National Level Webinar on “Blockchain Technology”

The Department of Computer Science, Hindustan First Grade College, Mysuru organized a National Level Webinar on “Blockchain Technology” on 06 July 2020.   Dr.Ferdin Joe John Joseph, Lecturer in Data Science and Analytics & Faculty of Information Technology, Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Bangkok was invited as a resource person.  The Webinar was organised for Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Teachers, Research Scholars, Industrialists and students from various parts of India.

The poster along with the google forms (related to registration) was posted on WhatsApp,  Facebook and Instagram.  The registration link was open from 1 July 2020 to 5 July 2020. 357 members from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh had registered to participate in the webinar. The registered participants were communicated through Whatsapp group. The link for the sessions, rules to be followed during sessions, timings and other communications was held in the designated WhatsApp group and also to the registered email id.

The workshop was conducted on Google Meet platform from 11.00AM to 12.30PM.

The session was initiated by the welcome address by Ms. Sukshma RD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science.   Dr. C J Priya, Principal addressed the participants and Ms. Savitha KV, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science gave the introduction of a resource person. Ms. Savitha KV, Ms. Sukshma RD, Department of Computer Science and Shreyas N, III BCA rendered the technical assistance.

The webinar witnessed 182 participants from various parts of India. Dr. Ferdin Joe John Joseph focused on the basic explanations related to Block chain terminologies, block chain beyond crypto currencies.  He highlighted how block chain is becoming an approach to software and explained the working of block chain, what does a block look like, creation of blocks, hashing and types of block chain networks.  He briefed how health care sector helps through block chain, supply chain in block chain with IoT.

Last 10 minutes of the session was reserved for the question and answer session and also the feedback link was shared. The participants received the participation e-certificate through their registered e mail by submitting the feedback forms.  Ms. Sukshma RD concluded the session by a thanking note.