The second annual international conference on innovations in power and advanced computing technologies — i-Pact’19 — began at the Vellore Institute of Technology. It was inaugurated by Kailash Sharma, vice-president, GSC CS&Q IMEA, Schneider Electric, Bengaluru.

Founder and Chancellor of VIT, G. Viswanathan dedicated a special mobile app designed for the event. The two-day conference was organised by the School of Electrical Engineering.

Over 800 papers were submitted and 400 were selected for presentation. The programme was aimed at creating a platform for exchange of ideas.

Mr. Sharma said that several changes had evolved in the world’s economy, management and industry.

Educational institutions and power equipment manufacturers had come together for research in an attempt to make new components in the area of solar power, he added.

In his address, Mr. Viswanathan said it was a matter of concern that there was loss of power during transmission and it was as high as 22 % of the total generation. It was the responsibility of experts to devise means to tackle this issue, he added.

He pointed out that 90% of the total power supply in the world was being consumed by just 20 countries. Developed nations should share their surplus power with those countries experiencing a defecit, Mr. Viswanathan said.