New initiative to refresh the memories of Jaspal Bhatti

Monday12th August 2024 at 4:30 PM

His statue will be unveiled on 14 August, 2024

Chandigarh: 12 August, 2024: (KK Singh//Education Screen Desk)::

There was an era of Janaab Jaspal Bhatti Sahib. That era never returned after his departure. His laughter was not just a joke. It was not just a joke either. He did not hurt anyone by making fun of them but he brought out the evils that had entered the society in such a way that big scandals like scams were exposed in a laugh. The person listening or watching his presentation did not just laugh but was forced to think something very seriously. Only Jaspal Bhatti Sahib knew how to make his viewers and listeners think about the reasons for the sad condition of the society without saying anything bitter or without speaking any harsh words. This was his great quality.

Perhaps his hidden motive was to awaken a thought, not worry about reality. He used to awaken consciousness in bursts of laughter. He would not talk of sorrow, nor cry, nor discuss any grief, but would very gracefully expose the reasons that cause pain to society. His candid style was visible even when he used to draw cartoons in a famous English newspaper long ago. People used to wait for the newspaper every day to see the message of his cartoon.

The management of PEC i.e. Punjab Engineering College (Deemed University) has taken the initiative to refresh his memories.

Punjab Engineering College Old Students Association (PECOSA) of the renowned Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh is going to organize a special inaugural ceremony of the Bust of Padma Bhushan Awardee Shri Jaspal Bhatti on 14th August, 2024 from 4:00 PM onwards, outside the PEC Auditorium to remember, honour and celebrate the esteemed Engineer, alumni of Electrical Engineering batch of 1978, legendary Indian Television Personality. 

The honorable Director, PEC, Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kumar Bhatia would graced this auspicious ceremony as chief guest, along with Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Kanda (Head, Alumni, Corporate and International Relations) shall be the Guest of Honour on this occasion. This whole event is organized by Er. Teekam Chandar Bali (President, PECOSA) and Er. H.S. Oberoi (Gen. Secretary, PECOSA). This evening would be fully dedicated to our esteemed alumnus Er. Jaspal Bhatti and his life. 

This much awaited event would be graced by his friends, other alumni, faculty members and current batch of Students. 

PEC: 3 Day AICTA Conference from 18th to 20th December

17th December 2023 at 12:05 PM

International Event on Artificial Intelligence will disclose new horizon 

Chandigarh: 3rd December 2023: (KK Singh//Education Screen Desk)::

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, proudly announces the highly anticipated International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computing Technologies, Internet of Things, and Data Analytics (AICTA), scheduled from December 18-20, 2023. This conference is organized in technical co-sponsorship with the International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovations, Asia University, Taiwan.

The Organizing Chair and Associate Professor, Dr. Poonam Saini, have stated that AICTA 2023 aims to provide a stimulating platform for deliberations on strategies, recent trends, and innovative approaches in different domains of Computer Science and Engineering, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, cloud computing, networking, and data analytics. The conference seeks to bring diverse academicians, scientists, and students together to share and disseminate knowledge and scientific research works, fostering discussions on the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

Dr. Manish Kumar, Organizing Secretary, added that day one focuses on a pre-workshop themed ''Women in Computing'', intending to provide a congregation platform for women researchers to present their articles in a special session chaired by Dr. Priyanka Chaurasia from Ulster University, UK. The next two days will strive to promote the sharing of innovative ideas through paper presentations in three parallel tracks, namely Data Science, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence. Keynote talks from academia by Prof. S.K Singh from IIT-BHU, Prof. Brij B. Gupta from Asia University Taiwan, Thomas Coughlin, IEEE President from the USA, Prof. Kim-Fung Tsang from City University of Hong Kong, Prof. Francesco Palmieri from the University of Salerno, Italy, and Prof. Michael Sheng from Macquarie University, Australia, will be held. Furthermore, experts from Google and Airbus will engage the participants on current technologies and industry trends.

Student Coordinators, Jatin Chugh and Bharat from the final year CSE, have shared that out of 290 papers submitted to the conference platform by scholars from across India and internationally, 65 have passed the quality check by the reviewers and have been accepted for publication by Springer in their prestigious “Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS)” series. 

HOD CSE, Prof. Trilok Chand, highlighted the importance of arranging such technology-driven events to enhance collaboration amongst researchers from various engineering institutes. 

Prof. Baldev Setia, Director Punjab Engineering College, congratulated the department and mentioned that Computer Science and Engineering of the Institute has always attracted the best engineering aspirants and has been a forerunner in promoting and adopting technological changes. He informed that the department has started two new undergraduate programs in the field of Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, and both programs have been very well received. This conference shall serve as a platform for strengthening our relationships in knowledge sharing while simultaneously providing the necessary thrust in joint research collaborations, he concluded lastly.