Tech Insights with Mayur Patil

Click here for PPT  & Click here for Programs Thanks to the management of MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore for a nice opportunity !

Hearty thanks to the management, organizers at NITK, Surathkal  and Dr. Kiran M sir for inviting me, for hands-on sessions on Blockchain on 11th December, 2019 for TEQIP-III sponsored workshop on AI & ML Applications in Emerging Areas of CS/IT (AIML 2019), Dec 9-13, 2019.    Click here for brochure    https://infotech.nitk.ac.in Click here for PPT During the first session all the faculty participants (research scholars) visualized Blockchain using Google Spreadsheets   using MD5 and SHA algorithms. Then in 2nd session, there was a discussion on different applications based on Blockchain technology and also on the recent progress made by other countries in the field of Blockchain. In 3rd session, participants worked on Simple Blockchain, Validity of Blockchain, Mining Rewards using JavaScript and NodeJS. Later participants tried using complete application (which is for education purpose only)  https://savjee.github.io/savjeecoi...

EVP - Electoral Verification Program is a flagship crowd sourced & completely paperless (e-way)  program launched by ECI - Election Commission of India, Delhi running from 1st September, 2019 to 30th November, 2019 giving a golden opportunity for all 91+ crore electors of India, to verify their electoral details like Name, Age, Gender, Address etc and even upload their latest photograph. Its actually a 3 staged process as mentioned below: 1) Electors would use any of the below means to verify their electoral details: a) Voter Helpline Android or iOS app b) NVSP portal c) Visit nearest Voter Facilitation Center setup at District Electoral Office or Electoral Registration Offices d) Visit nearest Common Service Centers (CSCs) by Digital India Here electors would perform any of the 2 below mentioned (this is the crowd sourcing) tasks: A ) If they find that all their electoral details are correct; they just need to hit a button as "Information displayed above ...

Hearty thanks to Management of UVCE Bangalore and coordinators of this FDP for inviting me for a talk on IoT with Cloud . This FDP (Faculty Development Program) is being held from 18th to 22nd November, 2019 sponsored by ATAL Academy, AICTE. Click here for Program Schedule http://uvcebangalore.org Faculty were introduced to IoT simulation using  https://www.tinkercad.com , where we could try out Arduino and different sensors using just a browser and internet connection. Then participants were introduced to Cretile Kits - An Excellent tool for STEM education, no wiring, no soldering ! just join IoT Components like lego toys !. Participants then used IBM Bluemix cloud environment to Turn their smartphone into an IoT device.  Steps by IBM Some of the pics of the event. Few of the important links shared: https://www.arduino.cc https://www.raspberrypi.org https://www.pyimagesearch.com https://www.learnopencv.com https://thingspeak.com http...

Many thanks to the management at GSSS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN for inviting Prof. Ravindra G Dastikop and me to conduct a 2 days hands-on workshop on Blockchain Technology development using JavaScript for V sem and VII sem students of ISE on 25th and 26th October, 2019 at Mysore. Please find the detailed brochure here Participants worked on adding MD5 algorithm in Google Spreadsheet using Google AppScript and visualized the Blocks and Blockchain. Later participants installed NodeJS  and used JavaScript to implement Simple Blockchain, Check the Validity of Blockchain, Mining the blocks and Rewards for Mining. Participants were asked to undergo Free certification on Blockchain Essentials v2 by IBM. Some of the blockchain project examples were discussed including: Counterfeit medicine detection, Prevent certificate forging in recruitment and sale of car or any digital asset using blockchain and thus appreciate how block...

Akashya Patra , AIKYA Youth club,  ISKCON , Hubli organizes #Hackathon for the first time this year, and invites all the students to prove their creativity in a 10 hours event along with 4 hours of training,  being held on 19th and 20th October 2019. Participants get to win attractive prizes, certificates and offers to do internship on a completely versatile and socially advantageous projects. Thank you all for inviting me and giving me this great opportunity ! It was a great experience to be with 30+ engineering students, who had come from 3 different engineering students in and around Hubli-Dharwad, mainly SDM, BVB, VDRIT and PC Jabin. The participants were trained on BOT building using open-source, on-premise Chatbot building platform botpress and participants made a simple BOT which echoes the user message. Later, participants were trained on building a web-based chatbot which reads/writes data from Google Spreadsheet using Google Drive APIs and JavaScrip...

https://www.uvcebangalore.org Heartfelt thanks to the  UVCE Management  and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangalore University for inviting me as a Resource Person for  AICTE Sponsored One Week Workshop on Blockchain Technology  from 26th to 30th August 2019 for a session on Creating a Blockchain - Exercise Example and Implementation of Proof-of-work and Mining Rewards scheduled on 30.08.2018, 2:30 to 4:00 PM.   We are available for 2 days hands-on training on Blockchain

Many thanks to Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) for inviting all Mentors of Change from Bangalore to be a part of the ATL Student Entrepreneurship Program held at Dell Facility, Bengaluru, 16th July, 2019, 12 noon.  As a part of Mentors of Change from KV, Hebbal i got a great opportunity to meet and interact with Shri. Ramanan Ramanathan ,  Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission - Govt of India and Alok Ohrie ,  India Chief, Dell Technologies. Mr.Alok reiterated Gautama Buddha's famous quote -  you create your world with your own words . The event marked as an inauguration for 2 Weeks ATL Student Entrepreneurship Program at Dell and 6 teams which were finalized after undergoing various events, got into this Program.

It was a matter of distinct honor and great privilege for having invited as a ‘Speaker’ for FLIGHT-2019, Internship program at The Akshaya Patra Foundation, ISKCON , Rayapur, Dharwad  About the Akshaya Patra Foundation and events: Akshaya Patra reaches out more than 1.76 million children in 42 locations across 12 states of India, providing them with freshly cooked meals on all school days. Currently, we implement the Mid-Day Meal Program in more than 15,000 schools of the country, with the mission to reach 5 million by 2025. Akshaya Patra, the biggest NGO run mid-day meal program in the world is well known for its innovative social service in the field of education with the help of technology. Our Mid-day meal kitchens are great source of learning for engineering minds who can take inspiration to serve society on a larger scale using technology.  Driven by this thought we are hosting a 15 days program from 25th of June to 09th of July 2019 called “FLIGHT”...

Participated Blockchain Hackathon & Startup Dialogue 2019 , an Initiative of Sandbox Startups  to provide an opportunity for the students & graduates to be a part of exclusive National Level 24 Hours Hackathon event. The event included 8 hours training by IBM & other tech experts with hands-on coding experience followed by 16 hours Hacking on Blockchain.

Thanks to the organizers for providing me with this opportunity to conduct a hands-on workshop session on IoT with Cloud to the 6th sem diploma students of Government Polytechnical College Joida as a part of their in-plant training sessions at VDRIT, Haliyal on 5th January 2019. In the 1st session the participants were given with a broad introduction to  IoT and Cloud along with  IoT Simulation using  TinkerCad   tool. The remaining sessions  focused on hands-on using different sensors using Arduino UNO hardware kit. Later students were shared with different project ideas using  https://iot-cs427.blogspot.com