International Conference(ICAIM) – 2020

International Conference ICAIM – 2020

Thakur Institute of Management Studies, Career Development and Research(TIMSCDR ) organized ICAIM – 2020, International Conference on Advances in Information Technology and Management on 8-9 February 2020. Theme of this year’s conference was “Leveraging Information Technology for Sustainability in Agriculture and Medicine” arranged in association with AMC (Association of Medical Consultants), AFG (Association of Fellow Gynecologist of Mumbai) and MACCIA (Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture).

ICAIM-2020 was a unique interdisciplinary International Conference that made a genuine effort to bring stakeholders from fields of Agriculture, Healthcare and Information Technology (IT) on a common platform to deliberate and discuss about various avenues of future technological enhancements in these areas.

About 200 delegates and intellectuals from fields of Agriculture, Healthcare and IT participated in the conference to exchange the ideas on leveraging Information Technology for sustainability in Agriculture and Medicine.

The conference was inaugurated on 8 February 2020, by the Chief Guest – Dr. U. V. Mahadkar, Associate Dean, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra and started with the unveiling of the Conference Proceedings of ICAIM-2020 having 121 research papers written by research scholars and academicians in the presence of Mr. Santosh Mandlecha, President, MACCIA, Mr. Akshay Shah, CEO– iWeb Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Milind Prabhu, State Coordinator, MACCIA, Mr. V. N. Datta, Advisor, Thakur Educational Group and Dr. Vinita Gaikwad, Director, TIMSCDR.

The programme was enriched with talks from eminent personalities in various domains. Dr. Srikanth Rupavatharam, Scientist – Digital Agriculture Innovation Systems for the Drylands Program, Peat – Deep Learning Agrotech, Germany delivered a talk on “Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Extension Management” thorough Skype, Mr. Jae Sabol, Executive Director, One Community, Los Angeles, USA on “Sustainability at One Community”, Mr. Pradip Bhalage, Water and Land Management Institute – WALMI on “Sustainable Irrigation and Water Conservation”, Mr. Sarvesh Khurane, AVP- Value Engineering, SatSure on “Satellite Imaging for Sustainable Agriculture” through Skype, Mr. Rajendra Bhat, Agro Consultant, Nisarga Mitra Farms on “Sustainable Farming”, Mr. Manohar Khake, Agro Consultant on “Irrigation for Sustainable Agriculture”, Dr. Deven Shah, Vice Principal, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology on “Blockchain and its use Sustainable Agriculture”, Mr. Marco Brini, CTO, Founder EnvEve, SA, Switzerland on “Technology for Sustainable Agriculture” through Skype.

The talks were followed by panel discussion on “Sustainable Agriculture in India – Role of IT”. The panelists were Mr. Vijay Yelmalle, Proprietor, CRAFT – Centre for Research in Alternate Farming Technology, Mr. Rajendra Bhat, Agro Consultant, Nisarga Mitra Farms, Mr. Vishal Sanghavi, CEO, Net2Point, Mr. Manohar Khake, Agro Consultant, Mr. Dineshkumar Singh, Group Leader, Digital Farming Initiative (mKRISHI®), Mr. Milind Prabhu, State Coordinator, MACCIA. The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Vinita Gaikwad and Ms. Rasika Phatak, Agro Conusultant.

The second day of the conference was inaugurated by Chief Guest – Dr. Mukesh Gupta, President, AMC and started with the unveiling of the workshop book “Optimizing Healthcare – SEO” in presence of Dr. Saurabh Dani, President, AFG, Dr. Nilima Bhamare, Hon. Secretary, AMC, Dr. Pradnya Kulkarni, Program Committee Chairperson, AMC, Mr. V. N. Datta, Advisor, Thakur Educational Group and Dr. Vinita Gaikwad, Director, TIMSCDR.

The erudite personalities who shared their insights on sustainability were Dr. Indira Mallo, IAS, Commissioner – ICDS, Maharashtra on “Sustainable Healthcare”, Pooja Krishnani Shah, Head – Digital Marketing and Integrated Customer Engagement, MSD on “Multichannel Marketing in Healthcare”, Dr. Joy Chakraborty, COO, Hinduja Hospital on “Role of Information Technology in Healthcare”, Johannes Brundin, Project Manager, TEM – Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare, Sweden on “Sustainable Healthcare as an engine for a Sustainable future today” through Skype.

This was followed by panel discussion on “Can Information Technology be solution to Sustainable Healthcare”. The panelists were Dr. Joy Chakraborty, COO, Hinduja Hospital, Mr. Nitiraj Gandhi, Jt. Secretary, HIMSS APAC India Chapter, Mr. Gaurav Batra, Cyber Frat, Dr. Ashish Modi, AMC, Mr. Sanjay Kimbahune, Senior Consultant, TCS Innovation Labs, Dr. Vivek Bhartiyar, Adjunct Professor, TIMSCDR, Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Asso. Professor, TIMSCDR. The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Saurabh Dani, President, AFG. and Dr. Vinita Gaikwad.

The conference also comprised of a training workshop conducted for doctors on “Optimizing Healthcare – SEO” on 9 February 2020. The major topics covered in the workshop were:

1. Website Creation
2. SEO
3. Keywords
4. Web Analytics

This will help doctors in creating their own website, understanding SEO, Keywords and Web Analytics tools etc.

Pre-Conference talks, Research Paper Presentations, Workshop on Internet of Things (IoT) and R Programming were part of the Pre-Conference Sessions scheduled from 3 February 2020 to 7 February 2020.

The pre-conference sessions were started with talks from eminent personalities from Industry as given below:

ICAIM-2020 Proceeding contains 121 research papers on inter-disciplinary subjects selected after a rigorous review process by a highly skilled and diverse review committee and the papers were presented before the distinguished professionals from the sectors of Agriculture, Healthcare and IT.

The IoT workshop for the students was conducted by IoT team of TIMSCDR on 3rd, 4th and 7th February 2020. During the workshop participants were introduced about the basics of IoT and got acquainted with the hardware like Arduino and Raspberry pi. The participants were trained on various technologies such as Python and Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a part of Basic and Advanced IoT workshop.

A workshop on the R programming was conducted on 5th & 6th February 2020 to make the students delve into data science with R programming. Students were given the knowledge to understand the software environment for statistical computing and data mining through the application of an open source programming language like R.

Best Research Paper Award

Faculty Category:

The award was won by a research paper on “Smart Air Fertigation (SAF) without using Fertilizers through Air Irrigation for Sustainable Agriculture” authored by Dr. Vinita Gaikwad, Director, TIMSCDR, Mr. Manohar Khake, Agro Consultant, Pune and Mr. Pankaj Mudholkar, Asst. Professor, TIMSCDR

Student Category:

1^st Prize: “A Solar Light Trap for Control of Field Crop from Insects” authored by Ms. Sakshi Kori.

2^nd Prize: “A Study of A.I. and Robotics Impact and their contribution in HealthCare Sector” authored by Mr. Devnath Jayaswal.