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16 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 3

International Workshop on Numerical and Analytical
Techniques in Engineering Problems (WNATEP - 2020)

STAFF WRITTER by Dr. Harekrushna Behera the goals and achievements of
and Dr. Bibekananda Bira, and their students and alumni till
On Nov 12-13 2020, an the gathering was welcomed by date. This was followed by
international workshop focussing Dr. A. Govindarajan, Professor individual talks by the invited
on numerical and analytical and HoD Mathematics, who professors and experts aiming
techniques in engineering briefed on the importance of to stimulate and encourage
problems was conducted by such events and appreciated researchers in these fields. Each
the Department of Mathematics, the interest that the research speaker was introduced by a
College of Engineering and scholars showed as the number senior faculty member chairing
Technology, SRMIST. The of registered participants had that session. The sessions on
workshop brought in 12 touched 500, from India and the second day were followed
experts from premier Indian
Will books make it to institutes including IITs, IIScs, abroad. Following this, Dr. A. by the valedictory function in
Anuradha introduced the Dept. which Dr. Harekrushna Behera
ISI, NITs, and 3 experts from
the next century? international academia to share of Mathematics at SRM IST, gave a vote of appreciation to
highlighting the courses that the experts, participants and
their knowledge pertaining
to real-world applications in the department offered, and organizers.
these fields, aimed to enrich the
V REVATHI AISHWARYA gadgets. They represent a form participants already working in
of ‘digital detox’, bringing with this field as well as the beginners.
E-books have been on the it a sense of being ‘unplugged’. The workshop was conducted
rise ever since it was first In the U.S, publishers of online via Zoom platform. Each
made available to the Indian printed books made up to $22.6 day comprised of two sessions
market. Due to the continual billion in revenue and e-books separated by a lunch break.
rise of e-books, the market for making $2.04 billion, according Each talk was followed by an
a traditional hardcopy seems to the Association of American interactive discussion with the
bleak, but it may not be so. participants. On average, more
Publishers’ annual report 2019.
From an author’s standpoint, Those figures include trade and than 200 participants were
e-books are more profitable educational books, as well as always present for every talk.
because the author is paid a mere fiction. The workshop was hosted
10-15% of print book net sales As far as the numbers for the
as opposed to e-books where current Indian e-book market
an author can get as much as go, they seem to vary depending
70% of net sales. To add to on who you ask since there
this, the sheer convenience of is no government-regulated
an e-book and the ability to association tracking the sale.
store multiple books on a single
tablet is revolutionary. Almost a decade after its
introduction, the e-book remains
But, in comparison to physical
books, e-books are often sold for a format that tries to mirror
the physical book. While the
quite high prices, and consumers e-book industry is constantly
do not benefit from the cost evolving, the printed book
reduction that comes from continues to allure the readers.
low printing and distribution In the end, the fate of the type
expenses. Physical books are of book remains in the hands
perceived to be an escape from of the reader.
being constantly connected to

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