Workshop on "Excitement of Research" in IIIT-Hyderabad.
I am glad to say you all that I attended a workshop on Excitement of Research (ExOR) in International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad. This workshop was conducted on 28-29 Nov,2009 by IIIT-Hyderabad. I want to share my experience with you all..!
The main motive of the workshop is to motivate the students towards the Research..!
The name itself suggests that Excitement towards the Research. So many VIPs gave lectures on various topics.
Here is a Brief Introduction about the Speakers who gave us the valuable presentations to us..!
1)[FONT="] [/FONT]DR. R. Sreehari Rao :- He is an “Outstanding Scientist” took over as Chief Controller R&D ( Electronics & Computer sciences) at Defence Research & Development Organisation(DRDO). He done his M.Tech from IIT, kharagpur in 1974 and Ph.D from IIT, Madras in 1995. He gave us the presentation about “Excitement of Research : DRDO Experience”.
2)[FONT="] [/FONT] Prof. Uday B.Desai :- He is the Director of IIT, Hyderabad. He gave us the presentation on “Invention, Innovation & Research”.
3)[FONT="] [/FONT]A S Manjunath :- He is the Deputy Director, Data Processing Area (DPA), National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Hyderabad. He gave the presentation “Image Processing and analysis activities at NRSC”
4)[FONT="] [/FONT]DR G Narahari Sastry :- He is the Head, Molecular Modeling group, Organic Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad. He gave the presentation on “Interdisciplinary Research : Building Bridges between Science and Engineering”
5)[FONT="] [/FONT]Srinivas Kopparapu :- He is the Senior Manager- IT, Broadridge Financial Soluitions ( India) Private Limited, Hyderabad. He gave the presentation on “Quest for Ingenuity”.
6)[FONT="] [/FONT]Prasad Saripalli :- He is the Group Program Manager, Microsoft Virtualization Team, Microsoft (India), Hyderabad. He gave the Presentation on “Excitement of Research : How you can be a part of it”
7)[FONT="] [/FONT]B Krishna Murthy :- He is the Vice President, Center Head, Wipro Technologies Limited, Hyderabad. He gave the presentation on “ How to think like a Scientist?”.
8)[FONT="] [/FONT]K.S Rajan :- He is an Associate Progessor of IIIT- Hyderabad. He gave the presentation on “Multidisciplinary Research : The Future of Research”.
9)[FONT="] [/FONT]DR Vasudeva Varma :- He is the PG Chairman of IIIT- Hyderbad. He made the speech on “Opportunities for Research with IIIT Hyderabad”.
10)[FONT="] [/FONT] Prof R.Govindarajulu :- He is the Professor of IIIT, Hyderabad. He gave the lecture on “Concurrent Programming”.
Lot of students from NITs and VITs and from top colleges all over the India came for the workshop..! And it’s a very great experience to interact with the Research Professors, Research Students and the students from various colleges.
We visited so many labs like Lab for spacial Informatics, Robotics lab etc of IIIT- Hyderabad. And they explained us so many research projects like SIEL, FISH going on there. I liked those two projects..!
So, Really it’s a great experience for me..! And I am Ready to give you any kind of information about the workshop…!