A guest lecture was organized on “Green Computing and Communication on New Generation Gadgets” by Department of CS & IT, IISU. The speaker for the lecture was Prof. D.P Sharma who is a leading researcher and academician in the area of computer science and IT. He is currently a consultant with ILO, UN at Geneva, and has received many awards and medals.
The session covered the concepts about cloud computing and communication. How mobile devices are a major part of our life? How much we are using the phone? Effects & harms caused by electronic gadgets. It was a very interactive session where Prof. D.P Sharma also discussed about other topics such as Green phone, computing in communication and damage caused by a sending unnecessary emails.
According to him a simple way to define cloud computing is one on which you can get each and everything as a service. He also discussed about the advancement of technology and at the same time about its resulting into environmental hazards. At last he suggested “Be aware, be focused, be careful and try to use your electronic devices to green member. There are two aspects of technology: I) is positive and ii) Negative. Business people are not worried about you. They are just worried about how to make money by hook or by crook.”It was a learning and interactive session for the students.