Nainital, 9 Aug 2014 : The Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal Campus, organized an international seminar on ‘Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering and Technology’ in which the invited eminent speakers discussed and presented their papers on practical applications of soft computing for upliftment of human life. About 300 research papers were presented by famous national and international scientists who discussed in detail on various aspects of soft computing. On the concluding day Prof. Amir Ahmed (King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia) and Prof. K.V Arya (IITM Gwalior) and Prof. Manisha Tiwari (Panjab University) presented the research papers on Data Mining and Pattern Matching respectively. Dr. Jagdish Bansal and Dr. Kapil Sharma from South Asian University, New Delhi, also presented their papers in the conference. Vice chancellor of the Graphic Era Hill University, Dr. Sanjay Jasola conferred Professor M.C. Joshi, the academic advisor, for the conference with the memento. He also wished that more such seminars should be organized in the future. Dr. Jasola informed that the next conference pertaining to the topic shall be held in October, 2015. The organizing secretary for the seminar Dr. Navneet Joshi and Prof. Sandeep Budhani welcomed all the participants. Convener of the conference Dr. M.C Lohani, briefed the participants about the proceedings of the conference.
In the concluding session of the conference, Dr. R.C.S. Mehta, Dean of the Graphic Era Hill University stressed on the need for extensive research in the field of soft computing for the benefit of humankind. Dr. Manish Bisht, Assistant Director, Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal, presented Vote of Thanks. Dr. Bisht expressed his gratitude to the board of directors, all the staff members and students for successfully organizing the international conference. Further, he extended his special thanks to Prof (Dr) Kamal Ghansala, The Chancellor- Graphic Era Hill University, for his full hearted support and guidance to make this event a grand success. Dr. Manish Bisht also appreciated the organizer members Prof. Kamlesh Padaliya, Rajendra Bisht, Prof. Amarpreet Singh Virdi, Prof. Abhishek Mishra, Prof. Devendra Shukla, Prof. Kuljinder Bumrah, Prof. Kamlesh Padhaliya, Prof. James Kunjwal, Prof. Jagdish Mehta, Prof. Himanshu Pant, Prof. Purushottam Das, Dr. Shweta Arora, Ms. Ruchi Bisht and Mr. Arvind Kumar for their invaluable contribution and support.