Middlesex University, UK and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sri City, India are hosting a hybrid workshop on Skill-sets for technology-based employment for university graduates. The workshop is funded by the British Council’s Going Global Partnerships Grant and is aimed to disseminate the information on specific skill-sets required for next generation of university graduates, primarily in the area of Industry 4.0. The workshop would present the different technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical System (CPS), Wireless Communications and Digital Twins that the university graduates are required to have knowledge of.
Date: Friday 15 July 2022
Time: 0900 to 1330 (UK)/ 1330 to 1800 (IST)
Mode: Blended (Online and/or In-Person for Indian Participants)
Objective: The workshop is aimed to disseminate the information on specific skill-sets required for next generation of university graduates, primarily in the area of Industry 4.0. The workshop would present the different technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical System (CPS), Wireless Communication, Networking that the university graduates need to pick up, the application domain such as Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing and aspects of product life cycle (PLC), predictive maintenance, etc. The workshop would have invited talks from several UK and Indian academia and industry professionals on specific skill-sets for improving employability and the industrial applications. The workshop is a joint effort by Middlesex University, UK and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sri City, India.
Target Audience: The workshop would be extremely beneficial for senior under-graduates, Masters/PhD students from Universities and also young faculties who would be teaching the state-of-the-art technology courses.
Registration: Workshop participation is free for all people globally as it is funded by the British Council. Upto 50 Indian participants can register to attend the workshop in physical mode. Accommodation and food arrangements would be provided free of cost at IIIIT Sri City to the selected Indian participants.
Participants attending the complete workshop sessions would be provided with a certificate of participation for attending “UK-India Workshop on Enhancing Employability of Higher Education Graduate Students in Industry 4.0”
All interested participants must register for the workshop using the following link: https://forms.gle/Y5YdbBnQQTbbnyjA7
Workshop Co-Chairs and Co-Conveners
| Co-Chairs | |
| Prof Balbir Barn Academic Dean Middlesex University, UK |  |
| Prof G Kannabiran Director Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, India |  |
| Co-Conveners | |
| Dr Hrisihikesh Venkataraman Associate Professor in Electronics and Communications Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, India |  |
| Dr Purav Shah Senior Lecturer in Wireless Communications Middlesex University, UK |  |
List of Speakers
| Dr Mohammed Zaki Ahmed (Pulsiv UK) | A route to sustainability and resilience via Electronics Engineering |  |
| Prof. Mehmet Karamanoglu (Middlesex University, UK) | Connected Curriculum and advances in learning and teaching Engineers |   |
| Dr Andreea Molnar (Swinburne University, Australia) | Making Graduates industry ready and changes to curriculum |  |
| Prof. Huan Nguyen (Middlesex University, UK) | Digital Twins and its trends towards industrial automation |  |
| Pallavi Malhotra (Huawei, Western Europe) | Enhancing employability of graduates in the higher education sector |  |
| Mr Nagaraju Chikoti (Micron Technology, India) | Data Analytics for Digital Twins and Industry 4.0 |  |
| Prof Rajagopalan Nagaraja (Middlesex University) | Security in IoT/Cyber Physical Systems |  |