IEEE DELHI SECTION
ANNUAL REPORT (2010)
Dear Members,
It is indeed a great pleasure to present to you the information on the activities of IEEE Delhi Section for the year 2010. The report is published in the special issue of BEACON (vol. 30, January, 2011), an official publication of the Section. This information is also sent to all the members through our e-News Letter. We are in constant touch with all the members through our academic and social activities, i.e. by organising special theme talks, seminars, conferences and workshops. Programmes are organised for students separately through student branches at different places.
I am very happy to convey my sincere thanks to all the IEEE Members, Members of the Executive Committee, Student Members, GOLD Members, Associates, Fellows, esteemed Seniors (LM & LF) and all other dignitaries who are associated with our Section, for giving me full support in all the activities to serve as the Chairman of IEEE Delhi Sections .This year also, the Section has performed exceedingly well and has made outstanding contributions in all the spheres.
The membership strength of the Section is over 3000, and is increasing, day by day, with the help of the members. The Section has several academic honours, awards and recognitions to its credit. Prof. D.P.Kothari has been elevated to Fellow Grade Membership.
Many members have got recognitions in international bodies, Region 10 committees and IEEE H/Q. These members, Dr. S.K.Koul (GC-EDS, MGA Award and OP Bhasin Award), Dr.S. Mukhopadhyay (Asia Rep 2-PES and IEEE TAB Conf Cte), Mr. R.K. Asthana (R-10: Member of Industry Relations Committee), Dr. Mrs. Mini S Thomas (Membership Development Board), Dr. R.G. Gupta (DESCOM-LES Board) and Dr. V.R.Singh (AE-IEEE Trans on Instrum and Measurements; AE- IEEE Sensors journal and Cert of Merit from IEEE H/Q), deserve special appreciation and we convey our heartiest congratulations to them!. It is really a matter of pride for all of us.
This year, the Student Branches have organised many conferences, seminars and activities in their colleges/universities. The Student Membership from Delhi Section has increased further. A dozen of new branches have been launched this year at different places resulting into 54 branches in all.
Membership drive, particularly for the student membership, has been taken up, through special activities including quarterly meets, expert talks and industry-institution interaction, organised at different places. Twelve new Student Branches have been launched this year, raising the number to 54 branches. Thefinancial support has been extended to students for encouraging their participation in various IEEE activities like INDICON.
WIE (Women in Engineering) and GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) groups have organised meetings, discussions and seminars. Standing Committees and Chapters have also performed well in their respective activities. Membership Development Committeehas taken a lead to enrol new members. Fellow Nomination and Awards Committee ‘Young Engineer Award’ and other Awards, are announced through e-Newsletter, from time to time. Elevation of eligible members to Senior Member grade has been launched.
The Section has organised 130 technical activities, which is a big achievement of the year.The details of these activities for 2010 are available on the Section website. The topics covered have been in all the subjects from biomedical, IT and computers to management and education.
The Section has sponsored and co-hosted around 20 international and national conferences. Financial support for the publication cost of IEEE Info India Newsletter has been extended to India Council of IEEE-India. The section has represented in various Industry-Interaction Programmes with other societies like Engineer Council of India, IETE, IE (I), Computer Society of India, etc.
Several DL talkshave been organised by the section. Prof. George T. Schmidt of MIT-USA was a special DL who delivered talks during IETE foundation day in association with the Section. Other two Distinguished Lectures on ‘GPS Technology Trends’ were delivered by him at PDM College of Engg, Bahadurgarh and Amity University, Noida.
During the year, a number of distinguished lectures have been organised by the Section.At the time of 125th Year Celebration of IEEE, foreign dignitaries including Dr. Lewis Terman - IEEE President and CEO, Dr. James Prendergast - IEEE Executive Director & COO, Cecelia Jankowski - IEEE Managing Director, Peter Sobel - IEEE Managing Director,Matthew Loeb - IEEE Staff Executive, and other IEEE bodies visited India including Delhi and appreciated the Section’s activities.The meet was attended by Dr. V.R.Singh, Chair, Prof. Mini S. Thomas and other Delhi EC Members. This has also become the history of the Section.
IEEE office for India has been established in Bangalore on October 29, 2010. There was an opening ceremony of IEEE’s office in India on Friday, 29th October, 2010 at Bangalore in the Central Business District building, by IEEE President Pedro Ray. He was accompanied by IEEE Executive Director James Prendergast, IEEE Staff Executive Matt Loeb, IEEE Chief Marketing Officer Patrick Mahoney, IEEE Chief Financial Officer Tom Siegert, IEEE Managing Director of Member & Geographic Activities-Ms Cecelia Jankowski, and Staff Director, Global Business Development, Peter Sobel. All section chairs and IC-chair and secretary were also invited. Dr. V.R.Singh, chair- IEEE Delhi, attended the program.
IEEE- SA expert members had planned to visit Delhi and organise special seminars on Cloud Computing and Smart Grid at JMI and Design Automation at IITD during Feb 2011.
I emphasise on organising of activities related to societal missions, rural development, upliftment of the poor through technology, ubiquitous health care, disaster management, sustainability and global climate change warning, etc.
In conclusion, major NEW achievements of the Section during 2010, are as follows:
- New Twelve Student Branches launched
- About twenty International and National Conferences
- Total 130 technical Activities organised
- Membership over 3000
- One newly elevated Fellow from the Section
- Several International Representations
- Several DL talks organised by the section.
- GINI Programme organised in Delhi
At the end, I thank all the members for the excellent contributions of the Section.
I wish every one “A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, 2011”.
With warm regards,
Dr. V.R.Singh, Fellow-IEEE
Chair- IEEE Delhi Section
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STUDENT ACTIVITY REPORT by RachanaGarg, SAC-Chair
In 2010, IEEE student branches of Delhi section have reported tremendous growth. From 42 branches in 2009, now we have 54 student branches under Delhi section. 12 new student branches have been opened in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and NCR region. Consequently the student membership has also gone up significantly.
This year has been very special in the sense that many students of the section have won awards in various national / international competitions.IEEE DTU student branch won the first prize in branch presentation competition in AISC 2010 organised by Bombay sectionwhich was judged on the basis of the events, number of members and presentation skills.In Humanitarian Technology Student Project Design CompetitionGauravMinocha and RidhimaMittal from NetajiSubhas Institute of Technology, India (Region 10) has won Third place and cash prize of $2,000 for their project entitled “Alternate Energy Sources”.In2010 JamiaMilliaIslamia has won the Outstanding Student Branch CertificateR10 award2010.The three student branchesBharatiVidyapeeth College of Engineering,JamiaMilliaIslamia,NetajiSubhas Institute of Technology had won the bronze inIEEE Darrel Chong Student Activities Award 2010.
I am also pleased to see that new student branches are showing lots of enthusiasm in organizing/ attending various activities. BKBIET, Pilani, a newly opened student branch has organized the 9th Quarterly cum GINI meet successfully. The 10th QM cum GINI meet was organized at DTU student branch which has been attended by record number of students. The meet was a huge success. The next QM will be organized again by a newly opened branch, ManavRachana College of Engg., Faridabad. Some inactive student branches, like BITS Pilani has also shown interest in reviving the branch.
Many newly opened student branches has organized their Inaugural Functions which are attended by the dignitaries and office bearers from the section and had encouraged/ motivated the students to join IEEE. In the Inaugural function of Amity Univ. student branch, Prof. Schmitt from USA was the keynote speaker.
Microsoft India has a program called Microsoft Student Partner (MSP). As part of the GINI Industry Relations initiative, Microsoft India is calling for nominations for Microsoft Student Partner(MSP) selection process. Many students from various student branches have taken advantage of this scheme.Microsoft is also organising a national level Quiz competition and many student branches of the section has offered to conduct these quizzes.
Reporting of activities and annual plan is very important for student branches. Timely reminders of such activities were sent to all the student branches so that they submit their forms in time. This year most of the student branches had submitted their reports in time. This has been possible due to being in continuous touch with the students and branch counselors on phone and e-mail. Information about different awards/activities was also sent from time to time so that the students can participate in various competitions and be made aware about the activities of IEEE.
Technical Activities of IEEE Delhi Section for 2010 (date wise)
MEETING TYPE / CODE / DATE / TECH / NONTECH / ADM / MEMBERS / GUESTS / REFERENCESECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/5/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 20 / Talk on ‘A Communications-inspired Design Paradigm for Nanoscale Systems-on-a-chip’ by Prof Naresh R. Shanbhag, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA in Block VI, Lecture Theatre 2, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India (organized by IEEE CAS-CS Societies Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/22/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 13 / 0 / Chandigarh Subsection Exec Com Meeting at Chandigarh
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/25/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 41 / Seminar on ‘Drives
Technology - An Overview’ by Mr. MeenuSinghal, Rockwell Automation in the Committee Room of
Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (Block II-241, 1st Floor) (organized by PES-IAS & PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/29/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 42 / Talk on ‘Science and Technology in Global south’ by Prof B K Pattnaik, IIT Kanpur in the NISTADS Conference Hall, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi-110012 (organized by IMS-EMBS Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 134 / 0 / Section Annual General Meeting in the CSE Dept,
IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 134 / 0 / Talk on ‘Education for Environmental Sustainability’ Mr. Prabhjot S. Sodhi, Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Nehru Foundation for Development, ThaltejTekra, Ahmedabad, India in the CSE Dept,
IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 5 / 0 / CS Chapter Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 9 / 0 / IMS-EMBS Chapter Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 6 / 0 / TMC Chapter Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 14 / 0 / Consultants Network Affinity Group Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 22 / 0 / GOLD Affinity Group Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 0 / WIE Affinity Group Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 1/31/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 11 / 0 / Combined Meeting of Subcommittees of POWERCON 2008 - 2008 Power India, PEDES-2010-Power India, & IICPE-2010 in the Committee Room of EE Dept, IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/2/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 47 / Talk on ‘Walks and Cycles’ by Dr. RanjanSrivastava, QHS Fellow Scientist NISTADS in the NISTADS Conference Hall, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi-110012 (organized by IMS-EMBS Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/5/2010 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 250 / Talk on ‘Entrepreneurship Development’ by Daman D Sood, Steria, Noida at National Entrepreneurship Week at ABES, Gaziabad, UP, India (organized by CS Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/7/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 27 / 0 / PES-IAS Chapter Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/7/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 21 / 0 / PELS-IES Chapter Annual General Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/16/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 11 / 0 / Chandigarh Subsection Annual General Meeting at Chandigarh
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/17/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 16 / Talks on ‘Smart Grids In Indian Scenario’ by Ravindra Joshi, NDPL, Delhi, and on ‘IEEE History Run and IEEE Global History Network’ by Dr John Varladas, IEEE History Center, USA at Rail Bhawan Committee Room (organized by TMC Chapter & sponsored by Railways)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/17/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 0 / TMC Chapter Exec Com Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/18/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 4 / Talk on ‘Superconductors, Semiconductors, Conductors, Dielectrics: Microwave Characterization of Materials’ by Prof. JaninaMazierska (Past IEEE Region-10 Director), Massey University, New Zealand in the CARE Committee Room, III-102, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, HauzKhas, New Delhi 110 016 (organized by IEEE MTT-S Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/18/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 20 / 29 / Seminar on “Vector control and Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor” by Prof. Bhim Singh, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the ICE Committee/room no 213 ICE Div., NetajiSubhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Azad Hind FauzMarg, Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/19/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 49 / Seminar on 'Load characteristics in electrical drives system' by Mr. MeenuSinghal (of Rockwell Automation) in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (Block II-241, 1st Floor) a (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/19/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 27 / Talk on ‘Transmission Pricing’ by Mr. BhanuBhushan, Ex-CERC in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (Block II-241, 1st Floor) a t (organized by Consultants Network Affinity Group, and PES-IAS Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/19/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 0 / IMS-EMBS Chapter Exec Com Meeting at NPL, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/22/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 35 / Talk on ‘Nano-technological Developments in Electrical and Biomedical Measurements: Recent Advances and Future Challenges’ by V.R. Singh, NPL, New Delhi at LingayaUnversity, Faridabad (organized by IMS-EMBS Chapter in association with Lingaya’s University)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 2/23/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 45 / Talk on 'Challenges in Climate Change and Role of Renewable Energy: New Technologies and Control Mechanisms’ by V.R.Singh, NPL, New Delhi at PDM College of Engg, Bahadurgarh (organized by IMS-EMBS Chapter in association with PDM College of Engg)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/5/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 13 / 0 / IEEE Delhi Section Exec Com Meeting in the Committee Room, EE Dept., IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/6/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 37 / Talk on 'Role of ICT in Education: mplementation and Future Challenges’ by V.R.Singh, NPL, New Delhi at College of Education, Bahadurgarh (organized by IMS-EMBS Chapter in association with College of Education)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/13/2010 / 0 / 1 / 30 / 35 / Talk on ‘IEEE - Creating Value for You’ by Mr Daman D Sood, Steria, Noida at Chitkara University, Barotiwala, HP (organized by Computer Society Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/13/2010 / 0 / 1 / 30 / 35 / Talk on ‘How To Pass Interviews in Flying Colours’ by Mr Daman D Sood, Steria, Noida at Chitkara University, Barotiwala, HP (organized by Computer Society Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/13/2010 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 42 / ‘Industrial Visit to Dadri Power Station’ coordinated by Dr G Bhuvaneswari, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/19/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 37 / Seminar on ‘Energy Savings using AC Drives’ and ‘Applications of Drives in Industry’ by Mr. MeenuSinghal (of Rockwell Automation) in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/28/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 2 / Talk on ‘An Introduction to Physical Vapour Deposition’ by Mr.SaurabhDwivedi, CARE., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in the CARE, IIT Delhi (organized by MTT-S Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 3/30/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 78 / Workshop on 'Standardisation of Software Tools & Techniques, and Testing' at PDM College of Engineering at Bahadurgarh, Haryana (organized by IMS-EMBS Chapter in association with PDM College of Engineering)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/1/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 25 / Seminar on ‘Commissioning and testing aspects of drives’ by Mr. MeenuSinghal (of Rockwell Automation) in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/1/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 35 / Seminar on ‘Practical design aspects of FACTS’ by Mr. Hemanth Kumar, ABB, Chennai in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/6/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 44 / Seminar on ‘Reflected Waves, Bearing Currents, RFI/EMI and other concerns of drives’ by Mr. MeenuSinghal (of Rockwell Automation) in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/7/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 30 / Workshop on 'Introduction to UNIX' in the CAD Lab. COE Block, NSIT, New Delhi (organized by IEEE Delhi Section GOLD Affinity Group)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/8/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 0 / PES-IAS Chapter Exec Com Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/8/2010 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 8 / 0 / PELS-IES Chapter Exec Com Meeting at IIT Delhi, New Delhi
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/12/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 45 / 75 / Talk on ‘Software Quality Assurance’ by Mr Daman D Sood, Steria, Noida at J P Institute, Waknaghat, Solan, HP (organized by Computer Society Chapter)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/15/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 28 / Seminar on ‘Real Time Monitoring of Thyristor Valves of HVDC on FACTS’ by Dr. M. Arunachalam, BHEL, Bangalore in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/16/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 28 / Seminar on ‘Vector Control of Salient Pole Synchronous Machine’ by Prof. V. T. Ranganathan, EE Dept, IISc, Bangalore in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/16/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 22 / Seminar on ‘Automation in Indian Industry-A Holistic Perspective’ by Mr. AnupWadhwa, Director, Automation Industry Association, New Delhi in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by IEEE Delhi Section Consultants Network Affinity Group in association with IEEE PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Delhi Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/19/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 27 / Seminar on "Load compensation techniques and some conceptual issues" by Prof Mahesh Kumar Mishra, EE Dept., IIT Madras in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)
SECTION / DELHI(IC) / 4/21/2010 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 65 / Seminar on “Installation and Commissioning aspects of VFDs - Part II” by Mr. MeenuSinghal (of Rockwell Automation) in the Committee Room of Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi (organized by PES-IAS, and PELS-IES Chapters)