Thakur Institute of Management Studies, Career Development and Research (TIMSCDR) organized ICAIM 2023, International Conference on Advances in Information Technology and Management on 11-12 February 2023. Theme of this year’s conference was “Leveraging Information Technology for Sustainability in Agriculture and Healthcare – Carbon Neutrality”. It was arranged in association with AMC (Association of Medical Consultants), MACCIA (Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture) and Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare (NCSH). Eminent personalities from all three fields – IT, Agriculture and Medicine participated in ICAIM 2023.
ICAIM-2023 was a unique interdisciplinary International Conference enabling various IT solutions leveraged in domains of Agriculture and Healthcare. Other futuristic avenues for application of IT in these areas were also discussed by eminent personalities from all three fields.
The conference was inaugurated on February 11, 2023 by the chief guest Manohar Khake of Agro Consultant and in the presence of other speakers: Krishi Ratna Shri Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle Sir of Saguna Baug. Mr. Balu Agre, Managing Director of Infinity Solutions Laboratories. There were speaker sessions by Dr. Amitava Rakshit from the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. He emphasized the importance of soil health to society in defining ecosystem services. The next speaker, Mr. Balu Agre, MD of Infinity Solution Laboratories, spoke on “Importance of Soil Organic Carbon for Sustainable Agriculture". Another speaker presentation by Krishi Ratna, Mr. Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle of Saguna Baug was on the Saguna Regeneration Technique (SRT) developed by him which is now internationally recognized to increase soil organic carbon content. The last speaker of the day, Vikram Bansal, CEO of Zerosum, spoke about the utilization of drone technology in various industries. The second day of the conference was inaugurated on February 12, 2023 by the chief guest, Dr. Nilima Vaidya Bhamare , President of AMC. In her inaugural speech, she stated that the role of AMC is to communicate with the government about the difficulties faced by doctors in various fields.
Dr. Mukesh Gupta , Founder Director – Le’Nest, Chairperson – Media Communication Cell, Past President – AMC moderated the panel discussion on “Digitization in Healthcare" under AMC Soch. Dr. Johannes Brundin and Dr. Johana Hellburg participated in the discussion via Google Meet from Sweden. Dr. Johannes Brundin, co-founder of NCSH Sweden, shared best practices used in Nordic Center Sweden for sustainable healthcare. Dr. Johana Hellburg: Digitization of patient data is helpful for storing health information and improving interoperability.
Dr. Mangla Ghomare, Executive Health Officer – MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai), mentioned that partial digitization was done in Mumbai during COVID, which will lead to better medical care. Dr. Abhijeet Ahire, Program Associate, Digital Health PATH under
National Health Mission, Department of Public Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Maharashtra, stated that there is a need to create awareness about Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). Dr. Ashwini Jogade, Medical Superintendent – Nanavati Hospital, mentioned how digitization will help doctors and standardized processes will speed up research work. Mr. Ajay Bhayani – Director, AmbiSure Technologies Pvt. Ltd. spoke about security of patient data and encryption of patient reports. Mr. Harsh Parikh, Founder, DRiefcase added that data is managed at different levels like lab and clinic so hacking will be difficult. Mr. Sawant from the fire department explained the importance of following fire safety regulations. Dr. Vinita Gaikwad, Director, TIMSCDR, mentioned that despite the gaps, information technology is driving the adoption of digital platforms in healthcare. Therefore, the software also guarantees its security aspects. Dr. Mukesh Gupta summarized that digitization will be done with functionality including security.
Doctors Workshop on “Digitization in Healthcare” on 12 February 2023 was conducted on following key topics –
1. Basics of Blockchain and its Role in Healthcare – EHR
2. Creation of ABHA Registration Number
3. Unified Health Interface
4. DigiLocker, Cybersecurity in Healthcare : the Foundation for Digital Transformation
5. Converting Website to Mobile Application
6. Content Marketing – ChatGPT
The pre-conference sessions were conducted for students by eminent personalities from Industry as given below:
| Date | Speaker Details | Topic |
| 06/02/2023 | Dr. Vinita Gaikwad, Director | Towards Carbon Neutrality |
| 07/02/2023 | DR Yelloji-Rao Mirajkar, The Global Indian Scientist and Technocrat | Ahar Kranti, leads in reducing Carbon emission |
| 08/02/2023 | Mr. RavinKumar S, Tata Consultancy Services | Climate change mitigation and sustainable food production through sky and earth convergence approach |
| 09/02/2023 | Dr Gaurav Jha, Assistant, Assistant Professor Precision Agriculture at Kansas State University | Sensor Technology for curbing Global Warming |
The IoT team at TIMSCDR conducted an IoT workshop for students on February 7-9, 2023. During the workshop, participants were trained on the basics of IoT and how to connect sensors with Arduino.The AWS Cloud Services Workshop was also conducted by TIMSCDR’s AWS team on February 7-9, 2023. During the workshop, participants learned about the hands-on labs and exercises that allow users to gain practical experience using AWS services and tools.
ICAIM-2023 Proceeding published 90 research papers and 48 research posters on interdisciplinary subjects, selected after a rigorous review process. Research papers were presented before the distinguished professionals from the sectors of Agriculture, Healthcare and IT.
Following is the list of professionals who chaired the research paper presentations of ICAIM- 2023.
1. Dr. Dineshkumar Singh,Group Leader ,Social and Mobility Innovation, TCS
2. Dr. Aparna Deshmukh, Head ,Biotechnology, Thakur College of Science and Commerce
3. Dr. Suresh A. Shan Chairman, Chairman CSI – Mumbai Chapter
| Conference | Title of Research Paper | Author |
| ICAIM-2023 (Faculty Category) | Use of Mobile App – Detect SOC to digitize and analyse the readings acquired through SOCDK while checking the level of Soil Organic Carbon in agriculture soil from sample farm | Dr. Vinita Gaikwad, Ms. Anamika Dhawan, Ms. Shweta Wahgmare. |
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ICAIM-2023 (Student Category) – 1st Prize |
Digital Sampling and Testing of COVID-19 to reduce Lab Procedures further decreasing Carbon Emission Review | Ananya Nirajkumar Singh, Lacky Shivkumar Singh |
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ICAIM-2023 (Student Category) – 2nd Prize |
Carbon Emissions caused due to Electronic Mails | Siddharth Nanavati |
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ICAIM-2023 (Student Category) – 3rdPrize |
Implementation Chatbot Whatsapp using Twilio and Rasa | Saahas Hemant Patkar, Yogesh Sanjeev Varma. |
Winners of ICAIM – 2023 Poster Presentation
| Conference | Title of Research Poster | Author |
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ICAIM-2023 (Student Category) – 1st Prize |
CO2 Emissions from construction industry | Shubham Waiker , Gaurav Yadav |
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ICAIM-2023 (Student Category) – 2nd Prize |
Renewable energy in agriculture | Rutvik Redkar, Rushikesh Sawant, Ashvin Shetty |
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ICAIM-2023 (Student Category) – 3rd Prize |
Environmental education for better air quality | Ashutosh Yadav, Ravi Yadav, Sandeep Yadav, Shubham Yadav |
