RTDD-2022: 3rd International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan Jodhpur, India, March 4-6, 2022 |
Conference website | https://iitj.ac.in/CETSD/RTDD2022/index.html |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rtdd2022 |
Poster | download |
Submission of Abstract Deadline | February 13, 2022 |
Abstract Acceptance Notification & Registration commencement | February 15, 2022 |
Full Paper Submission Deadline | February 28, 2022 |
The international conference RTDD 2022 will focus and deliberate on different domains of rural technology as enumerated below including design and development of on-farm and non-farm technologies which have much required scientific temperament towards solving site specific demand driven rural problems. This year, IIT Jodhpur, an institute of national importance, located at Jodhpur Rajasthan is hosting RTDD 2022 on March 04th to 06th, 2022.
The conference has three different objectives:
- To bring together faculty and students involved working in RuTAG from across India to come and share their interventions on the field.
- To demonstrate to solve local region specific, ecosystem specific as well as climate specific challenges with appropriate technology.
- To also enable awareness of integrated solution frameworks for demand driven problems with emerging know-how such as modeling, automation and digitization coming into perspective.
Submission Guidelines
Authors are kindly invited to contribute to the conference through submissions of their research extended abstracts and full papers. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Presentations
Each 10 min presentation has to be specifically aligned to the technological or scientific or socially relevant intervention for each theme. The audience will be students, faculty, NGOs, PSU personnel, corporate representatives working in academic, governmental, rural and industrial sectors. The talk should discuss research work, and address how the technology will enable solutions to the said rural problem. An abstract of 200 words should be communicated for review and selection.
Publication
RuTAG conferences are very well respected in the area of S&T, all submitted papers in this conference will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted papers will be presented and published in the form of proceedings or journal papers in renowned science and technology journals.
- Full paper submission is MANDATORY.
- Those who want to publish their full-text papers in the journal or in the proceedings book will be able to send their full-text papers after the conference specified date on the important dates page.
- Also, high-quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all relevant areas are cordially invited for presentation at the conference.
- The conference solicits contributions of abstracts and papers that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
Downloadable versions of abstract template (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ABSTRACT TEMPLATE).
Instruction of submitting abstract:
- General outline: font size 12, single column and single spaced.
- Title: Please select a suitable title for your abstract
- Authors: Put commas between the authors. (Name Surname, Affiliation, city, country, email)
- Abstract: ( Max 300 words.)
- Keywords: Put commas between words
- References: References will be given for the abstract
Note: Your study should have 6 authors at most.
Guidelines for Full Paper Submission
Regular paper submissions are 8 (eight) pages maximum (inclusive of bibliography).
The paper must be written in English. Templates and instructions can be downloaded from here. (Please read the "Author instruction manual" before proceeding)
List of Topics
The submission are expected to be aligned with the themes. There are six thematic segments to the conference are:
Themes | Subtheme |
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Rural Environment | Waste management |
Technologies for Sanitation | |
Energy the Biological way | |
Rural Education | Participatory Technological Outreach |
Communication Technologies | |
Health: Physical and Mental | |
Service Learning Approaches | |
Technology Intervention for Rural Livelihood | Craft, Pottery, including Folk lore and Musical instrumentation |
Automation and Mechanization | |
Food Processing and Management | |
Archiving, Preservation and Analysis | |
Water Management and Agriculture Technology for Small farms | Technologies for Management of Water |
Small farm Technologies | |
Agriculture Waste Management Technology | |
Landscape specific problem interventions | |
Policy Interventions | |
Energy or Power interventions for Rural Areas | Farm Power |
Animal Power | |
Renewable Approaches | |
Policy Interventions | |
Digitization for Rural Areas | Supply Chain Management for Rural Sector |
Resource Mapping for villages | |
Telemedicine |
Each session will consist of 6 talks of 10 minutes each followed by 5 minutes of discussion. Therefore, each session will take about 2 hours 40 minutes. Therefore, a total of 36 papers will be shortlisted for presentation and the 12 posters.
Committees
Mentor
Dr. R. Chidambaram
(Present BOG of IITJ and IITD, Former Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India)
Patron
Prof. Santanu Chaudhury
Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Advisory Committee (drafting)
Dr . Ketaki Bapat (PSA Office)
Prof. SK Saha (IIT Delhi)
Prof Abhijit Deshpande (IIT Madras)
Prof Anand B Rao (IIT Bombay)
Prof P M V Subbarao (IIT Delhi)
Prof P B S Bhadoria (IIT Kharagpur)
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Organizing Secretaries and Theme Selectors
- Dr Anand Plappally
- Dr Sudipto Mukhopadhyay
Conveners and Theme Selectors
- Dr Prasenjeet Tribhuvan
- Dr Pradip Tewari
Program Coordinators and Theme Selectors
- Dr Meenu Chhabbra,
- Dr Vivek Vijay,
- Dr Amit Arora (IIT Bombay)
Treasurers
- Dr Arun Kumar Singh,
- Dr Amit Kumar Sharma
Transport Team
- Dr Prashant Kumar Gupta
- Mr Shashank Choudhary
Accommodation and Food Chair
- Dr. Prashant Kumar Gupta
- Mr Ishmeet Singh
Website Management /Media Chairs
- Dr. Sumit Kalra
- Mr Poonam Chand Sankla
Publication Team
- Dr Prasenjit Tribhuvan
Editorial Team
- Dr Meenu Chhabra
- Dr KJ George
- Dr Prasenjit Tribhuvan
Venue
The conference will be held at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Campus.
Contact
Any query about submissions can be emailed to rtdd2022@iitj.ac.in