Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to invite you to be part of the Two days IEEE Sponsored workshop on "Smart Cities" which will be held at Acharya Institute of Technology, Soldevanahalli, Bangalore - 560107 as a part of IEEE students Branch - AIT activities during 14 and 15 September 2017. The objective of the workshop is to bring together students, researchers and practitioners both from academia and industries with the goal to discuss, identify and share experiences surrounding construction of smart city systems and its applications and deployment experiences. To create awareness about the smart grid /smart cities, this workshop pave way to enhance the knowledge of faculty, Students, Industry Professionals and Research Community in reaching their objective.

During the workshop, following topics will be covered:

1. Construction of smart cities
2. Smart grids
3. Standards & protocols for smart grid
4. Self healing networks
5. Integrated power and process automation
6. Communication systems in smart cities
7. ICT in smart cities
8. Communication security for smart grid distribution networks
9. Smart cities in Karnataka, India

List of confirmed invited speakers:

1. Mr. Mahesh Mahajan, Vice President - Connected Operations – IIOT, Accenture Digital.
2. Mr. Anil K Dsouza, Head Innovations, BESCOM.
3. Dr. Ganga Prasad, Senior Director, C-DAC
4. Mr. Ramesh Kasinathan, Asst. Vice President, Head - Bids & Proposals, Power Generation, ABB.
5. Mr. Abhilash E T Nair, Senior Marketing Manager Microgrids & EV Infrastructure, ABB
6. Dr. Pethru Raj, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Division, Reliance Jio Infocomm. Ltd. (RJIL).
7. Mr. A T Kishore, Principal Consultant Telecom, UTL Techologies.
8. Experts from Kalki Tech

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Regards
Prof. S. Sevugarajan
ECE Department
Acharya Institute of Technology
Soldevanahalli, Bangalore - 560107
Karnataka.

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Who can register:- Faculty, UG/PG Students and Research scholars from Engineering Colleges/Research Institutes.

Registration Fees :

IEEE Student members Rs. 400

Non-IEEE Student members Rs. 500

Faculties/Participants from industries Rs. 750

Discount:- A group discount of 10% can be availed if five or more participants registers as a group from the same organization.

The Demand Draft may be drawn in favor of “Principal, Acharya Institute of Technology” Payable at Bengaluru.

Contact Details Dr. S. Sevugarajan 9944543385 sevugarajans@acharya.ac.in Dr. R. S. Shivakumara Aradhya, 9480554525 shivakumararadhyars@acharya.ac.in