R 10 Student Activities: Report ‘09

Mini S. Thomas mini@ieee.org R 10 Student Activities Coordinator 2007-09Professor, Department of EE,

JMI, New Delhi, India

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R10 SAC new Initiatives and statistics (’07-’09) Special Highlights 2009 Student congress, new SAC Website,

SAC Coordination committee, GINI Expansion, GINI Manual, Industry Collaboration Regular SAC activities 2009

(Region 10 & Global level)

Organization of the Talk

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R10 GINI (Global Integrated Network of IEEE) GINI Operations Manual New SAC website www.r10sac.org R10 SAC Coordination Committee Branch Counselors’ congress Branch Operations Guide Section Student Congresses R10 Outstanding Branch Counselor Awards Alumni Meets 125th Anniversary R10 Student Congress

R10 SAC New Initiatives 2007-2009

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R10 Student BranchesJan 2007: 484Dec 2009: 677 (increase of 193 branches,40%)

R10 Student members (Nov stats given, as Dec 09 stats not available now) Nov 2006 : 24,192Nov 2009 : 31,982 (increase of 7790, 32%)

R10 SAC statistics 2007-2009

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Thank you R10 Excom for the support and help for the past

three years!!!!

My apologies for absence

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Special Highlights 2009

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Singapore (NUS) July 16-19 2009 Jointly organized by NUS Singapore &CEC Kerala 120 selected student volunteers from all over

R10 participated MGA SAC committee meeting held in

Conjunction with the congress (truly Global) Program highlights: World 2020, IEEE 2020,

Senior Volunteers Bench, Leadership Training workshops etc

125th Anniversary R10 Student Congress 2009: A Grand Success!!!!

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IEEE 125th Anniversary R10 SC

SingaporeJuly ‘09

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The New R10 SAC Website: www.r10sac.org

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R10 SAC coordination Committee was suggested by the RSAC in the 2009 Excom and section chairs meeting Implemented in Oct 2009 with the approval of the R10 Director, to smoothly coordinate and execute the functions of the SAC

Chair : Mini S. Thomas (R10 Student Activities Coordinator)

Members: Om Perkash Batra (R10 Regional Student Representative) Jing Dong (Student Representative, North-East of R10) Chuan Zheng Lee (Student Representative, South-East of R10) Arjun Pillai (Student Representative, West of R10) Prasanna Venkatesan (GINI coordinator) Imran Ali, (SAC Web Administrator)

R10 SAC Coordination committee

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R10 GINI Expansion

1. Enhance Networking Among Branches

R10 GINI (Global Integrated Network of IEEE)

2. GINI Operations Manual

3. Industry collaboration: via GINI

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R10 Global Integrated Network of IEEE

R10 GINI – Global Integrated Network of IEEE students

Five Year initiative to integrate all the SBs in Region 10

The Initiative was formally launched at Region 10 Student Congress held at Chennai, India in January 2008

Expanded during the 125th Anniversary R10 Student congress, Singapore, July 2009

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2008: 5 Pilot sections and one Mentor Section identified , start coordination activities and establish HUBs

2009: Addition of new sections-Expansion of Pilot projects

2010: Establishing R10 GINI at Council levels 2011: Expansion of R10 GINI 2012: Complete establishment of R10 GINI

R10-GINI Time line

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R10-GINI : Vision & Mission

GINI shall act as a catalyst in networking and sustaining the student branches of Asia- Pacific, and in increasing and adding value to IEEE student membership.

Act as a conjunctive body to encompass the Student Branches coming under its geographical span

Increase networking and add value to IEEE student membership

Reactivate sick student branches/add new student branches

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Region 10 GINI - proposed

Pilot Sections Include more

pilot sections gradually

Build a full fledged network within a span of 5 years

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R10- GINI: Mentor, Pilot Sections

R10 GINI Mentor Section IEEE Kerala Section

R10 GINI Pilot Sections IEEE Australia & IEEE New Zealand IEEE Delhi Section IEEE Hyderabad Section IEEE Pakistan (to be separated into Karachi, Lahore &

Islamabad) IEEE Madras Section IEEE Japan Council (new) IEEE Bangalore Section (new) IEEE Bangladesh, Seoul, Philippines (shown interest

during Singapore congress)

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R10 GINI- Major Achievements

Networking among section SBs and Regional SBs on an exponential rise.

Creditable conversion of sick SBs to active SBs

Formation of new SBs Major increase in Student Branch

Activities Effective Utilization of Regional Funds More value for IEEE student membership

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Recognition to GINI from MGAMGA INNOVATION AWARD 2008

2008Mini Thomas (Delhi Section),

S. Gopakumar (Kerala Section) and Prijoe Philips Komattu (Madras Section)

“For their inspirational development of the Global Integrated Network of IEEE (GINI) which will provide increased value of IEEE membership to the students

of Region 10."

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A Manual for Sections/Councils who are implementing GINI

A Mentor section task, ready for circulation

Team:R10 SAC: Mini ThomasMentor section SAC: GopakumarMention section Rep: ArjunGINI coordinator: Prasanna Venkatesan The Manual will be uploaded soon, and will be sent to interested sections/councils

GINI OPERATIONS MANUAL

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Initiated during 125th Anniversary Student congress Microsft India collaboration with 5 student branches in India To be expanded to many more branches in India IBM, SUN collaboration process on ISBIR collaboration/help

GINI Industry Collaboration

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Regular R10 SAC Activities

1.Student paper contest 2009

UG Contest: 15 entries PG contest: 9 entries Results announced in July

( Most of the entries from Singapore/HK,

other section Chairs/ SACs please take note)

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Regular R10 SAC Activities

2. MGA Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award 2009

8 applications

Winner 2009

Ravender Lal(NUCES, Karachi, Pakistan)

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Regular R10 SAC Activities3. R10 Website Competition 2009

1. University of Western Australia

(Global Winner 2009)

2. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Global Runner Up 2009, 6th position)

3. Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bombay

(Global Runner Up 2009, 7th Position)

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Regular R10 SAC Activities4. R10 Outstanding Student Branch Award 2009

6 Entries (New format for evaluation developed)

No complete forms received, so no awards given

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A large number of participation from R10

and prestigious prizes for R10 !!!!!

GLOBAL SAC Activities/competitions 2009

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1. President’s Change the World Competition 20094/8 prizes for R10!

IEEE Distinguished Student Humanitarian Prize: U.S. $5,000 Electronic Aids for Physically/Mentally handicapped Children, by Kartik Kulkarni and team, Students at B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology, India.

Outstanding Student Humanitarian Prizes U.S. $1,000

•AGROBOT - Robots in Agriculture, by Nagendran Rajendran, Udumalpet, India.•Information System on Human and Health Services (ISHHS), by Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan, Medford, USA. (project done conceived and implemented in Madras, India) •NIDAAN - An e-Healthcare Solution for the Under Privileged, by Sumit Pandey, Gandhinagar, India.

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2. Student Enterprise Award 2009 (R10 3/5)3. Darrel Chong Activity (DCA) Award (R10 2/6)

F Full funding of US$1500DA-IICT, Gujarat

7 75%funding of US$ 1125 M.A. College of Engineering, Kerala

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50% funding of US$ 750 St. Xavier's Catholic College of Eng, Bangalore

DC Award: Bronze (2) DA-IICT, Gujarat

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4. Outstanding Branch Counselor Award 2009

R10 3/8

1. Prerna Gaur, NSIT Delhi2. D.V.S.S. Siva sarma, NIT Warangal3. Darwin Jose Raju - St. Xavier's

Catholic College of Engineering, Bangalore 

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Events Supported By R10 SAC

Branch Counselors congress: Bangalore Student Congress:

Pakistan Student Congress, All Kerala Student Congress

Many Alumni meets and section student congresses held

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Branch Operations Guide

• A Guide for the student branch officers

• Available on-line and hard copy to branches

Contents:

Organization, Branch administration, Activities, Awards, Library, Rebate Schedule, Calendar, Forms, etc

Available on the sac website for download www.r10sac.org

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Thank you and best wishes to Takao

Soliciting your support for my new role as

MGA Vice Chair, Member Development