RONO HILLS, Aug 25: Rajiv Gandhi University’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) carried out two-day Assamese-language workshop underneath AICTE’s VAANI 2-2025 (Phase-II), specializing in “Data Science Trends Transforming Healthcare, Finance and Industry.”
It geared toward advancing Indian languages in expertise, recorded robust regional participation, with 90% of attendees from Assam’s Lakhimpur district, largely North Lakhimpur University (NLU), anewly recognised state college of Assam and Asian Public School.
CSE HoD-cum-convenor Dr. Marpe Sora, in his inaugural handle, lauded RGU management, useful resource individuals and members for his or her help in making the occasion doable.
Registrar Dr. Nabam T. Rikam highlighted the significance and intent of Govt schemes, like VAANI in mainstreaming Indian languages and bridging the hole between innovation and articulation in expertise training and analysis.
NLU Vice Chancellor Dr. Mukul Chandra Bora, talking as chief visitor, spoke on primacy, sensitivity and societal consciousness of knowledge. He urged self-belief, citing situations the place Indian discoveries and improvements had been traditionally credited elsewhere, and pointed to acknowledgements by overseas authors that underscore India’s foundational contributions.
RGU performing vice chancellor Prof. Jayadeba Sahoo linked non secular knowledge with science and expertise, emphasising the Vedas, indigenous tradition and Indian Knowledge System as enduring guides for moral, human-centric innovation.
Prof. Dhruba Kumar Bhattacharyya, in his keynote handle, lauded VAANI and expressed confidence within the occasion’s sensible affect.
Dean (Science & Engineering) Prof. Utpal Bhattacharjee, underlined VAANI’s position in selling Indian languages inside expertise growth, noting, “Developing something is easy, but articulating is difficult,” he mentioned.CSE assistant Prof Dr. S.M.S. Askari additionally spoke.
Nine useful resource individuals from academia and industry carried out 10 technical periods, together with Tezpur University’s Prof. Bhattacharyya on data-driven heart problems detection—linking calcium, potassium and sodium imbalance knowledge to cardiac threat via analytical strategies; Xantra AI Pvt. Ltd. Founder-CEO Dr. Nayan Basumatary on “AI for ALL,” simplifying ideas and detailing AI’s transformation of finance; Drones Tech Lab Founder-CEO Dr. Ritesh Kanu on “interactive primer on drone technology—core components, benefits and cross-sector uses in healthcare, finance and industry”; Armsoft-tech’s Dr. Anirban Dutta traced evolution of speech expertise, key challenges and future instructions, alongside hands-on software actions;
NLU HoD (Computer Science) Ranjit Paul on “core data science algorithms and machine learning techniques”; Cotton University’s Dr. Chandan Jyoti Kumar on “AI in mental health, including AI-driven diagnosis of depression; Bhattadev University’s Dr. Keshab Nath on “precision medicine through biomarkers, genetics and AI, advancing the “RRR” precept—Right drug, Right dose, Right time for the best particular person; Assam Don Bosco University’s Dr. Bijumoni Das on “data-driven e-commerce and customer analytics”; Prof. Marpe Sora hands-on session on knowledge visualisation utilizing tableau; and RGU’s Dr. Rupam Kr Sharma on “crop breeding applications of machine learning”.
Keeping with AICTE-VAANI norms, 20-question evaluation (one mark every) protecting all periods was carried out through VAANI portal, alongside participant suggestions assortment. The occasion concluded reinforcing VAANI’s mission to raise Indian languages in cutting-edge technological domains whereas delivering sensible, industry-aligned studying for college students and educators.