers of ISF-KGISL Inst. of Technology. During the technical event, Dr VAN delivered a session on Industrial IoT and Predictive Analytics.
Dr VAN delivered a technical session on "IIoT and Predictive Analytics in the context of Smart Manufacturing" as a part of the Refresher course in Computer Sciences (Computer Applications and Information Technology) on 24-09-2023, organised by The UGC-Human Resource Development Center, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
Dr VAN along with Prof K P Peeyush conducted ISTE Chapter sponsored one day hands-on workshop on Embedded System Design using Arduino (ESP32) on 23rd September 2023 conducted at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus
Dr VAN along with Mr Sankar Karuppannan conducted one day hands-on workshop on 28th April 2023 in the domain of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as a part of ANOKHA 2023, a flagship Tech Fest conducted by Amrita School of Computing, Coimbatore Campus
Dr VAN designed and served as a resource person for KTU Sponsored five days FDP on Industrial IoT and Cyber Physical Systems organised and conducted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Marian Engineering College, Trivandrum from 11th to 15th April 2023
Dr VAN was invited by Kalaikathir, Salem and served as a Speaker for career guidance program conducted by Kalaikathir, Salem division on 8th April 2023. Dr VAN highlighted the various scopes for graduate engineering courses in CSE, IT, AI and DS, Cyber Security courses. More than 330 students attended and got benefitted.
Dr VAN served as a resource person for one day Pre-Conference workshop on IoT System Design organised and conducted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore on 16th March 2023 as a part of 2nd International Conference on Next Generation Computing Systems (ICNGCS-2023)
Dr VAN served as a resource person for one day workshop on IoT organised and conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore on 6th Februray 2023 as a part of Winter Camp Internship for pre-final year UG students of Civil Engineering discipline.
Dr VAN served as a resource person for one day FDP on Embedded System Developement using ARM COrtex M4F MCU ( TM4C123GXL Launchpad) conducted by Dept. of CSE , Amrita School of COmputing, Coimbatore on 9th December 2022. More than 10 faculty members attended and got trained in Product development using ARM Cortex M4F MCUs and Keil uVision 4.x and 5.x IDEs.
Dr VAN served as a resource person for two day FDP on IoT and Its Applications conducted by Dept. of IT , PSG Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore during 12th and 13th September 2022. More than 30 faculty members from various departments attended and got trained in IoT hardware and software design as well as deployment of real time IoT projects
Dr VAN served as a resource person and conducted a three day hands on TEQIP-II Sponsored Short Term Training Program STTP on Applications Development using IoT during 10th, 11th and 12th August 2022 for training faculty members of various institutes in the state of Kerala. This STTP was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Poojappura, Trivandrum. End Node design using Arduino Uno, ESP 32 and Edge Node design using Raspberry Pi, Design and deployment of end to end IoT systems using Cloud Infrastructure was covered as a part of STTP. This program was conducted with technical support extended by the Industrialist Er K Sankar, MD of Mathiimigal Technologies, Bengaluru
Dr VAN organised and conducted five days hands-on Workshop on IoT from 16th to 20th May 2022 as a part of Excellence in Intelligent Systems related with setting up of Intel Intelligent Systems Lab for IoT at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus. Resource Persons Mr Mohamed Ameer and Mr Prince Kurian were deputed by FICE Education Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru ( Intel Authrosied Training Partner). Around 26 faculty members, 9 research scholars and 40 MTech students from various engineering departments including Civil, Mechanical, EEE, ECE, CSE, Cyber Security attended and benefited by this workshop.
Dr VAN conducted one day workshop on Embedded Systems and IoT on 15th May 2022 at Arunai Info Services, Thiruvanamalai and offered placement guidance in the domain of Embedded Systems, IoT, Cloud computing for unemployed / under employed graduates
Dr. VAN offered technical support in setting up of IoT and Cyber Physical Systems Lab at Marian Engineering College, KazhaKuttom, Trivandrum, sponsored by Mathimiigal Technologies (P) Limited Bengaluru. IoT and CPS Lab was inaugurated on 6th May 2022 and Dr VAN along with Mr K Sankar, MD of Mathimiigal Tech (p) Ltd., conducted two days hands-on workshop (offline) on IoT and CPS and offered guidance in carrying out real time deployment of IoT systems to meet the industry standards at MEC Campus. Students from ECE and CSE from MEC attended and got hands-on experience in making use of various development boards, sensors, actuators and communication modules to design and deploy IoT systems.
Dr. Anantha Narayanan Velu from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore Campus, Coimbatore has participated and successfully completed the 5-day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) from 11th April, 2022 to 15 th April, 2022
Dr VAN delivered a technical session on "Enabling Technologies for Smart Cyber Physical Systems" on the Afternoon session on 28th March 2022 as a part of the 5 Days Virtual FDP on “Advancements in Computational Technologies” from 28-03-2022 to 01-04-2022" conducted by Academic Staff College and Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai
Dr VAN delivered two technical sessions on "Edge Computing for IoT" on 17th and 18th January 2022 in the AICTE-ISTE Sponsored One Week Online Induction / Refresher program on “Industry 4.0 and Electric Vehicles” organised by Dept of EEE., PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore
Dr VAN attended the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE 2022) (Online) on 8th January 2022 organised by School of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia & Faculty of Engineering, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India and presented a research paper titled "Dam Water Discharge and Flood Prediction cum Warning System"
Dr VAN along with his PhD Research Scholar Mr M Nakkeeran attended the International Conference On Big Data, Machine Learning and Applications (BigDML 2021) ( On Line ) on 20th December 2021, organised by National Institute of Technology, Silchar and presented a research paper titled "Anomaly Detection in SCADA Industrial Control Systems using Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory "
Dr VAN attended three days ATAL Sponsored Faculty Development Workshop on " Embedded System - An Application Driven Approach" during 25th August 2021 to 27th August 2021 conducted by AICTE, ATAL Academy, ST Microelectronics, ARM Education. Design of End to Edge Devices including IoT and HMI was covered with Live Demos.
Dr VAN delivered a technical session with the focus on " IoT and Industry 4.0" on 25th August 2021 FN in the Short Term Training Program on Internet of Things : Connecting Technologies and Industrial IoT sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat (DST-GUJCOST), Organised by Department of Computer Science, Indus Institute of Information and Communication Technology, in association with Indus University, Ranchadra, Ahmedabad
Dr VAN delivered a technical session on "Research avenues and Product Development Opportunities in Electronics and Communication Engineering Graduates (Focused Theme: (Industrial IoT)" on 24th August Afternoon session in a Webinar organised by the Students Research Foundation of Department of ECE, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. Around 95 Graduate students of ECE, GCT-CBE attended the sessions and got benefits by acquiring the various skills required in the emerging domain of Industrial IoT.
Dr VAN delivered a Virtual Webinar on "IoT" on 23rd August Afternoon session in a Webinar organised by the Placement and Training Cell of Amrita College of Engineering and Technology, Nagercoil. Aound 75 Graduate students of ECE and CSE of ACET, Nagercoil attended the sessions and got benefits by acquiring the various skills required in the emerging domain of Internet of Things.
Dr VAN delivered a Research Webinar on the topic "Enabling Technologies for Industrial Internet of Things" for the faculty members from EEE and ECE Department of Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam under the support services offered by Dept. of CSE, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore on 20th August 2021 Forenoon. This research webinar was organised by the Dept. of EEE and ECE, RIT, Rajapalyam for the benefit of their Faculty members. This session was followed by an another session on "Data Analytics in Distribution Grid ( Power System Attack Classification in Industrial Control System - Use Case Demo" in the Afternoon session on the same day. Mr M Nakkeeran, Research Scholar, Mobile and Wireless Networks Lab, Dept. of CSE, ASE-Coimbatore delivered the session. Both sessions were well received by the participants and served the purpose of transfer of technology.
Dr VAN delivered a Technical Webinar on "“Enabling Technologies for Industrial Internet of Things " on 14th August 2021 orgainsed by The Institution of Engineers (India) , Coimbatore Local Center and Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department of Kalignar Karunanidihi Institute of Technology (KIT), Coimbatore. Dr VAN covered the fundamentals of Industrial IoT, various enabling technologies from Embedded System to Cloud and Data Analytics. Dr VAN also highlighted the key elements right from the requirement analysis to real time deployment and maintenance of Industrial IoT systems.
Dr VAN delivered a session on " Research Challenges in IoT and Security" on the Day 3 ( 23rd July 2021) in the three days CSIR Sponsored Faculty Development Program on " IoT Security Challenges and Opportunites in the 5G Era" conducted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul. Dr VAN covered research challenges in various enabling technologies of IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems as well as the threats and opportunities in securing IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems along with the support from GoI and Non Govt Organisations.
Dr VAN delivered an invited talk on " Enabling Technologies for Smart Systems" on the Day 1 ( 6th July 2021) in the two days "National Conference on Emerging Technologies for Smart Systems" conducted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Marian Engineering College, KazhaKuttom, Tiruvananthapuram. Dr VAN covered various enabling technologies of Smart Systems and demonstrated possible technologies with interesting use cases on Smart Energy and Smart Agri.
Dr VAN attended an interactive webinar titled "Building New Era AI Applications with Intel oneAPI Toolkit" conducted on 2nd July 2021 by FICE Education Private Limited as a part of Intel Intelligent Systems Lab for Internet of Things".
Dr VAN served as resource person and delivered a technical session on " Design and Deployment of Intelligent End and Edge devices for Smart Agri " as a part of the AICTE ATAL FDP on "AI and IoT- Based Technology for Precision Farming and Smart Agriculture" on 8th June 2021 orgainsed by the Dept of ECE, KGISL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
Dr VAN served as a resource person in the Anna University sponsored Online – Six Day Faculty Development Training Programme (FDTP) on “EC8702 Adhoc & Wireless Sensor Networks” from 07th to 12th June 2021. Dr VAN delivered sessions on " Design of Senor Node and Edge Devices" and 'Simulation Tools for Wireless Sensor Networks" on 7th June 2021. This FDTP was organised by the Dept. of ECE, Anna University Regional Campus, Coimbatore.
Dr VAN served as a resource person in the five days AICTE/ISTE sponsored Induction/Refresher Program on "Internet of Things (IoT)" from 6th May to 11th May 2021 organised by Department of CSE, AG Patil Institute of Technology Solapur (MS), and delivered the sessions covering the fundamentals of IoT, IOT: Identification, Device management and service Discovery and Management, IOT protocols: MQTT, CoAP, Web Sockets , Integration of IOT End devices with Edge and cloud Infrastructure, Industrial IOT applications with MQTT, CoAP, Web Sockets Live Demonstrations using NodeMCU and ThingSpeak on 07th May 2021. More than 60 faculty members from different disciplines attended this program and enriched their knowledge in IoT. It is also planned to give continuous support for the faculty members who wish to venture into this Industry 4.0.
Dr VAN Chaired a technical session on " Cyber Security / Cloud Computing" in the First International Conference on Next Generation Computing Systems (ICNGCS 2021) on 27th March 2021 organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore
Dr VAN designed and coordinated ISTE Tamil Nadu Section sponsored six days virtual industrial internship program on Internet of Things organized by the School of Computing, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai conducted on 16th to 21st November 2020. Dr VAN handled Day 1 session on Introduction to IoT and its Applications, and coordinated sessions on other five days sessions: Hardware and Software Design aspects of IoT, Integration of IoT with Cloud Computing, Cloud based Data Visualization using TI CC3200 Wi-Fi Launch pad, IoT Security and Penetrations Testing, Idea to Productization and Real Time Deployment.
Dr VAN delivered technical sessions on "IoT Enabling Technologies for Smart Environments" in AICTE SPONSORED SIX DAYS ONLINE STTP ON DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE AND SMART ENVIRONMENT - II conducted by Dept. of CSE, RMD Engineering College, Kumidipoondi on 5th November 2020
Dr VAN served as a resource person and conducted technical sessions on "Introduction of Arduino and Raspberry Pi, Sensors and Actuators - Field and Livestock Farming" , "Introduction of WSN, IoT and State of the Art Research in WSN and IoT systems in Advanced Agriculture" on 3rd November 2020 and "ML based Precision Agriculture", "Machine Learning Support for Intelligent Irrigation System using IoT - Use Case Demo" on 5th November 2020 in the AICTE Sponsored Online Short Term Training Programme (STTP) Series- I On “Digital Farming Exploration with AI” conducted by Dept. of ECE, VIVEKANANDHA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN, ELAYAMPALAYAM, TIRUCHENGODE
Dr VAN served as a Resource person in a webinar on " Role of Computer and IT Professionals in Industry 4.0" for the benefit of research scholars and post graduate students of Department of Computer Science, Amrita School of Arts and Science, Mysuru campus on 5th September 2020. This Webinar is supported by Computer Society of India and ASAS, Mysuru.
Dr VAN participated in a Webinar on "IoT: Paradigms and Solutions for Next Generation Smart Ecosystems- HAMS: Harnessing Automobiles for safety" conducted by Dept. of ECE in asoociation with IETE Students Forum, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 13th August 2020 AN. Dr. Venkat Padmanabhan, Deputy MD, Microsoft Research India, Bengaluru & Adjunct Faculty, IISC, Bengaluru, delivered the session. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/hams/
Dr VAN served as a resource person in the two days On Line Webinar “Industry 4.0 as a Career Path: Opportunities for Computer and IT Professional" organised by Department of CSE, Marian Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuaram, and delivered the sessions covering the fundamentals of IoT, Enabling Technologies for IoT, IoT Architectural Stack, IoT Analytics, Integration with Edge and Cloud Computing, Use Cases, Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things, Hardware and Software Technologies for IIoT with Live Demonstrations using AWS on 12th and 13th August 2020. II year and III year students of CSE students and faculty members benefited from this webinar series.. It is also planned to give continuous support for the student members who wish to venture into this Industry 4.0.
Dr VAN served as a resource person in the Fifth day of 5 days On Line Faculty Development Program ““Ingenious Technologies in Efficient Energy Production from Waste for Sustainable Development” Sponsored by DOTE, Govt. of TN, organised by Govt Polytechnic College for Women, Coimbatore in association with Faculty Training Center, Govt. College of Technology, Coimbatore and delivered a session on "IoT for Smart Waste Management integrated with Smart Cities of India & Design and Deployment of IoT System for Smart Energy Management System" on 7th August 2020 AN.
Dr VAN participated in a Webinar on "Internet of Things and Cloud" conducted by Dept. of ECE, KGISL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 29th July 2020. Dr Selvaraj Kesavan, Solution Architect, DXC Technologies, Bengaluru delivered the session.
Dr VAN participated in a Five days Webinar on "EMI/EMC" conducted by Dept. of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore from 6th July 2020 to 10th July 2020. This webinar series was organised by Kumaraguru Center for AI and Robotics KC-AIR and conducted by RBEI and Keysight Technologies.
Dr VAN served as a resource person in the third day of 6 days On Line Faculty Development Program “Recent Challenges in Industrial Automation and Embedded Systems” conducted from 06.07.2020 to 11.07.2020. This FDP was organised by the Dept. of EEE, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. Dr VAN handled the session on "A holistic approach to Secure Industrial Control Systems" on 8th July 2020.
Dr VAN delivered an on Line session on "5G Network and Security", in the fifth day (3rd July 2020) of 6 days On Line Faculty Development Program on "Evloution of 5G" conducted from 29th June 20 to 4th July 20. This FDP was organised by the Dept. of ECE, KGISL Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.
Dr VAN served as a resource person in a Webinar on "IoT and Cloud for Smart Systems and Applications" organised by the PG and research Dept. of Computer Science, Govt ARTS College, Coimbatore on 29th June 2020. Faculty members and research scholars from various Arts and Science colleges had attended this webinar and got benefited.
Dr VAN served as a resource person in a webinar on "Industrial Internet of Things and its use cases" on 4th June 2020 organised by the Dept. of ECE, Vivekanandha College of Technology for Women, Thiruchengode. Around 90 participants in different levels from students to faculty members of circuit branches have attended and participated in the interactive session.
Dr VAN served as an External Review Committee member for paper selection in the International Web Conference on Smart Engineering Technologies (IWCSET - 2020) held on 26.06.2020 and 27.06.2020. This conference was organised by the Dept. of ECE., Ramco Insitute of Technology, Rajapalayam.
Dr VAN along with Mr Suryabhan Singh, presented a research paper entitled (through On Line Mode) “Air Quality Monitoring System with Effective Traffic Control Model for Open Smart Cities of India” in the Second International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies, 2020 (ICAECT2020) held at The Hotel Aloft, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu, India during 12-13, June 2020.
Dr VAN served as a resource person for a One Day National Level Workshop on " Design of Internet of Things using NodeMCU" on 7th March 2020 organised by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering , PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul for the benefit of Under Graduate Students in CSE. Workshop was sponsored by IETE Student Forum of PSNACET and was conducted with Theoretical and practical sessions along with Use Cases and Real Time IoT applications Demonstrations. Technical Support was provided Mr Yusuf and Mr Rajamukesh of IETE Professional Activity Center, NagerCoil.
Dr VAN served as a resource person for DBT- Ministry of Science and Technology (under Star College Scheme) Sponsored two days National Level Workshop on " Design of Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems" during 2nd and 3rd March 2020 organised by the Department of Electronics and Communication Systems , Nehru Arts and Science College, TM Palayam, Coimbatore for the benefit of Under Graduate Students in ECS, CS and IT. Workshop was conducted with Theoretical and practical sessions along with Use Cases and Real Time IoT applications Demonstrations.