Sl.No. Session/Track Subareas
1 Affordable and Clean Energy Generation and Distribution of Renewable Energy at scale and cost appropriate for Rural / Small Town adoption. High quality energy feed, Low Cost per KWh, Financing options, Self Sufficiency at Local/Regional level Decentralized Rural Energy, Energy efficient with minimal losses, Minimal waste, recycling of end-of-life products, Environmental impact assessment, Meets disparate power/energy needs for Agriculture, Lighting, Cooking, Mobility, Computing, Community services. Engineering and Social impacts on new advancements and innovations around Solar Grids, Hybrid Wind and Solar Grids, Micro Hydro Electric Grids, Bio-Gas, Electric Mobility (Fixed, Battery Swapping) for 2 and 3 wheelers and Farm equipment, and, any other new/upcoming clean and green technologies appropriate for Rural adoption
2 Agriculture and Food Security Agricultural technologies, Irrigation and farming practises, Sustainable nutrition and fertilizer, organic farming, new agricultural technologies and methods such as aquaponics, hydroponics, etc. Use of Drones, Agricultural Robotics, Efficient agriculture equipment, Agriculture value chain, Food processing, Crop health intelligence, Technologies to minimize agricultural waste, with Focus on Food Production and minimzing the waste during the process. Technologies and process for ensuring sustainable access to nutritious food including sustainable food production and agricultural practices.
3 Good Health and Well Being Personal Health/Mental Health/Well being, Maternal/Neonatal/Child Mortality, Reproductive Health, Primary Care and Nutrition, Mobile Clinics, Emergency Medicine, Ambulatory Care, Telemedicine, Tele ICUs, Telesurgery, potential of Biosensors, Sesor Fusion and IoT in digital Health, Healthcare Informatics/Block Chain, potential of AI/AR in Diagnosis/Interventional Imaging and Digital Pathology, Drone based Essential Delivery, Population Health/Epidemic-Pandemic Detection/Mitigation of CD/NCD Diseases, Mitigating Road Traffic Accidents
4 Clean Water and Sanitation Integrated Water Resource Management, Water harvesting, Clean Water, Desalineation, Water efficiency, Wastewater treatment, Recycling and Reuse technologies, Sanitation, MSW, Disease Vector Control.
5 Sustainable Cities and Communities Public transportation and infrastructure, Reverse migration from urban to rural areas, Waste managament, Sanitation, Polution control, Open public spaces, Urban gardening, Sustainable real estate development, Zero waste-energy-water communities. 

Technologies and models to develop smart cities and smart villages with the intent of serving the poor and the needy of the society would be explored. In order to develop sustainable cities, villages and communities, the key focus is on a balance between people, planet and progress.For the rural sector, the model of PURA (Provision of Urban amenities in Rural Areas) proposed by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam) and Gram Swaraj concept proposed by Mahatma Gandhi can provide framework and models for development. 
6 Quality Education Technology as an enabler of Equitable, Bi-Directional Access to and Exponential Flow of Knowledge, Education. Key focus areas include methods to increase women’s empowerment in rural education, technology as an enabler to facilitate education of Urban India with Rural expertise in Sustainable/Organic farming, Biodiversity management, Cookware and Diets, Medicinal know-how, and partnering with Urban science expertise in deriving crosspollinating the best of Organic and Industrial Food production
7 Decent work and Economic Growth Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business Models, Digital Literacy and Skill Development programs, Rural & Urban Livelihood, Rural Technologies (RuTag), Jugaad/Frugal Innovation, Micro-entrepreneurship, Market linkages, Supply chain, Non-farm microenterprises, High value-add agricultural livehilhood, policies and market interventions, linkages to agri-businesses, Woman-centric technologies for job creation, Skill development for green jobs, Circular economy.
8 Climate Action Technologies to mitigate local/region specific challenges related to water, soil, ocean, energy, shelter keeping the energy balance in mind. Key aspects include Land Microclimate & Coastal Ecosystem Destruction as well as Macro Climate effects owing to GHG emmissions, Ocean Temperature rise and Acidification, Soil Microclimate and Biodiversity destruction, Glacial and Permafrost melts with Thermohaline, Rainfall and Wind Current cycle disruption. These impaxcts in Rural areas result in loss of main livelihood and basic means to survive leads to mass migration to Urban areas and impose further stress on resources in a vicious cycle.  How do we mitigate forced rural to urban migration by focusing on the following: 
Efficient, Renewable & Clean Energy Sources for Agriculture, Lighting, Cooking, Mobility, Computing, Community Services, Rainwater, Groundwater Storage and Management, Biodiversity, Ocean Ecosystem and Soil Microclimate Preservation, Community Waste/Sewage Management Education
9 Disaster Management Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery: Disaster Planning and Preparedness; Predictive, Warning and Response Systems; Community Mobilization; Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Response. in areas like Epidemics and Pandemics, Earthquake, Landslides, Avalanche, Fire, Flood and Tsunami, Cyclone, Drought etc. Humanitarian Challenges & Opportunities; Infrastructure, Information, and Human Security; Shelters; Community engagement, Capacity-building, and Behavior Change; 
10 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure Sustainable Industries for Urban and Rural Areas (adopting balalnced approach between ‘planet’ and ‘profit’) that fuel the economy and brings people out of poverty.  Rural micro-industry, rural microenterprises and technology solutions to address the villagesincluding resilient infrastructure, inclusive and sustainable industrialization, small-scale & rural enterprise models, solution to make existing industries sustainable, increase resource-use efficiency, R&D and policy interventions, Industry 4.0.
11 Communication and Connectivity for Sustainable Development Communication and digital connectivity for creating level-playing fields for the sustainable development of the communities. Green Communications, Broadcast Media, Cellular Networks, Satellite Communication, Wireline Broadband, Low Power WAN and Energy Harvesting, Amateur Radio, Under Water Communication, Potential of Social Media 
12 Technologies and Medical Innovations related to COVID-19 Design, Development, Innovations, Fabrication of Personal Protective Equipment, Monitoring/Tracking/Containment/Diagnostic/Assistive Technologies, Medical Innovations/Technologies that accelerate diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for this novel coronavirus. Successful Case Studies related to preparedness and response.
13 Women in Engineering WIE Track on Technology for Women Empowerment for IEEE Bangalore Humanitarian Technology Conference is proposed on 9th October 2020 to be held at BLDE’s V P Dr. P G Halakati College of Engineering & Technology Vijiyapur, Karnataka.WIE Track will include 2 keynote speakers along with paper presentation.The papers with at least one author being women will be included in WIE Track. The resource persons in the WIE Track will be eminent women from industry, stratups, NGO, academia, government organisations and innovation council. This will attract more women participants, and will strengthen networking of women entrepreneurs. The sub themes for the track will include Healthcare,Education, Safety, Financial Services, Society, ICT roles in women empowerment, Agriculture.
14 Young Professionals The Special Young Professionals (YPS) Track on Bridging Technology and Humanity consists of following sub themes: Internet of Things, 5G and beyond, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology, Nano Technology and , Intelligent Transport system. Papers with at least one author being Young Professionals (YP) can be submitted in this track.
15 High Performance Computing High Performance Computing (HPC) for Humanitarian Development (https://www.unicef.org/sdgs). This Track will include one panel discussion along with paper presentation. The accepted papers are eligible for publishing in IEEE Xplore. The resource persons will be eminent personalities from industry, academia, and government organizations. The focus of the paper should adhere to one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
 

 

  Using any of the following enabling technologies

  • Satellite Communication, Navigation, Remote Sensing, Geoscience and Space Technology
  • Antennas, RF & Microwave
  • Robotics, control systems and automation
  • Cloud computing, big data, architecture, mobile and wireless communications,
    Optical and photonic communications, optical networks
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Circuits, systems and signal processing,Power electronics, machines and drives, high voltage
  • Telecommunication technologies
  • Semiconductor, photonics and nanotechnology
  • IoT and enabling technologies
  • Information and communication technologies