IEEE-ISLAMABAD SECTION

Prepared for:

IEEE R10 Meeting : 24-25 March, 2007Nexus Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Historical Background

• 1998 – Formed as Sub-section of Lahore

• 2000 – Established as Independent Section

• 2005 – Grew to establish its Sub-section in Peshawar

Activities to be Covered

• Membership Drive

• Student Activities

• Professional Societies Activities

• Conferences / Workshops /Seminars

Executive Committee Members/Chairs for Activities / Chapters.

Slot/Activity Name Membership No.

Chairman Engr. Mansoor Malik 2815041

Vice Chairman Engr. Saleem Tariq 80631711

Secretary/ Treasurer Engr. Umar Farooq 80350585

Chair Professional/ Education Activities

Dr. Mansoor Ahmed 40215432

Chair Student Activities Dr. Arshad Ali 41465322

Cont …

Slot/Activity Name Membership No.

Chair Membership Dev Prof Dr Muhammad Ahmad

4119236

Chair Electronic Comm Mr. Amir Jelani 41484188

Chair AESS/ GRSS Joint Chapter

Dr. Umar Khattak 80316948

Chair Power Engg & Power Electronics Chapter

Dr. Azzam ul Asar 41629355

Chair Consultancy Network Dr. Muhammad Ahmed 4119236

Chair Women in Engg Dr. Romana Aziz 80593899

Executive Committee Members/Chairs for Activities / Chapters (Cont’d)

Membership Development Statistics

Dec, 2003 Dec, 2004 Dec,2005 Dec, 2006

H - - - -

F - - - 1

SM 8 10 14 18

M 78 84 145 154

AM 16 9 19 18

Total 102 103 178 191

S 67 58 131 236

Total 169 168 309 427

Membership Development / Retention Statistics

102

67

169

10358

168 178131

309

191

236

427

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2003 2004 2005 2006

Members

StudentMembers

Total

Membership Development Efforts

• Approached heads of public and private institutes to support joining of IEEE by Electronics, Electrical and Computer engineers.

• Approached Vice Chancellors / heads of public / private universities/colleges/ institutes to encourage participation of faculty members / students in IEEE related activities.

• To encourage new members joining IEEE, approached relevant Govt depts. like HEC, Planning Commission and CBR to incorporate measures to reimburse IEEE membership fees to engineers and students.

(Cont…)

• Special attention have been given to update the section website to better promote IEEE activities.

• Outreach and awareness campaigns have been launched especially in educational institutions to attract faculty members / students for joining IEEE.

• Held social gathering of IEEE members to facilitate them to do networking and exchange their views / experiences. It was also affectively used to contact lapsed members.

• Published advertisements in the national newspapers highlighting cause of IEEE & its societies to promote general awareness and to attract new members.

• Guests are invited especially during Executive Committee meetings to have new volunteers.

Membership Development Efforts

Establishing Student Branches

Student Branches in 2005 & Earlier• NUST Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi• Electrical & Mechanical Engineering College, Rawalpindi• Institute of Space Technology, Rawalpindi• Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engg Sciences and Technology,

Topi• University of Engg & Technology, Taxila

Student Branches Established in 2006 • Al-Riphah University• University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar

Planned to Establish Student Branches in 2007• Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi• COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad.• NU-FAST (NUCES, Peshawar Campus).• IMS, Peshawar.

Efforts to Promote Student Activities

• Representatives of student branches visited different educational institutions to promote membership.

• Delegate of student branches visit each other to exchange views/ experiences to improve working.

• Students were actively involved in making arrangements for mega events i.e. Conference and Symposiums etc.

• Students actively involved in arrangements for conferences / symposiums / seminars etc were awarded

• Competition arranged for the Best Student Branch on the basis of their performance.

• Membership campaigns are regularly organized by student branches through lectures / speeches by Senior Members.

• Chair student activity arranged annual coordination meeting of all student branches to know their problems and provided guidance to improve their working.

• For professional development, different competitions were organized.

Efforts to Promote Student Activities

Student Activities Generated

Workshops• PCB Design• Matlab

Lectures• Applications of Radar in Disaster Management• Plagiarism Detection and its Consequences• The Future of Web Interface- Beyond the GUI

Professional Development Activities• Internship program for students in summer holidays• Visit to PTCL Gateway Earth Station.

(Cont…)

• Competitions arranged.– Software Competition.– Multimedia Competition.– Quiz Competition.– Final year Project Competition.

• Technology Poster Exhibition.

Student Activities Generated

Establishment of Chapters for Professional Societies / Affinity Groups

• Special emphasis given in 2006/ 2007 to form Affinity Groups and Chapters for Professional Societies

• As initial step, where possible, Joint Chapters of two societies formed.

• Chapters established in 2006– AESS /GRSS Joint Chapter– Power Engineering / Power Electronics Joint

Chapter.

(Cont…)

• Affinity Group in Process for Approval– Consultancy Network

• Chapters / Affinity Group Planned for 2007/2008– Affinity Group for Women in Engineering– Independent Chapters for AESS and GRSS

Establishment of Chapters for Professional Societies / Affinity Groups

Statistics For Conferences Arranged In 2006

Conference Title / Dates

Papers Rcvd

Papers Accepted

Acceptance %age

Gathering Configuration

ICAST – 2006

2-3 Sept, 06

100 42 42 150 2 Keynote Sessions 4 Technical sessions 1 Panel discussion

ICET – 2006 13-14 Nov, 06

400 140 35 170 12 Technical Sessions

02 Tutorials 02 Poster Sessions

INMIC – 2006 23-24 Dec, 06

402 93 23.1 200 10 Technical sessions

Low Acceptance Percentage speaks of efforts to maintain good standard in paper presentations.

High turnout speaks of good campaign for the mega events.

Seminars/ Symposiums/ Administrative Activities

Seminars• Statistics in Geospatial Sciences• Frame work for Dynamic Routing in the Context of Urban

Disorder Management.• Technology Incubation Centre.

Symposiums• Establishment and Operation of Satellite Ground Station.• Data Capturing Techniques.• Nanotechnology.

(Cont…)

Tutorials• Satellite Communication.• Hybrid Vehicle Technology.• Wimax Technology.

Administrative Meetings• 06 Executive Committee meetings of Islamabad Section .• 04 Administrative meetings of Peshawar Sub-section.• 02 Administrative meetings of AESS/GRSS Joint Chapter.

Seminars/ Symposiums/ Administrative Activities

• PROGRES IN MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR RETENTION DEMANDS CONTINOUS EFFORTS AND FOLLOW UP AT ALL LEVELS OF INTERACTION WITH THE EXISTING AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS.

• REGULAR MEETINGS OF EX-COMM KEEPS ISSUES ALIVE AND MEMBERS WORK FOR ACHIEVING THE ASSIGNED GOAL

• MOST MEMBERS BELONG TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INFLUENCING GREATER ENROLEMENT OF STUDENT MEMBERS

• EMPHASIS ON ESTABLISHING CHAPTERS PERTAINING TO PROFESSIONAL SOCITIES

CONCLUSION

• COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEMBERS THROUGH NEWSLETTER AND WEB – WEBSITE FOR ISLAMABAD SECTION

LAUNCHED– www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/islamabad

CONCLUSION

• OUR WEAK AREA– NEED TO WORK FOR MORE PARTICIPATION

FROM INDUSTRY– MEMBERSHIP COST

CONCLUSION

Thank You