WORKSHOP ON E-AUCTION

 Indian Institute of Technology-MM Section Implemented E-Procurement and conducted a 2-day workshop on E-auction last week with National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The goal of the workshop was to provide training for the E-auction system. The process of Electronic-Auction (e-Auction) involves e-business between auctioneers and bidders, which takes place on an electronic marketplace. The auctioneer offered his goods on E-auction portal of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The process of the auction was transparent and all interested parties were allowed to participate in the auction where a few tenders were floated. 

Apart from E-auction, E-Procurement has been successfully implemented in IIT-Roorkee & currently IITR Material Management Section has successfully executed 59 tenders till date.

TEDx at Ansal University

TEDxAnsalUniversity, a one-day event was conducted at the Ansal University campus in Gurugram last week.  Nine speakers from different walks of life participated in the event and delivered talks on ideas including Social Entrepreneurship, Disability Inclusiveness, Empathy, LGBTQ, Design Thinking, Unlearn and Relearn, and Urban Sketcher. 

The speakers included Abhishek Sharma, Founder and CEO, Aameego; Jackie Harland, Speech Therapist, Director of Services at the London Children's Practice; Mallika Dang, Founder and CEO, GOFIT; Saurabh Kirpal, Senior Advocate and LGBTQ Supporter; Rainu Singh, Executive Director Disha- a Resource Centre for Persons with Multiple Disabilities;Rohit Aneja, Deputy Zonal head - Branch Banking, IndusInd bank; Shalu Manan, Culture, Performance and Talent Development Strategist; Bhuvan Rastogi, Co-Founder &COO, Lendbox; and Akshay Goyal, Architect and Founder, Design's Future's Foundation. — TNS