Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Quantum Computing-A Primer on Applications & Opportunities”

Date   :   05^th March, 2021

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Society (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                          2.      Consultants Networks ffinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3.      Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4.      Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5.      Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                           6.  The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                           7.  The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                           8.  Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                           9.  The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, New Delhi
                                            10.  AICTE’s IIPC of BVICAM, New Delhi
Report:

AICTE’s Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) of Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, in collaboration with Computer Society of India (CSI), IEEE Delhi Section, IEEE Computer Society, Consultants Network Affinity Group, Inter Society Relations, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Delhi Centre and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section organized an online webinar on “Quantum Computing-A Primer on Applications & Opportunities” was conducted on 05th March, 2021.

The Webinar was held in the benign presence of Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, Dr. Ajay Thakare, Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President Elect, CSI. The webinar began with the welcome address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay welcoming all the guests and participants. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to keep learning continuously regardless of all disruptions.

Mr. Pavan Kulkarni, Quant, Data Scientist & Quantum Engineer, Altran was the lead speaker of the webinar. The webinar was aimed to give an overview of the varied quantum computing landscape and covered a basic introduction to Quantum Computing along with an insight into the Big Players and their offerings. The applications were explained by discussing some important use cases of Quantum.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Pavan Kulkarni for his valuable and detailed session. Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President Elect, CSI gave the vote of thanks. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all the webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted more than 400 participants from across the world.