DRISHTICON-2026

Submission Guidelines

• All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
• All accepted and presented papers will be published in the Indian Journal of Technical Education (IJTE), which is published by The Society Education (ISTE), New Delhi.
• All articles must be submitted the manuscripts both in word and pdf formats.
  A maximum of 04 authors per paper only be allowed. Need to provide affiliation details with e-mail IDs and indicate corresponding author.
• All Pictures/Figures/Tables must be in good quality or high resolution.
• Once approved for printing, no corrections/changes will be entertained.
• Submission of Copy Right Form (CRF) signed by all authors is must.
• Download copy right form https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=102mU7QHjqdtEBdgsX7GxrgLXgtPktSSv
• Follow IJTE guidlines visit https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ORkCaDhb5GseshuPrtHUNqY64nzmcFCI
• Authors are requested to visit https://ijte.net/index.php/ijte/about/submissions
• Download paper template from here https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ORkCaDhb5GseshuPrtHUNqY64nzmcFCI
  

List of Topics

Track 1: Sustainable and Smart Technologies

• Smart Cities
• Smart Agriculture
• Smart Healthcare
• Sustainable engineering
• Energy efficient systems
• Industrial Instrumentation
• Industrial IoT.

Track 2: AI and Machine learning in structural health monitoring

• AI and Machine learning in structural health monitoring
• 3D concrete printing
• Disaster Resilience and multi hazard mitigation strategies for structures ( i.e. earthquake, fire, blast load, cyclone, heavy loads etc.)
• Retrofitting and structural rehabilitation
• Sustainable , recycled and low carbon construction materials
• Structural digital twins
• Advances in concrete and steel structures
• AI Standards in structural Health monitoring

Track 3: AI in manufacturing and Mechanical design

• Artificial Intelligence in Smart Manufacturing
• Machine Learning for Manufacturing Processes
• AI-Based Product and Mechanical Design
• AI in Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing
• AI-Assisted CAD/CAM and CAE

Track 4: AI in Thermal Engineering

• AI-Based Thermal System Modeling and Simulation
• AI-Based Optimization of Thermal Systems
• AI for Thermal Energy Storage
• AI in Solar Thermal Energy Systems
• AI for Renewable and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems

Track 5: AI-Driven Power, Energy & Smart Grid Technologies

• Intelligent Power Systems & Grid Operation
• Smart Grids & Distributed Energy Resources
• Smart Grid Equipment and Technology Innovations
• Power System Stability, Protection & Resilience
• AI-Based Power Quality Monitoring & Enhancement
• Smart Energy Management & Demand Response
• Microgrids & Intelligent Grid Control
• Energy Storage & Intelligent Battery Management
• AI-Based Forecasting, Optimization & Grid Planning

Track 6: AI-Enabled Energy Conversion & Sustainable Electrification

• Intelligent Control & Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems
• Intelligent Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis and Outage Management
• Advanced Solar PV, MPPT & Grid Integration Technologies
• Wind Energy Conversion & Intelligent Control Systems
• Power Electronic Converters for Renewable Energy Applications
• Electrical Machines, Drives & AI-Based Condition Monitoring
• Electric Vehicles, Smart Charging & Vehicle-to-Grid Technologies
• Advanced Electrification & Energy-Efficient Drive Systems
• AI-Based Forecasting, Diagnostics & Predictive Maintenance
• Hydrogen Energy and Hydrogen System Integration

Track 7: Advanced Communication, Networking & Intelligent Connected Systems

• 5G/ 6G and Next generation wireless communication
• Antennas, RF, mm Wave, THz technologies, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.
• AI/ML driven communications,IoT,IIoT,wireless sensor Network
• Satellite, UAV and Non-Terrestrial Networks, Vehicular networks
• Optical, visible-light, emerging communication Technologies
• IoT, IIoT and Wireless Sensor Networks
• Secure, Resilient & sustainable communication networks

Track 8: Intelligent Electronics, VLSI, Embedded & Emerging Technologies

• Advanced VLSI and SoC design
• Analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits
• Embedded systems and embedded AI
• Edge AI and TinyML
• Digital signal processing, Image and video processing
• Sensors, MEMS and NEMS
• Robotics and intelligent embedded systems
• Cyber-physical systems
• Photonic and optoelectronic devices

Track 9: Cyber Security and CSE systems

• AI/ML for Cybersecurity
• Intelligent Threat Detection
• Intrusion Detection
• IoT & Cyber-Physical Security
• Privacy-Preserving Computing
• Blockchain
• Secure Cloud/Edge Computing
• Adversarial AI
• GenAI Security
• Trustworthy AI

Track 10: Generative AI, Foundation Models and Intelligent Computing

• Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Multimodal AI and Vision-Language Models
• Foundation Models and Transformers
• AI Agents and Agentic AI
• Generative AI for software engineering
• Generative Image and Video Models
• Business Intelligence and Decision Analytics

Track 11: Smart Instrumentation, Automation and Control

• AI/ML for Measurements, Process Control Robotics
• SCADA, Advanced Control Systems
• Smart and Advance sensors, Smart Sensor Design
• AI-Driven Bio-signal & Image Interpretation and processing
• Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
• Standards in AI

Track 12:Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Explainable and Interpretable AI
• Federated and Distributed Learning
• Data-centric AI
• AI for structured and unstructured data
• Privacy-Preserving AI
• Big Data Analytics

Committees

Honorary General Chair

• DR. A.M. MAHALLE (Principal, GCoEA)

General Chair

• PROF.U.M.THORKAR
• DR.M.S.MOREY
• PROF.S.J.MESHRAM

Publication

DRISHTICON-2026 proceedings will be published by The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, has been publishing the journal Indian Journal of Technical Education (IJTE).

Venue

The conference is scheduled at the Government College of Engineering, Amravati, located on VMV Road, Kathora Naka, Amravati, Maharashtra, 444604.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to drishticon26@gcoea.ac.in .

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