10 Oct 2019-11 Oct 2019|Noida | F2 Auditorium
RDCAPE2019
International Conference on “Recent Developments in Control Automation and Power Engineering – RDCAPE2019 Organized at Amity University
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology in technical collaboration with IEEE, UP Section organized the 3rd edition of the two-day International Conference on “Recent Developments in Control Automation and Power Engineering-RDCAPE 2019” at AUUP, Noida Campus.
Chief Guest for the occasion, Mr. S. S. Mishra, General Manager (Renewable Energy Engineering), NTPC, India, expressed his delight in finding an opportunity to interact with the young minds at Amity University and prick their minds about the historical changes in the power sector to provide the opportunity to them in the future. “My only advice to you would be to create your interest area and find your perfection. Don’t try to take in everything,” said Mr Mishra.
Prof. (Dr.) Asheesh Kumar Singh, Chairperson, IEEE UP Section, EE Department, MNNIT Allahabad delved into the rapidly changing energy requirements and the new capabilities and system designs needed today. “Students today need to be versatile and grow through their knowledge and expertise. And IEEE provides students a platform to apply their knowledge through specific practical applications,” shared Prof. (Dr.) Singh.
Mr. Awadhesh Jha, Vice President Charge & Drive & Sustainability, Fortum Charge & Drive India Pvt. Ltd urged students to drive their views and perceptions based on facts and not on myths surrounding electric vehicles (EVs). “Climate change is affecting lives globally with the Kyoto protocol giving way to Paris convention. Renewable energy and use of EVs have assumed tremendous significance and will play a pivotal role in the future,” averred Mr Jha.
Mr. Bhagirath Galgat, Executive Vice President, Havells India Ltd shared how the expectations from students was on the rise within his company and at the corporate level with Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning becoming an integral part of the industrial growth today. “The expectations from private universities, like Amity, is extremely high and institutions should get associated with the industry very closely to meet the growing requirements,” said Mr. Galgat.
Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Chief Patron, RDCAPE 2019 shared how the time between the various industrial revolutions is reducing with AI, machine learning and IOT bringing about a huge change in the industry and job roles required that’s impacting higher education in a big way. “Amity University has been able to capture challenges by interacting with industry experts. We have aligned our curriculum to industry 4.0 and refurbished our programmes across all streams by including AI and disruptive technology in our curriculum,” pointed out Prof. (Dr.) Shukla.
Dr. Zhihong Man, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Prof. Herald Weber, University of Rostock, Germany, Prof. Hasan Bevrani, University of Kurdistan, Iran, Prof. Ishak Bin Aris, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, Prof. Abu Ahmad, Curtin University Australia, Prof. Belcacem Kada, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, and Prof. Ravindra Thamma, Central Connecticut University New Britain, USA participated as Keynote Speakers during the conference.
RDCAPE 2019 also attracted contributory papers from most of the leading premier Institutions of the country like, IITs, NITs, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi Technological University DTU and State Universities. RDCAPE 2019 souvenir was also released during the inaugural session.
The Conference brought together academicians, scientists, industrialists and researchers on a common platform to facilitate discussions on recent developments in the field of Power, Control & Automation Engineering. The galaxy of academicians from across the globe along with their fraternity members from various national institutes also sought to discuss issues related to new challenges of Renewable Energy, new control paradigms for efficient Automation and decentralized Power Systems, New Economics of open Auction-based Electricity Generation, Transmission and Distribution markets.