Topics to be covered in the Program: Introduction to Blockchain Basic crypto primitives Bitcoin basics Distributed consensus Blockchain components and concepts Enterprise overview of Blockchain Hyperledger composer IBM Blockchain cloud Case studies

Objectives of the Program:

Blockchain is a revolutionary technology and soon, it will avail a key role in some of the major industries. Apart from Bitcoin, it can be used for a wide variety of applications such as tracking ownership, physical assets, voting rights, security and encryption of various digital resources and access of online, distributed platform. To take benefit of these opportunities, one needs a structured training with an updated curriculum as per the current industry requirements and best practices. This FDP is aimed to build up a trained base of faculty members who will mentor the students to serve the needs of the upcoming industrial trend.

Expected outcomes of FDP:

• Possess the in-demand skills to play an active role in Blockchain revolution
• Understand key features, different types of platforms & Languages of Blockchain Technology
• Know how to launch Blockchain in a single node and extend to multiple nodes using BAAS architecture
• Enable better strategic business decisions and develop solutions to real-life case studies
• Be able to confidently use Blockchain Technology in conjunction with other leading edge technologies in the domains of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and others

The Respected Resource Persons are:

• Prof. Sandip Chakraborty, IIT, Kharagpur
• Mr. Diptiman Dasgupta, IBM Research, India
• Dr. Debasish De, Professor,MAKAUT, West Bengal, India
• Dr. Sushmita Ruj, ISI, Kolkata
• Mr. Rohit Kumar, SAP, India
• Mr. Saurav Maitra, AgiTechAvids
• Prof. Soumitra Sasmal, Techno India, Salt Lake

Advisory Committee

• Mr. Anit Adhikari, CEO & Director, TIG
• Prof. (Dr.) Rina Paladhi, Director, TISL
• Prof. (Dr.) C. K. Bhattacharya, Principal, TISL

Technical Committee

• Prof. Piyal Sarkar, HOD, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. (Dr.) Tanmay Bhattacharya, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Anirban Goswami, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Soumitra Sasmal, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Anindita Saha, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. (Dr.) Subhamita Mukherjee, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Bijoly Saha, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Pradipta Bhowmick, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Aparajita Chowdhury, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Poly Sil Sen, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Tapasi Bhattacharya, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Sukhen Das, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Prolay Biswas, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Prof. Sanjay Chakraborty, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Mr. Jibandeep Daw, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Ms. Jayoti Saha, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Ms. Sumita Baidya, Dept. of IT, TISL
• Mr. Monojit Manna, Dept. of IT, TISL

How to Register

• Amount (Registration Kit)
• Rs. 1500/- for participants from Academia
• Rs. 5000/- for participants from Industry and Research organizations
The amount must be paid in form of Draft in favour of "The Director, NIT Patna", payable at Patna.

Mode

Online:The form (available online) must be filled properly, duly signed, endorsed by the competent authority and can be scanned and mailed to us in the email address aparajita2007@gmail.com and saha.b8@gmail.com along with the scanned copy of the DD. (Last date: 27th October, 2018) On Spot: The endorsed registration form and the DD can also be submitted on spot (30th October, 2018) but the name and details of the participant's registration must be intimated in the mail address aparajita2007@gmail.com and saha.b8@gmail.com at prior.

(TA must be borne by the participants themselves). (N.B. for detailed description of the course and its content you can login to www. nitp.ac.in) Accommodation Details The arrangement will be assisted by the organizers but the expenses will have to be borne by the participants themselves.