News and Reports of Completion of two days 3rd International Conference on Data Science and Management (ICDSM-2024)(Dated: 13th and 14th December 2024)

International Conference on Data Science and Management (ICDSM-2024)in association with Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majitar, East Sikkim and REVA University, Bengaluru has been successfully conducted at Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Baniatangi, Odisha, on 13th and 14th December 2024. Almost 169 papers from inside/outside India have been submitted to this Conference out of which 75 papers have been shortlisted for the publication in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Indexed by SCOPUS, EI Compendex, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago. Dr.Ashok Kumar, Dy. Director General and State Informatic Officer, NIC, Govt. of India, Odisha State Center, Bhbaneswar was the Chief Guest in the Inaugural session. Dr.Milan Tuba, Head - Artificial Intelligence Project, Singidunum University & Vice-Rector of Research at Sinergija University,Serbia along with Dr. Eva Tuba,Trinity University, San Antonio, USA were Guest of honors and Keynote Speakers in the two days Conference. Dr. Zdzislaw Polkowski, Rector's Representative for International Cooperation and Erasmus+ Programme Jan Wyzykowski University, Polkowice,Poland, Dr.Tom Luk R Michoel, Professor, University of Bergen, Dr.Anagha Joshi, Professor, University of Bergen and Dr. Ahmad Y.Javaid, The University of Toledo , Associate Chair & UG Program Director joined virtually in the Conference as Keynote Speakers. Dr. Samarjeet Borah, SMIT, Sikkim Manipal University, India joined as General Chair and Chief of Steering Committee in this two days Conference. Dr. Raghu C N, Director, REVA University, Bengaluru, Dr. K Jyotheeswara Reddy, Professor (International Relations), REVA University, Bengaluru and Dr. Ritesh Dash, EXCOM-IEEE, Bangalore, Governing Board Member, Solar Energy Society of India, REVA University, Bengaluru were Guest of honors in the two days Conference. Dr. Sujata Das, Sr. Director, National Informatics Center, Bhubaneswar also addressed the audience in the inaugural session of ICDSM-2024.

The organizing committee of ICDSM-2024 is really grateful to our esteemed Chairman Sir, Dr.Satya Prakash Panda, Hon'ble Vice Chairman Sir, Dr.Jyoti Prakash Mishra and Secretary Madam, Prof.Snigdharani Panda for their whole hearted support and encouragement to make this two days International Conference(ICDSM-2024) a grand success. The organizing committee is also very much obliged to Principal, Dr.Jibanananda Jena and Pricipal(Diploma), Prof. Bikash Chandra Pattnaik for their consistent support and encouragement to make the two days Conference(ICDSM-2024)a successful one. Again the organizing committee was also very much obliged to all the esteemed Deans and HODs of all the respective disciplines for their active involvement towards successful completion of the two days Conference(ICDSM-2024).

4th International Conference on Data Science and Management (ICDSM-2025) has been successfully conducted at Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Baniatangi, Odisha, on 19th and 20th December 2025. A totalof 261 papers from inside/outside India have been submitted to this Conference out of which 75 papers have been shortlisted as per the reviewers’ decisions assigned from Universities (Inside/Outside India). The proceedings of ICDSM 2025 will be published in the Lecture Notes on Networks and Systems (LNNS) series of Springer under the title Advances in Data Science and Management. Prof.(Dr.) Ashish Ghosh, Director, IIIT, Bhubaneswar was the Chief Guest in the Inaugural session. Dr.Milan Tuba, Head - Artificial Intelligence Project, Singidunum University & Vice-Rector of Research at Sinergija University,Serbia along with Dr. Eva Tuba,Trinity University, San Antonio, USA, Dr. Zdzislaw Polkowski, Rector's Representative for International Cooperation and Erasmus+ Programme Jan Wyzykowski University, Polkowice, Poland and Prof.(Dr.) Roman Danel, CZech Republic: VSTE – České Budějovice were Guest of Honor and Keynote Speakers in the two days ICDSM-2025 Conference. Dr. Marek Szczutkowski, Head of Department of Informatics and Mechatronics, WSG University in Bydgoszcz, Poland joined virtually as Keynote Speaker in the 2nd Day of ICDSM-2025, i.e. on 20th December 2025. Dr. Samarjeet Borah, SMIT, Sikkim Manipal University, India joined as General Chair and Chief of Steering Committee in this two days Conference. Dr. Sunil Pathak, Amity University, Jaipur and Dr. Sudipta Bhattacharya, Institute of Technology and Management, Kolkata also joined virtually as Keynote Speakers in the two days ICDSM-2025. Dr. Bikash Chandra Pattanaik, Convener(ICDSM-2025) welcomed the gathering with an opening address. The organizing committee of ICDSM-2025 is really grateful to our esteemed Chairman Sir, Dr. Satya Prakash Panda, Hon’ble Vice Chairman Sir, Dr.Jyoti Prakash Mishra and Secretary Madam, Prof. Snigdharani Panda for their whole hearted support and encouragement to make this two days International Conference(ICDSM-2025) a grand success. The organizing committee is also very much obliged to Principal, Dr.Jibanananda Jena for his consistent support and encouragement to make the two days Conference (ICDSM-2025)a successful one. Again the organizing committee was also very much obliged to all the esteemed Deans, HODs, faculty members and members of staff for their active involvement towards successful completion of the two days Conference (ICDSM-2025).

Gandhi Institute for Education and Technoogy, Baniatangi has signed MOU for five years withVŠTE–INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS IN ČESKÉ BUDEJOVICE,

CZECH REPUBLIC towards scientific and research collaboration along with short term faculty exchange programmes. The objective of signing the MOU is to enhance the educational and academic activities, i.e. exchange of teachers, staff, or researchers; visiting scholars; educational and scientific cooperation in the form of joint lectures, symposiums, exhibitions, short-term academic exchanges and visits or academic conferences, intercultural days along with exchange of literature, science and technology information.

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