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Mangaluru, Dec 9: The Electronics Club of St Aloysius PU College organised a webinar on ‘IoT-Internet of Things’.

Dr Naveen Kumar S K, chairman of the department of Electronics, Board of Studies and Board of Examination at Mangalore University was the resource person. He is also a part of the Board of Examination at the University of Mysore and Board of Studies at Davanagere. Kumar has recently completed three major research projects and is currently working on an Indo-US bilateral project entitled 'The fabrication of nano-particles based soil conditions testing sensor and development of soil condition monitoring system'. He has published More than 147 papers have been published by him in reputed journals and more than 80 papers have been presented in national and international conferences.

Dr Naveen Kumar S K highlighted the history, structure and technologies of IoT emphasizing the importance of IoT in different fields like healthcare, smart home, smart cities, agriculture, industries etc. He opined that everything will become automated and augmented in the near future and objects will communicate more efficiently. Technological challenges faced in IoT systems and careers in IoT were also spoken about by him. The participants were also introduced to the most widely used technologies in this domain.

Abhik, a member of the Electronics Club welcomed the participants and the student president of the association, Clive introduced the resource person to the participants. Over 100 participants from various institutions took part in the webinar.