Inauguration of DGR sponsored course for Artificial Intelligence Assistant and Book Distribution 

A batch of 42 participants of DGR sponsored course for Artificial Intelligence Assistant commenced from 9th Feb 2026 at NIELIT Kolkata’s Jadavpur University Campus. The Course was inaugurated on 17th Feb 2026 in presence of Shri Gautam Saha, Director In-Charge, Lt Col and Joint Director training(DRZ(East)) M K Khati, Shri Tapas Trivedy, Scientist-E, Dr. Kalyan Baital, Scientist-D, Smt. Rashmi Mandal Vijayvergiya, Sc-D & Course Coordinator, and Smt. Krishnakali Kar Khan, Senior Technical Officer along with other faculties and staff. 

The ceremony began with a warm welcome address by Smt. Rashmi M. Vijayvergiya, who acknowledged the participants about the modalities of the course. She also highlighted the additional learning opportunities that will be provided during the programme and briefed about the topics that will be covered.

Shri Goutam Saha welcome the participants and congratulated them for selecting the course. He also briefed about the advantages of the course. Shri Saha urged the participants to utilize the classroom and Lab facilities available at NIELIT Kolkata.

Shri Tapas Trivedy, emphasized the importance of the Artificial intelligence and how this course will be beneficial for DGR participants and extended his best wishes for their future. He also briefed about the different training course being offered by NIELIT Kolkata. 

Addressing the gathering, Lt Col and Joint Director training(DRZ(East)) M K Khati urged the participants to make optimal use of the training imparted by the experienced faculty of NIELIT Kolkata. He further encouraged them to become skillful, which would further help them to build the nation. He welcome all the participants on behalf of DGR. He highlighted the key points about the facilities offered by DGR like Job fairs, retirement plans etc.

Dr. Kalyan Baital, delivered the concluding remarks, congratulating all the participants on opting for the training programme. He emphasized that today Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cyber Security are the booming technology today. After retirement whatever is done, these technologies will be very important. He concluded by highlighting the significance of the additional training on Power BI and Tableau, noting that as data analysis becomes increasingly important and the participants already possess a strong foundation in Excel, this advanced module will greatly support their future professional growth.

The opening ceremony was followed by Book distribution ceremony on 19.2.2026 Books were distributed to all the participants in presence of Shri Goutam Saha, Director In-Charge, Shri Tapas Trivedy, Scientist-E, Dr. Kalyan Baital, Scientist-D, Smt. Rashmi Mandal Vijayvergiya, Scientist-D and Smt. Krishnakali Kar Khan, Senior Technical Officer.