WORKSHOPS(International)• Workshop(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)

• “OnlineResourcesforEngineeringEducation”

LinktoabstractDr.AnilK.Kulkarni(ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA)andMr.ThomasM.Iwinski(E-LearningSpecialist,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA)• Workshop(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)“APrimeronReading,Reviewing,andWritingResearchArticles”

LinktoabstractDr.SohumSohoni(AssistantProfessor,SchoolofComputingInformaticsandDecisionSystemsEngineering,ArizonaStateUniversity,USA)andDr.PrathibaNagabhushan(AustralianCatholicUniversity,AUS)• Workshop(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)

“Acquiringthe21stCenturyCompetenciesthroughDesignBasedLearninginEngineeringEducation” LinktoAbstract

Dr.SivaChandrasekaran(ResearchFellow,EngineeringEducation,DeakinUniversity,AUS)andDr.JohnMLong(SeniorLecturer,SchoolofEngineering,DeakinUniversity,AUS)• Workshop(Hyderabad,Jaipur)

“ConfrontingPlagiarismtoSafeguardAcademicIntegrity” LinktoAbstractDr.VeenaKumar(UniversityofMarylandUniversityCollege,USA)• Workshop(Hyderabad,Jaipur)

1. InnovationandCreativity:ComingupwithaMarketableTechnology

BasedIdea/PrototypeforaBusiness2. Isyourideagoodforthemarket?CustomerDiscovery

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Dr.GopalNadkarni(UniversityofAkron,USA)• Workshop(Rajkot)

“InternetofThings” LinktoAbstractDr.KunalMankodiya,UniversityofRhodeIsland,USA

• Workshop(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)“HandsonworkshoptodemonstratethebuildingandworkingofRemoteLabs”LinktoAbstractDr.B.KalyanRam,Electronosolutions,IAOE• Workshop(Hyderabad)“NationalEntrepreneursNetwork”Dr.VikramMishra• Workshop(Rajkot)“DisruptingClassroomsusingClassroomAssessmentTechniques” LinktoAbstract Dr.KKotecha(Provost,ParulUniversity,India)andDr.RichaMishra(Head,Humanities,NirmaUniversity,India)• Workshop(Rajkot,Jaipur)

“DevelopingHigherOrderThinkingSkills”LinktoAbstractDr.SiddharthJadeja(BHGardiCollegeofEngineeringandTechnology)andDr.SujataWadhwa(BHGardiCollegeofEngineeringandTechnology)• Workshop(Rajkot)

“ScholarlyCommunications”LinktoAbstractMr.Y.Joshi,FreelanceEditorofScholarlyTexts• Workshop (Rajkot)

“Project-Based Learning: Instructional Framework and Lessons for Implementation” Link to Abstract Mr. Mohit Patel, (VP, RK University)

INVITEDTALKS(International)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot)“ReflectionsontheevolutionoftheGlobalEngineeringDeansCouncil(GEDC)anditsoverallimpactonengineeringeducationandtheleadershipofengineeringacademicinstitutions”Dr.HansJ.Hoyer(SecretaryGeneral,IFEES,ExecutiveSecretary,GEDC,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)

“EthicsinInternationalEngineeringEducation” LinktoAbstractDr.MichaelMilligan(CEO,ABET,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)

“DesignThinkinginEngineeringEducation–What,Why,Who,How” LinktoAbstractDr.LuenyMorell(President,LuenyMorell&AssociatesandFounder&Director,InnovaHiEd,USA)

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)“CurriculaforSocietallyRelevantEngineeringEducation” LinktoAbstract Dr.AshokSaxena(DistinguishedProfessor,ProvostandViceChancellorforAcademicAffairsUniversityofArkansas,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot)“EngineeringCurriculumRetooledforaSustainableFuture” LinktoAbstractDr.RoopMahajan(ChairProfessorofMechanicalEngineering,VirginiaTech,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot)

“ChangingAccreditationCriteria:TheTimesTheyArea-Changin” LinktoAbstractDr.RamanUnnikrishnan(ProfessorandFormerDeanofEngineering,CaliforniaStateUniversityFullerton,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“Integratinge-LearningModulesintoEngineeringCoursestoDevelopanEntrepreneurialMindsetinStudents” LinktoAbstract Dr.RonaldS.Harichandran(DeanofEngineering,UniversityofNewHaven,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“CanArtificialIntelligencehelpNaturalIntelligence?” LinktoAbstract• InvitedTalk(Rajkot)“EntrepreneurshipandCareerBuilding” LinktoAbstract• ISFTalk(Hyderabad)

LinktoAbstract“Soyouwanttostudyabroad?NavigatingtheRoadAhead”Dr.DuleepDeosthale(Co-Founder&VicePresident,AdmissionTable,USA)• InvitedTalk(Rajkot)

“NewParadigmsforTeachingaboutEnergyScienceandEngineering” LinktoAbstract Dr.VikramDalal(DistinguishedProfessorofEngineering,IowaStateUniversity,USA)• InvitedTalks(Hyderabad)“DesignandTestingofRobustMechatronicsSystem” LinktoAbstract“StrategiestoaddressDesignThinkinginEngineeringandComputerScienceCurriculum” LinktoAbstractDr.DevdasShetty(Dean,SchoolofEngineering&AppliedSciences,UniversityDistrictColumbia,USA)

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“CreativityinEngineeringEducation” LinktoAbstractDr.JoseCarlosQuadrado(Professor,ISEL,Portugal)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)“LightweightingTechnologiesfortheFuture-NewCourseDevelopmentandInsights". LinktoAbstract Dr.RaghuEchampati(ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering,KetteringUniversity,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad)“TheLightSideandDarkSideofAssessment”LinktoAbstract Dr.SubramaniamRajan(ProfessorofCivil,EnvironmentalandSustainableEngineering,ArizonaStateUniversity,USA) • InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“Engineeringcurriculaneedtopivot!” LinktoAbstractDr.RogerHadgraft(Director,EducationalInnovationandResearchUniversityofTechnologySydney,Australia)

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad)LinktoAbstract“FosteringSTEMEducationinInstitutesofHigherLearning”Dr.NeerajBuch(AssociateDeanofEngineering,MichiganStateUniversity,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)

“TransformingEngineeringEducationatGurukuls”LinktoAbstractDr.ClaireKomives(ProfessorofChemicalEngineering,SanJoseStateUniversity,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot,Jaipur)

“EPICSinIndia”

Dr.WilliamOakes(Director,EPICSandProfessorofEngineeringEducation,PurdueUniversity,USA)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Rajkot)“ProjectManagementEducation-KeyBenefitsforEngineersandTechnologists”LinktoAbstractDr.VijayKanabar(Professor,BostonUniversity,USA)• InvitedTalk(Rajkot,Jaipur)

“On-LineEngineeringEducationasGlobalChallenge-OpportunitiesandNeedforIndia” LinktoAbstractDr.MichaelAuer(President,IFEES,Austria)• InvitedTalk(Jaipur)“ComputerScienceandEngineeringEducation”LinktoAbstractDr.ChitaDas(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,USA)

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)

“UndergraduateResearch,InternationalandNationalOutreachActivitiesatanInterdisciplinaryLabatVirginiaTech” LinktoAbstractDr.VinodLohani(VirginiaTech,USA)• Invited Talk (Jaipur)

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Dr.RajivAsthana(UniversityofWisconsin-Stout

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad)“ServiceLearninginaGraduateEnvironmentalEngineeringProgram”LinktoAbstract Dr.JohnTharakan(Fulbright-NehruSeniorResearchScholar,CochinUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Kochi,IndiaandProfessorofChemicalEngineering,HowardUniversity,USA)

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad)

“AutomationofOutcomesAssessmentUsingStateofTheArtDigitalTechnology” LinktoAbstractDr.WajidHussain(Director,QualityandAccreditation,IslamicUniversity,Madinah)• InvitedTalk(Jaipur)“Howtoengagestudentsinthelearningprocess”.Dr.KseniyaTolkacheva(TomskPolytechnicUniversity,Russia)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“BioenergyEducationacrossDisciplinaryBoundaries” LinktoAbstractDr.MadhumiMitra(ProfessorofEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofMarylandEasternShore,USA)

• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“AutonomousInstrumentedRoboticSensoryPlatformtoAdvanceCreativityandEngageStudents” LinktoAbstractDr.AbhijitNagchaudhuri(ProfessorofEngineeringandAviationSciences,UniversityofMarylandEasternShore,USA)

INVITEDTALKS(Indian)• KeynoteTalk(Hyderabad)Mr.AlokSharma(Entrepreneur,Co-founderNatureEcoventures,formerMDAppleIndia,India)• KeynoteTalk(Rajkot)"Flexiblecurricularwithsuitablepedagogyforundergraduateengineeringeducation"LinktoAbstractDr.AshokKolaskar(ViceChancellor,TheNeotiaUniversity,India)• InvitedTalk(Jaipur)Dr.NitinKulkarni• InvitedTalk(Jaipur)“TransformingIndianTechnicalHigherEducationUsingDesignThinking” LinktoAbstractDr.SanjayDhande(FormerDirector,IITKanpur,India)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“TransformingEngineeringEducationthroughinputsonBlendedandEntrepreneurialThinking” LinktoAbstractDr.YajMedury(ViceChancellor,BennettUniversityandDirector,TimesGroup,India)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad,Jaipur)“Leveragingglobalresearchtoimprovestudent-successintheIndianengineeringeducationsystem” LinktoAbstractDrPradeepWaychal(FounderTrusteeandChair,GurujiEducationFoundation,

India)• InvitedTalk(Hyderabad)“MOOCsandtheirSuitabilitytoIndianContext” LinktoAbstractDr.DeepakGarg(ProfessorandHeadofCSEDept,BennettUniversity,India)• InvitedTalk(Jaipur)

“PedagogicalinnovationsinEngineeringEducation:IssuesandChallengesinDeployment" LinktoAbstractDr.ArchanaMantri(ProViceChancellor,ChitkaraUniversityResearchandInnovationNetwork,ChitkaraUniversity,India)