B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology

Report of the 5Day National Seminar on “Sustainability, Climate Change and Automation: Technology Evolution Towards a Clean Energy Horizon”
A five-day National Seminar on “Sustainability, Climate Change and Automation: Technology Evolution Towards a Clean Energy Horizon” was successfully organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering of B. P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology (BPPIMT), in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council & Entrepreneurship Development Cell from 14th to 18th June,2025. The event aimed to explore the intersection of sustainability, climate changes and technological advancements in automation that pave the way for a cleaner, energy-efficient future. The first day was conducted in hybrid mode, featuring both in-person and online participation—while the subsequent four days were hosted fully online.
Gracing the occasion were the Prof. Dr. Sutapa Mukherjee, Principal of BPPIMT, Dr. Subhasish Pradhan, Registrar, and Prof. Dr. Nandita Sanyal, Program Chair of the Seminar, whose presence added great value to the opening ceremony. The event was further honored by the presence of the Chief Guest, Dr. S.P. Gon Chaudhuri, Ex Director of WBREDA, Guests of Honor, Mr. Rabi Choudhury, Ex MD, Haldia Energy Ltd. and Mr. Anirban Mondal, Superintending Engineer, WBSEDCL, who highlighted the need of global cooperation and innovation to combat climate change and promote clean energy solutions.
Throughout the seminar, various technical sessions and panel discussions were conducted by our eminent speakers: Mr. Joy Chakraborty, Divisional Engineer, WBREDA; Mr. Ajeya Bandopadhyay, Asia Lead I Climate Change, International Finance Corporation; Mr. Rajib Das, Consultant E mobility; Dr. Arindam Kumar Sil, Associate Professor , Jadavpur University; Mr. Subhadip Sarkar, GM, Instrumentation & Automation Department Steel Authority of India Limited and Dr. Biswajit Debnath, Assistant Professor, Namtech, IIT Gandhinagar Campus.
Research scholars, academicians and students actively attended the Seminar and participated in the collaborative discussion during the sessions. On the final day an evaluation exam was conducted for understanding the seminar content, followed by the collection of feedback to gauge the effectiveness of the event. The Seminar was concluded with a valedictory session on 18th June and the organizing committee was commended for successfully coordinating the event.

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Institute students’ team comprising of Protyoy Bhandary , Olivia Sikder , Priyunshu Saha from Department of Computer Science & Engineering has won the 2nd prize in IEM Hackolution Hackathon for their working solution to a problem statement "Decentralised Smart Invoice Platform for Merchants". The event held on 27th June, 2025.

The 2nd International conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Computing (AISC 2025) will be organized by the Department of Information Technology, B P Poddar Institute of Technology and A K Choudhury School of Information Technology, University of Calcutta, in collaboration, on July 24-26, 2025. The conference website is: https://aisc.bppimt.ac.in/

The conference is technically sponsored by IEEE Kolkata Section and the proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer.

Eminent speakers will be delivering lectures at the conference. The registration link is available on the website.