PARITANTRA 2011 (March 6, 2011)

Fourth Indian Students Systems Conference

PARITANTRA 2011, Fourth Indian Students Systems Conference was organized on March 6, 2011 at the Quantum-Nano Systems Centre in the DEI Research and Technology Park on the theme 'Growth Prospects for India in 2020 through Systems Modelling Approach'. Paritrantra is a Sanskrit word which stands for 'all-encompassing general systems' and true to its meaning, there was huge contribution from all system domains, from humanities and literary systems to educational systems, socio-economic, commerce and business systems to life-and-physical sciences and engineering systems.

PARITANTRA 2011 featured paper and poster contributions from students at other DEI Chapters of the Society located all over the country in various Distance Education centres. There were 65 oral presentations in 6 sessions and a poster session and the conference witnessed several hours of buzzing activity in all aspects of systems studies with a wide spectrum of topics being discussed.

 The Valedictory Talk entitled "Understanding System Analysis and Design" was delivered by Prof. K.R. Padiyar, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

The best presentations of the day were awarded with Young Systems Scientist Awards. The winners were :
 

Special Lecture on Innovations in Engineering Education by Prof. R. Mohan Mathur

(February 26, 2011)

A Special Lecture was organized by the DEI-Dayalbagh Chapter of SSI on February 26, 2011 by Prof. R. Mohan Mathur, University of Western Ontario, Canada on the topic 'Innovations in Engineering Education'. It was attended by a large number of faculty members, students and researchers from DEI. Prof. Mathur highlighted the recent innovations in the field and also collaborative work started with IIT Jodhpur in the field.

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