KOCHI:
Prasad Balakrishnan, CEO Maker Village inaugurated the week long Faculty Development Programme on “Data Science” organized by Division of Information Technology, School of Engineering CUSAT in association with Department of Computer Applications, CUSAT.
Prasad reminded the need of a common hub for academia, industrialists and experts. He also suggested to create customized solutions for our local problems, rather than using solutions offered by global companies. He also opined that India have great potential for creating innovative products in a comparatively lesser cost and stressed the relevance of updating knowledge of the faculty in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence so that they can guide students to create indigenous and customized innovations to serve Indian society.
Pro-vice-Chancellor Dr. P.G. Sankaran presided over the meeting. Dr. K Ajitha, Registrar, Dr. Sasi Gopalan Syndicate member, Dr George Mathew, Principal, School of Engineering, Dr.Rajendra M. Sonar, Professor of Information Systems/Technology, IIT Mumbai and Co-founder of WKA Technologies Pvt Ltd, SINE, IIT Mumbai, Dr Sabu M.K., Head, Department of Computer Applications, Dr M.B. Santhosh Kumar, Associate Professor, Division of InformationTechnology and Dr. Judy M.V., Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications also
spoke at the function.
