National Science Day Workshop on “New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning” 

Chandigarh, March 1, 2024: DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) at Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a one Day National Science Day Workshop under the guidance of Prof Kashmir Singh on “New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning” under the theme NSD-2024: “Indigenous technologies for Viksit Bharat”, catalyzed and supported by Punjab State Council for Science & Technology (PSCST), National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) and Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India. 

Prof. Yajvender Pal Verma, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh graced the event and share his views on scope of AI to strengthen the Science and Technology ecosystem. He stressed on gaining the grassroots level knowledge using AI as the tool. He highlighted the need to train the young minds as data scientist to make efficient use of data available such that R & D ecosystem of Indian can be strengthen. He encouraged the participants to use AI in their respective fields in an efficient way.
Prof. Harsh Nayyar, Director, Research and Development Cell had also graced the event. He highlighted the job opportunities in AI and ML. He encouraged the participants to contribute towards nation’s growth by gaining expertise in superior technologies such as AI.

Dr. Amreek Singh, Scientist G, DGRE Lab of Defence Research Development Organisation was the chief guest and keynote speaker for this event. He introduce the concept AI, ML and Deep learning to the participant. He let the participant informed about opportunities in AI as well as challenges in exploration of AI. He informed about the vulnerability involved w.r.t to AI and its subsequent domains.

Dr. Satyajit Jena, Associate Professor, IISER, Mohali and Dr. Neha Tuli, Assistant Professor, SSCET, Punjab were the speakers for this moment. In their interactive talks, they let participants know the relevance of AI in industry 4.0. The event provided a great platform to learn various AI techniques and tools that are successfully implanted for socio-economic upliftment.

The event witness the participant’s engagement through Quiz and Poster presentation activities.  This workshop catered more than 100 participants from different colleges and universities by taking part in National Science Day celebration and thereby gaining knowledge on the theme “New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning”.