A Technical paper entitled “Paddy Crop Disease Detection using Machine Learning” presented by students of Department of E&C Engineering of P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya — B.S. Prajwal Gowda, H.A. Nisarga, M. Rachana and S. Shashank — has bagged the Best Paper Award in the “National Conference on Communication and Data Science” conducted by GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru in association with ISTE and IJERT on July 15. The award-winning students were felicitated by College Principal Dr. H.V. Ravindra. Head of the E&C Department Dr. K.A. Radhakrishna Rao, Dean (I.I.I) Dr. B.S. Shivakumara, Professor S. Vinay, Professor M. Punith Kumar and Guide B.S. Sahana Raj are also seen.