EArly Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 2: The 8th National Conference and Exhibition on Emerging and Innovative Trends in Engineering Technology (NCEEITET) organized by Govt. College of Engineering & Technology (GCET), Jammu in technical collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and in association with Consortium of Universities concluded today at GCET Jammu.
Lieutenant Governor, Sh. Manoj Sinha graced the inaugural function of the said event. The Conference was aimed to provide a common platform to academicians, researchers , students & industry professionals to interact and deliberate on latest trends and advancements in technology, research avenues and industry requirements, so as to raise the academic standards; build collaborative alliances and above all provided much needed exposure to the students of different engineering colleges across J&K. It provided an ideal opportunity to the students/ industry/ start-ups to display their working models/ projects/Business plans/ State-of–the Art technologies/ achievements
Two days programme of the conference consisted of technical sessions, invited & plenary talks from eminent personalities, researchers and industry professionals. In addition to this, a workshop and the display of exhibits by CPSUs/PSUs were also the highlights of the events.
The eminent speaker Prof. R.S Bharj, NIT Jalandhar delivered an invited talk on Employment Generation through Startups – How and Why wherein he urged youth to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and called upon them to find alternatives to public sector jobs by setting up their own business ventures.
Parveen Kumar Abrol, GM-Operations, TA Engineering and innovation Ambassador and Entrepreneurship Coach delivered expert talk on Engineering Value Creation through Entrepreneurship centered around maintaining ethical and professional values in their entrepreneurial journey.
The reputed industries/companies viz; PGCIL, NHPC, CVPPL, NTPC, PFC, JKSPDC, NIELET, BSNL, Tata Power, J&K Bank , IDFC Bank and many others participated and displayed their exhibits showcasing the evolving technologies in their respective fields. During the interactive sessions with the students, the company representatives, Rajiv Pharlia, CGM, PFC Ltd and Er. P.C Tiwari, Ajmer Discom enlightened them with the latest scientific innovations and technological advancements.
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