On Friday, 19th September 2019, WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre organized an Interaction for the Incubates with Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology & Electronics Department, Government of West Bengal to discuss about the concept and idea of innovative solutions they are working on. Members of the Advisory Committee were present including Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Partner, East and Technology Consulting Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited; Mr. Swarup Roy, Advisor, IT Promotion Cell, Information Technology & Electronics Department, Government of West Bengal and Mr. Manjit Nayak, Additional Director, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI). The Meeting was also attended by the Mentors including Mr. R.N. Lahiri, Director, Batanagar Institute of Engineering, Management and Science (Batanagar Education and Research Trust) and Mr. Kalyan Kar, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Inqube Innoventures Pvt. Ltd.

The Incubates explained their concepts to Shri Debasish Sen, IAS, and he shared few suggestions in their road map. 10 karma explained the idea of priest aggregation and how customers can be benefited by availing such services using a simple mobile application. Fashkuut Pvt. Ltd. explained how they are solving problems of waste management by making IoT based smart dustbins. Newday HR Solution (JobCirkit) is developing a CV parsing methodology which is aimed at 80-90% accuracy which will eliminate bias and reduce human involvement. Ratq Science & Tech (SafeSchool Shield) is developing an Incident Management System through which cases of bullying, sexual abuse, trauma, suicidal tendencies can be reported and the same will be shared across the parents, school counselors and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). Sigma Delta aims at developing a solution regarding hive management for apiculture i.e., culture of honey bees. This solution is expected to detect infections on bee colony as well as monitor the real-time yield of honey thereby guaranteeing productivity.

Additional Chief Secretary, Shri Sen shared his thoughts and significant suggestions for the betterment of the respective projects.