
Chairman’s Message

Greetings to all

Our Madras section has received the outstanding achievement

award in Membership Retention for the year 2020. I am pleasantly

surprised and well pleased to receive this recognition. In

Membership, our Madras section is 3rd in India and 6th in R10

level. This achievement is all the more memorable in this trying

time of COVID – 19. I would like to thank all the members who

made this possible.

Under the student activities 3 webinars were organized successfully. Student branch officers

meet 2020 was inaugurated by Mr. Deepak Mathur, Director Elect 2020 R10 on November

7th 2020 with 62 participants. R10 sponsored Mini POCO was inaugurated by S N Singh,

Chair, India Council on 10th October 2020 with 58 participants. The Madras Section IEEE

day was celebrated on 18th October 2020 and the chief guest was Dr. S K Ramesh, Professor,

ECE, California State University, Norrthridge, USA. 130 members attended with full

involvement.

Under the education activities 1 FDP and 1 STP were successfully organized. Few members

from our Madras Section participated in R10 leadership conference program. WIE e-

symposium was jointly organized by Madras section and Pune section on 20th November

2020. Photonics SBC at VIT Chennai campus was inaugurated on 27th October 2020. Till

date SB’s of more than 10 colleges received the financial support. Madras Section approved

technical co sponsorship for more than 10 conferences.

AWARDS: VIT Chennai Campus received the outstanding branch councilor and branch

chapter advisor award from MGA SAC. Panimalar Institute of Technology received the

regional level exemplary student branch award from MGA. Ms. R Janani of SA Engineering

College and Ms. Esther of SSN college received the Sri Pralhand P Chhatria Award 2020

from HOPE foundation and India Council. Saveetha Engineering College and PIT Photonics

SBC, Saveetha Engineering College RAS and CS SBC, Bannari Amman Institute of

Technology PELS SBC, St. Joseph college of Engineering APS SBC, VIT Chennai RAS – SBC

and signal processing and computer society received the funding from Head Quarters.

Section Rebate: The activities of the student branches have been impacted significantly by

the outbreak of COVID hence the Madras Section has planned to give section rebate to all

the active branches. Those who are yet to apply kindly make use of this excellent opportunity

and apply at the earliest.

We are also planning to give Section Awards, the call forms were already sent and is also

available with this new letter. Wish you all the very best.

Stay safe, Stay healthy.

Dr. N. Kumarappan M.E., Ph.D., Chairman, IEEE Madras Section


Message from Editor

Greetings!

The September – October 2020 issue of IEEE MAS Newsletter is

released.

There has been an increase in the activities and IEEE MAS has been

supporting the IEEE events. I wish to inform that IEEE MAS has

initiated several schemes and awards to encourage and recognise

IEEE SB in organising events.

I also wish to state that IEEE MAS is adjudged as one of the large sections in R10 and this

has been possible with the involvement of IEEE members. congratulations to all.

Understand various new initiates of IEEE MAS, most of which are updated in website and

be benefited by your membership.

Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin M.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor, ECE Department, SSN College of Engineering Treasurer and Editor – IEEE MAS Newsletter, IEEEE Madras Section.


Student branch activities Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur

“IEEE Technically Sponsored International conference on Communication And Signal Processing (ICCSP"20 )”

ECE Dept. & IEEE SB organized IEEE Technically Sponsored International conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP”20 ) from July 28 to 30,2020. Chief Guest for Inaugural function is Prof.Dr.N.Kumarappan, Chairman/IEEE Madras Sec. Keynote Speakers are Dr.P.Madhan Mohan, Assistant Consultant, Jasmin Infotech, Pvt. Ltd, Chennai., Dr.Kamaladevi Baskaran, Professor, Amity University, Dubai. Dr. T.G.Subash Kumar, Technical lead, Valeo india Pvt Ltd, Chennai. A total of more than 350 participants attended the event and benefited. This event was coordinated by Dr.V.Nagarajan Professor/ECE.

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam

“Webinar on Introduction to Robotics and AI” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Power & Energy Society & IEEE Womwn in Engineering organized a National level webinar on “Introduction To Robotics And Ai”on 06.09.2020 between 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Around 70 students from various institutions participated in this session. The resource person was Mr. PrasanthSengadu Suresh (Research Scholar(Robotics) University of Georgia, USA). Speaker introduced the participants with Robotics & AI concepts and inculcated the need of learning AI & robotics.

“IEEE National Level Idea Presentation” IEEE SB, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Power Energy Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society SBC’s organized a National level Idea Presentation Event under the name “IDEATHON 2020” on September 05.09.2020 to 13.09.2020. Around 70 teams from various institutions participated in the event.


“Q-RIOUS” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Power Electronics, Industrial Electronics, IEEE Women in Engineering, Power & Enrgy Society Student Branch Chapter organized a National level Technical Quiz competition – Q-RIOUS on 20th September, 2020. 100 teams have been participated from various institutions across country.

“Webinar on Power Electronics for High Performance Photovoltaic System” IEEE SB Power Electronics Society organized a webinar titled “Power Electronics for High Performance Photovoltaic System” on 30.09.2020 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM.The resource person was Dr. Yongheng Yang, Department of Energy Technology,Aalborg University, IEEE Executive Chair-Denmark Section,Denmark.

Dr. N. G. P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

“Webinar on Fuzzy logic based control systems” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Webinar on Fuzzy logic based control systems for school, polytechnic and college students on 3rd August 2020 in presence of Dr.S.Jaganathan, Professor & HoD EEE & Mr.A.Senthilnathan,AP/EEE. C.Kishore of second year EEE department delivered live webinar on “Fuzzy logic based control systems” on 03rd August 2020 at 4.00 pm.He discussed about basics of Fuzzy logic and various applications related to fuzzy logic based control systems. Also, he interacted with faculty and students. Webinar ended with the vote of thanks by M.Sowmiya, II EEE.

“Webinar on Oldest and latest version of Electrical and Electronics Devices”

IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Webinar on Oldest and latest version of Electrical and Electronics Devices for school, polytechnic and college students on 4th August 2020 in presence of Dr.S.Jaganathan, Professor & HoD EEE & Mr.A.Senthilnathan,AP/EEE. Mr.S.Arjunan of second year EEE delivered webinar.He discussed about Oldest and latest version of Electrical and Electronics Device such as TV Radio mobile phones & cameras. Also, he interacted with faculty and students. Webinar ended with the vote of thanks by M.Sowmiya, II EEE.


“Webinar on SCADA and power system automation” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Webinar on SCADA and power system automation by Mr.P.MohanRam of second year EEE for school, polytechnic and college students on 5th August 2020 in presence of Dr.S.Jaganathan, Professor & HoD EEE & Mr.A.Senthilnathan,AP/EEE. He discussed about basics of SCADA and various processes in power system automation. Also, he interacted with faculty and students. Webinar ended with the vote of thanks by M.Sowmiya, II EEE.

“Webinar on Introduction to wireless communication” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Webinar on Introduction to wireless communication by Ms.M.Sowmiya of second year EEE for school, polytechnic and college students on 6th August 2020 in presence of Dr.S.Jaganathan, Professor & HoD EEE & Mr.A.Senthilnathan,AP/EEE. She discussed about various types of wireless communication available and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of wireless communcations . Also, she interacted with faculty and students. Webinar ended with the vote of thanks by Mr.C.kishore, II EEE.

“Webinar on Solar thermal power generation” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized Webinar on Solar thermal power generation by Ms.M.Surabhi of second year EEE for school, polytechnic and college students on 7th August 2020 in presence of Dr.S.Jaganathan, Professor & HoD EEE & Mr.A.Senthilnathan,AP/EEE. She discussed about various types of Solar thermal power generation available and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of Solar thermal power generation. Also, she interacted with faculty and students. Webinar ended with the vote of thanks by A.Senthilnathan, AP/EEE.

“Quiz” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. organized GATE preparation online quiz during 19.09.2020 to 21.09.2020 for the students of EEE. Mr.A.Senthilnathan, AP/EEE and Mr.N.R.Govinthasamy, AP/EEE organised the quiz. Totally 149 responses are made and 100 E-certificates are issued for students who got more than 80 % in quiz. Overwhelming response from students and faculty shows that initiative taken Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and IEEE SB is purposeful.

“Inaugural function” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. inaugurated “ELECTROZ” Association of EEE and IEEE SB on 18.09.20 by Er. Anand Muthukrishnan, Senior Counsellor, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Confederation of Indian Industry, Hyderabad.Dr.S.Jaganathan, HoD/EEE delivered the welcome address & introduced office bearers of “ELECTROZ”. Dr.K.Porkumuran, Principal, addressed about the initiation of ELECTROZ and significance of IEEE Student chapter. Chief Guest addressed about the Green building and its power saving technology in comparison with traditional one. Inaugural function ended with vote of thanks by Ms. S. K. Aarthi, Secretary – IEEE SB.


Dr.Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur

“Poster Presntation Contest” IEEE SB organized Poster Presentstion Contest on 15th May 2020 for students of II, III, IV year ECE. Totally 47 students had participated in this event. Among them,7 participants are declared as prize winners based on their active involvement to prepare posters and submit the same.The prize winners are T.Shanmuga Priya IVB, Radha Kajalakshmi J IV B, Sushmitha Kumari IV B, R. Sankarikiruthika IV B, T. Esakki Siva Ganesh IV A, V.Samini III, Selva Meena R II.

“Doodle Drawing Fest” IEEE SB organized Doodle Drawing Fest on 29th May 2020 for students of ECE. Totally 56 students participated. Based on the innovative ideas and drawing quality 6 participants are declared as prize winners and the other participants are appreciated for their active involvement to prepare doodles and submit the same. The prize winners are First prize C.Uma Preetha IV B & K.Lavanya III , second prize M.A.K.Sithi Mathani IVB, U.Siva Gowthami III ECE & Third prize by V.Sowmiya & B.Vaishnavi II ECE

“Photography Contest” IEEE SB organized Photography Contest on 12th June 2020 for students of II, III, IV year ECE. Totally 65 students had participated in this event. Based on the innovative ideas and picture qualities, six participants are declared as prize winners and the other participants are appreciated for their active involvement to prepare photographs and submit the same. The prize winners are First prize M,M.Fathima Humaira II ECE & Y.Rajesh Kumar III ECE, Second Prize by K.Abirami II ECE & S.Uma Lakshmi III ECE & Third prize by R.Sankari Kiruthika IV ECE & P.Ganesh III ECE.

“Art From Waste Contest” IEEE SB organized Art From Waste Contest on 27th June 2020 for students of II, III, IV year ECE. Totally 50 students had participated in this event. Based on the innovative ideas and art qualities, six participants are declared as prize winners and the other participants are appreciated for their active involvement to prepare the art and submit the same. The prize winners are First U.Siva Gowthami III ECE & V.Sowmiya II ECE & Second S.Savithri IV ECE, K.Lavanya III ECE, Third by J Radha Kajalakshmi IV ECE , V.Samini III ECE.

“Content Writing Contest” IEEE SB Organized Content writing contest on 10th July 2020 for students of ECE. Totally 45 students had participated in this event. Based on the innovative thinking and good grammatical writing, two participants are declared as prize winners and the other participants are appreciated for their active involvement to prepare and submit the same. The prize winners are First K.A Sushmitha Kumari & Second M.Manju.

“Techno Contest” IEEE SB organized Techno Contest on 17th August 2020 for students of II year ECE. Totally 40 students had participated in this event. The event was organized by Beniel Kingston M , Arun kumar P, Jagan M & Ganesh P of final year ECE. The event comprised of three rounds like Technical quiz, Connection, Speak to the given topic. After the completion of three rounds four students were announced as prize winners. The prize winners are First K.Kavshiya, Second S.Celshiya Blessy, Third S Priya ,S.Iswariya.

“Technical Meet” IEEE SB organized Technical Meet on 28th August 2020 for students of IV year ECE. Totally 42 IEEE student batch members had attended the meeting. The event was shared by S.Sankari Kiruthiga. Alumni of our institution, placed in HCL Technologies had provided valuable information regarding IEEE membership and the requirements for the students to get prepared for campus interviews.

“Techiz Contest” IEEE SB organized Techiz Contest on 18th September 2020 for students of III year ECE. Totally 45 students had participated in this event. The event was hosted by M.Abinaya and A.Atchya Meera of Final year ECE. The event comprised of three rounds like Technical Quiz, Components/Circuit Identification,-Technical reasoning.The students eagerly participated in all the rounds and after the completion of all the three rounds three students are declared as prize winners First Fathima Humairah M M, Second Divyalakshmi. M, Third Nadar Lenin Iyappan.

Report by :Dr.R.Manjith, [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli

Webinar on “Deep Learning Techniques for Engineering Applications” EEE Dept. , IEEE ED Coimbatore chapter and IEEE SB organized on Webinar on “Deep Learning Techniques for Engineering Applications” on 3.7.2020. The Resource person was Dr. M. Monica Subhashini, Associate Professor, Department of control and automation, School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology. Students gained their knowledge related to Deep Learning Techniques for Engineering Applications.

Webinar on “AWS and DevOps Overview” CSE dept. & IEEE SB organized Webinar on “AWS and DevOps Overview” on 4.7.2020. The Resource person was Er. R. Manikandan Ramasamy, Principal-Architect, Tata Communications, Chennai. Students gained the training corresponding to AWS and DevOps.

Webinar on “System on Chip Design and Fundamentals” ECE Dept. & IEEE SB organized Webinar on “System on Chip Design and Fundamentals” on 6.7.2020. The Resource person was Ms. D. S. Divya, Project Engineer, ER& DCI Institute of Technology, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram. Students gained their knowledge related to System on Chip Design and Fundamentals.

Webinar on “Networking in positive train control” ECE Dept, IEEE ED Coimbatore chapter and IEEE SB organized on Webinar on “Networking in positive train control” on 8.7.2020. The Resource person was Mr. Brijesh Chandra, Subject Matter Expert, Canadian National Railway, Canada. Students gained the training corresponding to Networking in positive train control.


Webinar on “Deep Learning in Medical Image processing” EEE Dept., IEEE ED Coimbatore chapter and IEEE SB organized Webinar on “Deep Learning in Medical Image processing” on 29.10.2020. The Resource person was Dr. Samuel Manoharan, Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bharathiyar College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvettakudy, Karaikal, India. Students gained their knowledge related to Deep Learning Techniques in Medical Image Processing.

Report by: Dr. Raj Kumar, [email protected]

IFET College of Engineering, Gangarampalaiyam

“Student Development Programme ” IEEE SB organized a Student Development Programme on 8th August 2020 on the topic “Current Market Trends and technologies” by renowned alumni of ECE Mr.D.Manojkumar, Apps systems Engineer, Wells Fargo, Mangalore. More than 140 second and third year students from various department attended this webinar series. This webinar series is aimed to create awareness about the current Market trends, several web technologies and significance of new tools to the students.

Report by: Ms. S.Jayalakshmy, [email protected]

Jansons Institute of Technology , Coimbatore

“Online Webinar Let’s explore the Global challenge IEEEXTREME” IEEE SB conducted a Webinar on the Topic of “Let’s Explore the Global Challenge IEEEXTREME”. SB Counselor Dr.S.Elangovan started the session by giving an outline of IEEEXTREME. He emphasized the importance IEEE and its benefits. Shofiya Fahima expounded the various resources and opportunities available in IEEE. She detailed the benefits of IEEE and being an IEEE Member. She concluded by sharing her journey in IEEE. Followed by her Sri Varshini gave a presentation on the IEEEXTREME14.0. She shared her experience and her journey in IEEE and also gave a brief note on all the events conducted in the SB. Achievements of JIT IEEE SB members were also shared during the presentation this kindled the thirst of the participants in knowing more about IEEE. Senthurvelan and the Heyram inspired the participants through their expounding their experience and benefits which they got as an IEEE volunteer.

Reported By: Dr.S.Elangovan, [email protected]


JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

“Webinar on Emerging technologies in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)” IEEE ED Coimbatore Chapter and IEEE SB organized one day “Webinar on Emerging technologies in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)” on 24.10.2020 for faculties and students. The resource person was Dr. D. Nirmal, HoD, ECE, Karunya Institute of technology and sciences and IEEE Madras section Excom member. All the faculty and students get benefited and gained their knowledge in Emerging technologies in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Report by: Dr. K.Geetha, [email protected]

Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur

“Aptitude Quiz Contest” IEEE SB conducted online Aptitude Quiz contest on 05.09.2020. There were 52 participants who participate in this aptitude quiz and around 30 scored above 50% from various colleges. The students who score above 50% will be awarded with the certificates.

“Online Video Contest” IEEE SB conducted Online Video Contest on 08-09-2020. More than 20 student members registered for this event. Participants exhibited their talent as a visual treat about the Most Inspiring Women in their life. Winner's are 1st prize : G.Bhuvaneshwari, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology & 2nd prize: E.Sethur Velan, Jansons Institute of Technology.

“Online Connection Event” Online Connection Event organized by ECE on 13th Sept 2020. The competition was open to all undergraduate students including Diploma. Many students from different colleges have attended the event and participated well. Winner's Details :1st Prize -D.SunilkumaR.,Agricultural And ResearchInstitute,TNAU.,Maduari, 2nd Prize- S.Sridevi,Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, 3rd Prize-T.Abinaya.,Valliyammai women's college of arts and science,Villupuram

“IEEE Extreme Webinar” IEEE SB organized IEEE Extreme Webinar on 13.9.20. Ms.Shobana L Membership committee Lead welcomed the speaker Mr. Vignesh P Chairman of JIT IEEE SB. Mr.Vignesh P gave a talk on IEEE Xtreme Program and its Benefits. He Covered all the Topics which will be in the Xtreme Program. The presentation concluded with a Q&A session. Mr.Ragul Kannan R, Secretary hosted the event & gave the Vote of Thanks. More than 90 plus participants attended the webinar.

“Quiz – Test Your Programming Skills” Quiz – Test Your Programming Skills event organized by ECE Dept. & IEEE SB during 8 Oct 2020 to 10 Oct 2020. The questions were asked from Python Programming Language, C Programming Language. More than 30 students participated in the event and performed well.

“Webinar on Women Empowerment” IEEE SB WIE Affinity Group in association with IEEE Madras section Membership Development Committee conducted Webinar on Women Empowerment by Ms.Suganya Raman, Leadership development Program Manager, Flex India on 17 Sep 2020. She gave a very inspirational talk on women empowerment, successful Women around us etc. More than 70 participants from various colleges have attended the webinar and those were got motivated with IEEE & WIE.


“Online Blog Contest” IEEE SB conducted online Blog contest. The event, held during 18-09-2020 and 22-09-2020. Participants are aasked to submit their blog based on the given themeyponosis, Passion & Ambitious Pursuing, Impact on Social Media & Industry4.0 revolution in the provided google form. All the participants were given with Participation certificates and winners were given with Merit certificates.

“Webinar – GATE Easy Preparation” IEEE SB conducted webinar on GATE Easy Preparation by Mr.M.Bebin, M.Tech, Material Science, NIT, Warangal on 31-10-2020. The speaker gave a wonderful lecture on preparing GATE Exam in easy way with Previous year question papers and useful links. Many students have motivated by the webinar. E-Certificate was given to all the Participants.

Report by: Mrs.M.Benisha, [email protected]

Kalasalingam Academy of Research Education,Krishnankoil

Webinar on “Collaborative Approach in Interdisciplinary Scientific Manuscript Preparation” IEEE SB organized a research-oriented online webinar titled “Collaborative Approach in Interdisciplinary Scientific Manuscript Preparation” on 30.08.2020. Dr. Kalaivani Chellappan, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, University of Kebangsan, Malaysia (UKM), delivered the webinar talk. The topics which were presented in the webinar as follows Collaborative Research Work,Team Work in Research, Systematic Research, Paper Writing. Nearly 62 participants, including students, research scholars and faculty members, actively participated. The resource person clarified the doubts and motivated the participants to write effective collaborative manuscripts. Webinar helped the participants to know about the benefits and impacts of collaborative research activities.

Webinar on “Understanding the Mystery behind Deep Learning Approaches – Deep, Deeper, Deepest” IEEE SB organized a research-oriented online webinar on 06th September 2020. Dr. D Jude Hemanth, Associate Professor/ ECE, Karunya University, Coimbatore delivered the webinar talk. The topics covered History and Basics of Deep Learning Networks, Comparison of DL with conventional networks, Different DL models, Implementation of DL in various domains such as image and Signal Processing, Related works using DL in COVID times. Nearly 77 participants, including students, research scholars and faculty members actively participated. The resource person clarified their doubts in various domains and also motivated many final year students to take up projects using Deep Learning Neural Network concepts. Report by: Dr. D. Devaraj, [email protected]


KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology

“Webinar on Advance Research Areas on Electrical Machine” IEEE SB & EEE dept. organized a Webinar on “Advance Research Areas on Electrical Machine” on 4th September, 2020 in presence of Dr.V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, Professor and Head,EEE and Dr.M.Akila, Principal. Er.Victor Mukherjee, Senior R&D Engineer, ABB Oy (Finland) presented the following deliberations Role of Physics in Machine Design, Electromagnetic modeling of Induction Machine,How to design Induction machine by thermal imaging, How to improve the efficiency of various motors. Students expressed their gratitude towards the resource person for knowledge which he shared. This webinar is interesting for the students. 100 Participants from various institutions have attended the webinar. Mr.C.Dinesh, AP EEE proposed the vote of thanks. “BLDC Motor and its Applications in Industries and Future Technologies” IEEE SB & EEE dept. organized a Webinar on “BLDC Motor and its Applications in Industries and Future Technologies” on 18th September, 2020 in presence of Dr.V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, Professor and Head,EEE and Dr.M.Akila, Principal. Er Er.Sai Ram Surya Chand Dangeti, Electrical Machine Design Engineer, KONE Elevators Private Limited explained about the machine design procedures and its real time implementation for various applications. More than 100 Participants from various institutions have attended the webinar.

“National Education Policy 2020- Higher Education” IEEE SB & EEE dept. organized a Webinar on “National Education Policy 2020- Higher Education” on 25th September, 2020 in presence of Dr.V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, Professor and Head,EEE and Dr.M.Akila, Principal. Dr.R.Josephine, Assistant Professor, NIT Trichy, elaborated the national education policy 2020 and its imporatnce in higher education. More than 150 Participants from various institutions attended the webinar. Prof.P.Ravikumar proposed the vote of thanks.

Report by: Dr.V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, [email protected]

K. Ramakrishnan college of Technology, Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli

“Webinar on Entrepreneurship Development” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE-APS Chapter organized a guest lecture on “Entrepreneurship Development” on 03.03.2020. Mr. T. Jayanandan, Founder, CEO,Tesla Minds shared his knowledge. Totally 119 participants were benefitted through this programme. Mr.S.Syedakbar, IEEE-APS, chapter advisor, Mrs. S.Gayathri AP/ECE and Mrs.S.Geerthana AP/ECE arranged this programme and conducted successfully.

“Webinar on CAD for VLSI Design” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE-APS Chapter an International Webinar on “CAD for VLSI Design” on 23.05.2020. Mr.S.Ramasamy M.E,(PhD), Assistant Professor-Selection Grade), Department of ECE, Manipal Institute of Technology,Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka shared his knowledge. Totally 120 members including students and faculty members of ECE and EEE department attended and benefited. This programme was organized by Dr.K.Thiruvenkadam, AP/ECE and Mr.S.Syedakbar, IEEE APS Chapter Advisor.

Webinar on “Recent Developments in Flexible Electronics” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE-APS organized an International Webinar on “Recent Developments in Flexible Electronics” on 05.06.2020. Dr.D.Shanmuga Sundar Visiting Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has shared his knowledge and totally 420 participants attended and benefitted. Ms.S.Geerthana, AP/ECE and Mr.S.Syedakbar,AP/ECE, IEEE APS Chapter Advisor coordinated this programme.

Webinar on “Research Issues in Bio-Fabrication Systems" ECE Dept. in association with IEEE SB organized an Webinar on “Research Issues in Bio-Fabrication Systems" on 17.06.2020. Dr. C. Ramkumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Bio medical Engineering, Dr. NGP Institute of Technology, Coimbatore was invited as a resourse person. Totally 100 participants attended and got benefitted. Mrs. K. Karpoora Sundari, AP/ECE and Dr.A.Kavitha, student branch counselor coordinated this programme.

Webinar on “CMOS CIRCUIT DESIGN IN CADENCE VIRTUOSO IN 180NM” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE-APS organized an International Webinar on “CMOS CIRCUIT DESIGN IN CADENCE VIRTUOSO IN 180NM” on 19.06.2020 & 20.06.2020. Mr. B. Deepesh, Research Team lead, Quest Technologies accepted our invitation and shared his knowledge. Totally 120 participants attended through Google meet.


Webinar - “Research Issues and Carrier Opportunity in VLSI Design” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE SB organized an International Webinar on “Research Issues and Carrier Opportunity in VLSI Design” on 25.06.2020. Dr.S. SIVANANTHAM, Assistant dean, Academic Research, VIT University, Vellore, shared his knowledge and totally 173 participants attended and get benefitted through this webinar. Mr.P.Mani, Assistant professor and Dr.A.Kavitha, student branch counselor coordinated this programme.

Webinar - “Secret of Success” ECE Dept. in association ISTE and IEEE Student Chapter organized an International Webinar on “Secret of Success” on10.08.2020. Mr.P.Prasanna.,M.E.,M.B.A.,M.I.S.T.E, Educationalist and Motivational Speaker,Thiruchirapalli was invited as a resource person and 60 members have participated and get benefitted. Ms.B.Kiruthiga, AP/ECE Assistant professor and Dr.A.Kavitha, student branch counselor coordinated this programme.

Webinar - “Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning – Overview” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE SB organized a webinar on “Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning – Overview” on 17.10.2020 through G-Meet. Mr. Kumar Parthasarathi, senior SDM, Amazon, Chennai shared his knowledge on the same topic. Totally 77 members including students and faculty members of ECE department attended and benefited out of this programme. This programme was organized by Ms.S.Geerthana, AP/ECE and Dr.A.Kavitha, IEEE student branch counselor.

Report by: Dr.A.Kavitha, [email protected]

K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli.

“Technical Quiz on Electro Magnetic Theory” IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized the technical quiz on the title Electromagnetic Theory on 4th June 2020. Around 320 students participated in the quiz.

Webinar on “The Impact of Corona Virus Lockdown In Our Environment”. IEEE SB and EVS Club of Chemistry dept. organised a one day webinar on the topic “The impact of corona virus lockdown in our environment” on 5thJune 2020. Dr. R.Udhayakumar, Assistant professor, Dept. of chemistry, University college of Engineering (BIT campus), Trichy acted as the resource person. 598 candidates registered and 134 candidates participated

Webinar on “Machine Learning Starts With Regression” IEEE SB and ECE Dept. organized a webinar on “Machine Learning Starts With Regression” 0n 6th June 2020. The webinar was delivered by the resource person Mr.S.Parthasarathi, Assistant Professor/Mechatronics, Thiyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. A total of 80 members including the Faculty and students all over Tamilnadu took active participation in the webinar. The webinar was delivered in such a way that it provides an eye opening for linear regression in machine learning and a hands on training session using pydroid app which gives a good knowledge on python programming through which all researchers can make use of it for their research work.

“Six Days World Environment Day Celebrations Contest” IEEE SB and EVS club and Students’ Exnora of Chemistry dept. jointly organised a six days world environment day celebrations contest from 6.6.2020 to 12.6.2020. On first day 6.6.2020, Drawing competition, On second day 7.6.2020, Essay writing competition, On third day 9.6.2020, Logo Genesis, On fourth day 10.6.2020, Photo contest, On fifth day 11.6.2020, Meme creation, & On sixth day 12.6.2020, Eco quote.

Webinar on "User Experience And Interaction Design" IEEE SB and CSE Dept. organized a webinar on “User experience and interaction design” on 6th June 2020. The webinar was delivered by the resource person Jerome Joel, Product Designer, Zoho Corp, Chennai. A total of 180 members, including the Faculty members took active participation in the webinar.

International Level Webinar on The Topic “Stages Involved In Pre-Clinical Studies on Novel Drug Molecule” IEEE SB and Chemistry dept. organized a one day international level webinar on the topic “Stages involved in pre-clinical studies on novel drug molecule” on 9th July 2020. Mr. Shaik Abdullah Nawabjan acted as the resource person. Around 341 candidates registered and 238 candidates participated.

“Webinar on Art of Parenting” IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized the webinar on the title “Art of parenting” on 10th June 2020. Around 150 students and faculty members participated in the webinar. The resource person was Mrs. Leema Peter, Psychologist and counselor, Trichy.


Webinar on "Big Data And Data Engineering" IEEE SB and CSE Dept. organized a webinar on “Big data and data Engineering” on 10th June 2020. The webinar was delivered by the resource person Ramakrishnan Sathyavageeswaran, Expedia Group, Software Engineering, II Seatle, Washington. A total of 150 members, including the Faculty members took active participation in the webinar.

“Technical Quiz on Fundamentals of Electric Drives” IEEE SBand EEE dept. organized the technical quiz on the title Electromagnetic Theory on 12th June 2020. Around 898 students participated in the quiz.

“Technical Quiz on Ethics In Engineering Practices” IEEE SBand EEE dept. organized the technical quiz on the title Ethics in engineering practices on 15 th June 2020. Around 444 students participated in the quiz.

National Level Photography Contest “Fliqa Krce 2020” IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized the a national level photography contest during 15th June 2020 to 25th June 2020. Around 150 students participated in the contest. The winners were awarded with certificates.

“Technical Quiz on Circuit Theory” IEEE SBand EEE dept. organized the technical quiz on the title Electromagnetic Theory on 17th June 2020. Around 450 students participated in the quiz.

“Technical Quiz on Power System Analysis” IEEE SBand EEE dept. organized the technical quiz on the title power system analysis on 18th – 20th June 2020. Around 134 students participated in the quiz.

“Webinar on Tips For Writing Effective Research Article” IEEE SB and ECE Dept. organized organized a webinar on “How to Write Research Paper?” 0n 18th June 2020. The webinar was delivered by the resource person Dr.R.Samson Daniel, Assistant Professor / ECE ,K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy. A total of 50 members, including the Faculty members took active participation in the webinar. The webinar was delivered in such a way that it helped the faculty members to understand “How to Write Research Paper?”.


Webinar on "An Insight Into Project Management" IEEE SB and CSE Dept. organized a webinar on “An Insight into Project Management” on 18th June 2020. The webinar was delivered by the resource person C.John Regi, IT Senior Consultant, Flex Technologies, Chennai. A total of 127 student members, including the Faculty members took active participation in the webinar.

“Online Quiz on Yoga Day “ IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized the online quiz on yoga day on 21st – 23rd June 2020. Around 409 students participated in the quiz.

Webinar on "Python In Research Lab-An Approach To Data Automation" IEEE SB and CSE Dept. organized a webinar on “Python in Research Lab-An approach to Data Automation” on 24th June 2020. The webinar was delivered by the resource person J.Jerlyn Manohar, Chief Pipeline Developer, Phantom Digital Effects Pvt.Ltd Chennai. A total of 160 student members, including the Faculty members took active participation in the webinar.

Online quiz contest on “ automotive engineering IEEE SB and Mechanical dept. organized online quiz contest on the topic Automotive Engineering on 26th June 2020. Nearly 210 students benefitted through this programme.

“Online Quiz Contest on Basic Electrical Engineering “ IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized online quiz contest on 11 July 2020 in the subject Basic Electrical Engineering. Nearly 360 student members from various colleges participated and received the certificates.

“Four Days National Level Virtual FDP on The Topic Chemistry In An Era of Change” IEEE SB and Chemistry dept. organized a four days national level virtual FDP on the topic “Chemistry in an era of change” from 13.7.2020 to 16.7.2020. Around 549 candidates registered.On first day 13.7.2020, Dr.S.R.Bheeter, Emeritus professor, Dept. of chemistry, Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College, Trichy gave a talk on the topic “Solid state- Spinels and inverse spinels- NET- Perspective”. 241 candidates participated.On second day 14.7.2020, Dr.T.Vimala, Associate professor, PG & Research Dept. of chemistry, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Trichy gave a talk on the topic “Aromaticity of annulenes”. 211 candidates participated.On third day 15.7.2020, Dr.R.Santhi, Associate professor, PG & Research Dept. of chemistry, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Trichy gave a talk on the topic “Photoelectron spectroscopy”. 162 candidates participated. On fourth day 16.7.2020, Dr.A.Zahir Hussain, Assistant professor, PG & Research Dept. of chemistry, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy gave a talk on the topic “Applications of nanomaterials”. 130 candidates participated.


“Virtual Iinternational Conference on Power Initiatives ICPI-2020” IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized virtual international conference ICPI-2020 on 22nd and 23rd July 2020. The chief guest for the event are Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman IEEE Madras section, Professor and head, Dept. of EEE, Annamalai University, Chidambaram. Another Chief guest was Dr. S. Umashankar, Former Vice chairman of IEEE Madras section, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy Research Lab, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Soudi Arabia. Around 275 papers were received and 85 papers were presented in the conference in online mode. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor and Head, Dept. of EEE.

“Webinar on Industry Institution” IEEE SBand Dept. of ECE, organized a webinar on “Industry Institute Interaction” on 1st August 2020. The webinar was delivered by two resource persons Mr. P. Srikanth, Senior Analog Design Engineer, Power Management group, IC Design, Chennai and Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Senior Physical Design Engineer, Apex Semiconductor, Bangalore. In presence of Dr. M. Maheswari, HOD/ECE,. & Dr. B. Viswanathan, Associate Professor/ECE, KRCE. Nearly 100 students from second and third year plus faculty members took active participation in the webinar. The focus of both the webinars was on core ECE industry opportunities for students. The webinar in the morning focused on Analog IC design while the webinar in the afternoon focused on Digital IC design. The students got to know certain technical aspects of the industry plus the various engineering roles with the VLSI industry and how the work is being done as top-down approach, tools the students need to master to enter the industry etc. Overall, the students were exposed to the VLSI field from a top level from which they can kick start and develop their interests. The session was interactive since students usually don’t get opportunities in core ECE fields like VLSI.

”Online Quiz” IEEE SB and ECE Dept. organized an online quiz for second year and third year ECE students on “E-quiz Buzz” on 2nd August 2020. It comprises of three rounds. 95 second year students and 77 third year students have attended first round and 54 students from second year and 36 students from third year have shortlisted for second round. Totally, 90 students from both second and third year students have attended second round. Thus 6 second year students and 6 third year students were shortlisted for final round. The final round has been conducted in Google meet and 3 students from second year and third year had won this online quiz contest. The event was coordinated and organized by Final year Advisors and students of ECE dept..

“Webinar on Hands on PCB Board Design” IEEE SB and ECE Dept. organized a webinar on “Hands on PCB Design” on 14th August 2020. The webinar was delivered by Mr. Samuel Felix, Manager and Senior Designer, Matz PCB Design, Trichy in presence of Dr. M. Maheswari, HOD/ECE, & Dr. B. Viswanathan, Associate Professor/ECE, KRCE. Nearly 82 students from second and third year plus faculty members took active participation in the webinar. The focus of webinar was on PCB design with a hands-on-tool based flow using Altium PCB design software. Many students working on DIY hobby electronics projects procure components from outside but they rarely do it themselves. This webinar provided them a good insight into how PCB design is being done, where it is used, importance of PCB design in the VLSI domain etc. Plus a hands-on-tool flow was also given as an introduction in Altium. PCB design being one of the critical step in the VLSI product design process, this webinar helped interested students increase their core ECE opportunities in the VLSI domain.

“Conference” IEEE SB and Students’ exnora of chemistry dept. organized one day conference on My role in Healthy Environment on 26th August 2020. Mr. M. Chidambaram, General Secretary Exnora international acted as a resource person. Around 120 students of all dept. participated in the event.


Celebration of International Day of Charity IEEE SB and Environment Scient club jointly organized the international day of charity on 8th September 2020. In view of the celebration ths students of IEEE SBand environment club jointly went to charity neary by Tiruchirappalli and distributed the food and books to the needy students. Arount 45 students in the charity was benefitted through this event. The entire event was coordinated by Mrs. T. Thamaraiselvi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry dept. “Essay Writing Competition “ IEEE SB and EEE dept. has organized essay writing competition for the IEI and IEEE student members on 11th September 2020 through virtual mode. Nearly 120 students of various dept.s participated in the essay writing competition. A. Jenefer of final year EEE won the first place, D.Madhumitha of final year EEE won the second place and R.J. Hemadharshini of final year EEE won the third place. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, Dept. of EEE.

“Quiz Competition” IEEE SB and EEE dept. has organized quiz competition for the IEI and IEEE student members on 12th September 2020 through virtual mode. Nearly 180 students of various dept.s participated in the quiz competition. B.Rakshitha of final year EEE won the first place, M.J. Archanna of final year EEE won the second place and S. Jeya madhavan of Third year EEE won the third place. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, EEE.

“Elocution Competition “ IEEE SBand EEE dept. has organized Elocution competition for the IEI and IEEE student members on 13th September 2020 through virtual mode. Nearly 100 students of various dept.s participated in the elocution competition. A. Mohammed Halid of final year EEE won the first place, M. Velmurugan of final year EEE won the second place and K.M. Sneha of final year EEE won the third place. The event was coordinated by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, EEE.

“National Level Online Quiz Competition on Dr. Abdul Kalam’s Birthday” IEEE SBand chemistry dept. has organized national level online quiz competition for the IEI and IEEE student members on 15th September 2020 through virtual mode. Nearly 190 students of various dept.s participated in the quiz competition.

“One Day Technical Coding Contest” IEEE SB and CSE dept. has organized one day technical coding contest in virtual mode on 18th September 2020. Nearly 280 students of various dept.s participated in the online coding contest. The winners were rewarded with certificates and cash prizes. The event was coordinated by Mrs. T.M.Nithya, Head and Assistant professor Dept. of CSE.

“Poster Making Competition” IEEE Student Branch and chemistry department organized poster making competition on 2nd and 4th October 2020. Nearly 60 students of all EEE, CSE, Mechanical and ECE department students participated in the event.

“Essay Writing Competition” IEEE SB, Environment science club jointly organized the essay writing competition on the titile “The best thing I learned during lockdown and pandemic situation for our students. Nearly 380 students participated and wrote the essay and send to us for evaluation. The winners were identified and they were awarded with cash prizesof Rs.800/-, Rs.600/- and Rs.400/- respectively. The event was coordinated by Mrs. T. Tamilselvi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry.


“Faculty Development Programme” IEEE SB and Mechanical dept. organized the Faculty Development Programme on Application of Data Science in Mechnaical Engineering during 21st September 2020 to 25th September 2020. Nearly 85 faculty members from all over India participated in the faculty development programme. Principal Dr. D. Srinivasan inaugurated the event and resource persons from IIT and NIT, delivered the lectures related to Data science in engineering field and its application.

“Intra Collegiate Quiz” IEEE SB, Craters club and dept. of Physics has organized Intra Collegiate quiz contest on 28th September 2020. Nearly 275 students from various colleges participated in the intra collegiate quiz contest. The event was coordinated by Mr. Bhakthavatsalam, Assistant Professor, Physics dept..

“Faculty Seminar” IEEE SB organized one day faculty seminar on the title National Intuitional Ranking Framework on 28th September 2020. The program started with the welcome address by Dr.D.Srinivasan, Principal and the resource person of the seminar was Mr. Mahadevan, senior IEEE member and the Managing Director of AASAAN edu care services, Chennai. He gave clear idea about NIRF requirement for the institution. Around 60 faculty members participated in the event and utilized the opportunity. “Student Innovator Awareness Webinar Program” IEEE SB, ECE dept. and EDII-TN of Tiruchirappalli section jointly organized the webinar student innovators awareness program on 28th September 2020 in presence of Dr. M. Maheswari, Head of ECE dept., Dr.D. Srinivasan, Principal. The chief guest of the webinar was Mr.S. Dineshkumar, CEO, EDII- Mettupalayam Agro-Forestry Business Incubation Forum, Coimbatore. The event was coordinated by Mr.M.Vinoth, Field Coordinator of EDII-AIEDP, Trichy hub. The vote of thanks was given by Dr.R.Kamaraj, Professor and head of dept. of MBA. “Seminar on Big Data” IEEE SB and Mechanical dept. has organized Seminar on Big data in the virtual mode for the benefilt of students and faculty members. Nearly 80 students and 40 faculty members of various dept.s participated in the seminar. The principal, Dr. D. Srinivasan gave the welcome address and Dr.R. Balasundaram, Professor and Head of Mechanical dept. was the Resourse person for the programme.

“Webinar on Product Development” IEEE SB and CSE dept. has organized inar on “Product development” on 16th October 2020 through virtual mode. The resourse person was Mr. Yogees Kumar, Team Leader, L&T InfoTech, Chennai. Nearly 100 students of various dept. participated in the webinar.

“One Day Code ‘C’ Quiz Competition” IEEE SB and ECE dept. has organized one day coding contest in the name “CODE C QUIZ” technical coding contest in virtual mode on 17th October 2020. Nearly 280 students of various dept.s participated in the online coding contest. The winners were rewarded with certificates and cash prizes. The event was coordinated by Dr. M. Maheswari, Professor and Head ECE.


Two Days Workshop on “Introduction To Matlab Software” IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized two dyas workshop on Introduction to MATLAB on 10th and 11th October 2020. The resourse person was Mr. R. Saranraj, Assistant Professor, EEE Dept. Nearly 70 students of EEE and ECE department utilized the seminar.

Webinar on “Career Prospects For Engineering Aspirants And Tips on How to Face A Job Interview “ IEEE SB and EEE dept. organized webinar on “career prospects for Engineering aspirants and tips on how to face a job interview” on 14th October 2020. The resourse person was Mr. P.S. NArayanasamy, Delivery leader, P&E, Honeywel building solutions business, Pune. Nearly 110 students of EEE department utilized the seminar. The webinar was coordinated by Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, EEE department.

“Webinar on Industry 4.0 And Ai Based Robotics For Smart Manufacturing Industry” IEEE SBand ECE dept. has organized one day webinar on “Industry 4.0 and AI based robotics for smart manufacturing industries” on 21st October 2020. The resourse person was Mr.P. Saravanan, Research Specialist, CFY Deanship, Kind Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nearly 180 students of ECE dept.s participated in the webinar. The event was coordinated by Dr. M. Maheswari, Professor and Head of ECE dept..

Report by: Dr. K. Dhayalini, [email protected]

Kings College of Engineering, Thanjavur

“Faculty Development Programme” Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Advancements and Technologies in-Electrical Engineering A Research Perspective was organized by the EEE Dept. in association with IEEE SB from 13th to 17th July, 2020 in presence of Dr. J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, Principal, Dr. A. Albert Martin Ruban, HOD/EEE. Dr.S.Rama Reddy, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai delivered lecture on “Recent Trends in E-Vehicles”, Dr.A.Dheepan Chakkravarthy, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam delivered lecture on “Role of STATCOM in Distribution Systems”, Mr.M.Vijayakumar, E.G.S Pillay Engineering College Nagapattinam, delivered lecture on “Product Design and simulation using Arduino”, Dr. S. Sivakumar, Kings College of Engineering, Pudukottai delivered lecture on “Optimization using Multi Objective Genetic Algorithm” and Mr. S. Selvakumar, Engineering and Design Power Projects delivered lecture on “Role of Energy Storage in Future Power Systems”. The programme was coordinated by Mr. R. Sundaramoorthi, Mr. J. Arokiaraj and Mr. S.R. Karthikeyan, AP/EEE. 250 faculty members from engineering and polytechnic colleges participated and got benefitted.


“Webinar on Design Procedures for Patent and IT Industry Revolution” A two days webinar on “Design Procedures for Patent and IT Industry Revolution” was organized by EEE dept. in association with IEEE SB on 17th & 18th July, 2020. On day 1 Mr. C. John Selvaraj, AP/EEE welcomed the participants and Mr. S.R. Karthikeyan, AP/EEE introduced the resource person. Mr. A. Terance Ruban, WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd. Chennai delivered lecture. On Day 2, Mr. Sakthivel introduced the resource person. Prof. R. Kaja Bantha Navas, Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai delivered lecture. Mr. S.R. Karthikeyan, AP/EEE proposed vote of thanks. Around 120 people participated in the webinar.

National Level Technical e-symposium ECE & EEE Dept., organized National Level Technical e-symposium on 01st October, 2020 in presence of Dr. J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, Principal & Dr.S.Sivakumar, Vice Principal. Students from all over India participated and presented technical papers and posters virtually and also participated in other technical activities organized. Dr. P. Vijayarajan, Assistant Professor, Anna University BIT Campus, Trichy, was the chief guest for ENIGMA - 2K20 of EEE, and Mr. K. Dhinesh Kumar, Head-Software Engineering Department, Kirizom Institute of Technology, Cambodia, was the chief guest for eBlast 2k20 of ECE .Totally 108 papers were scrutinized for presentation. Resource persons shared their experiences among participants and clarified the queries.

National Level Technical e-symposium CSE Dept organized National Level Technical e-symposium on 03rd October, 2020 in presence of Dr. J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, Principal & Dr.S.Sivakumar, Vice Principal. Mr. Balakumar Kanagasapathi, Headcare Innovation Head, TCS, Chennai delivered keynote address and virtually inaugurated the event. Students from all over India participated and presented technical papers and posters virtually and also participated in other technical activities. Totally 30 papers were scrutinized for presentation. Resource persons shared their experiences among the student participants and clarified the queries.

Report by :Mr. R. Sundaramoorthi

Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem

“Women’s Day Celebration Activities” IEEE-WIE celebrated innovative and effective International Women's Day activity on 20.02.20 to 21.02.20. IEEE-WIE conducted various competitions for the girl students. They actively participated in the reckoning and in turn develop competitive spirit. These activities help to bring out the hidden talent in them which help to face new challenges which are before them. The activities like Cooking without Fire, Vegetable Carving, Rangoli, Make up & Hairdressing, Mehandi , Nail Art, Fashion show, Singing, Dancing, etc., were conducted and the prizes also declared for the best performance in these events. The event was organized by D.N.Santhiyakumari, IEEE- SB Counselor, KIOT.


“Spectrum analysis on the topic New Records for AI Training” IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum analysis on the topicNew Records For AI Training held on 3rd August 2020 for IEEE student members by S.Haripriya, IEEE Executive member, KIOT. She explained that the rankings are from both AI powerhouses like Facebook, Tencent, and Google and start-ups like Cerebra’s, Mythic, and Samba nova. MLPerf’s tests measure the time it takes a computer to train a particular set of neural networks to an agreed upon accuracy. Students were interacted with her and clarified their doubts.

“Spectrum analysis on the topic Recycling Electronic Waste to Make Hybrid Materials “ IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum analysis on the topic Recycling Electronic Waste To Make Hybrid Materials on 6th August 2020 for IEEE student members by S.Bhavadharani, IEEE Executive member, KIOT. She explained that Electronic waste could get recycled into strong, protective coatings for steel, a new study finds. And also Recycling typically converts large quantities of items made of a single material, such as aluminum cans or glass bottles, into more of the same. However, this approach is not feasible for complex garbage such as electronic waste, or e-waste, because it contains many different materials that cannot be easily separated.

“Spectrum analysis on modeling the Magnetic Behavior of N – Winding Components” IEEE-SB organized the Spectrum analysis on Modeling the Magnetic Behavior of N – Winding Components on 06.09.2020 for IEEE student members by Mr.A.Neavil Porus, IEEE Executive Member, KIOT @ Google meet up (virtual mode). She explained about Modeling structures with mathematics, necessary-and-sufficient circuit models, and physical circuit models and their complicated behavior. She also explained the necessary-and-sufficient circuit model with characterization advantages over the extended cantilever model with the different types of winding structure such as three winding and four winding and its usage. And finally she clarified their doubts by sharing some news article with student members.

“IEEE YESIST'12- Age of Innovation: Junior Einstein Track Preliminary Round-2020” IEEE-SB has selected as a pilot institution for conducting IEEE YESIST'12- Junior Einstein Track- 2020 and it has conducted on 09.09.2020. Nearly 10 teams from various schools participated in contest and presented their project works. School students showcase their innovative ideas to solve humanitarian and social issues affecting directly the community around them. Dr.N.Santhiyskumsri, IEEE SB Counselor Judged and gave some ideas for the enhancement of their projects. Finally the best 3 teams are selected for the finals of the contest. “IEEE Day celebration” IEEE-SB celebrated IEEE Day-2020 on 10.10.2020. The resource person Mr. S.Prabhu, Software Engineer, Shanghai Visteon Corporation, Shanghai, China has interacted with students and conveyed more information about technological growth in the field of Embedded systems. Also he shared the importance of contest participation through IEEE and other organizations. In addition to this, KIOT IEEE-SB student members were presented their Photography and Videos with the theme of Leveraging technology for Better Tomorrow. More than 15 students participated and showed their presentation skills in front of the resource person and he has appreciated them.

Report by:Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, [email protected]


Kongu Engineering College, Erode

“Webinar –Analytics Landscape in various Domains” IEEE SB organized a webinar Webinar –Analytics Landscape in various Domains on April 11,2020 at 6.30pm to 7.30pm(IST) by Mr. Aswanth B ,IEEE Young Professional Treasurer, Madras section. The webinar was organized in order to motivate the students on Steps for continuous learning during Covid-19 break. Speaker explained about various analytics landscape and also shared real time covid 19 tracker. He explained various new concepts in field of Data Analytics.

“Webinar - Introduction to electric vehicles” IEEE SB in association with PES in tie-up with IEEE PES DAY-2020 organized a webinar on “Introduction to electric vehicles” by Mr.K.S.Saran, PES Young Professional Volunteer, IEEE Kerala Section on 13th April, 2020 at 6pm. Nearly 70 IEEE Students of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu participated. The webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on electric vehicles to the students. Students learnt about the basic principle of electric vehicles that it is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion and the advantages of it are high performance, high fuel efficiency, low emissions, and long operating range and it is powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or may be self-contained with a battery, solar panels or an electric generator to convert fuel to electricity.

“Webinar -Steps For Continuous Learning During Covid-19 Break” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on April 16,2020 at 6.00pm to 7.00pm(IST) in the topic of “Steps for Continuous Learning During Covid-19 Break” by Mr. Aravindhan Anbazhagan,IEEE Young Professional Chairperson, Madras section. The webinar was organized in order to motivate the students on Steps for continuous learning during Covid-19 break. Continuous learning is the process of learning new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis. This can come in many forms, from formal course taking to casual social learning. It involves self-initiative and taking on challenges. Stimulating the brain with the continual learning of new information has several positive knock-on effects. People need continuous learning in order to see things in a new light and take that next leap.

Learning is essential to our existence. Just like food nourishes our bodies, information and continued learning nourishes our minds. Lifelong learning is an indispensable tool for every career and organisation. The outcome of this webinar is Top Performance in all works, Remain relevant, Boost you profile, Competence leads to confidence, Sparks new ideas, Change your perspective, Stay marketable. Nearly 70 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

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“Webinar - An overview about Internet of Things” IEEE SB in association with PES organized a webinar on “An overview about Internet of Things” by Mr. Ranjith Kumar, Managing Director of Crystal Clear Technology and Innovation, Coimbatore on 17th April, 2020 at 5pm. Nearly 70 IEEE and 06 Non-IEEE students of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu participated.The webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on overview about Internet of Things to the students. Students learnt about the The Internet of Things a system of interrelated, internet-connected objects that are able to collect and transfer data over a wireless network without human intervention and also an IoT system consists of sensors/devices which “talk” to the cloud through some kind of connectivity. Once the data gets to the cloud, software processes it and then might decide to perform an action, such as sending an alert or automatically adjusting the sensors / devices without the need for the user.

“Webinar - EXPLORE IEEE” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on April 20,2020 at 4.00pm to 5.00pm(IST) in the topic of “EXPLORE IEEE” by Mr.Abdul Halik, Mechanical & NDT Level 2 Engineer, Richard E Merwin Scholar. The webinar was organized in order to insists the students to explore IEEE, it’s importance and it’s benefits. IEEE produces over 30% of the world’s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, publishing well over 100 peer-reviewed journals and magazines. It also sponsors over 1800 conferences and events. Benefits of IEEE: Network with other technology professionals. Establish a professional profile highlighting your accomplishments. Join and participate in discussions on various technical interests. Create a group to share and collaborate on projects. Discover IEEE events and activities throughout the world. Nearly 65 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Overview on augmented and virtual reality” IEEE SB in association with RAS organized a webinar on “Overview on augmented and virtual reality” by Mr.K.R.Vijayarajan CEO/founder of MAX (Meticulous Academy of Xcellence), Chennai on 23rd April, 2020 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Nearly 29 IEEE and 1 Non-IEEE Students of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu participated. The webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on Augmented and Virtual reality to the students. Students learnt that Augmented reality (AR) adds digital elements to a live view often by using the camera on a smartphone and also examples of augmented reality experiences include Snapchat lenses and the game Pokemon Go and Virtual reality (VR) implies a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world.


“Webinar - Automative Vehicles” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on April 24,2020 at 4.00pm-5.00pm (IST) in the topic of “Automative Vehicles” by Mr.C.Keerthi Venugopal, Senior Software Engineer, Robert Bosch, Coimbatore. The webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on overview automotive vehicle to the students. Automotive vehicle, is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails (such as trains or trams) and is used for the transportation of people or cargo. Nearly 41 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Webinar-Opportunities In WIE” IEEE SB organized a webinar on Opportunities in WIE on 24th April 2020 at 7.00pm to 8.00pm by Ms.Janani Ramachandran, WIC Coordinator of IEEE CS SYP India. We have organized the webinar in order to insist the students to explore opportunities in IEEE WIE, it’s importance and its benefits. IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is one of the largest international professional organizations dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists and inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests to a career in engineering. The Opportunities in WIE are Access to the electronic WIE Membership Directory. Monthly WIE electronic newsletter which contains career information, reports on WIE and Affinity Group activities, IEEE news, and more. Opportunities to network, volunteer, and participate in local WIE activities.

The outcome of the webinar would be Know about women in leadership roles in IEEE governance and career advancement for women in the profession. Know about member grade advancement for women to the IEEE membership grades of Senior Member and Fellow. About the development of programs and activities that promote the entry into, and retention of, women in engineering programs. Nearly 58 IEEE members of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu.

“Webinar - Preventive Steps And Remedies For Hairfall” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on April 25,2020 at 2.00pm to 3.00pm(IST)in the topic of “Preventive Steps And Remedies For Hairfall” by Dr.Nandhini Periasamy, Third year resident, Department of dermatology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. The webinar was organized in order to enhance the knowledge on Female hairfall and remedies to the students. Several habits can contribute to hair fall. Poor dietary habits, poor hair care routine, increased pollution and other external factors can contribute to increased hair fall. One of the main causes of hair fall is poor hair follicle health. Hair fall can affect both men and women. Some home remedies can also help you fight hair fall naturally. To control hair fall you must check your routine and pay attention to the factors which can cause hair fall. Some habits may be contributing to hair fall as well as poor health of hair follicles. Nearly 32 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

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“Webinar-Career Guidance” IEEE SB organized a webinar on “CAREER GUIDANCE” by Ms.Angelin Indira, Crew member, Women International, Italy. Immediate Past Chair, IEEE ADSF SIGHT National Manager Adecco India, Bangalore on 27th April 2020 from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. IEEE 40 Nos. and Non-IEEE members - 08 Nos. of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu participated.The webinar was organised to Clear student’s mind with the queries like, What is career?, How to build your career?, Skills required in building ?, Languages required?

“Webinar-Process of Textile Processing” IEEE SB organized a webinar “Process of Textile processing” by C.Sakthivel, Partner, M/S Yazhini Sizing, Erode on April 29,2020. 20 IEEE Students of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu participated.The webinar was organised to get to know about the use of different types of speciality chemicals during the course of conversion of textiles into finished fabrics, a large number of which generally are surface active agents, so much so that textile speciality chemicals are considered synonymous with surface active agents.

Webinar - The Power of Subconscious Mind IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on April 30,2020 in the topic of “The Power of Subconscious Mind” by Ms.Thamarai selvi, Special need educator and Psychological Counsellor.The webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on the Power of Subconscious Mind to the students.The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, one of the most beloved inspirational topic of all time,shows how changing your thought patterns can produce dramatic improvements in your life.Using practical, easy-to-understand techniques and real-world case studies, it reveals the vast influences of the subconscious mind on all aspects of existence-money, relationships, jobs, happiness and how you can apply and direct its power to achieve your goals and dreams.Nearly 46 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Webinar series 1” Day 1 IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 4,2020 in the topic of “Artificial Intelligence” by Dr.Albert Alexander, Raman Research Fellow/ Author/ Associate Professor, KEC/ Senior member, IEEE. This webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on Artificial intelligence (AI) to the students. Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving. Nearly 201 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.


Day 2 IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 5,2020 in the topic of “Introduction to Block Chain Technology” by Mr.Nikil D Prince, Blockchain Enthusiast | IEEE Volunteer | Crypto Trader. This webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on Blockchain technology to the students. Blockchain technology is a structure that stores transactional records, also known as the block, of the public in several databases, known as the “chain,” in a network connected through peer-to-peer nodes. Typically, this storage is referred to as a 'digital ledger. Nearly 178 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. Day 3 IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 6,2020 in the topic of “Crack Data Science with Machine Learning” by Mr.Vignesh Prabhu Thangavel, Senior Data Analyst. This webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on Crack Data Science with Machine Learning to the students. Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. It is a branch of artificial intelligence based on the idea that systems can learn from data, identify patterns and make decisions with minimal human intervention. Machine learning uses various techniques, such as regression and supervised clustering. On the other hand, the data in data science may or may not evolve from a machine or a mechanical process. Nearly 170 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. Day 4 IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 7,2020 in the topic of “Best Practice to writing Research paper and Publishing” by Dr.M. Venkatesh kumar, Associate Editor | IEEE Access Journal. This webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on writing Research paper and Publishing, to the students. A research paper is a piece of academic writing that provides analysis, interpretation, and argument based on in-depth independent research. Nearly 175 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. DAY 5 IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 8,2020 in the topic of “Best Tips for writing a Great Resume” by Ms.K.Pooja Sharma, REM Scholar| GHCI Scholar Secretary. This webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge on Best Tips for writing a Great Resume, to the students. A resume is a document created and used by a person to present their background, skills, and accomplishments. Resume can be used for a variety of reasons, but most often they are used to secure new employment. A typical resume contains a "summary" of relevant job experience and education. Nearly 155 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Article Writing contest” IEEE SB organized an online Article Writing contest on 6 MAY, 2020. The main theme of the contest is-“learning without class”.In this contest topics were given and the participants were asked to write about them in 150-200 words. This contest was organized to enhance the creativity and to offer an opportunity in form of contest Article Writing. Nearly 17 participants from various educational institutions in Tamilnadu participated in this contest . Drawing contest : IEEE SB organized a drawing contest on 6th May 2020. The main theme of this event was “My family during corona”. The main objective of this event is to make use of the quarantine days to unleash the talents within the students. It was an amazing theme to express the student’s skills. Nearly 16 students participated in this event and their creativity turns into an beautiful art. Shutter bug : IEEE SB organized a shutter bug on 6th May 2020. The main theme of this event “A snap inside house”. In this event participants expressed their photography skills which was helpful to spend their quarantine in a useful way. Nearly 27 students participated in this event.


“Webinar -What makes a Human, a Humanitarian” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 10,2020 in the topic of “What makes a Human, a Humanitarian” by Mr.Eugene Kingsley , Volunteer, IEEE Smart Village Project Engineer,Wipro Technologies.The webinar was organized to discover ourselves on What makes a Human, a Humanitarian for the students.It is an splendid opportunity for the students to get to know about humanitarian things. The session was attended by Students of BE/BTech in and around Tamilnadu.

Poster designing contest : IEEE SB organized the event poster designing contest on 6th May 2020. The main theme of this contest was “My everyday heroes”. By this event students develop their skills apart from academics. In this event participants created the poster based on the theme. This event helps to realize the hidden talent of the students. Nearly 9 students participated in this event. Slogan contest : IEEE SB organized the event slogan contest on 6th May 2020. The main theme of this contest was “Awareness about corona”. In this event participants expressed their views well in just a few lines as a slogan. By this event, a strong awareness was created among students. Nearly 35 students participated in this event. E-quiz contest : IEEE SB organized the event e-quiz contest on 6th May 2020. The main theme of this contest was “About IEEE”. In this event participants answered for the quiz online and they gain some knowledge about IEEE. Nearly 74 students participated in this event.

“Webinar Series 2 PES DAY 2020” Day1: Webinar - Smart Electricity - An IOT Perspective IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 14,2020 in the topic of “Smart Electricity - An IOT Perspective” by Dr.Albert Alexander,Raman Research Fellow , Senior Member , IEEE Asssociative Professor , Kongu Engineering College. In the light of PES DAY 2020, this webinar was conducted to develop the deeper ended knowledge among students.“The IOT is the game-changer for an overall business ecosystem transformation”Smart electricity deals with uninterrupted supply of quality power, monitoring power loss and record the real time data of the energy provided to various building.Nearly 168 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.


Day 3: Webinar - Final Year Student Project -Challenges And Opportunities IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 16,2020 in the topic of Final Year Student Project -Challenges And Opportunities by Dr. Atif Iqbal Qatar University, Doha, Qatar Vice Chair IEEE Qatar Section.In the light of PES DAY 2020, this webinar was conducted to develop the deeper ended knowledge among students. “It does not take much stronger to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do”. Contemporary business and science treat a project as any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Nearly 167 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

Day2: Webinar- IOT For Smart Agriculture : Challenges And Opportunities IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on May 15,2020 in the topic of “ IOT For Smart Agriculture : Challenges And Opportunities” by Dr.Ferdin Joe John Joseph Lecturer, Data Science and Analytics, Faculty of Information Technology, Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Bangkok. In the light of PES DAY 2020, this webinar was conducted to develop the deeper ended knowledge among students. “The IOT will impact supply chain in so many ways”.

Smart farming is a management concept focused on providing the agricultural industry with the infrastructure to leverage advanced technology – including big data, the cloud and the internet of things (IoT) – for tracking, monitoring, automating and analyzing operations.Nearly 167 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session

“WEBINAR SERIES 3”

Day 1: Webinar- Surgical Robot IEEE SB has organized a webinar Surgical Robot on 2nd June 2020 by Mr. Aravinth kumar Thangavelu , Research Fellow, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. Robotic surgery, or robot-assisted surgery, allows doctors to perform many types of complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques. Robotic surgery is usually associated with minimally invasive surgery — procedures performed through tiny incisions. Nearly 100 IEEE and 117 Non IEEE Students members of B.E / B.Tech in and around Tamilnadu participated. Day 2: Webinar - Robotic Process Automation for manufacturing management IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on June 3,2020 in the topic of “ “Robotic Process Automation for manufacturing management” by Mr.B.Prasanna, B.E, M.Tech, Senior Manager,Arcolab Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. This webinar was organized


with the motto“ It’s the best time for learning something new and even sharpen your knowledge.” Robotic process automation is helping manufacturing organizations do more with less. RPA can help enable manufacturers to improve productivity, meet customers' expectations and consistently drive product innovation all whilelowering costs. RPA is the use of software that automates manual tasks.Nearly 173 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. Day 3: Webinar - Industrial Automation IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on June 4,2020 in the topic of “ Industrial Automation” by Dr. C. Maheswari Associative Professor, Kongu Engnineering College, Perundurai. Industrial automation is the use of control systems, such as computers or robots, and information technologies for handling different processes and machineries in an industry to replace a human being. It is the second step beyond mechanization in the scope of industrialization.Nearly 149 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. Day 4: Webinar - Robotic Principles and Application IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on June 5,2020 in the topic of “ Robotic Principles and Application” by Mr. Balaji Thiru, Associative Professor, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. Robotics is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design intelligent machines that can help and assist humans in their day-to-day lives and keep everyone safe.Robotics draws on the achievement of information engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and others.Nearly 130 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. Day 5: Webinar- Practical approach towards Autonomous Systems IEEE SB organised this webinar on Practical approach towards Autonomous Systems by Mr.R.Sakthi Vignesh,Senior Associate Engineer, Innovation Tech & Development, Machine Anatomy, Caterpillar on 6th June 2020. 60 IEEE Students and 81 Non IEEE Members of BE / B.Tech. in and around Tamilnadu participated. Robots and autonomous systems have been both incrementally and disruptively reshaping the execution of tasks in commercial and military sectors. The evolutionary and transformative development of such systems will benefit both from advances in current and new technologies, as well as the confluence and novel integration of such technologies into more complex systems with unprecedented capabilities.

“Webinar - Career Guidance” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on June 24,2020 in the topic of “Career Guidance” by Abdul Haleem , Entrepreneur , Electrical Engineer,Inspirational Speaker , Advanced study methods expert , Career Coach. This webinar was organized with the motto “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”. This webinar made the students know about various career opportunities available. It made the students clear their mind about careers, ways to build a good career, skills required, languages to be learnt to be successful. Students got deeper ideas about choosing of career which gives them bright future.Nearly 64 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

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“Webinar - IEEEXTREME 14.0 Codaique” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on July 25,2020 in the topic of “IEEEXTREME 14.0 Codaique” by Ms. Indhumathi Gunasekaran, Winner - WIE Inspiring Student Member Award 2020 , REM Scholar , Upsilon Pi Epsilon Scholar , IEEE XTREME14.0 Madras Scetion Lead,Mr.AdwaithS, R-10 Asia Pacific Lead , IEEEXtreme 14.0.This webinar was organized with the motto “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes”. This webinar made the students know about IEEE Xtreme, a global challenge in which teams of IEEE member and often supported by an IEEE Student Branch compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Programming is all about practising and thinking logically, Its fun!Nearly 25 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Faculty Development Progra” IEEE SB with financial assistance from IEEE RAS Madras Section organized a five day Faculty Development Program in the topic of Augmented Reality from August 3 to 7 2020 by Mr.K.R.Vijayarajan, CEO/Founder of MAX, Meticulous Academy of Xcellence, Chennai. This webinar was organized with the motto “What is it like to walk in someone else’s shoes ? Books allows us to imagine it, and movies allows us to see it, but VR is the first medium that actually allows us to experience it...VR and AR will definitely rock the future world...” To make this quarantine much fruitful this webinar was organized exclusively for staffs. The topics covered were Introduction to Augment reality, Developing AR apps using Unity and Vuforia, Create New Project,Introduction to unity engine, Add basic 3D Models.Nearly 26 engineering staffs from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Webinar - Concepts of array antennas for radar applications” IEEE SB organized a webinar talk on August 6,2020 in the topic of “Concepts of array antennas for radar applications” by Dr.K.P.Ray Professor, Dean (SR), Head, Electronics Engineering & CSE Depts, DIAT, Pune (India)-411025.This webinar was organized to enhance the knowledge by describing the Concepts of array antennas for radar applications. Connected arrays represent one of the most promising array antenna concepts able to meet the very demanding requirements in terms of antenna bandwidth and high polarization purity, imposed by the new generations of radar systems.Nearly 100 Students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.


“ IDEACON v1.0:” IDEACON v1.0 is a unique competition for undergraduate students in Engineering colleges. It consists of 4 rounds in which each has its own themes. The competition is conducted over a period of 4 months. The theme of the competition is that it will begin with idea and paves the way to develop the project at the end.This is a “Idea-based Project Development” approach. Based on the performance of the teams,shortlisted teams will enter the next round. The main aim for such a competition is to enhance the knowledge of the students and motivate them to compete in the global competitive engineering field through practical experimentation of their ideas. This competition provideS a greater platform to the budding engineers to showcase their creative and innovative project ideas to compete in the innovative world.

“EmojiPedia” IEEE SB organised an event ‘EmojiPedia’ on september 1 at 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm with the motto “When words fail emojis speak perfectly”. Event was like an emoji quiz. Emojis were given and participants had to find the technical terms with the help of given emojis.Nearly 24 IEEE students and 43 non IEEE students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. “Envision” IEEE SB organised an event ‘Envision’ on september 2 at 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm with the motto “Do one thing every day that scares you.” Event was like Onspot Picture was displayed. Participants were asked to write their view about the picture in 50-60words. The event tested the creative skill of the participants. Nearly 8 IEEE students and 13 non IEEE students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

“Skyscrapers Quiz” IEEE SB organised an event ‘Envision’ on september 3 at 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm with the motto “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest latter.” Each one of us has the capacity to be innovative and creative. What is holding a lot of us back from achieving that is the absence of right platform. The event was non-technical quiz. The participants were given clues and they had to find the right words with the help of the given clues. The event tested the creative skill of the participants. Nearly 17 IEEE students and 102 non IEEE students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session. “Sloganvio” IEEE SB organized the sloganvio event on 4th September 2020. The motto of this event was “ The ability to make wise choices is the most valuable skill a person can develop.” Participants were given key line about the brand and they were asked to find the name of the brand name with the help of the given key. It was an online event. Nearly 16 IEEE members and 50 non IEEE members from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu participated in this event.


“Picture Puzzloid” IEEE SB organized the event Picture Puzzloid on 5th september 2020.The motto of this event was “The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” The event was like a picture puzzle. The hint about the personality and jumbled picture were given to the participants and they had to find the personality and rearrange the picture. It was a fun event where every student showed their interest in solving puzzles. Nearly 32 IEEE members and 12 non IEEE members from various institutions in and around Tamilnadu participated in this event.

“Small screen Quizlet” IEEE SB organised the Small screen Quizlet on 7th September, 2020. The motto of this event was “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live”. The event was an online non-technical quiz.All participants were given Simple small and big screen related questions and were asked to complete it within the given time.The participants should complete and submit the answers within the given time. Nearly 33 IEEE and 66 Non-IEEE students of B.E / B.Tech in and around Tamilnadu participated.

“Telephonazo Quiz” IEEE SB organised the Telephonazo Quiz on 8th September, 2020. The motto of this event was “Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.”. The event was an online non-technical quiz.All participants were given questions about telephone and they were asked to complete it within the given time.The participants should complete and submit the answers within the given time. Nearly 31 IEEE and 51 Non-IEEE students of B.E / B.Tech in and around Tamilnadu participated.

“Crossword Puzzle” IEEE SB organised the Crossword Puzzle on 9th September, 2020. The motto of this event was “The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.”. The event was an online crossword puzzle.The participants were given 40 questions. The participants should attend minimum of 20 questions and maximum as much as possible within given time. The participants should complete and submit the answers within the given time. Nearly 21 IEEE and 44 Non-IEEE students of B.E / B.Tech in and around Tamilnadu participated. “Treasurezilla” IEEE SB organised the Treasurezilla on 10th September, 2020. The motto of this event was “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”. The event was an online treasure hunt.The participants were given some riddles. The participants could proceed further only after completing the current riddle. The participants should complete and submit the answers within the given time. Nearly 21 IEEE and 43 Non-IEEE students of B.E / B.Tech in and around Tamilnadu participated.


“Candy Link” IEEE SB organized the candy link event on 12th September 2020. The motto of this event was “Chocolate is a gift of love to yourself”. The event was a non-technical quiz. The participants were given clues and they had to find the right words with the help of the given clues. This event helps to increase the creative thinking of the students. Nearly 58 students from various institutions in and around tamilnadu participated in this event.

“ENGINEER’S DAY” IEEE SB organized an event on 15th September 2020 for Engineers day by Dr. N. Nithyavathy, IEEE Branch Counselor. On this day Engineering Community across India celebrates Engineers’s Day every year as a tribute to the greatest INDIAN ENGINEER BHARAT RATNA ‘MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESVARAYA’.On this occasion, the events like JAM(Just A Minute) , Connections and Novel description were organized by the coordinators.Nearly 120 IEEE members and 127 Non IEEE members where participated in the event

“Panel Discussion” IEEE SB organised a panel discussion on September 25 at 5.00 pm with the motto“Discussion is the only Solution of every Problem" Five team were discussing among themselves on five different topics. Each team discussed different topic within a time limit of 6 minutes. Nearly 51 students from various educational institutions in and around Tamilnadu attended the session.

Report by : Dr. N.Nithyavathy, [email protected]

Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy

Webinar on “IoT and Its Application” CSE Dept. and IEEE SB organized a Webinar on “IoT and Its Application” on 22.06.2020 for UG and PG CSE students. Resource Person is Mr. J. Jerald Inico, Hon.Secretary, Computer Society of India Chennai Chapter & Assistant Professor, Dept. of Compute Science, Loyola College, and Chennai. A total of more than 40 students attend the webinar and benefited.

Webinar on “Big Data Analytics”. CSE Dept. and IEEE SB organized a Webinar on Big Data Analytics” on 08.08.2020 for UG CSE and ECE students. Resource Person is Mr.Raghavendra Reddy, Senior Big Data Consultant OATI, Hyderabad. A total of more than 50 students attend the webinar and gained their knowledge in big data analytics.


“International Conference on Smart Electronics and Communication (ICOSEC 2020)”. CSE Dept. and IEEE SB organized an “International Conference on Smart Electronics and Communication (ICOSEC 2020)” on 10.9.2020 to 12.9.2020 for UG, PG students, Research scholars and Faculties from various countries. The keynote speakers were Mr. S. Ayyappan, Scientist - Avionics Design, HAL, Bangalore and Dr. Shajulin Benedict, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, India. A total of more than 200 students attend this international conference and gathered a new innovations to drive the Smart Electronics and Communication into an epic new era.

Online Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence Using Python and Machine Learning” CSE Dept. and IEEE SB organized an Online Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence Using Python and Machine Learning” on 28.09.2020 for UG and PG CSE students. Resource Person was Mr. J. Saravanan CEO, Foursteps Training Solutions Pvt Ltd and Mr. Jai Ganesh Vignesh, Lead Engineer, HCL Technologies, Chennai. A total of more than 40 students attend the online workshop and gets benefited.

Report by: Dr. J. Yogapriya, [email protected]

National Engineering College, Kovilpatti

“Interactive Webinar on How to Become Successful Entrepreneur” IEEE CS SBC conducted a “Interactive Webinar on How To Become Successful Entrepreneur” on 15.09.2020 during 07.30Pm to 08.00Pm. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 100 students in various department. The resource persons Mr.Madhu Kumar founder and CEO, Amadis Technology Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, USA, delivered the message and benefits on entrepreneurship The participants acquired more knowledge and utilized webinar efficiently. Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V.Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra “Orientation Program” IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapter conducted a “Orientation Program for third Year Students” on 19.09.2020 during 2.00pm to 4.00pm. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 70 students in CSE.This event was handled by our third year CSE Ms. Subalakshmi. In this event the students are acquired knowledge in Logical reasoning problems. Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V.Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra.


“Interactive Webinar On Getting Info Amazon” IEEE Computer Society SBC conducted a “Interactive Webinar on Getting Info Amazon” on 15.09.2020 during 09.30am to 11.00am. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 250 students.The resource persons Ms.A.Nithyashree Cloud Engineer- Data analytics Amazon Web Services Dallas in USA, delivered the different Storage Services with hands on practice using Amazon Web Service. The participants acquired more knowledge and utilized the hands-on practice efficiently. Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V.Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra. “Lightning Bugs Event" IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapter conducted a “Lightning Bugs Event” on 17.09.2020 during 01.00pm to 03.00pm. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 250 students in various department. The Event consist of 3 rounds in these rounds technical quiz was conducted as round 1, connections was conducted as round 2 and Debugging was conducted as round 3. This event was handled by our third year students of CSE Department Mr.S.Infant Anto Edin, Ms.S.Yogalakshmi and Mr.M.Haari Sushil Raj with the help of our final year students of CSE Department Ms.J.Thillai Supraja and Ms.G.Anna Poorani. In the event the welcome address was given by Ms.S.Yogalakshmi and vote of thanks was given by Mr.M.Haari Sushil Raj Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V. Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra. “Introduction to Photoshop Event” IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapter conducted a “Introduction to Photoshop Event” on 19.09.2020 during 2.00pm to 4.00pm. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 70 students in CSE. This event was handled by our third year student of CSE Mr.S.Infant Anto Edin. In this event the students are acquired more knowledge about photoshop. Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V.Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra. “Programming Warriors Event” IEEE Computer Society Student Branch conducted a “Programming Warriors Event For Second Year Students” on 03.10.2020 during 2.00pm to 4.00pm. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 70 students in CSE. In this event 5 programs are given to solve this program in any languages. This event was handled by our third year CSE Mr. Infant anto edin and Mr.Mohammed Rilwan Hussain. Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V.Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra.


“Programming Warriors Event” IEEE Computer Society Student Branch conducted a “Programming Warriors Event For third year students” on 03.10.2020 during 2.00pm to 4.00pm. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 70 students CSE. In this event 5 programs are given to solve this program in any languages. This event was handled by our third year student of CSE Mr.Haari Sushil Raj. Under the guidance of our Branch Chapter Advisor Dr V.Gomathi, this function was arranged by the staff coordinators of IEEE CS SBC Ms.M.Jayalakshmi and Ms.S.Manoruthra.

“IEEE Xtreme 14.0-A Global Programming Competition” IEEE CS SBC participated in “IEEE Xtreme 14.0-A Global Programming Competition held on 24-10-2020”. It witnessed an overwhelming participation of around 25 students (12 groups) in CSE. Around 1150 teams from india, our students M.Sarulatha, B.Vimalkumar secured 125.57 score and got the Indian rank in 315 and Janapriya S, Janapreethi S have secured 92.66 and got the Indian rank 394 and Vaidayanathan K, Thirungyanam B, Nithya G have secured 52.86 and got the Indian rank 484.

Report by: Dr.V.Gomathi

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

“Technical Poster Contest” IEEE SB organized a technical poster contest for students and research scholars on the occasion of IEEE Day 2020. The theme of the contest was “Evolution of a technology” as applicable to four engineering streams – Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science and Communication. Cash prizes were announced for the best poster in each stream. A google form was created and shared to collect the participant details and the poster submission. The winners were selected by a set of panellists who reviewed the posters based on the creativity and information conveyed.

“Technical Talk 1” IEEE SB in association with the IEEE IAS chapter organized a technical talk on “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Applications” by Dr. P. Krishnamoorthy, Scientist II at Philips Research, Bangalore. He started the talk by explaining the needs for Artificial Intelligence (AI) like improved decision making, solving complex problems, and an increase in data generation. He listed several applications of AI in healthcare, audio analytics, social networking, robotics, image analytics and IoT. He also introduced the basics of Machine Learning & Deep Learning. He then talked at length about the applications of AI in healthcare and discussed how AI helps prevent treatment delays, spots subtle signs of deterioration, and aids doctors to alleviate the burden of going through a lot of data. He highlighted Liver segmentation & lesion detection, patient motion detection and cardiovascular disease risk prediction as some of the areas that use AI.

He concluded the session by stating that the challenge the healthcare applications face is a large amount of different data, which should be accurate and based on ground truth for proper implementation. The session was attended by UG & PG students, PhD scholars and faculties from all over the country.


“Technical Talk 2” IEEE SB in association with the IEEE Computer Society chapter organized a technical talk on “Alchemy of Data in AI”, by Mr. Mohit Agrawal, Senior software engineer, Teradata R&D Labs. Mr. Mohit started the talk by explaining the basic difference between Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL).. After explaining about the structured data and unstructured types of data, he explained the reasons behind the popularity of AI models today. Mr. Mohit also discussed about DL models such as ImageNet, AlexNet and GoogleNet which have made a significant difference in the AI world. He also discussed about the major challenges in implementing AI and the drawbacks of several DL models with examples from technical papers. He pointed out power consumption as the key challenge to be overcome in the field of AI. Finally, Mr. Mohit concluded the talk by suggesting some open research problems to the audience worth pursuing. The session was attended by UG & PG students, PhD scholars and faculties from all over the country.

“Technical Talk 3” IEEE SB in association with the IEEE APS chapter organized a technical talk on “Tunable SIW Antennas” by Dr. Arani Ali Khan, Assistant Professor, EE, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Dr. Khan started the talk by briefly introducing the Substrate Integrated Waveguide antennas. Crucial design aspects of the SIW antennas were discussed along with the challenges of attaining a better design. The tunability of such structures and their demands in RF industry were explained in detail. Importance of electric fields and their mode of propagation in the antenna structure was analyzed and explained. Mode observation and conversion inside the SIW was also covered.

Dr. Khan then explained the advancements needed and recent demands from the RF designer. He concluded the talk by instructing the participants to identify novel solutions to satisfy the ever-changing demands of RF industry. The session was attended by UG & PG students, PhD scholars and faculties from all over the country.

“Technical Talk 4” IEEE SB in association with IE, India Tirucirappalli Local Centre (IEI TLC) and Tamil Nadu State Centre (IEI TNSC) has jointly organized a technical talk on “Digital Twins AI and IoT over Tea”, by Mr. Rajbarath KR, IoT consulting practice & business development, TCS. He started the talk with the explanation of layers in IoT, data collection process of digital twins. He explained about the dimensions of digital twin and designing a digital twin technology for a given problem with examples. Mr. Rajbarath explained about building the digital twin with several models. He then described about the modelling concepts and working of digital twins. He depicted a case study for better understanding of the digital twins. Finally, he explained about the digital twin technologies used in TCS for their service and products. The session was attended by UG & PG students, PhD scholars and faculties from all over the country.


“Technical Talk 5” IEEE SB in association with the IEEE IAS chapter organized a technical talk on “Power Management Techniques in Current SOCs” by Mr. Shankar Ganesh, RTL Design Engineer at Intel Corporation, Bengaluru. Mr. Ganesh started the session by giving a brief introduction about types of power losses that occur in a chip, such as switching, leakage, and internal power losses. He then discussed the components in a chip that consume power such as combinational & sequential circuits, clock network, memory, and analog components. After that, he talked in length about the techniques of power reduction in HDL which are clock gating, minimizing signal transition, resource sharing, state encoding etc. Subsequently, he discussed the two dynamic power minimization techniques Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling (DVFS) & Adaptive Voltage Scaling (AVS). Towards the end, he spoke about the sensors in the chip that aid in power management. The session was attended by UG & PG students, PhD scholars and faculties from all the country.

“Technical Talk” IEEE SB organized a technical talk on “Evolution of Electronics” by Dr. S. Moorthi, Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, NIT Tiruchirappalli.Dr. Moorthi started the talk with vacuum tubes, which was the first electronic device invented by a group of scientists. Gradually he moved on to modern electronic devices used in today’s technology. A detailed evolution of electronics since its origin was presented. He also mentioned about the Moore’s law and the expectations and challenges for future technologies. Dr. Moorthi concluded his talk with the status of research in micro/nano electronics. The session was attended by UG & PG students, PhD scholars and faculties from all over the country.

Panimalar Engineering College,Chennai

“Faculty Development Programme” M.E CSE Dept. in association with IEEE Madras section, IEEE Computer Society has organized 5 days Faculty Development Programme on Machine Learning & Deep Learning for Data Science & Engineering from 07-09-2020 TO 11-09-2020. The programme was organized by Principal Dr. K. Mani and Dr. S. Malathi, Prof. Dr. V. D. Ambeth Kumar, M.E., Ph.D. Organizing Secretary along with various Coordinators in ME department. The Webinar consists of various sessions like Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning. The second day session consists of Python for Data Science whereas Working with NumPy and Pandas. The third day session gave Deep Neural Network based Detection of Human Luggage Interactions.

The fourth session deals about Convolution Neural Network (CNN) and fifth session is dealing with case studies in Python Keras and end with valedictory function. The various topics of the programme was taken by resource persons Mr. Ahaed Khalid, Vice-President, Imarticus Learning and Dr. Pao-Ann Hsiung, Professor and Vice Director, National Chung Cheng University, TAIWAN and Mr.S.Sharma, Director of AI, Agentz.ai, Chennai and Dr. M. Kalaiselvi Geetha, Professor, CSE, Annamalai University and Mr.G.M.K.Thirumoorthy, Asst. Prof, Mepco Schlenk Engineering. College, Sivakasi and Dr. Achintya Singhal Associate Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varnasi.


“Webinar on Design and Development of Magnetics Commercial Inductors and Transformers”

IEEE SB and EEE dept. has organized One day Webinar on Design and Development of Magnetics Commercial Inductors and Transformers in association with EmCog Solutions, Chennai on 24-09- 2020 under the guidance of Dr.S.Selvi HOD/EEE, Dr.K.Mani, Principal. The resource person was Mr.SV.Sreeraj , Director-Technical &operation, EmCog solutions, Chennai. He handled the session about new technology and simulators used in inductor and transformer winding design.He gave online worksheet to calculate turns of the windings, students feel enthusiastic and enormously filled with knowledge. Faculties of EEE and 206 students have participated in this Webinar “Webinar on Development of High-Power Audio Systems For Home Theater” IEEE SB and EEE dept. has organized One day Webinar on Development of High-Power Audio Systems for Home Theater in association with EmCog Solutions, Chennai on 25-09- 2020 under the guidance of Dr.S.Selvi HOD/EEE & Dr.K.Mani, Principal. The resource person was Mr.SV.Sreeraj , Director-Technical &operation, EmCog solutions, Chennai. He handled the session with stage by stage procedure of design of high-power audio system. Also, He simulated circuits using proteus software. Finally, he shared about the current challenges what we are facing in technology Faculties of EEE and 123 students have participated in this Webinar.

Report by: Dr. S.Malathy, [email protected]

Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai

“Webinar on “Break your Limits and Challenge ourselves” IEEE SB in association with ECE Dept. organized a Webinar on “Break your Limits and Challenge ourselves” on 01 July, 2020 from 10 AM to 12 PM ( IST). The speaker was Mr. Karunai Prakash, Life skills Trainer, Life Academy. The speaker initiated the session by introducing himself. He then shared some ways to break your self-imposed limits and realize the goals. At last, he shared his experience which motivated the participants a lot. Around 68 participants attended the webinar. Student Coordinators G. Indhumathi, Mithresh G. P coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Webinar on Facing failure and handling success” IEEE SB in association with IEEE COMSOC and E-CELL organized an Online webinar titled “Facing failure and handling success” on August 01, 2020 from 6 PM-7 PM (IST). The Speaker commenced the session by asking some questions and made the entire session very interactive. He also shared his experiences and the way he handled the success which made him to become a successful entrepreneur. Around 89 participants from various colleges participated in this event. Student Coordinators Indhu, mithresh coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Online Workshop on Data structures – HEAP” IEEE SB in collaboration with coding blocks, IEEE CS society and IIC organized an online workshop on “Data Structures – HEAP” on 01 August, 2020 from 8 PM to 10 PM (IST). The speaker was a Mentor at Coding Blocks. The speaker initiated the session by briefing about the Heap and how it is used in data structure. He explained about the various applications of Heap and to solve programs using Heap with some examples. Around 86 participants attended the event across India. Student Coordinators Indhumathi, Gajalakshmi, Mithresh, Jagan coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

Webinar on “My journey towards Space Entrepreneurship” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE IAS and E-Cell organized Webinar on the topic “My journey towards space entrepreneurship” on 2 August, 2020 from 3PM to 4PM (IST) by Ms. Nikhitha C, Co-Founder, Society for Space entrepreneurship & Development, Social Entrepreneur. The speaker started the session by sharing her journey in this field which inspired the participants to become an entrepreneur. She also explained the field of space entrepreneurship and its services in detail. Nearly 75 participants attended the webinar and benefitted. Student Coordinators Kishore, Indhu, Mithresh, Jagan, Swathi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

Webinar on “How to covert ideas into a product?” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE BTS and E-Cell organized Webinar on “How to convert ideas into a product?” on 2 August, 2020 from 11AM to 12 PM (IST) by speaker was Mr. Anamik Adhikary, Director of Engineering – Space Basic, Inc. The speaker encouraged the participants to do some research on their ideas and to prove their ideas with working model. He also shared some tips to convert the ideas into perfect product. He concluded the session by clarifying queries from the participants. Around 97 participants attended the webinar from various Educational institutions. Student Coordinators Kishore, Mithresh, Indhu, Jagan coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor. Webinar on “Future Of Aquaponics” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE OES and E-Cell organized Webinar on “Future of Aquaponics” on 5 August, 2020 from 11AM to 12 PM (IST) by Mr. Saravanan A K, Founder & CEO – The Aquaponics India. Mr. Saravanan started his presentation by introducing himself. Further he explained about the Aquaponics and the technologies used for growing organic foods with less water, labor and land space. He also shared his experience in this field. Around 72 participants attended the webinar. Student Coordinators Kishore, Indhu, Mithresh, Jagan, Swathi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Online workshop on Web App with Python Django” IEEE SB in collaboration with Coding Blocks, IEEE CS and IIC organized an online workshop on “Web App with Python Django” on 05 August, 2020 from 8 PM to 10 PM (IST). The speaker was Mr.Rahul Janghu, Mentor and Project manager at Coding Blocks. He commenced the session by giving a short introduction about Django. He then explained basics of Django and its usage. He also elucidated and demonstrated about the process of creating the web application in a step by step manner using python Django. Around 102 participants attended the event across India and benefitted. Student Coordinators Indhu and Mithresh coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

Webinar on “How to make your career in Digital Marketing?” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE EMC and E-Cell organized Webinar on “How to make your career in Digital Marketing?” on 6 August, 2020 from 5PM to 6PM ( IST). The talk was delivered by Mr. Srijan Bhardwaj, Co- Founder of Digital Dukaandaar and CEO of BlisstroVideos. The speaker initiated the session by briefing about Digital Marketing. He detailed about some of the strategies and advantages in digital marketing. Around 83 participants attended the webinar and understood the impportance of the same. Student Coordinators Kishore, Mithresh, Indhu, Jagan and Gajalakshmi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor. “Article Writing” IEEE SB in association with IES, RAS and COMSOC organized an Online Article writing contest on the occasion of “National Handloom day” on 7August, 2020. The topic for the article writing was “How to overcome the problems faced by handloom sector using today’s technology”. The best three articles were awarded. Around 17 participants participated in this contest .Dharshini.G from Bannari Amman Institute of technology secured the first place followed by Kavinkumar.V.S from Bannari Amman Institute of technology secured second place followed by Yogasri.S from St Joseph’s Institute of technology and Aslaha Ali from Mar Athanasius college of engineering secured the third place. Student Coordinator, P.PrejenyaAgnesh Rebeca, G.Priyadharshini and Goushika.G.S Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor. Webinar on” My Journey Towards Entrepreneurship” IEEE SB in association with IAM, E-CELL organised webinar on the topic “My journey towards entrepreneurship” on August 8, 2020 from 12 PM -1 PM (IST) . Mr.Chandansony, Co-founder and CEO of techhelper technologies delivered a talk. He explained how to use big data and social media as tools for entrepreneurs. He also delivered a motivating story about his journey in this field which inspired the participants to commence and enhance their entrepreneurship journey with confidence. Nearly72 participants participated in thisevent. Student coordinators kishore, Mithresh, Jagan, Swathi, Indhu coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Online Quiz” IEEE SB in association with WIE,BTS, IIC organized an Online Quiz contest on international Youth Day(August 12, 2020). In this event MCQ questions regarding youth achievements and importance of youth in society were asked. The event is conducted in the motive to encourage all the youths and make them recognise that they are the future pillars of the world. About 249 participants participated in this event. Student Coordinator G SPreethi Gandhi, Swathi.S and Roopasri. MVSL Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor Online workshop on” Mobile Apps with Kotlin” IEEE SB in association with IEEE CS , IIC,Coding blocks organised an online workshop on the topic “mobile apps with kotlin” on august 12, 2020 from 8pm-10pm (IST). Mr pulkit Aggarwal, mentor and developer at coding blocks delivered the talk. He gave a basic overview of kotlin and how it is interoperable with java. He insisted about the importance of android studio in app development .He illustrated about covid-19 tracker and a mini chat app project and how to upload apps in playstore. Nearly 110 participants participated in this event. Student coordinators Anishka S, Preethi.P M,Mithresh,G, Preethigandhi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

Webinar on "AI for Node failure prediction and recovery in Wireless Sensor Network” CSE Dept. in association with IEEE CS organised a webinar entitled "AI for Node failure prediction and recovery in Wireless Sensor Network” on 14-08-2020. The session was handled by Dr.K.Ramalakshmi,Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore. Dr.V. Subedha Professor and Head/CSE, Dr.S.Hemalatha Professor/CSE, organized the event . The aim of this event is to impart the faculty with more knowledge on AI for Node failure prediction and recovery in Wireless Sensor Network. Overall 109 participants from various colleges took part in the webinar.

“Competitive Programming (Bitmashing)” IEEE SB in association with IEEE CS, IIC, coding blocks organised an online workshop on the topic “Competitive programming (Bitmashing)” on August 15, 2020(8pm-10pmIST). Mr ShubhamRawat, mentor at coding blocks delivered the talk. In this session, interview questions related to bit manipulation were discussed. He also explained the tricks with bits. This session helped the participants to get more insights to crack the interviews. Nearly 90 participants Participated in this event across india. Student coordinators Indhu, Mithresh, Gajalakshmi, Indhumathi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Match The Mission Contest” IEEE SB in association with Photonics, IAS, COMSOC organized an Online Contest "Match the mission" on 16 August, 2020. In this event name of missions and launching date of missions were given in shuffled manner and participants were asked to match them. Around 108 participants participated in this event. Student Coordinators Rithvika, Swathi.S, Aparna, Preethi Gandhi GS, Indhumathi and Roopa Sri MVSL Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor. “MASTER CRAFTER” IEEE SB in association with IEEE BTS, IAS, CS organized master crafter contest from 17/08/2020 to 21/082020. In this event participants were asked to create usefull product using waste materials. Top 3 creative and useful products were awarded. Nearly 40 participants participated in this event. In this Ramya from panimalar institute of technology secured first place followed by Divyapriya fromMop vaishnav college for women secured second place andAbhishek Samuel.T from Daniel Thomas Matric Hr Sec School Koyambedu secured third place. Student Coordinators shaveetha.k and Swathi. S coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Thesis Contest” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Photonics, IAS, COMSOC organized an online contest "Thesis" on 18th August,2020. In this event pictures of space warriors were given in the google form and participants were asked to write a thesis about them . Participants were asked to write about Kalpana Chawla and Neil Armstrong within 300 words . The top 3 thesis were awarded. Around 28 Students participated in this event . In this Mohanapriya.T secured first place from Nandha Engineering College , Aamir.P Secured second place from Panimalar Engineering College and Anjana.B secured third place from SDNBVC . Student Coordinator Swathi.C and Roopa Sri Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor

“Crack the Code” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PS, ComSoc, RAS organized Crackthe code contest between 18-24 August, 2020(3PM IST). The event was about enhancing the coding skills, daily one coding question was posted on events Instagram page. The first 3 participants commenting the right answer was declared as the winners. Top 3 scorers of the coding contest are Sreedev PS, Shupiksha L, and Shafeena N. Nearly 169 participants participated in this event. Student Coordinators Suja PM, Swathi S, Tejasswini Salong with Mr. M. Arun, SB counsellor coordinated the event.

“JAM in SPACE” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SP, TEMS, APS organized an Online JAM in SPACE event on August 21,2020(6pm-7pm IST).In this event topic based on space was given on the spot and participants were asked to speak on the given topic for one minute. 122 participants from various colleges and schools participated in this event. Student Coordinators Indhu, Swathi.C, Roopa, Goushika and Rithvika Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.


“POP WITH FLASH” IEEE SB in association with IEEE TEMS, EDS,IT organized an Online POP WITH FLASH contest on 21August, 2020. In this participants were asked to suggest a handy technology that will assist senior citizens. Participants were also asked to explain briefly about how the suggested technology will help the senior citizens. Around 16 participants participated in this contest. In this Swathi.D from panimalar engineering college secured first place followed by Aamir P from Panimalar Engineering Collegesecured second place followed by Mohanapriya.T from Nandha Engineering College (Autonomous) secured third place. Student Coordinators P.Prejenya Agnesh Rebeca, G.Priyadharshini and GS.Goushika Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor. “Pour Out Your Hearts Let Them Know (Letter Writing)” IEEE SB , in association with IEEE IT, TEMS, EDS organized an Online POUR OUT YOUR HEARTS LET THEM KNOW (LETTER WRITING) contest on 21 August, 2020.The participants were asked to write a loving letter to their grandparents .The main aim of the event is to bring back their memories with grandparents on account of “senior citizens day 2020”. Around 28 participants participated in this contest from across different levels including schools and colleges. The winners was selected based on the way they express their feelings towards their grandparents. Firstt place was secured by Swathi.D from Panimalar College of Engineering, Second place was secured by Swetha .V from Auxilium College, Vellore, and Third place was secured by Aamir.P from Panimalar Engineeing College. Student Coordinator P.Prejenya Agnesh Rebeca, G.Priyadharshini and G S.Goushika Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Space Fingers” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, COMSOC, Photonics SBC’s organized Space Fingers event on 23August, 2020at 6 PM(IST). In this event questions regarding space were asked. This event totally consist of two rounds. The best performers of first round were selected for final round and the top five scorers of final round were declared as the winners. 34 students from various colleges and schools were participated. The winners are Rakesh Shekhawat, Aamir P, Divya Ramajayam, Sriganesh R, Kankanala Yamini. Student Coordinators MithreshG P, Swathi S, Aparna, Preethi Gandhi G S, Suja PM Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“SMART UP” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, EMC, PHOTONICS organized Smart Up event on August 24, 2020 from10AM to 6PM. The Participants were provided with 20 Aptitude questions regarding “Probability and true discount”. This event is organized to enhance the knowledge on quantitative aptitude. 190 Participants from various colleges and schools were participated. Student Coordinator’s S. Gunasekaran, V. Pooja Devi, S.Pooja Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Mind O Pedix” IEEE SB in association with SP, EMC, IETE organised an online MIND O PEDIX contest on 25 august, 2020(6pm-7pm IST). In this event 15 multiple choice general knowledge questions were asked. The top 3 scorers were selected as the winners. Ami George from Amaljyothi College of Engineering secured first place, followed by Chrislynemima.J from St.Joseph’s Institute of Technology secured second place, followed by Steffi Gladys from Patrician college secured the third place.Student Coordinator, P.PrejenyaAgnesh Rebeca, G.Priyadharshini and Goushika.G.S Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Crime Investigation” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PELS, PES, CS organized Online Crime Investigation on 26 august,2020 (6pm-7pm IST) . In this event participants were asked to solve the given crime cases based on the given clues. 10 cases were given to each participant and they were asked to explain briefly how they will handle the case and who is the criminal of the case.Around 47 participants participated in this contest . The winners were selected based on their answer .Vadla saiprakash chary from Geethanjali college of engineering and technology secured first place followed by Valliammai V fromBannari Amman institute of technology. P.Prejanya ,G.Priyadharshiniand GS.GoushikaCoordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC. “Women's equality day-QUIZ” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, WIE, PHOTONICS, RAS organized Quiz on Women's Equality day on the occasion of "Women's Equality day" on Aug 26, 2020 (10AM-6PM IST). The questions were asked related to women equality. This event is organized via google form. Around 138 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Santhosh Kumar S from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology secured First place, Manonmai balamurugan from Erode sengunthar engineering college secured second place, Sneha A from Gojan School of business and Technology secured Third place, Yuvarj Kumar S from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology secured Fourth place, Saipoojitha Gaddam from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured Fifth place. Student Coordinator Suja PM Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Tractate” IEEE SB in association with PES, APS, IAS organized Tractate event on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29, 2020 from 10AM-6PM (IST). In this event participants were asked to write an essay about the given sports personality and maximum number of words were 250. This event is conducted via google form and topic was given on the spot. Around 29 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Brundha B from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam and Divya D from Rajiv Gandhi arts and science, Thavalakuppam secured first place, Mohanapriya T from Nandha Engineering college secured second place, Anand Prabhakar from Government Engineering College Banka secured third place. Student Coordinator Suja PM Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Split and Find” IEEE SB in association with IAS, COMSOC, Photonics organized Split and Find event on August 29, 2020(11am-7pm IST). In this event a picture with a fusion of two space warriors were given and participants were asked to split and find the names of those space warriors . The event is to enhance the knowledge about space researchers. 15 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Anand Prabhakar from Government Engineering College Banka secured First place, Leelavathy B from Panimalar Insitiute of Technology secured Second place and Sripada Deepak from Vardhaman college of engineering secured third place. Student Coordinator Mithresh, Swathi S, Preethi Gandhi G S, Indumathi G and aparna Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Data Structures in Real Life” IEEE SB in association with IIC, codingblocks, CS oganised webinar on the topic “Data structure in real life” on August 29, 2020(8pm -10pm IST). Mr. Aarnaljindal, mentor and developer at coding blocksdelivered the talk. He explained the basics of data structure and algorithm. He also elucidated the use of DSA in day to day life and illustrated how to use DSA in google map and in social media. Nearly 85 participants participated in this event. Student coordinators Mithresh , Indumathy, Gajalakshmi, Indhu coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Guess The Logo” IEEE SB in association with IEEE RAS, PROCOMM, and PELS organized “Guess the logo & Explore more - quiz” online contest on the occasion of “National Small Industry Day” on 30 August, 2020 (10AM - 6PM IST). Around 48 participants participated in this event. Participants were asked to guess the logos of industries/companies given in the google form. online contest on the occasion of “National Small Industry Day quiz, In this, multiple choice questions regarding industries were asked. 29 participants participated in this event. Student Coordinator’s Shaveetha. K and Subhashini. V Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Essay Writing” IEEE SB in association with WIE, ProCom, IES organized an online ESSAY WRITING contest on 15 September, 2020 at 10:00AM-6:00PM (IST) . In this event names of two famous engineers were given and the participants were asked to write about them in 150-200 words. Nearly 22 participants from various educational institutions across India participated in this contest . Student coordinators B.Vineela, G.Vidya sri, V.N.Hema sree coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.Arun IEEE SB councellor.


“Content Writing” IEEE SB ECE Dept. in association with IEEE ,IEEE PELS,IEEE EMC, APS SBC’s organised online “content Writing "event about the Mokshagundam visvesvaraya on 15th SEP 2020 .36 students were Participated in this event. In this student were asked to attend the quiz and and content writing to attend the Google form online. The questions were asked about the Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya .There were totally 10 questions and one essay by 150 words.

Online Workshop –“ Algorithm | Divide And Conquer (C++)” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE, IIC, IEEE CS SBC organized online workshop on the topic “Algorithm | Divide and Conquer (C++)” on 12 Sep 2020 from 8PM – 10 PM. The Speaker was “Mr Apaar Kamal, Mentor @ Coding Blocks”. Around 94 participants attended the session from around different educational institutions. The speaker initiated the session by giving brief overview on What are algorithms, different types of algorithms. He further dived into Understanding D&C with meet in the middle, discussed various Google Interview Questions. In addition to the topic, he explained the method of Using STL functions for D&C. He came up with various real time examples and coded the same which led to hands-on session. Student Coordinators Kishore, Mithresh, Preeti Gandhi coordinated the session with Mr M Arun , SBC. “Test Your IQ” IEEE SB in association with IEEE COM SOC, PELS, PES society organized an event “TEST YOUR IQ” on 15 September, 2020(05:00PM-5:30PM IST) on occasion of “Engineers Day”. In this event 20 scrambled photos of famous Engineers and hints were given. Participants have to guess the Engineers name. Totally 50 students were participated and made the event successful. Student coordinators V.N.Hemasree, B.Vineela, G.Vidya sri, coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun IEEE SB Counsellor.

Online Workshop – “Algorithm – Sorting (Java)” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE, IIC, IEEE CS SBC organized online workshop on the topic “Algorithm – Sorting (JAVA)” on 13 Sep 2020 from 8PM – 10 PM by “Mr Shubam Rawat, Mentor @ Coding Blocks”. The speaker initiated the session by diving into basic sorting algorithms such as Bubble sort, Selection sort, Insertion sort, Merge Sort and Quick Sort. Worst case time complexity for merge sort and quick sort were discussed. The speaker explained each sorting algorithms with examples and its time complexity. He further dealt with some important interview questions on sorting algorithms and discussed various tips and tricks to crack the same. He also made the session hands on by coding real time programs for deeper understanding of the conceptsAround 100 participants attended the session from around different educational institutions. Student Coordinators Preethi Gandhi,Mithresh, Indhumathi coordinated the session with Mr M Arun , SBC.


“Engineer Quiz” IEEE SB, ECE Dept in association with IEEE,IEEE BTS, IEEE TEMS, APS organised online "Engineer Quiz" event on 15 sep 2020(10am-6pm) on occasion of Engineers' Day. In this event participants are given 25 questions on Engineers- their inventions-their contributions-their theory.Total 160 students were participated in this event through Google form and made it successful. Student Co-ordinators Giddaluru Vidya Sri, Bathuluru Vineela,V.N.Hema Sree co-ordinated the event with Mr.Arun IEEE SB Counsellor.

“3 Important Skills A Student Should Develop” IEEE SB incollaboration with IEEE,IT,BTS,COMSOC SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “3 Important Skills A Student Should Develop” by Mr Pankaj Kattyal, Motivational Speaker. on 19 Sep 2020 from 06.00PM –07.00PM IST. Around 84 participants attended the session. Speaker continued the session by listing the important skills that every student should possess. He further elaborated each and every skills in detail like building relationships, searching knowledge, working hard.Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Swathi, Krishna, Shaveetha and Aparna coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

Iot Webinar Series “Gate Way to The Future” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE CS,EMC,COMSOC SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “Gate Way to the Future.” by Mr Balaji Sampath, Embedded Developer,Technical Head, OneYes Technologies on September 20 2020 from 10.00AM – 11.00PM IST. The speaker initiated the session by giving brief explanation to IoT, he further addressed the recent trends in IoT, how to challenge our skills with IoT and elaborated the concept of IoT and gave more insights regarding the same. Around 58 participants attended the session from across different educational institutions. Student Coordinators Kishore, Aparna, Krishna, Preethi and Mithresh coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Indian Economy In Post Covid Era” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,CS,PS SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “Indian Economy in Post Covid Era” by Mr Dhiraj Nayyar, Director, Vedhanta Resource Limited on 20 Sep 2020 from 12.00PM –01.00PM IST. The speaker began the session by elucidating the fact that the economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented damage to the global and India is no exception. It is clear that, for the first time in many decades, India’s economy will contract significantly. He further continued with Debt Vs Debit Monetization i.e Printing Money or Deficit Monetisation imposes high intangible and institutional costs.

He further continued the session by giving his point of view on increasing the MGNREGA funding and expanding to urban areas, Transfer of cash benefits and Issues with banking system. At the conclusion, the speaker came up with many recent facts and discussed about the same with the participants. Around 49 participants attended the session. Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Swathi, Shaveetha, Jagan and Sai Yokesh coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

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“Webinar on Deep Dive Into Html And Css” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEECS,IAS,EMC SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “Deep Dive into HTML and CSS” by Mr Rajkumar Kalaimani, Technical Mentor, senior systems engineer @ Infosys 20 Sep 2020 from 06.00PM –07.00PM IST. The speaker initiated the session by posting various questions to the participants like “What is HTML and CSS?”, What is the relationship between HTML and CSS. Later, he discussed about the same with the participants and elaborated his points by adding more insights to the topic. The speaker explained about various HTML Styles and about various types of CSS – which are the two core technologies for building web pages. At the conclusion, he explained the applications of HTML and CSS and addressed various queries of the participants where he preferred many useful websites to learn HTML and CSS. Around 108 participants attended the session. Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Preethi, Goushika,Swathi and Naveen coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC. “Circuit Quiz” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IES, CS, IMS organized “Circuit quiz” contest on September 20, 2020, (10AM – 6PM IST). In this event, Questions were provided with circuit diagram and participants were asked to select the exact output of the circuits given in the google form.About 25 participants participated in this event. Student Coordinators Subhashini. V and Divyasree. T coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, SB counsellor.

“Industrial IOT In India” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE RAS,PES,IAS SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic Industrial IOT in India by Mr Mr. Abhilash Anndurai, Internet of Things, Product Management,Ericsson on September 20 2020 from 02.30PM – 03.30PM IST. The session was initiated by one of the members of the SB and the speaker continued the session by providing brief description to IoT in India. He further addressed various topics related to Iot like How IOT is used in industry,Is IOT and IIOT same?,What is industrial IOT Platform. He further elaborated the best IOT platform, and gave a glimpse about 10 Most promising industrial IOT solution providers. Around 45 participants attended the session.Student Coordinators Kishore, Swathi, Jagan, Aparna and Mithresh Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Components Challenge” IEEE SB in association with IEEE BTS, ITS, EMC organized “Components Challenge” event on September 21, 2020 (5.00PM - 5.30PM IST). The participants were provided with questions based on electronic components in the google form. 25 Components images were given without clues and they have to guess the component name. This event is organized to enhance the electronic components knowledge. 60 participants from various colleges were participated. Student Coordinators V.N.Hemasree, G.Vidya sri, B.Vineela Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Circuit Debugging” IEEE SB in association with IEEE CS, RAS, EMC organized online "CIRCUIT DEBUGGING “event on 20 Sep 2020(10AM-6PM IST). In this event participants are asked to solve the circuits. Total 20 questions are given,10 questions are based on correction of circuits , wrong circuits are given participants have to identify what's wrong in the circuit and have to write how to rectify it.Remaining 10 questions will be theoretical questions on circuits. This event is organized to enhance the Circuit knowledge. Nearly 30 students were attended this event through google form. Student Co-Coordinators Giddaluru Vidya Sri, Bathuluru vineela, V. N. Hemasree coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“IEEE Membres Role In Setting Public Policy” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE CS,IES,EDS SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “IEEE Members Role in Setting Public Policy” on September 22 2020 from 06.00PM – 07.00PM IST. The speaker was Mr Russel Harrison,Non Profit executive, University of Maryland, Washington, IEEE USA. The session was initiated by one of the members by giving introduction about the speaker and the speaker continued the session by providing introduction to public policy and also elaborated the different ways through which IEEE members can contribute in setting public policy. Around 50 participants attended the session from around different educational institutions. Student Coordinators Roopa, Krishna, aparna, Pooja coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor. “Heap The Frame” IEEE SB in association with IEEE RAS, IEEE APS, IEEE SP organized an online contest HEAP THE FRAME on 22 September, 2020. In this event 15 aptitude questions in the pictorial format were asked. Nearly 49 participants from various sections participated in this contest. Student coordinators G.Saipoojitha, Y.Prasanthi coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.Arun IEEE SB Counselor. “Webinar on IOT Lorawan” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE CS,PES,SPS SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “IOT Lorawan” on 22 September2020 from 11.00AM – 12.00PM IST. The speaker was Mr Navaneeth Malingan, AI and IoT Engineer,Educator, Educator Director, Principal Instructor.Speaker beagan the session by providing introduction to Iot Lorawan aand explaining the differences between LoRa and LoRaWAN?Is LoRaWAN free? And also explained Is LoRaWAN a mesh network? What is the bandwidth of LoRa? Around 100 participants attended the session. Student Coordinators Kishore, Aparna, Jagan , Preethiand Mithresh Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Can you guess” IEEE SB in association with TEMS, IPS , EDS organized an online Contest “Can you guess” on 23 September, 2020 at 5:00PM-5:30PM (IST) . In this event functions of electronic components were given and participants were asked to find the name of the component. 56 students participated in this contest from various colleges across India. Student coordinators B.Vineela, G.Vidya sri, V.N.Hema sree coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.Arun IEEE SBC.

Webinar on “Making Smart Homes Secure And Private :Demo And Diy Iot Devices” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE RAS,PES,SPS SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “Making Smart Homes Secure and Private;Demo and DIY IoT devices.” on September 23 2020 from 06.30AM – 07.20PM IST. The speaker was Ms Kathy Giori,Global Partnerships and Outreach Microblocks. The speaker initiated the session by providing deep insights to IoT and home security by implementing IoT applications. He further continued by explaining How secure are smart homes, How to secure one’s home automation, How to secure a network device, Can smart homes be hacked?.The speaker made the session completely hands-on and very interactive. Around 53 participants attended the session. Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Anishka.S and Mithresh coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor. “Webinar on Opportunities In Post Covid” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,CS,PS SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “Learning opportunities during covid - 19 ” on 29 Sep 2020 from 06.00PM –07.00PM IST. The speaker was Mr Gaurav Singh, Advocate, Career counsellor, Environment Activist. Speaker elaborated each and every field by mentioning its importance and its scope in future. He made the session very interactive by posting questions to the participants and discussing the right / wrong in their opinion. He continued with sharing the opportunities that lies in both public and private sectors during post covid and also mentioned the criteria’s and tricks to avail the same Around 36 participants attended the event Student Coordinators Indhu, Pooja, Goushika and Swathi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“Webinar on Women Empowerment” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,APS,PES,WIE SBC’S organized a webinar on Women Empowerment by Rajalakshmi Srinivasan, Director Zoho Coporation on 25 Sep 2020 from 06.00AM –07.00PM IST. Around 73 participants attended the event. Speaker gave a brief explanation for each She also highlighted, and magnified inequalities and the multiple, and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by women and girls. The speaker further continued with “The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)” which are a set of seven principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Pooja, Aparna , Roopa sri, Swathi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.


“MINDMASTER” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, TEMS, IIC organized online quiz “Mastermind” Contest on 26 September, 2020 (10AM – 6PM IST). In this event, participants were asked to answer the aptitude questions given in the google form. The event is organized in order to improve the problem solving skills. About 76 participants across India participated in this contest. K Loganathan secured First place from Paavi Engineering College, Student Coordinator Pandiaraj T Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC.

“Online Workshop – Algorithm - Bit Manipulation (C++)” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE, IIC, IEEE CS SBC organized online workshop on the topic “Algorithm – Bit Manipulation (C++)” on 26 Sep 2020 from 8PM – 10 PM. The Speaker was “Mr Sangeet Boora, Mentor @ Coding Blocks”. Around 54 participants attended the session from around different educational institutions. The speaker began the session by introducing some basic concepts of bit manipulation - What is bit manipulation, importance of bit manipulation in C++, why bit manipulation is fast ?. He raised various questions to the participants regarding bit manipulations and also explained the same in detail. He further explained applications of bit manipulation. The session went interactive and hands on by solving Problems using bit manipulation and explained real world applications of the same. Student Coordinators Kishore, Thirshal,Mithresh,Indhu, preethi gandhi coordinated the session with Mr M Arun , SB Counselor.

“Webinar on Life Dream, Plan” IT Dept. in association with IEEE SB organized a webinar titled “Life Dream, plan” on 26 september, 2020. The Speaker was CMDE Ben H Berson, Head of Faculty, Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala.The Programme aimed at helping everyone to acquire knowledge and developing future career. The program was an eye opening session with lot of inspirational stories.. Around 78 members participated. Dr. S. Suma Christal Mary, Assoc.Prof/IT,Mr. R. Vinston Raja, AP/IT co-ordinated the session.

“Electro Quizzy Contest” IEEE SB in association with SP , EDS , EMC organized an online Contest “Electro Quizzy” on 26 September, 2020. In this event 15 multiple choice questions regarding electronic components were asked. This event helps the participants to enhance their knowledge about electronic components. 116 participants across India participated in this event. Student Coordinators A.Jancy Flora and C.Swathi Coordinated the event with staff coordinator Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Technophilia” IEEE SB in association with IEEE EDS, CS, PES organized “Techno philia” contest on September 27, 2020, (10AM – 6PM IST). In this event, Participants were asked to answer the questions regarding equipment given in the google form. 10 participants from various colleges participated in this event. .Student Coordinators Subhashini. V and Divyasree. T coordinated the event along with Mr. M. Arun, SB counsellor.

“Play on Words” IEEE SB in association with RAS, IETE, IIC organized "Play on Words" event on 27 September, 2020 at 5PM - 5:30PM (IST) . This event was held via Google forms. In this 15 important interview question based on programming languages were asked. The fast and best answers were considered as winners. 34 students from various colleges across India participated in this event. In this Anand Prabhakar from Government Engineering College Banka secured First place.Student Coordinators G.Rakshini and S.Jayakumar Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Webinar on What Technology Taught Me” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,BTS,COMSOC SBC’S organized a webinar on “What Technology Taught Me” by Ms Aishwarya Sivakumar, Consulting Manager, Huron Consulting group on 27 Sep 2020 from 06.30PM –07.030PM IST. Around 39 participants attended the event. Speaker started session by posting various questions to the participants regarding technology and how it helps them during this covid days: which made the session very interactive and engaged. She further continued with recent technologies, its importance and elucidated the usefulness of those recent technologies. Student Coordinators Indhumathi,Swathi, Preethi, Aparna and Pooja coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC.

“Case Study” IEEE SB in association with IEEE WIE, IAS, SIGHT organized an online event “Case study “on 27 September, 2020 at 6 PM (IST). In this Participants were asked to compare the features of given apps and suggest which app is the best and why it is best in their view. 11 participants from various colleges were participated. Manish T J from Cambridge institute of technology secured First place, T K Abhinandhan from SRM secured Second place and Mugundhan B from RMK engineering college secured Third place. Student Coordinators Subhashini V and Tarugu Divya sree coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Play With Boolean” IEEE SB in association with IEEE WIE, IPS, BTS organized Online Contest "Play with Boolean" on 28 September 2020 at 6PM (IST).The event is organized in order to test the knowledge of the students in Boolean expression. In this event there were totally 20 questions asked. Firstly questions will be shown without options and then options will revealed. Those who answer the questions without options will get 2 points and with options will get 1 point. This event is conducted via Google meet. Nearly 12 Students participated in this event. Student Coordinator C.Swathi and A.Jancy Flora Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Webinar on How Technology Drives Modern Day Marketing” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,BTS,COMSOC SBC’S organized a webinar on How Technology Drives Modern Day Marketing by Mr Joshva Vincent, Consultant and SME – Digital Marketing at TCS on 28 Sep 2020 from 06.30PM –07.030PM IST. The session was initiated by one of the members of IEEE SB, followed by Mr Joshva Vincent continued the session. He started with importance of technology and how it helps in day to day marketing. He further explained the impact of new technology on marketing. Around 25 participants attended the session. Student Coordinators Indhu.,Swathi, Krishna, Jagan and Goushika coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Webinar on Insights of IOT” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,BTS,COMSOC SBC’S organized a webinar on Insights of IOT byMr Yash Sharma, IoT Enthusiast, SPAN Universal Pvt Ltd.on 27 Sep 2020 from 06.30PM –07.030PM IST. Speaker began by giving a brief introduction to IOT – Internet of Things. He further stated the fact that the IoT sector is intrinsically linked to innovation and growth. The sector is growing at a rapid pace and barriers to adoption are becoming lower in the manufacturing, transportation and utilities sectors, among others. The speaker also explained trends of IoT, clustering in IoT and gave a brief overview about 4 pillars of IoT.

Around 30 participants attended the session. Finally, he concluded the session by mentioning major applications of IoT and addressed various queries of the participants. Student Coordinators Indhu, Swathi,jagan, Shaveetha and Krishna Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“Webinar on 5 Hacks For Ppt” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,CS,PS SBC’S organized a webinar on 5 Hacks for PPT by Mr M Yuvaraj, Assistant Manager, EHS, Indian Japan lightning Pvt Ltd. on 29 Sep 2020 from 06.00PM –07.00PM IST. The speaker began the session by giving a glimpse of “How to make attractive and simple PPT with major hacks” followed by he stated the important hacks which everyone should know while making a PPT. Some of the hacks which he explained are Use slide mover, Make bulleted list a breeze, Easily align objects, Duplicate objects instantly, Copy formatting with shortcuts, Format multiple pictures at once.

He explained each and every hacks in detail and also discussed the doubts of the participants in the same. He further continued with Five by Five (5/5) rule in PPT - no more than five words per line of text, five lines of text per slide, or five text-heavy slides in a row. Finally, he concluded the session other rules like 4,8, 7/7 rule in PPT and addressed various queries of the participants. Around 90 participants attended the session. Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Pooja Devi, Sai yokesh,Naveen and Krishna coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor

“Webinar on Learning With Python” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE,IETE,BTS,COMSOC SBC’S organized a webinar on the topic “Learning with Python.” on 30 Sep 2020 from 06.30PM –07.030PM IST. The speaker was “Mr Vamsi Krishna Minnal, Student Mentor, Technology campus cham, Germany”. Speaker started the session by giving introduction to Python programming language. He even stated the importance of coding and programming languages in today’s world. The speaker started explaining the basics programs in python along with associated concepts. He dealt with variables, different data types in python like Integers, Strings, Dictionaries and also elaborated the difference between them. Around 59 participants attended the event from across different educational institutions. At the conclusion, the speaker came up with real world programs and addressed various queries of the participants where he suggested many useful websites for python tutorials. Student Coordinators Indhumathi.G, Krishna, Swathi, Pooja Devi and Suja Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.


“Online Workshop – Gsoc – Github – Open Source” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE, IIC, IEEE CS SBC organized online workshop on the topic “GSOC – GITHUB - OPENSOURCE” on 30 Sep 2020 from 8PM – 10 PM. The Speaker was “Mr Sangeet Boora, Mentor @ Coding Blocks. The speaker began the session with introduction to git / GitHub and continued with open source, importance of open source. He mentioned the importance and applications of Git hub. Further, the session turned out even more interesting with the topic “What is Google Summer of Code?” and “How to choose an org for GSoC”. This workshop provided insights into these topics. Around 122 participants attended the session. E Certificate is provided to all the participants. Student Coordinators Preethi Gandhi, Anishka Mithresh,Indhu coordinated the session with Mr M Arun , SB Counselor.

“STTP on AI and Machine Learning” IEEE SB in association with ECE dept. organized IEEE Madras section sponsored STTP on “ AI and Machine Learning ” from 21-25 September, 2020 from 1pm to 4pm IST conducted in Google meet. Under this topic 4 speakers where spoken on various culture. The event was started with introduction, given by Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor. DrVenkatesh Kumar M , Chair Professional Activities Committee IEEE MAS inaugurated the event and addressed the participants to equip them with latest trends.

For the first 2 days, speaker was Mr.Kalyan, Project Engineer, Pantech e-learning, Chennai. He started giving an introduction to Al and briefly explained the types with hands on coding practices. Third day, speaker was Mr.Shabarinath Premlal, CEO, Respro Lab, Chennai. He gave explanation about machine learning and also shown how it works by relating with voice recognition and told the benefits of working with machine learning. Fourth day , speaker was Mr.T.Vignesh Prabhu, ABE Semiconductor Designs. He explained in detailed about the machine learning by showing live movie examples relating each scenes. Fifth day , speaker was Dr Shanker, CEO Chase Technologies, Chennai. He spoke about the various tree methods for solving problems under artificial intelligence & ML and also about the importance of coding languages. Around 50 participants from various colleges benefitted. Student Coordinators Indhumathi, Preethi, Goushika, Swathi and Naveen coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“FDP on Medical Image Processing and Deep Learning Technologies” ECE Dept. in association with IEEE SB, IETE ISF organized AICTE ATAL Academy Sponsored FDP on Medical Image Processing And Deep Learning Technologies from 21-09-2020 to 25-09-2020. FDP explored the fields of Medical Image Processing relating to Imaging and Deep Learning in healthcare, Bio Medical signals a signal processing view, Medical Imaging concepts of Enhancement, Restoration, Stress Life Management, Medical Image Reconstruction, Thermal Image Processing, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Machine Vision, Computer Vision, and the arena of Deep Learning Technologies. Dr. M.P. Chitra, M.E., Ph.D, Professor and Head of ECE coordinated the event.

224 participants from various states from India participated and Eminent speakers are Dr. Ganesh Vaidyanathan, Principal, SVCE,Chennai,Dr Shanker, CEO Chase Technologies, Chennai,Mr.Kalyan, Project Engineer, Pantech e-learning, Chennai,Mr.Shabarinath Premlal, CEO, Respro Lab, Chennai,Dr.Athif Shah, CEO, ABE Semiconductor Design, Chennai,Dr. P.S. Ramapraba HoD, EEE, ,Chennai,Mr.T.Vignesh Prabhu, ABE Semiconductor Designs, Mr.Jayanandan T, CEO, Tesla Minds.


“Webinar on Chit chat with our SB pillars” IEEE SB in association with IAS, Photonics, WIE organized webinar on the topic “Chit chat with our SB pillars” on 06 October,2020 at 6PM(IST). This session is conducted on the occasions of IEEE day. People who made remarkable works and achievements in IEEE SB were invited has speakers for this session. In this session all the speakers shared about their IEEE journey and how it helped them in building their career. Their stories inspired all the blooming IEEE volunteers. 65 participants from participated. Student coordinators Preethi, krishna, Naveen, Poojadevi,Goushika coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor.

Speakers 1.Mr.Arun.M, IEEE SB Counsellor. 2.Mr.khadar shareef , SB chair 2014, Embedded software engineer Continental automotive Singapore best project engineer award. 3.Mr.Saravanan, SB chair 2015,Associate in cognizant, won best chairperson award.4.Ms. Swathi, SB chair 2017,embedded software engineer, Infosys, rem scholar, best chairperson award 5.Mr.Vinod Kumar ,Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys and also won best Chair person award,SB Chair(2016).6.Ms.Daphene Jenson,Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys,REM Scholar and also won best Chair person award,SB Chair(2018). 7.Ms.vaishnavi, SB chair 2019, REM scholar.8.Ms.Kavitha Sri,REM Scholar | SB Vice Chair(2019).9. Indhumathy.G, SB vice chair 2019, WIE inspiring student award, REM scholar.

“Guest Lecture on Accelerate your carrier in data science” IT Dept. in association with IEEE SB & ITS organized Guest Lecture on Accelerate your carrier in data science by Dr. Dharani SenthilKumar,Founder at Vani Analytics, Data Science Expert, Chennai on 10th Oct 2020 for IT students. The Programme helped everyone to acquire knowledge and to navigate the career. The speaker elucidated about the importance of data science and gave insights on scope of data science at present and in future with real time applications. Mr.A.Palaniraj AP/IT,R.Praveen kumar,AP/IT co-ordinated the session.

Webinar on “Benefits of IEEE” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SPS, APS, RAS SBC's organized Webinar on Benefits of IEEE by Mrs. Ephrance Eunice Namugenyi, Lecturer, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kyambogo University on 10th October, 2020 from 12PM to 1PM (IST). The speaker initiated the session by introducing herself. She briefed about how IEEE serves as a great platform for the graduating students. She explained about the benefits of being IEEE volunteer and how it is helpful in expanding the technical knowledge, gain management and leadership skills and connect with others in their respective field. Around 41 participants form various institutions attended the webinar. Student Coordinators Krishna Prasath, Preethi, Shaveetha, Subhashini, Harshini and Jagan coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.


Webinar on “How not to volunteer in IEEE” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PES, PELS, ComSoc SBC'S organized Webinar on “How not to volunteer in IEEE” on 11th October, 2020 from 6pm to 7pm (IST). The speaker was Mrs.Eugene Kingsley a Committee Member in IEEE Smart Village Program - South Asia Working Group. The speaker initiated the session by introducing himself. He then shared his ideas about how to volunteer in IEEE and provided some guidelines to volunteer in IEEE and also explained about the mistakes done by the volunteers. Around 26 participants attended the webinar. Student Coordinators krishna, Swathi.C, Jancy Flora, Prasanthi and Hepzibah coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“The Student Journey” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Sight, Instrumentation and Measurement , Photonics societes organized The Student Journey event on 15 October 2020. It is a Speech contest held in GoogleMeet. On behalf of Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam's birthday the participants were asked to speak about their journey as a student for 7mins each. 17 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Prannav from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured first place, Sivagambigai R from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured second place and Priyadharshini G from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured third place. Student Coordinator Pooja Devi V Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“QUIZOPHILE” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IT, PRO COMM, APS organized“Quizophile” event on 16 October 2020 from 6 PM to 6:20PM (IST). The event is a quiz type which is done in kahoot platformconsisting of 20 questions. The questions were asked about the APJ.AbdulKalamon the occasion of his birth anniversary.Each question has time limit of 20 seconds.Winners were selected on the basis of scoring highest points by answering correctly within the limited time. 71students from various colleges and schools were participated.Rajadurai from Presidency college secured First place, N.Eeswaran from Presidency college secured Second place and Srikanth Vallabhaneni from Sri venkateshwaravetarnary university secured third place. Student Coordinator Siindhussha.Galy, Gayathri.Bheema, Divya.B Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SBC.

“Best Techi Composer” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SP, EDS, SIGHT organized BEST TECHI COMPOSER event. The deadline was 17 October 2020 6pm IST. The event was conducted through Google Form. The students were asked to compose a song with technical terms. 5 students from various schools and colleges participated. Swathy R of Adhiparasakthi Agriculture College backed1st place , N Nivetha of Panimalar Institute of Technology secured the second place and Titus of Panimalar Institute of Technology secured the third place. Student coordinators Harshini M , Hephzibah J S and A Jancy Flora coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Guess The Gibberish” IEEE SB with IEEE BTS, SP, Photonics Society organised an event “GUESS THE GIBBERISH ” on October 17th 2020 at 6.00 to 7.00PM (IST). The event is conducted in Google meet. Participants were provided with a gibberish phrase on the slide, they have to guess the correct phase and participants have to type correct answer in the chat box. The participants with fast hands will be provide with one mark for each question. Winners are announced based on the number of questions answered. . 38 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Suganya.V from Ethiraj College of women secured First place, Nishi Martina.S from knowledge Insitiute of Technology secured Second place and Yasaswini.M from Gayatri Vidya Parishad college of engineering secured third place.Student Coordinator B.Vineela, G.vidya sri,V.N.Hemasree Coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“PHONETICS” IEEE SB in association with IEEE RAS, TEMS, IIC organised an event “ PHONETICS ” on October 18th 2020 at 5.00 to 5.30 PM(IST). The event is conducted in Google forms. Participants were provided with 20 questions related to phonetics. A word will be given, participants have to choose phonetics or vice versa. 206 students from various colleges and schools were participated and made our event successful.Winners for the event were Srikank Vadakkepat got 1st place, Chitra Murugesan got 2nd place, Aishwarya Pratap got 3rd place in the contest. Student Coordinators V.N.Hemasree,B.Vineela, G.vidya sri, Coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Online Workshop on Matrix Exponentiation” IEEE SB in collaboration with IIC, IEEE CS SBC’s organized online workshop on “Matrix Exponentiation” on 17 October, 2020 from 8PM to 10PM (IST). The speaker was Mr. Appaar Kamal, Mentor at Coding Blocks. The speaker initiated the session by introducing himself. He briefed about the Matrix Exponentiations and its applications . He also demonstrated with some examples. At the end of the session, the speaker addressed the queries of the participants. Nearly 200 participants from various institutions attended the event. Student Coordinators Anishka, Subhashini, Shaveetha, Preeti coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor. “Poster Artsy” IEEE SB in association with IEEE TEMS,EMC, Photonics organized POSTER ARTSY event. The deadline was 18 October 2020 6pm IST. The event was conducted through Google Form. The topic given for poster making was STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 16 participants from various schools and colleges participated. The students were judged based on the clarity of the message, creativity and the balance of text, figures and space. AbinayaSri D of Velammal Mat. Hr. Sec. School secured1st place, Swathy R of Adhiparasakthi Agriculture College secured the second place and Keerthana R of Rajiv Gandhi Arts and Science College secured the third place. Student coordinators Harshini M , Hephzibah J S and A Jancy Flora coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Tale Talk Up” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PELS, APS, EMCSociety SBC'SOrganized OnlineContest“Tale Talk up”on 19 October, 2020 from 6PM to 7PM (IST). The event is organized in order to check the creativity of participants and also to test their communication skills.This event is conducted in Google meet. Participants have to frame a story within 1 minute from the seven words displayed in the screen.In this event, Reshma.b from LBS Institute of Technology for Women secured first place, Chrislyn Emima.J from St.Joseph's Institute Of Technology secured second place and Preethi Gandhi.G.S from Panimalar Institute of Technology and Dr.Srikanth Vallabhaneni from Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University,Tirupathi shared the third place. Around 21 Students participated in this event. Student Coordinators C.Swathi Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEESBCounsellor.

“Just ask anything about IEEE and your career” IEEE SB in association with COMSOC, TEMS, BTS organized webinar on the topic “Just ask Anything about IEEE and your career” on 17 October,2020 at 5PM-6PM (IST). Dr. Sudeendra Koushik, chief innovator and cofounder of PRASU, VP conferences IEEE TEMS, MGA Leadership awardee 2019 delivered the talk. In this session speaker explained about the importance of IEEE and how students can explore in it. This session was arranged to be interactive where students can ask doubts about IEEE and their career. Participants enthusiastically asked their questions and speaker clarified all their doubts.45 participants from various sections across India participated in this webinar. Student coordinators goushika, krishna, naveen, tejashwini coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Online Workshop on Introduction to Website development” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE IAS, IT, PES organized three days online workshop on “Introduction to Website development” from 19 October to 21 October, 2020 (5PM to 6PM (IST)). The speaker was Mr. Thrishal Ragav, Webmaster – IEEE SB. Mr. Thrishal Ragav began the session by explaining about development of website. He also detailed about web design, client side scripting, web server and network security configuration. Then he demonstrated by developing a website using WordPress. The speaker made the session very interactive and also addressed various queries of the participants. Nearly 33 participants from various institutions attended the event. Student Coordinators Subhashini, Shaveetha, Preeti, Naveen coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“Slogan Contest” IEEE SB in association with IEEE WIE, RAS, PES, organised an event “ SLOGAN CONTEST”.Deadline was 19 October 2020 6PM IST. “Protesting and creating awareness against the problems faced by the women in our society" is the topic given for the slogan Contest.12 participants from various colleges took part in this event and showcased their writing talents. This event was conducted to built awareness in young minds and to know how young people have to make asafe and secured society for women. Winners are decided based on their creative writing and vocabulary used. Aamir P from Panimalar Engineering College has secured first place. Student Co-OrdinatorsG.VidyaSri,B.Vineela,V.N.Hemasree has Coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Evoke on Innocuous of Womenfolk” IEEE SB in association with IEEE COMSOC, BTS, IAS SBC'S organized an online contest “EVOKE ON INNOCUOUS OF WOMENFOLK” on 20 October, 2020 at 10:00AM-6:00PM (IST). The Event is carried through the Google form.In this event participants where asked to sketch the art relating the topic to establish their own creativity skill. The event is conducted to create an awareness and to voiceout the women's struggles in today's society.09 participants attended the contest from various colleges. K. Abinaya from Swamy's matric higher secondary school secured first place, B. Revanth Kumar Reddy from Saveetha school of engineering and Keerthana K from Presidency University have shared the second place. Student coordinators Y.Prasanthi, G.Saipoojitha coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Guest Lecture on Amazon Web Services in Cloud Computing” IT Dept. in association with IEEE SB, ITS organized Guest Lecture on Amazon Web Services in Cloud Computing on 21st Oct 2020 for Final year IT students. Mr. Antony, Project Consultant, Netgene Technologies ,Chennai has delivered the topic clearly.Programme helped everyone to acquire knowledge and developing future career. The speaker elucidated about the cloud computing, it’s applications and services and the future scopes.The participants were very enthusiastic to interact with resource persons by asking different types of questions. Dr.R.Josphineleela, Prof&HOD/ITco-ordinated the session.

“Best Visual Presenter” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IT, ComSoc , BTS organized BEST VISUAL PRESENTER event. The deadline was 21 October 2020 6pm IST. The event was conducted through Google Form. The topic given for presentation was any recently developed technology or project. 6members participated from various colleges. The participants were judged based on the clarity of the message and creativity. Aamir P of Panimalar Institute of Technology emerged as the winner. Student coordinators Harshini M , Hephzibah J S and A Jancy Flora coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SBC. “Mental Ability” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SIGHT, EMC,WIE organized "MENTAL ABILITY" event on October 21 2020. The Participants were provided with the questions based on Verbal Analogy, Non-Verbal Analogy, Letter Coding, Letter de-coding.Totally 25 questions were given and participants were asked to choose the correct answer in Google form. The event is organised to improve the logical thinking skills.96students from various colleges and schools were participated. Sai Poojitha.Gaddam from Panimalar Institute of technology secured First place, Leelavathy B from PanimalarInsitiute of Technology secured Second place and R.DHANUSHYA from Cauvery College for Women secured third place.Student Coordinators B.Vineela,G.Vidya sri,V.N.Hemasree Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Writing Contest” IEEE SB in association with IEEE CS, ComSoc, WIE organized "WRITING CONTEST" event on October 22 2020. The Participants were asked to write an essay on successful women in any sector and Participants were asked to upload their essays in provided Google form. The event is organised to improve the writing skills .11 participants from various colleges and schools were participated. Keerthana.R from Rajiv Gandhi arts and science college secured first place, Girija. M from Veltechmultitech Dr. Rangarajan, Dr. Sankunthala engineering college secured second place and Yazhini Chandrasekaran from Panimalar Engineering College secured third place in the contest.Student Coordinators B.Vineela,G.Vidya sri, V.N.HemasreeCoordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Connection 2.0” IEEE SB in association with IEEE, TEMS, EDS, PROCOMM organized “CONNECTION 2.0”event on October 22 2020. The Participants were provided with the questions based on technical terms with the images and they were asked to connect those pictures and find the techinical word.Totally 23 questions were asked and the event was held in google meet. The event is organised to improve the thinking ability of the participants. 38 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Student Coordinator V Pooja Devi and S Swathi Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.


Webinar on “IEEE Membership Development” IEEE SB, in association wih IEEE WIE,PELS,IEEE TEMS organized Webinar on 23rd October on topic IEEE Membership Development from 6PM to 7PM( IST). The speaker was Dr.CELESTINE IWENDI, Senior member of IEEE, Board member Sweden Section, ACM Distinguished speaker, Fellow of the higher education academy-UK. The speaker initiated the session by introducing himself. Then he explained the session with usage of IEEE and how to develop ourself as a member in IEEE. At last, he shared his experience in IEEE which inspired the participants. Around 24 participants attended the webinar. Student Coordinators Roopa sri, Swathi.C, Pooja.S, Goushika.G. SaiPoojitha coordinated and organised the webinar with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor “webinar on Constructing Effective Content” IEEE SB in association with CS, EMC, IAS organised webinar on the topic “Constructing Effective Content” on 23 October,2020 at 4PM-5PM (IST).Mr Naveen Prasath.M, Content co-lead of IEEE SB delivered the talk. He describes about the importance content writing in this digital world. He explained the basics and format for framing a content. He taught about the right use of spacing and emoji’s in the content. Nearly 23 participants participated in this event. Student coordinators Swathi, Preethi,Mithresh coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor. “Maathi Yosi” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SPS, IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE IMS organized "MAATHI YOSI " event on 23rd October 2020. EachParticipantwas allocated with 5 minutes. The technical and non-technical questions were asked to the participants where they have to answer unrelated to the topic. This event was conducted in order to enhance the students thinking skills and make their mind stress-free. Around 44students from various colleges and schools enthusiastically participated.The participants really enjoyed the event thoroughly. The winners are Chrislyn Emima from St.josephs Institute of Technology secured first place, Sharon.T from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured second place and Swathi.C from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured third place. Student Coordinator Aparna.GCoordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Webinar on Exploring IEEE Societies” IEEE SB in association with ComSoc, BTS, IETE organised webinar on the topic “Exploring IEEE societies” on 24 October,2020 at 4PM-5PM (IST).Mr Mithresh . G. Secretary- IEEE SB delivered the talk. He explained the purpose of societies in IEEE. He describes about some of the important societies and explained how to explore in those societies. He also elucidated about the awards provided by the societies. Nearly 33 participants participated in this event. Student coordinators Swathi, Preethi,Naveen coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Webinar on Technology embedded humanitarian activities in IEEE” IEEE SB in association with EMC, CS, photonics organised webinar on the topic “Technology enabled humanitarian activities in IEEE” on 24 October,2020 at 5PM-6PM(IST). Mr. Farid Khan, Social , Entrepreneur International Development, keynote speaker, Former head of Hitachi software Europe and a senior cyber security consultant delivered the talk. In this Session speaker briefly explains about what is meant by IEEE humanitarian activities.He also spoke about the incredible works of IEEE humanitarian activity committee.32 participants from various sections across India participated in this webinar. Student coordinators Pandiaraj, krishna, Poojadevi, Aparna, Harshini coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SBC. “Move It Roll It Ans It Contest” IEEE SB in association with IEEE COMSOC, Photonics,RAS SBC organized "MOVE IT ROLL IT ANS IT" event on October 24 2020. This Event was conducted through Google Meet.In this event, the dice will be rolled. The number of answers should be given by the participants based on the number shown on the dice.The participants who came up with the answers first for more no.of questions is chosen as winners. 23 students from various colleges were participated.Dr.Srikanth Vallabhaneni, from Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University,Tirupathi secured first place,Sai Vamsika.k from Kkc institute of technology and engineering secured second place, Sanjay babu from Mgr University and CHRISLYN EMIMA.J from St.Joseph's Institute Of Technology has secured third place.Student Coordinators G.Siindhussha,G.Vidya sri,B.Gayathri,B.Divya Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Kidzone” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, COMSOC SBC,IIC organized "Kidzone" event on 25 October2020 from 5pm to 5:30 pm IST. The participants were provided with 2 sets consist of 15 questions. In one set participants were asked to form meaningful words with the given alphabets and in another set they were asked to spot the difference between twopictures. The person who answers maximum number of questions first within the given time limit and scoring highest points were selected as the winners. This event was conducted to test their analytical skills.32 students from various colleges and schools were participated. Dr. SrikanthVallabhaneni from Sri venkateswara Veterinary university secured First place, S.kirubakaran from panimalar institute of technology secured Second place and A.Shajithafathima from Panimalar Engineering college secured third place. Student Coordinators S.Jayakumar and G.Rakshini Coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Decision Pending Contest” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IETE,RAS,CS SBC's organized anevent named Decision Pending on 26,October2020 from 6pm to 7 pm IST. The event is conducting through Google meet. The participants were asked to answer and explain a funny hypothetical question.We asked them to choose a number between 1-25 and questions on that number were asked to them.The event is organised to improve their analytical skills.12 students from various collages and schools were participated.Reshma Bfrom LBS institute of technology secured first place. Student Coordinators Naveen PrasathM,CharanKarthickCoordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor. “Group Discussion” IEEE SB in association with IEEE TEMS , IEEE PELS and IEEE WIE organized GROUP DISCUSSION event. The event was held on 27 October 2020 6 - 7 pm IST. The event was conducted through Google Meet. Two rounds of discussion was held. The topic for the first round was SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACTS. The topic for the second round was co-education - advantages and disadvantages. 16 students from various schools and colleges participated. The students were judged based on their impressive way of communication backed by correct diction , pronunciation , accent and confident throw of language. Aishwarya Sinha emerged as the winner , Albin Rolland G of Panimalar Institute of Technology secured the second place and Chrislyn Emima of St.Joseph's Institute of Technology secured the third place. Student coordinators Harshini M , Hephzibah J S and A Jancy Flora coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Talk Fest” IEEE SB in association with EMC, SP, PELSSBC’S organizedan online contest "Talk Fest" on 28 October , 2020 from 6PM to 7PM (IST).In this event participants were asked to do a conversation on the given topic with their co-participant. The topics were given on the spot and the co-participants for doing their conversation was decided randomly by the organizing team. This event is held via google meet. 17 participantsfrom various sections participated in this event. In this event Prannav from Panimalar Institute of technology secured first place followed by Priyadharshini. G from Panimalar Institute of technology secured second place followed by Reshma B fromLBS institute of technology for women secured third place. Student coordinatorsShaveetha. K, Subhashini. V co-ordinated the event with Mr.Arun IEEE SB Counsellor. “Explore the Forage” IEEE SB in association with IEEE COMSOC, RAS SBC’S, IETE organized an online contest “EXPLORE THE FORAGE” on 29 October, 2020 at 6:00PM-7:00PM (IST). The Event was conducted in Google meet.In this event, participants were asked on spot questions about food item. The food image and food names weredisplayed on the screen and participants have to find the exact origin of the country.Nearly19 participants attended the contest from various colleges. B.sanjayfrom MGR college and Dr.Srikanthvallabhaneni from srivenkateshwara veterinary university have secured first place,Chrislynemima.Jfrom St.joseph's institute of technology have secured second place, Kaviya M.S and Sharon.T from vellalar college for women have secured Third place. Student coordinatorsY.Prasanthi, G.Saipoojitha coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Countries With Emoji” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SPS, EDS, WIE organised an event “COUNTRIES WITH EMOJI" on October 302020 at 5:00 to 5:30 PM(IST). The event was conducted through Google form. Participants were provided with 30questions. Participants have to identify the countries name using given emoji's. 58 students from various colleges and schools were participated and made the event successful. Saipoojitha Gaddam from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured first place, Bhavana.V.N from Thalapathy K.Vinayakam Matric higher secondary school secured second place and Chrislyn Emima.J from St.Joseph's Institute Of Technology secured third place.Student Coordinators V.N.Hemasree, B.Vineela, G.vidya sri, Coordinated the event with Staff coordinator Mr.M.Arun , IEEE SB Counsellor. “Webinar on App development without coding” IEEE SB in association with IT, CS,IETE organised webinar on the topic “App development without coding” on 30 October,2020 at 6PM-7PM(IST). Mr.Karthick Loganathan, Jr programer , AI nabooda,Insurance and brokers ,Dubai delivered the talk. In this session speaker explained how to create a app using MIT website. He briefly describes the applications of each tool present in the MIT website. He gave a demo on how to make a mini app project.28 participants from various sections across India participated in this webinar. Student coordinators Prashanthi, Rakshini, Jayakumar, saiyogesh, roopa coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor.


“Thithikum Thirukural” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IMS, IT, PES SBC'S organizedan online contest “THITHIKUM THIRUKURAL" on 31 October, 2020 from 4 PM to 5 PM (IST).In this event participants were asked to tell as much as thirukurals in given 2 minutes of time and also we made them to share the meaning of any two kurals. This event is held via googlemeet.14 participantsfrom various schools and colleges participated in this event. In this event T.Thirunilainayagi from PIT secured first place followed by Sreenidhi from Montfort mat.hr.sec. school secured second place followed by Bhavana V.N fromThalapathy K Vinayakam matric higher secondary schoolsecured third place. Student coordinatorsSwathi.S, Goushikaco-ordinated the event with Mr.Arun IEEE SB Counsellor.

“Online Workshop on Java Collection Framework” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE CS, IIC organized an online workshop on “Java Collection Framework” on 31 October, 2020 from 8PM to 10PM (IST). The speaker was Mr. Shubham Rawat, Mentor at Coding blocks. The speaker initiated the session by briefing about what is Data collection framework and its benefits. He explained about the setup and standard template for the DCF. There was a question and answer session at the end where participants listed their queries and remedy was given by Mr. Shubham. Around 86 participants various colleges attended the workshop. Student Coordinators Indhumathi, Mithresh, Indhumathi coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun, IEEE SB Counselor. “Webinar on The journey to π” IEEE SB in association with ComSoc, CS,WIE organised webinar on the topic “The journey to π” on 31 October,2020 at 5PM-6PM(IST). Dr.Aishwarya Bandla, Head translational core,The N. 1 Institute for Health senior research fellow National University of Singapore delivered the talk. In this session this speaker explained about her journey in WIE and her achievements made in WIE.She elucidated how WIE in Singapore works.The session was very interactive and speaker clarifies the doubts of participants regarding women in engineering.39 participants from various sections across India participated in this webinar. Student coordinators Swathi, Preethi, Swathi. C, Pooja, Poojadevi, Harshini coordinated the event with Mr.M.Arun,IEEE SB Counsellor

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Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai

“Webinar Report on Medeling problems for Healthcare Applications” Medeling problems for Healthcare Applications online webinar conducted on 19th August 2020 by SEC IEEE SB and CSE with the presence of our speaker Dr. R.Krishnakumar, Scientific Research Scholar, Medical University of South Carolina,USA. The speaker provided a wide introduction to Modeling Techniques and different work phase developments in Healthcare field. Live webinar function ended after the vote of thanks.


International E conference on Power, Control, Signal and Instrumentation Engineering ICPCSI 20 International E conference on Power, Control, Signal and Instrumentation Engineering ICPCSI 20 organized in association with IEEE SB during 28th & 29th August with plenary talks and forum discussions, parallel sessions together with paper presentations in presence of Dr. R. Ramesh, Principal, HoDs, faculties and participants of the Conference in Virtual mode. Expert lecture was delivered on Determining Success via Scientific & Machine Learning modelling by Dr.Ram Bala, Scientist, Innovator, Founder, Entrepreneur & Principal Data Scientist at Equinix Inc,Founder, CTO at Tranzend who enlightened us in his speech about the healthcare and how to equip ourselves to face the booming technology in future. Prof.Dr.Pierluigi Siano,Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory, Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Italy delivered an IoT based Methods and Architectures for Transactive Energy Exchanges in Local Energy Market in all fields like medical ,agricultural, management , food industry. The best papers are awarded in the valedictory ceremony by Dr.R.Ramesh, Principal.

“Webinar on Skills for 21st Century Teachers” IEEE SB organized webinar on “Skills for 21st Century Teachers” on 12th September, 2020. Dr.N.Rameshbabu, Professor-Mechanical Expert from IIT Madras delivered webinar to Engineering students and faculty members. The session was attended by more than 100 participants. He discussed about various 21st Century Skills and its application in Medical field and Industry. Also, he interacted with students. Live webinar function ended after the vote of thanks.

“Webinar Report on Test Automation &Devops” Test Automation & Devops online webinar organized by SEC IEEE SB and CSE on 15th September 2020 with the presence of our speaker Mr. Ajay Nithianand, Software Test Engineer, SDET,USA. He spoke about the skills required to become a Automation scientist and gave tips to improve them. The latter was an interactive session between the speaker and the delegates, which was the highlight of the webinar. The session winded up with a thanking note. Webinar Report on Interview Techniques and Resume Building” Interview Techniques and Resume Building online webinar organized by SEC IEEE SB and CSE on 16th September 2020 with the presence of our speaker Mr. Anurag Sharma, Software Trainer, he spoke about the skills required to become an Automation scientist and gave tips to improve them, he explained interview techniques and writing Biodata for Placement. The latter was an interactive session between the speaker and the delegates, which was the highlight of the webinar. The session winded up with a thanking note.


“Webinar on Python for Machine Learning Implementation” IT Dept. & SEC IEEE SB organized webinar on Python for Machine Learning Implementation on 23rd September, 2020. Dr.Omprakash, Expert from AP,Computer Science, Ravenshow University,Odisha delivered webinar to Engineering students and faculty members. Session was attended by more than 100 participants from various dept. faculty members, Scholars pursuing Research at various research laboratories from across the nation. Webinar ended after the vote of thanks.

Technical Webinar on "Career Opportunities and Skill Certifications for Engineers" IEEE EDS society was inaugurated on 1st Oct 2020 in presence of Chief guest Mr. Nitturi Naresh Kumar followed by a technical webinar on "Career Opportunities and Skill Certifications for Engineers". The event was organized by Dr. Kanchana, AP Medical Electronics. Dr. Moorthi, HOD Medical Electronics introduced the IEEE EDS society members. Mr. Nitturi gave his presentation on career scope and certification skills required for engineers. The session included detailed description on Biomedical engineering scenario in India.

Mr. Nitturi shared about various career options for students in Biomedical domain and also the skill sets needed for industry and research. After this, he continued the session with information about Indian Biomedical Skill Council (IBSC) certification program jointly established by Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), Association of Indian Medical Manufacturers of Medical Devices (AiMeD) and National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) under the Quality Council of India (QCI). He insisted on developing job roles approved by National Skill Qualification Committee (NSQC) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). He also emphasized the need for improving the skill sets to have equal opportunities to practice biomedical profession globally. Around 90 students pursuing final & Third year in B.E. BME & ME programme attended the webinar.

Technical Webinar on “Prospects and Applications of Nano Materials In Medical Field" Webinar on Prospects and Applications of Nano Materials In Medical Field was organised Nedical Electronics dept. on 9th October 2020 by Dr.T.M.Sridhar in presence of Dr. Moorthi, Head Medical Electronics & Dr.SindhiaAsso.pro/BME. Dr.T.M.Sridhar highlighted the important applications of Nano materials in various fields. Nanomaterial have unusual mechanical, optical, electrical and chemical behaviours, they have been widely used in medicine and pharmaceuticals for the sensitive detection of key biological molecules, more precise and safer imaging of diseased tissues, and novel forms of therapeutics etc.

The prosthesis and fixations devices and the materials used for the devices were explained clearly. The impact of metallic implants were discussed and the important points were highlighted. Then, he illustrated the clinical uses of inorganic biomaterials. The properties of orthopaedic implant devices were discussed in detail. The various factors affecting the selection of biomaterials and the importance of synthetic scaffolds were also explained in detail. The mechanics behind the construction of various biomaterials were empathized. The event ended with a brief vote of thanks by Mr.Sankar AP/BME, Around 90 students pursuing final & Third year in B.E. BME & ME programme attended the webinar.


“Webinar on Data Science” IT Dept. & IEEE SB organized live webinar on Data Science on 09th October, 2020. Er.Ayshwarya, Analyst Expert from USA delivered webinar on “Data Science” to Engineering students. The session was attended by more than 100 participants from various department, Live webinar function ended after the vote of thanks. All the participants highly appreciated the technical content of the session and expressed their satisfaction on the benefits of the session organized as a part of live webinar series. Technical Webinar on "Small Signal Modelling of BJT" Webinar on "Small Signal Modelling of BJT" was organized by IEEE EDS society on 22nd Oct 2020 in presence of Chief guest Dr.Goutam Narayan, Dr. Moorthi, HOD Medical Electronics & Mr.Madhanlal, AP. Dr.Goutam Narayan gave his presentation on Small Signal Modelling of BJT. The session included detailed description on BJT Amplifier. He explained about steps for using small-signal models and Small Signal Performance Parameters such as Voltage gain, Input resistance, Output resistance He also emphasized the need for improving the skill sets to have equal opportunities to practice Electronics Design profession globally. Around 90 students pursuing final & Third year in B.E. BME & ME programme attended the webinar.

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Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Puducherry

Webinar on “Design aspects of BLDC motor and magnet software” EEE Dept & IEEE SB organized a one day webinar on “Design aspects of BLDC motor and magnet software” by Dr.C.Carunaiselvane, Research Associate, IIT Roorkee on 2nd Sep, 2020 between 11.00 am to 12.30 p.m.. Speaker started the session with basics of Magnet software and its use for the design of motors, sensors, transformers, actuators, solenoids or any component with permanent magnets or coils. He further detailed about design aspects of BLDC motor in Magnet software and also dealt with various performance analyses. A total of 152 Participants attended the webinar. Staff coordinators Dr.K.Suresh & Mr.D.Durairaj coordinated the event with Dr.S.Anbumalar, IEEE SB Counselor.

Guest lecture on “Special Transistors and RF in Communication” ECE Dept & IEEE SB organized a Guest Lecture on “Special Transistors and RF in Communication” by Mr. S. Annadurai, Senior Engineer, MBIT Wireless Pvt. Ltd., Chennai., On 4th Sep, 2020 between 11.00 am to 12.30 p.m.Speaker started the session with explaining the kinds of transistors, the BJT, JFET and MOSFET. He said about how diodes are used to make transistors. He also showed us the different kinds of diodes and transistors along with the unique name the transistors have. Then he showed us the new kinds of Metal Oxide transistors, such as the MESFET and FINFET.


He explained that these Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors are used in various fields, and that these are the main components in manufacturing of Integrated Chips. Those chips would form a microcontroller, wherein it remembers its function, what it’s supposed to do. He also showed us about the importance of IOT and AI. Then he elaborated about the 5G technology, about its huge advantages, and how it is going to be different from the 4G technology, and how it is going to focus on the battery consumption kind of problems that exist in the 4G technology and below. These were the things we have learnt from the Guest Lecture’s session, and it was a much informative one.A total of 202 Participants attended the Guest Lecture. Staff coordinator Dr. S. Premkumar coordinates the event with Dr. P. Raja HOD/ECE.

Guest Lecture on “Solar PV technology, CEA, Standards, Regulation and Grid connectivity” EEE Dept & IEEE SB organized a guest lecture on “Solar PV technology, CEA, Standards, Regulation and Grid connectivity” by Dr.J.Raja, Assistant Director, NPTI, Neyveli, Ministry of Power, Government of India on 5th Sep, 2020 at 11.00 am. The event took place in Google meet. The speaker began the session with Solar PV technology, CEA, Standards, Regulation and continued explaining recent trends in Grid connectivity. Furthermore, the speaker explained Interconnected grids and its methods to improve grid cost-efficiency, reliability, service quality and safety. Around 187 Students were participated enthusiastically.

Webinar on “Introduction TO FPGA And Deep Learning” ECE Dept & IEEE SB organized a webinar on the topic, “Introduction To FPGA And Deep Learning” on 5th of September 2020, between 11.00 am to 12.30 p.m., by Mr. Shanmugapriyan Manoharan, the Research Assistant of Technische Universitat Chemnitz, Germany. It was really great to learn about FGPAs (Field programmable Gate Arrays) and how they work. The Guest lecturer said about the Logic Synthetic design flow, wherein the FPGA translates the provided code into a device netlist, and that it checks the code syntax, and analyzes the hierarchy of the design architecture.

He went on to explain about how the FGPAs use Logic GATES (such as AND, OR, NOT) to take several inputs and convert them as outputs. He also showed us how they work by using a website. Then he told us about machine learning, artificial intelligence, and deep learning. He elaborated deep learning by showing us the different approaches for making a machine learn new things. Those were supervised learning , unsupervised learning , semi-supervised learning , and self-supervised learning. A total of 205 Participants attended the Guest Lecture and made use of it. Staff coordinator Dr. B. Shanmugam coordinates the event with Dr. P. Raja HOD/ECE.

Faculty Development Program on “Industry – Academia Interactions: Bridging the Gap” EEE Dept & IEEE SB organized a three days FDP on “Industry – Academia Interactions: Bridging the Gap” during 10th Sep, 2020 to 12th Sep, 2020 at 11.00 a.m. On 10.09.2020 Mr.T.K.Prabaker, Superintending Engineer / LD & GO, TANTRANSCO, Government of Tamilnadu delivered lecture on “Earthing Practices in Power Sector and Recent trends”. On 11.09.2020 Dr.J.Raja, Assistant Director, NPTI, Neyveli, Ministry of Power, Government of India delivered lecture on “Recent trends in Solar Energy Conversion systems”. On 12.09.2020 Mr.T.Prabakaran, Engineering Officer (Grade-II), Central Power Research Institute, Bhopal, Government of India delivered lecture on “Critical Issues of the Transformer during Short Circuit withstand Testing”. Staff coordinators Mr.K.Thangaraj & Mr.D.Durairaj coordinated the event with Dr.S.Anbumalar, IEEE SB Counselor.


Webinar on Research Innovations in Science &Technology IT dept. in association with IEEE SB organized a one day Webinar on “Research Innovations in Science &Technology” by Mr S. Balagurunathan, President of Tamil Nadu Science Forum, Neyveli Chapter on 12th Sept 2020 from 2.00 am to 3.30 pm. The expert stated that the global phenomenon of industrialization, science and technology innovation has given massive economic growth to our country in creating skilled manpower, job opportunities and increase in revenue. Predominant role of Research and Innovations in health care, education and industrial development were brought out to the students.

Various development schemes and initiatives by government and other science forums was delivered to the students and he encouraged and insisted that the students’ involvement in research and innovation would make a remarkable change to the society. The faculty coordinators Mrs. A.Sargunavathy and Mr.R.Suresh were the moral support for this event.

Webinar on “Electrical Engineering applications in railway coaches” EEE Dept & IEEE SB organized a one day webinar on “Electrical Engineering applications in railway coaches” by Mr.R.Vijayaramu, Junior Engineer – Electrical, Southern Railway, Chennai on 19th Sep, 2020 between 02.00 p.m to 03.30 p.m. Speaker initiated the session by explaining different types of railway coaches. He further continued with recent trends of Electrical Engineering applications in railway coaches. Finally the speaker ended with Q&A forum .A total of 158 Participants attended the webinar. Webinar ended after the vote of thanks by Dr.S.Anbumalar, HoD – EEE.

Technical Session (Online mode) on NumPy IT Dept. in association with IEEE SB organized a one day technical hands on session on “NumPy” by Mr Akshay Shinde, Tech Amplifiers Pvt Ltd, Pune on 26th September 2020 from 9.30 am to 11.30 am. This session conveyed the significance of programming language - Python in software industry and the need for the students to be skilled to obtain a job. NumPy is Numerical Python which enables students to perform data analysis using mathematical and scientific transformations.

The fundamental package for scientific computing in Python that provides a multidimensional array object, various derived objects (such as masked arrays and matrices), and an assortment of routines for fast operations on arrays, including mathematical, logical, shape manipulation, sorting, selecting, I/O, basic linear algebra, basic statistical operations, random simulation, etc was delivered to the students. Around 110 participated in the session and gained knowledge. Faculty coordinators Mr.R.Suresh and Mrs.N.Kalaiselvi coordinated the event.

Seminar on “Computer Networks” CSE Dept & IEEE SB organized a one day seminar on “Computer Networks” by Dr.M.Anand ,Assistant Professor, Saveetha University on 10th Oct , 2020 between 2.00 PM to 3.30 P.M. through Google meet. Speaker started the session with basics of Computer Networks and its use for the design of various networks. He further detailed about design aspects of Networks etc... A total of 175 Participants attended the seminar and made use of it. Staff coordinators Mr.N.Balaji & Mr.N.Gopinath coordinated the event with Dr.K.Premkumar.


Webinar on “Introduction to Machine Learning & Deep Learning” CSE Dept. & IEEE SB organized a one day webinar on “Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning” by Mr.Ahmed Khalid, Vice-President, Imarticus Learning, 19th Oct, 2020 between 11.00 am to 12.30 p.m. Speaker started the session with basics of Machine Learning and Deep Learning and he discussed about data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence. He further gave the real time examples based on Machine Learning. A total of 166 Participants are attended the webinar and made use of it and E-Certificate is provided to all active participants. Staff coordinators Dr.N.Danapauiame, Mr.M.Ganesan, Mr.Arokiaraj St Hubert & Mr.N.Gopinath coordinated the event with Dr.K.Premkumar, Prof. & Head CSE Department. Guest Lecture on “Industrial Auto Weighing Batching System” ECE Dept. organized a two hours Guest Lecture on the topic “Industrial Auto Weighing Batching System” to fill the academic-industrial gap for the subject of SDIC by Mr.T.Prabakaran, Project Manager-(Operational and Maintenance), Secote India Pvt.Ltd, Chennai., delivered a Guest lecture on PLC & SCADA and its scope for the III year ECE students on 25th October 2020, between 10.20am to 12.30pm. The first part of the lecture was about the Need for PLC & SCADA and general introduction on CNC, PID and Microcontrollers in Industrial automation. The features of PLC & SCADA such as Dynamic representation, Database connectivity, Device connectivity, Alarms, Trends, Scripts, Security, Recipe Management, and Networking were discussed in detail. It was delivered that dynamic representation is a feature that explains the representation of symbols in the tool library. Database connectivity was explained in context to the connection with VB, SQL, and EXCEL etc. The detail of device connectivity includes PLC or DCS. Next the formats OD Alarms were discussed followed by the trends with reference to time and scripts that makes use of logical operators. The concept of security was dealt in detail which was followed by the explanation of recipe management which is one of the finest features of SCADA. Finally the session ended with the overview of network protocols that are supported by SCADA. 128 Participants attended the Guest Lecture and made use of it. Dr. P. Raja HOD/ECE and Mrs. S. Jayanthi, Mrs. V. Logisvary and Mr. J. Soundararajan organized guest Lecture.

Guest Lecture on “Consumer Electronics in Next Generation” ECE Dept. organized Guest Lecture on the topic “Consumer Electronics in Next Generation” to fill the academic-industrial gap for the subject of Consumer Electronics by Mrs. L. Vanathi, Senior Software Engineer, HCL Services Pvt. Ltd., Australia., on 27.10.2020 between 03.00pm to 04.45pm. The speaker started the session was also a really good one with the significant role of Consumer Electronics in ECE. Initially, madam explained about the different generations of computers and also discussed about the differences between the laptops and desktops and its working.

She gave an idea about the evolution of smartphones and its features; in addition to that she said features of the smartphones in the medical field. She also added the pros and cons of the smartphones applicable to the present situation. She also gave an idea about the embedded systems and their applications in day-to-day life to the home appliance electronics and also concluded with the smart home architecture and its components and needs. Finally she mention describes the self-directed cars, the emerging technology.187 Participants attended the Guest Lecture and made use of it. Staff coordinator Ms. C. Janani and Dr. SB. Lenin coordinates the event with Dr. P. Raja, HOD, ECE.


FDP on Recent Advances in IT IT Dept. in association with IEEE SB organized a one day Faculty Development Program on “Recent Advances in IT” on 29th October 2020. Mr. Santhosh Muniswamy handed the forenoon session titled “The Taste of Devops” from 9.30 am to 11.30 am. This session conveyed the fundamentals of Devops and its significant role in the IT infrastructure sector.He brought out that DevOps describes a culture and set of processes that bring development and operations teams together to complete software development. It allows organizations to create and improve products at a faster pace than they can with traditional software development approaches. And, it’s gaining popularity at a rapid rate.Dr. Mohanraj Vengadachalam handled the afternoon session titled “Computer Vision- Industrial Applications Demo”. The expert gave a general description on computer vision and then moved on to explain several use cases of computer vision. He also showed live examples of how data sets are formed and analyzed to create different business insights. Around 75 faculty members participated in the event and gained knowledge. The FDP was coordinated by Dr.C.Punitha Devi, Professor, IT and Dr.G.Shanmugasundaram, Associate Professor, IT.

Report by: Dr.S.Anbumalar,[email protected]

Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai

Second International Webinar on “New trends in sustainable energy and clean Technology” IEEE Computer Society SBC conducted the second International Webinar on New trends in sustainable energy and clean technology on 04 July 2020 by Ms. Simay Akar, chief commercial officer at Ruiyi New energy Tech company in presence of Dr.T.Sheela,Prof and Head, IT. With the joining of almost 210 participants, the day went on with the topic of New trends in sustainable energy and clean Tech delivered by the speaker. There were students and faculty members from various colleges. Vote of thanks was given by Mr.L.Rahul Narayanan, Chair EEE CS-SBC “International Webinar –III” IEEE Computer Society SBC conducted a Webinar on Standing out from the crowd Ms. Susan Kathy Land on 15 Aug 2020 in presence of Dr. T. Sheela, Prof and head IT. With the joining of around 83 enthusiastic participants, Ms. Susan Kathy Land started her webinar.The webinar was about the importance of good Resumes and how a resume plays a crucial role in making a good first impression. The webinar was followed by an interactive Q and A session & ended with vote of thanks. International webinar 4 IEEE Computer Society SBC Conducted a webinar on A Better Life in Better Way by Ms. Karen Pederson, P.E 2017 President, IEEE USA on 19 Sept. 2020 in the presence of Dr. T Sheela Thavasi, Prof and Head IT. Her talk was mainly centered around the various IEEE chapters available and the methods to reap the utmost benefits from these chapters. She also talked about the role of IEEE members in different fields like Electricals, Electronics, Aeronautical and computer science.This was followed by an Q&A session, The event concluded with Vote of Thanks by Dr. Soma Prathiba.


IEEE Day 2020 IEEE Computer Society- SBC organized IEEE DAY 2020 with the theme of “From our Education to Yours “ by hosting Expert Talk and various competitions to Higher Secondary School Students on 10-10-2020 and 11-10-2020. Day 1 Events Kickstarted with Welcome address by Dr.Soma Prathibha,IEEE CS-SBC Chapter Advisor. The event had contests like Quizophile, Adzap, Talkology, Interpretacion and Fast and furious. It also had prior contests like Art attack, Best out of waste and Talentopedia.

The students from various schools actively participated in all the contests making it difficult to judge them.Day 1 concluded with the successful participation of joyful students.Day 2 started with Expert talk by Mr . Abishek Babu, CEO Studymonk. Followed by the Valedictory Session. Principal Dr. Rajendra Prasad presented the Special address and welcome address by Dr Sheela Thavasi ,Prof and Head,Dept of Information Technology. Cash prize was given for Winners and Runner of all the Eight Events. Vote of thanks rendered by IEEE CS-SBC Chapter Advisor Dr Soma Prathibha.

Report by: [email protected] Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam

Webinar on “Making money – made simple” SSN IEEE SB organized a webinar on Making money – made simple by Ashwinth Anand, Client happiness, Zimello wealth management pvt. Ltd.,on 06 July, 2020. He explained the basic ideas of how to save the money. About 25 students had benefitted by this webinar.

Webinar on “Current approaches in Siddha system of Medicine to combat COVID-19” SSN IEEE SB in association with Youth Red Cross, SSNCE organized a webinar on Organized a webinar on “Current approaches in Siddha system of Medicine to combat COVID-19” by Dr. R. Shailaja, BSMS., MD(S)., Siddha Physician & Varmam Specialist, Arivan Siddha & Varmam Clinic, Chennai on July 7, 2020. Dr. Shailaja explained the various traditional medicines of COVID-19 and other diseases. About 48 participant had benefitted by this webinar.

“International conference” IEEE technically co-sponsored 2020 International conference on wireless communications, signal processing and networking (WiSPNET 2020) was held virtually from 4th to 6th August under the theme “Empowering technology for humankind” that encourages the development of reliable, reproducible, affordable and adaptable technologies to create need-based solutions to the humankind hosted by ECE dept. This year’s conference was highlighted by technical papers, accompanied by keynote presentations. The eminent speakers include Dr. Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Director of the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory and Chair of the Telecommunications Group, Dr. Massimo Alioto, Professor, Department of ECE, National University of Singapore, Dr. A Alphones, Professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Dr. Sunil Kumar Kopparappu, Principal Scientist with the TCS Research and Innovations Mumbai, Dr. Dejan Vukobratovic, Professor with the Department of Power, Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Novi Sad, Director of the Centre for intelligent Communications, Networking and Information Processing (ICONIC) and Dr. M. Balakrishnan, Professor, Department of Computer Science, IIT-Delhi. The keynotes include “6G: Next Frontier in Wireless Communication Research”, “From Less Batteries to Battery – Less: Enabling a Greener World Through Ultra – Wide Power Performance Adaptation Down to Pico Watts”, “RF Energy Harvesting for Future Smart Cities”, “ASSISTECH: Assistive Technology Solutions for Mobility & Education of Visually Impaired”, “Model based vs Data based Inferences: a personal view” and “Towards Inclusive Conversational Voice Interfaces”. A total of 99 submissions were received for WiSPNET 2020. Of these, 41 research papers of high publication standards are accepted to be presented in this event. The conference has an acceptance ratio of 41.41%. The chief Patron


of this conference being our beloved Dr. Shiv Nadar, Founder, SSN Institutions & Chairman, HCL Technologies, Patron, Dr. Kala Vijayakumar, President, SSN Institutions, Conference General Chair, Dr. V. E. Annamalai, Principal, SSNCE, and Conference Chair Dr. S. Radha, Professor and Head, ECE, SSNCE, Organizing chair, Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi, Professor, ECE, Dr. N. Prabagarane, Organizing co-chair, and all the conference committee members and faculty members of ECE, through their sincere contribution made this fifth edition a grand success.

“workshop on 3D-Modeling and Designing” Online workshop on the basics of 3D-Designing and Modeling was conducted by the student body of IEEE-EMBS for the second and third year students of Department of Biomedical Engineering on 27 Aug 2020. It was a half day workshop with Mr Vishnu TU the founder of Machenn Innovations, Coimbatore addressing the students. Students were taught the basics tools in the 3D-Designing software Fusion 360 by one of our third year student, Lokesh Kumar. Followed by the advanced tool usage and question answer session with our speaker Mr. Vishnu TU. The students’ interests were kindled and their feedback was that the workshop was useful to get to know about the designing software and it's tools. Webinar on “Sponge Leadership Lessons” SSN IEEE SB conducted a webinar titled “SPONGE Leadership Lessons” by Dr. Ambi M G Parameswaran, Brand Strategist, Founder, Brand-Building.com on 26 September, 2020. The session was very insightful for the students. Mr. Ambi's experiences were especially interesting and new for all the participants as do not have a clear idea of how the business world works. His narration gave a humane touch to everyone. A total of 67 participants benefitted by this webinar.

“International conference” 4th International conference on Computer, Communication and Signal Processing (ICCCSP 2020) during September 28-29, 2020 was technically co-sponsored by IEEE Madras Section and supported by IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter, ACM Chennai Professional Chapter, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Madras Chapter, IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC), Madras Chapter and financially sponsored by SSN and Cargotec India Pvt Ltd., (navis.com). Around 100 participants from various institutions in India and Abroad have participated in this conference. Dr. T. Nagarajan Professor and Head, Dr. I. Joe Louis Paul, ASP, Dr. V. Thanikachalam, ASP, Dr. S. Sasirekha ASP, and Ms. R. Swathika, AP, organized the conference. Keynote Speakers:Dr. Rachid Jennane, Professor, I3MTO Laboratory, University of Orleans, France., Dr. G. R. Gangadharan, Associate Professor, NIT Trichy, India., Dr. A. Paventhan, Director (R&D), Education and Research Network (ERNET)Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India., Dr. Monojit Choudhury, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Lab,Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

“Catalystidea, a 120 second innovation contest” IEEE Communications Society SBC organized Catalystidea, a 120 second innovation contest from the 4th October, 2020 to the 10th October 2020. The contest was organized in two rounds. The participants submitted an abstract along with their idea in one of the three formats:A video of themselves, explaining their idea, Explaining their idea with the help of a PowerPoint presentation,A model/prototype along with explanation of the idea. 7 out of the 16 teams were chosen for the final round. The teams were judged based on the novelty of their idea, feasibility, marketability and the overall presentation. The top 2 teams were announced as winners.

Webinar on “Higher Education and Career Choice” IEEE Communications Society Student branch organized a webinar on “Higher Education and Career Choice” by Sandhya Sriraman on the 11th October, 2020. The speaker covered 3 main topics: Transition from mainstream engineering departments to a field like data science, M.S. Admission, Benefits of IEEE and experience of being a member.There was a total of 55 students who attended the webinar. At the end of the webinar, the speaker answered the questions posed by participants.

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Awareness program on “IEEEXtreme – A 24 Hour competition” SSN IEEE SB conducted an awareness program on “IEEEXtreme – A 24 Hour competition” by Mr. Murugappan S, Software Engineer, Google on 11 October, 2020. He explained how effectively the participants can handle the time and different levels of questions.

Webinar on” Voice Biomechanics” Webinar on Voice Biomechanics was conducted by the student body of IEEE-EMBS on 16 October, 2020 for the third year students of Biomedical Engineering. It was a one hour webinar with Jan Švec, Voice Scientist at Palacky University, Czech Republic. Students were taught about the basic biomechanics of human voice production along with real-time demonstrations of how human sounds are processed in the vocal tract using VoceVista 3.3 and Maddesoftwares. The interesting demonstrations instigated the students to ask doubts about various aspects of human voice and how it is processed in voice recognition systems. Webinar on “Road Map to Study Abroad 2021” IEEE Communications Society Student branch organized aWebinar on “Road Map to Study Abroad 2021” by Learners Cortex on 25th October, 2020.The webinar was organized to provide guidance and support to students who are aspiring to study abroad. The webinar highlighted important aspects about the application process for foreign universities. Magoosh also provided individual and personalized guidance to interested participants. The event was attended by about 50 students. The webinar concluded after a question and answer session where the speaker addressed many concerns of students.

IEEE Xtreme 14.0 - A 24 Hours Programming Competition IEEE Xtreme 14.0 24-Hours Programming Competition was hosted by Department of Information Technology and SSN IEEE Student Branch in online mode. A total of 9 teams participated in this event and the details of the top 3 teams are as follows: Team name: Enigma1, Madras Section rank: 1, National level rank: 2, International level rank: 39. Team name: Trie2, Madras Section rank: 2, National level rank: 7, International level rank: 94. Team name: EnigMatrix, Madras Section rank: 3, National level rank: 8,International level rank: 106.

Report by: Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, [email protected]

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore

IEEE Madras Section sponsored three Day Workshop on “Simulation of Electrical Circuits using MATLAB” EEE Dept. and IEEE SB 0 organized, IEEE Madras Section sponsored three day National Level workshop on “Simulation of Electrical Circuits using MATLAB” from 22.10.2020 to 24.10.2020. The motive of this hands on training was to give the basic idea to the students about MATLAB, thus to stimulate their interest towards it which will be highly useful for their future. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr.S.Joseph Gladwin, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section, Chennai, shared the information about the benefits of IEEE student members and he added various skill sets to know towards industrial perspective.


Dr.K.Balamurugan, IEEE SB Counselor, AP/EEE welcomed the gathering & taught about the Fundamentals of Matlab, Basics of Matlab Simulink. He gave the students the basic idea of the Simulink and the various tool boxes available in the Simulink and how to work with them. Through this workshop students were able to understand the multiuse of the MATLAB and it was highly beneficial to them.Dr.U.Prabha, Professor and Head – EEE, gave the valedictory address to the participants about upgrading of new technologies. Mr.S.Venkatesh Kumar, Faculty Coordinator IEEE SB SREC, proposed the vote of thanks.

SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai

Guest Lecture on “SCADA Systems and Smart Grid Vision” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Guest Lecture on the topic of “SCADA Systems and Smart Grid Vision” on 10th September 2020 for EEE students Mr.S.Sornakanth, B.E., (Alumni), Electrical Estimation Engineer, Al Safar United, UAE. who conveyed the basic introduction of Power System Networks. He discussed general definitions and terminologies related to Electrical Network Estimation for the industrial and commercial buildings, Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by EEE students of II, III, IV years and faculty members along with HOD Prof. Dr.K.Elango. Guest Lecture on “Advancement in MOSFET Technologies” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Guest Lecture on the topic of “Advancement in MOSFET Technologies” by Mr.Thavarasan Tharaneetharan, B.E., (Alumni), Software Developer, Stevens Creek Blvd,San Jose, USA on 15th Sept. 2020 for EEE students. Speaker conveyed the basic introduction about MOSFET and its Characteristics. He briefly explained the structure of MOSFET and different layers in it, Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by EEE students of II, III, IV years and faculty members along with HOD Prof. Dr.K.Elango.

Guest Lecture on “Machine Learning in Circuit Design” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Guest Lecture on the topic of “Machine Learning in Circuit Design” on 21st September 2020 for EEE students. Mr.V.Abilash, M.S., (Alumni), Quality Engineer, Signal Integrity, Mathworks, USA, who conveyed the basic introduction of Machine learning in circuit design. He discussed about the machine learning tools and techniques in detail. He briefed about the different processors used and Neuralink’s Brain Chip prediction. Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by EEE students of II, III, IV years and faculty members along with HOD Prof. Dr.K.Elango.


“Guest Lecture” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Guest Lecture on the topic of “Cyber Security an Overview” on 3rd October 2020. Mr. Kapilsundar Rajamani, Graduate (CS)NZ level 7, B.E – EEE,University of Waikato,Hamilton,New ZEALAND, who conveyed the basic introduction of Cyber security and its importance in Digital world. He discussed about the machine learning tools and techniques in detail.Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by EEE students and faculty members along with HoD Prof. Dr.K.Elango.

“International Guest Lecture” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Guest Lecture on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence in Electrical Engineering” on 11th October 2020. Mr.S.Sundara Vel, (Alumni), Data Scientist, Kaisens Data, France, who conveyed the Artificial Intelligence in the Electrical Engineering such as, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic applications for Industrial Automation. He discussed the Basic and Fundamental structure of Neurons and Architecture elements present in Neural Networks. He has explained about the different Learning Methods of Neural Networks such as, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, and Reinforced Algorithm.

He also explained about Neural Networks applications in Image Processing, Voice Recognition Technique etc.Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by EEE students and faculty members along with HoD Prof. Dr.K.Elango. “International Seminar” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Seminar on the topic of “Electrical Safety in Substation & Power Transmission, Energy & Solar Projects in Middle East” on 16th October 2020. Mr.Mohammed Tariq, Senior HSE Advisor, Tractebel Engineering S.A (Dubai branch), He provided a wide knowledge on the Electrical safety, from the basic concepts of substation to safety measures carried out in Substation. Various types of Substation Equipments like Earthing transformers, Circuit Breakers, Isolators, etc.. Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by Faculties, Students & Industrial Persons along with HOD Prof. Dr.K.Elango.

International Seminar EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Seminar on the topic of Technology trends in Autonomous Cars on 23rd October 2020. Mr. Abhiram Thuraga, (Alumni), He discussed briefly about basic principle and working of Autonomous Cars. He mentioned different SAE level of automation cars and also explained various sensors used in autonomous cars such as Radar, Camera, Lidar, Sonar, GPS positioning, sophisticated software and hardware.Students gained sound knowledge in this and will make their focus better towards their practical implementations via projects. The lecture was attended by Faculties, Students & Industrial Persons along with HOD Prof. Dr.K.Elango.

Report by: Prof. Dr.K.Elango


St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai

“ERUDITE TALK- Webinar Series 1” IEEE SB organized “Erudite Talk – Season 1”, an International Webinar Series with 21 International Speakers around the Globe from 22nd of May to 20th of June in order to make this Pandemic useful.

Webinar on “Use Your Smartphone as a Robot” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Use Your Smartphone as a Robot on 23/05/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Danial Eghbali, Professor at University of ABER UK. Speaker made clear that this technology is used to avoid the expensive embedded board and to develop our circuit as cheap as possible since only a mobile phone for communication with robot is needed thus there is no need of sensors since the orders are given by the smartphone, He also added that this application can be developed in android, IOS and cross platform. He showed the practical circuit design of the robot and its communication from Smartphone through both wired and wireless connection. The guidelines provided by the speaker includes finding a perfect microcontroller and other components needed to make a basic robot and perfect interface for their design. About 423 National and 8 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “Artificial Intelligence” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Artificial Intelligence on 24/05/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Ana Paulina Ramirez Sierra, Infrastructure Consultant Eng. AT&T Electrical and Computer Engineer, Scientist, Entrepreneur, Tech-AI. Speaker made clear that this technology does the human way of thinking through computer and it is the intelligence demonstrated by machines and she explained about the various subsets of artificial intelligence that is , machine learning and deep learning and she explained the differences between AI , Machine learning and deep learning .The building of AI system was explained and a case study on Google flights which is one of the Google AI is done by our


speaker. The guidelines provided by the speaker includes how to create an AI technology with the steps like Approaching with AI understanding technology problems, finding design problems and finding the solution and she also added that AI can be harnessed in a wide range of economic sectors and situations to contribute to managing environmental impacts and climate change. About 543 National and 7 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “How to Be Successful in Electrical Engineering” IEEE SB organized Webinar on How To Be Successful In Electrical Engineering on 31/05/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Kamran Beladi, Electrical Engineer, E.I. & Distinguished Speaker. Speaker made clear with the topic in 5 steps the foundation, EE: The big picture, Engineering economics, the future, the life mission. In the first step he took the Scientist Nikola Tesla as a reference on explaining the foundation and why we need EE, and he said about the graph between the memory and results and about the baseline theory. About 101 National participants registered and benefited.

Webinar on “Overview of AI and Automotive Vehicles” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Overview of AI and Automotive Vehicles on 01/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Micheal Milford, Professor Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles, D. Director QUT Robotics Centre, Microsoft Fellow, ACRV CI, Expert Speaker. Speaker made clear about what is AI and the emerging technologies on the basis of AI ,he explained the concept behind smart mobiles and Autonomous cars and explained the growth of AI with a help of a Progress charts of typical technology, widespread, Passenger Carrying -Robot axis and General Automated Vehicle Technology with the reference between the timeframe and its performance day by day then he explained about the Multi-Faceted Data Story. He explained about the modern neural network-based on AI and he said about multiple AI winters like Hype Cycle, Failure to deliver, Reduced Funding and Talent exodus and AI summers like Hype, Black hole for talent, Ridiculous funding and money and he explained about the Rule of thumb – what modern AI can do. Then he said that we must meet what talent we have and added that we must know the context and get motivated on how to get it. Various questions like future with AI and the relationship between EE and AI were asked and the speaker answered effectively that satisfied the participants. About 372National and 4 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “What is Electrical Engineering?” IEEE SB organized Webinar on What is Electrical Engineering? on 02/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Abdulrazaq Altuwaini, Electrical Engineer and a project manager in IEEE. Speaker started to explain what is meant by electrical engineering from digging up the history of 17th century and started saying about the scientist William Gilbert who drawn a clear distinction between magnetism and static electricity and was the father of electricity and he said about the device Versorium then he said about the scientist Johan Carl Wilcke and his invention called Electrophorus and the scientist Alessandro Volta who had developed a Voltaic Pile then the forthcoming histories on 19th century and the scientists on inventing modern technologies until the DC machines and Transformers were explained. Then he explained about various subfields in electrical engineering. Various electrical constructions like different types of rectifiers, Reverse and over voltage protection, Power conversion and electronic components like BJT, MOSFETS and its applications as MOSFET as switch and amplifier are also explained then he said about capacitors, Inductors and Transformers. About 387 National and 2 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “Visual Perception for Robots - From Gaze Estimation to Place Recognition” IEEE SB organized Webinar Visual Perception for Robots - From Gaze Estimation to Place Recognition on 08/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Tobias Fischer, Research Fellow at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).the speaker made clear about the perspective taking , its applications and the overview of the framework of the robot. Then he added about the importance of eye gaze which serves for regulating signals in conversations and he said that action recognition is impaired if eyes are occluded and he said about the eye gaze in HRI and its challenges. He said about the RT-GENE :image in painting , RT-GENE :gaze estimation networks and RT-GENE overall framework finally he said about the results of RT-GENE and he said about the computational model for PT and he added about the experiments done with robots and overview of its architecture and he made a comparison study with human data and model data and said about the model predictions .He said about the visual place recognition and said a brief overview about the event cameras and its use in visual place recognition.298 National and 2 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “From Grid to Fog Cloud in the IOT” IEEE SB organized Webinar From Grid to Fog Cloud in the IOT on 11/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Marcin PaprzyckI , Director of Advisory Board at G1ANT Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland.He started his explanation with the early rise of computers and the beginning of the internet and he said about the pros and cons of the ownership of hardware or software, he also said about the rental usage of technology. Then he added about the pros and cons of


rental usage. He explained about the most needed objects like hardware or software available on the internet for IOT. Then he explained about the earlier attempt that is done on usage of grid in IOT. He said about cloud computing. He added about the emergence of ecosystems. The IOT on smart city, emergency, security and E-health was explained. He said about the internet used on cows for breeding management etc and fog management. About 450 participants from various countries around the world registered including 446 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Protection and Control Fundamentals” IEEE SB organized Webinar Protection and Control Fundamentals on 12/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Syed F Bukhari is an engineer in Protection and Control Field at Florida Power and Light Company, Kissimmee, Florida, United States.The session was under the heading “Protection And Control Fundamentals”, the speaker made said about the basic Protections and Control of Sub-Stations, He made it clear about Protection system of Sub-Stations namely Relays, Instrument Transformers (CT and PT) and Breakers ,in the field of control he gave explanation of SCADA working, Remote communication process(RCP) and Substation Communication process(SCP). About 350 participants from various countries around the world registered including 348 national and 2 internationals have benefited.

Webinar on “Visual Place Recognition: Mobile Robot Localization Via Reverse Image/Video Search” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Visual Place Recognition: Mobile Robot Localization Via Reverse Image/Video Search on 14/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Sourav Garg, PhD in Robotic Vision, Research Fellow at QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He explained about the local image features, bag of visual words and reverse searching and he made a code showing the real time working of image recognition. He added about the scene appearance variations, deep learnt image descriptions and the same using 3D View synthesis. He explained about the visual semantics, challenge and state of the art. He said about the visual place recognition and the semantics for place recognition. He explained about the local semantic tensor and novel place representation. About 400 participants from various countries around the world registered including 397 national and 3 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Deep Learning-Based Video Analytics For Surveillance Applications” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Deep Learning-Based Video Analytics for Surveillance Applications on 15/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series by Supavadee Aramvith, Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand.Initially she said about the higher education and career path, her focus and her IEEE leadership experiences. Various questions like how the internet helps in sharing video on one device to another in mobile phones and about the software image analysis to do the research on image analysis were asked. The speaker came up with beautiful answers which satisfied all the participants. About 350 participants from various countries around the world registered including 348 national and 2 international participants have benefited.

“Quiz on IEEE” IEEE SB & EEE Dept. conducted a National level Quiz Competition, “Quiz on IEEE” with different types of questions based on the history of IEEE, IEEE Societies and about IEEE between 28th June to 10th July. There were a total of 15 questions in the online quiz with multiple-choice options. 334 participants all over India, cleared the quiz.

“ERUDITE TALK –SEASON 2” IEEE SB organized Erudite Talk Season 2 – An International webinar series was organized with 19 speakers from around the globe. The topics covered in this revolve around the latest technologies like Machine Learning, IoT, Deep learning, Smart Grids, Solar Energy, etc.


Webinar on “Self Taught Neural Agents” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Self Taught Neural Agents on 22/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Oscar Chang, who is currently the Research Professor in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Research Professor in Yachay Tech University. Speaker made clear about the agents that were based on the computer science definitions and explained briefly about the self-taught neural agent. He said about artificial neural nets, gradient descent and he explained about reinforcement learning. He added about computer modeling and showed real time coding and its graphical working. He explained about the computer modeling on protein folding, he also added about the dreadful covid-19 virus and the hemagglutinin esterase. He explained about the agent driven robot and its working and he discussed the few problems that to be solved using conventional methods. Finally, he explained a brief account on bellman’s equation and said about the bellman’s equation in learning neural networks. He also explained about deep learning in convolution networks. About 350 participants from various countries around the world registered including 346 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “An IoT Forecast That’s Sunny and Clear (No Clouds!)” IEEE SB organized Webinar on An IoT Forecast That’s Sunny and Clear (No Clouds!) on 24/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mrs. Kathy Giori, who is currently EdTech Entrepreneur and Strategic Industry Advisor at SPUTNIK. Speaker made clear about the layers of cloud fog. She gave an enthusiastic explanation on cloud computing. She made a clear account on protocols like MQTT, HTTP which works on publish and subscribe methods and cloud service providers like Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure) etc. About 385 participants from various countries around the world registered including 381 national and 4 international participants have participated.


Webinar on “The Growing Virtual Grid - Non-wires Alternatives Emerge” IEEE SB organized Webinar on The Growing Virtual Grid - Non-wires Alternatives Emerge on 25/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Steve Collier, who is currently the Vice President of Business Development in Connexon, LLC. Speaker made clear about the Power usage in the United States with the help of various Graphs for better understanding. Being a veteran in this field, he neatly explained the microgrid and the conventional grid power flow differentiation with a number of resources. Also, he gave a deep knowledge of the various factors affecting the optimized load management. About 411 participants from various countries around the world registered including 407 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Electrical Vehicles - Can Legislation Keep Up with Technology” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Electrical Vehicles - Can Legislation Keep Up with Technology on 26/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Russell Harrison, Director of Government Relations of IEEE USA. Speaker discussed the e-wastes of Electrical Vehicles. Also, the reuse policy of batteries and the Worldwide scrap were explained. The speaker also gave an idea of the best way to start with the technology policy initiative. He encouraged participants to focus on technical aspects, policy leverages and implied cost/benefit analysis towards all stakeholders. About 399 participants from various countries around the world registered including 393 national and 6 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Unsupervised Machine Learning and Unsupervised Deep Learning” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Unsupervised Machine Learning and Unsupervised Deep Learning on 27/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Michael Grillo, Artificial Intelligence Engineer. Speaker explained about the latest development in artificial intelligence, the difference between machine learning and deep learning. The growth aspects in both industry and company wise, innovative creations and development for the future, skills and knowledge required for these types of employment were briefly explained. He also shared his various experiences in different fields of work and how it has helped him to grow in different sectors and services. About 412 participants from various countries around the world registered including 407 national and 5 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Overview of NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program and a Look-back at the NASA Kepler Mission” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Overview of NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Program and a Look-back at the NASA Kepler Mission on 28/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Roger Hunter Program Manager for NASA Small Spacecraft Technology. About 300 participants from various countries around the world registered including 389 national and 1 international participant have benefited.

Webinar on “AI applied in drilling and its application” IEEE SB organized Webinar on AI applied in drilling and its application on 29/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Yingwei Yu, Sr. Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Schlumberger ,Katy, Texas. Speaker made clear about how AI is used in drilling in their company and how they have created a model for drilling. He added about the different types of positions the drill reaches in different times while drilling and he made an analysis of pros and cons of his work project which is AI for drilling. He explained about the applications of AI. He talked about the Kalman filter and gave a clear account on Rig dynamic Representation using Kalman Filter. About 390 participants from various countries around the world registered including 389 national and 1 international participant have benefited through the seventh webinar of the series.

Webinar on “ENERGY RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABILITY” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Energy Research and Sustainability on 30/06/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Dr. S K RAMESH, Director AIMS2 Program, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge. Speaker made clear about societal grand challenges and how their college has done energy research and sustainability in their campus. He also explained about installing 4 fuel cells and the result of controlled CO2 emission by rain foresting their campus. He explained about interdisciplinary projects such as the dc power home project. He also added about the solar shed in the parking lot and their campus rooftops. And finally, he concluded about IEEE’s role and organization, its programs and services. About 370 participants from various countries around the world registered including 368 national and 2 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Digital Transformation: Its Leverage and Impact on Communication” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Digital Transformation: Its Leverage and Impact on Communication on 01/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Saracco Roberto, SM IEEE, Lead Industry Advisory Board within the Future Directions Committee and co-chairs the Digital Reality Initiative.The speaker explained about various transformations in the communication sector from 2G to 5G. He also expressed his views on digital transformation and its effects on the economic developments of the nation. The talk gave a detailed explanation for digital twins and the pros and cons of the coexistence of humans with digital twins. About 350 participants from various countries around the world registered including 348 national and 2 international participants have benefited.


Webinar on “Artificial Intelligence as a tool for COVID-19 Mitigation” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Artificial Intelligence as a tool for COVID-19 Mitigation on 02/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Alvaro David Orjuela-Canon, who is currently Senior Lecturer at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. Speaker made clear about what is Artificial Intelligence with initial explanation of covid – 19 spread status given by the center for systems sciences and engineering at Johns Hopkins university and its vigor on the society. He gave a brief explanation of various parts of artificial intelligence like Computational intelligence, Machine learning and Deep learning. He said about how AI is helpful and its uses and he added about the innovations that have been done now for the mitigation of covid-19. 300 participants from various countries around the world registered including 299 national and 1 international participant have benefited.

Webinar on “Differential Power Processing DC-DC Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Application” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Differential Power Processing DC-DC Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Application on 03/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Ms. Katherine Kim, Associate Professor, National Taiwan University. Speaker explained about the Reliability challenges with series-connected PV Cells, Overview of PV differential Power Processing Converters and also DPP Converter Topologies. About 400 participants from various countries around the world registered including 398 national and 2 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Futuristic Radiation Based Space Technology” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Futuristic Radiation Based Space Technology on 05/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Dr.Archana Sharma, The Principal Scientist at CERN Laboratory in Geneva and a TEDx speaker.Speaker began her session with her explanation on the big bang and dark matter. Then she proceeded on with her illustration of the Geneva map and the experiments undergone by CERN. The speaker also added on about the Higgs boson particle and its features. She detailed the spectroscopic analysis of 3d Xray’s. About 325 participants from various countries around the world registered including 321 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Introduction to Cloud computing and the Internet of Things” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Introduction to Cloud computing and the Internet of Things on 07/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Bruno Vitali, Senior IOT solution architect at Amazon web services, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Speaker addressed the gathering through the video he prepared to explain precisely about cloud computing. Then he shared the various services that are available in AWS. He also added about data privacy and other stages for trustful cloud computation. He shared vivid illustrations about the internet of things basics and also some life time examples. Then he shared the various services that are available in AWS. About 400 participants from various countries around the world registered including 399 national and 1 international participant have benefited.

Webinar on “Technology Trends and Challenges” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Technology Trends and Challenges on 08/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Ms Jyotika Athavale, Principal Engineer, Platform Enabling Lead Technologist, Intel Corporation and Technology Standardization, and an IEEE Senior Member from Chandler, Arizona. Ms Jyotika Athavale explain about growing hardware and software complexity and a higher risk of failures, integrated chip industry trends, the higher probability of failure due to increased 2d and 3d integration on SoC and She briefed about hardware failure prediction and containment, described how they detect hardware failures, take corrective action and improve the system reliability. She also tells about Telemetry for Reliability and Functional safety implications and she outlined the technical challenges in future years. About 305 participants from various countries around the world registered including 301 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Fifth - Generation (5G) Mobile Communication Network” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Fifth - Generation (5G) Mobile Communication Network on 09/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Mr. Albert Lysko, Chair IEEE R8 chapter coordination committee at IEEE Region 8 South Africa. He addressed the gathering through the video he prepared to explain precisely about The different factors affecting the 5G and 4G communication has been explained briefly, Various applications of 5G such as smart factory automation, safety; smart vehicles, mining and many other global digitization techniques using 5G communication has been broadly described, Various precautionary measures for being safe guarded by the radio waves was also shown and shared. About 350 participants from various countries around the world registered including 348 national and 2 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Applying Machine Techniques in Towards Self Driving Networks” Speaker initially made clear about what is self-driving and various stages of self-driving like Manual, visualization, analysis and prediction, recommendation and autonomous decisions. He said about the autonomic networks. He added about the pattern analysis using PCA, device-BS association biasing and findings of classifiers performance. He explained about the effects of tuning AQM parameters and he said about what is Q- learning based tune and its performance evolution. He made an overview on various solutions and explained about the estimated techniques.


About 331 participants from various countries around the world registered including 228 national and 3 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Engineering of Novel Medical Devices Within A Healthcare System” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Engineering of Novel Medical Devices Within A Healthcare System on 11/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by by a Great Duo of speakers Mr Mark Wehde, chair of Mayo Clinic Division of Engineering and Mr Susheil Uthamaraj, Senior Engineer at Mayo clinic. Mr Mark Wehde described various medical device development. Firstly, he explained about the drivers of change in healthcare such as Ageing population, Acceleration of science and discovery, progress in IoT, big data and analytics. He discussed the Atrial Fibrillation and how they detect it by their product Body Guardian Heart. Then, Mr Susheil Uthamaraj elaborated their projects such as Magnetic Stents, Brain Aneurysm and Femtosecond Laser Machining System and about their application such as minimally invasive epilepsy surgery, micro slots on the hypodermic needle and microfluidic channels. About 300 participants from various countries around the world registered including 297 national and 3 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “An IoT Platform for Building Energy Efficiency Applications” IEEE SB organized Webinar on An IoT Platform for Building Energy Efficiency Applications on 12/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Dr. Saifur Rahman, Director of Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institution from Arlington, Virginia USA. Mr. Rahman elaborated on various IoT applications. A real-time IOT based implementation in buildings was explained. Various parameters to be considered while setting up IoT devices were discussed. The challenges that were raised during implementation and their cost were analyzed. Security features while constructing an IoT application were briefed. About 400 participants from various countries around the world registered including 396 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Power Electronic Technologies For Fuel Cell - Based Hybrid Energy Systems” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Power Electronic Technologies For Fuel Cell - Based Hybrid Energy Systems on 13/07/2020 as a part of ERUDITE TALK- webinar series 2 by Dr. Arnaud Gaillard, Associate Professor, University of Technology of Belfort in France.Speaker gave detailed explanation on importance and applications of power electronics and presentation on the topics of power electronics, Detailed explanation of importance of power electronics was provided, Real time applications of power electronics switches were given, Neat and brief explanation about the Dc to Dc Converters were explained, Fuel cell and the Dc to Dc Converter interface was delivered interestingly. About 400 participants from various countries around the world registered including 399 national and 1 international participant have benefited.

"Cratus'20 - A Fitness Challenge" EEE Dept. & IEEE SB organized an online fitness event Cratus'20 for college students and faculties. The event was held for a period of 7 days starting from July 7 till July 12. The event had 71 participant registrations from various colleges across the state. The event had three rounds with each round having difficulty higher than the other. Participants were required to record a video of the exercises which were to be done in a order for a duration of four minutes. The first prize went to Gowtham Venkatesh M of Annapoorna Engineering college. The second prize went to Rohit of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering. The third prize went to Ranjith of SA Engineering College. The winners were awarded with merit certificates and gym discount coupons. The event was a success.


COVID 19 Awareness Quiz IEEE SB & EEE Dept. conducted a National level COVID Quiz Competition for creating the awareness among the people from 29th June to 8th July. There was a total of 15 questions in the online quiz with multiple-choice options. The quiz theme consists of questions related to present Covid19.On an overview, the quiz brought a good awareness among many people, around 580 participants all over India, cleared the quiz with 50 percentage and availed their e-certificates.

“IEEE Orientation Program” EEE Dept. in association with IEEE SBC, IEEE Robotics And Automation Society, IEEE Industry Applications Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society and IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group collaboratively organized IEEE Orientation Program exclusively for the 1st Year EEE Students which was held on 11th July 6:00 PM. Student Branch Counsellor of IEEE SJCE SB Mr. Sreekanth & Mr. Kumaran MS SB Chair explained briefly about our Student Branch history. Then he briefed about the perks of being a student member of IEEE. And at last, he gave a detailed explanation about the skills developed by the IEEE Student members by their contribution. Secondly, the IEEE Power Electronics Chair Ms. Nirmitha AJ started to explain her experience with IEEE and the benefits of PELS with a clear explanation. Thirdly the IEEE Industry Application Society Chair Mr. Yogesh gave a detailed explanation about the history of the IAS and its awards, scholarship provided by the society. Then the IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group Chair Ms. Priyadarshini explained the power of WIE in IEEE and its awards and recognition provided by. And at last, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Chair Mr. Swathish G briefly explained the RAS society, and, he gave a detailed review of the events so far conducted by the society. The talk made by all the Chairs of respective society really made a great impact on the participants and they got inspired by it.At the end of the webinar, the membership fee details for IEEE was also discussed. In addition to that, there was a q and a section with the participants which went really interactive. Session was so informative and interactive with about 100 participants. And at last, the session ended with the vote of thanks.

“WOMANSERA ‘20 - An International Webinar Series on Women Empowerment” IEEE WIE organized “WOMANSERA ‘20”, an International Webinar Series on Women Empowerment with 12 International Speakers around the Globe from 14th July to 25th July in order to make this Pandemic useful.

Webinar on "Women Empowerment: Engaging in Research on Emerging Technologies" IEEE SB organized Webinar on Women Empowerment: Engaging in Research on Emerging Technologies on 14/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Celia Shahnaz, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BUET. Speaker shared her volunteering and networking experiences in IEEE. She explained the UN Sustainable development Goals and talked about innovative and networking ideas. She talked about the biomedical signal processing control which includes denoising of ECG signal based on noise reduction algorithm in EMD. She talked about the significant activity that she had done in the WIE congress, also she talked about the IEEE Women In engineering leadership summit which was held in the year of 2018. She explained the opportunities offered by IEEE and shared her significant activities in IEEE. She explained her research work in Non-invasive blood glucose estimation using multi-sensor based portable & wearable system, Non-invasive bilirubin level quantification & jaundice detection by sclera image processing, Wrist card, Stetho-phone, Electric wheelchair, Smart hat, Auto-HRID, EEG based electric wheelchair, etc., About 340 participants across India registered and benefited.

Webinar on "Woman Empowerment in Academic Life - Engineering” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Woman Empowerment in Academic Life - Engineering on 15/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms.Karden Buyuktanir Aktar, IEEE METU Student Branch, Governing and Executive board member, magazine editor and as IEEE Turkey WIE Affinity Group Board Member. The speaker shared her experiences in mining engineering and how mining covers up a large area in Turkey. She explained about volunteering, leadership, and her experiences in IEEE Student Branches. Also, she explained about being a woman in Mining Engineering and her research


works. She told how women are successful in all the fields. She emphasized the ratio of women in the mining field and also about the difficulties they face in the same such as the temperature and the dust that can cause various difficulties. She encouraged the participants to pursue their careers in whatever field they are interested in and gave an inspiring speech. About 203 National and 3 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “2020 women in power” IEEE SB organized Webinar on 2020 women in power on 16/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Jessica Bian, Grid-X Partners . The speaker explained the global engagement of power and electrical society, which include 40,000 members in 150 countries. She explained that diversity is essential for any workforce or community and about the PES Women in Power's mission to advance the world through the creativity and innovation of diverse leadership, and to foster the careers, connections, and talent of women in the Power Industry to achieve their full potential to become the leaders of the future. She told that WiP (Women in Power) serves ambitious, professional women in the power and energy industry who are looking for leadership positions and career advancement. The speaker explained the WIE goals which include, promoting the community of in power industry, providing networking opportunities to help women in power engineering to advance their career, to provide inspiration and education through mentors, role models, and success storiesAbout 232 National and 2 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited .


Webinar on "Women in Professional Development -Research and Career" IEEE SB organized Webinar on Women in Professional Development -Research and Career on 17/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Takako Hashimoto who is the Vice-President of Chiba University of Commerce, Japan and secretary of IEEE R10. . The speaker briefed about her research in Social data analysis and Information Technology for Achieving SDGs. She explained the data polishing technique and about very fast unsupervised feature value selection. She explained the Sustainable Development Goals and also about the power generation and consumption at Chiba University. She explained her research in energy consumption data using a machine learning technique for detecting the energy consumption in their university and about the establishment of a Smart city. She told about the working environment for women and the women's employment rate in Japan. She shared her experience as a software engineer which was inspiring. She shared her global activities and volunteering experiences in IEEE About 226 national and 4 international participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on" Women, career and leadership training” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Women, Career and Leadership Training on 18/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Clarissa Loureiro. The speaker started off the session with her experiences and how to support each other among women. She talked about social inequalities in Brazil. She emphasized how we need to break certain stereotypes to break social inequality in our society. She justified this by saying that not only boys need to be superheroes even girls have the same right to be encouraged to play, to be brave, to be superheroes to save the world. She explained about the importance of global education that includes both boys and girls as it helps the students work in harmony and understanding. Also, she explained how we can attract girls to technological areas which included encouraging girls into mathematics, problem-solving, and having diversity in the information. She also explained how technology has been a part of our lives and also how we can use it to change the world. About 264 National and 4 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on "Balance between job, volunteering, and personal life” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Balance between job, volunteering, and personal life on 19/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Jenifer P. Castillo Rodriguez, Parker Hannifin Corp.In the session, she specified the importance of planning and focusing on life. Before we take every step, we must plan and prepare ourselves and be ready to face the challenges. We have to overcome our fear which is the primary thing to do. Considering the job, we should be committed to our job by respecting it, valuing it, and facing all the challenges that come our way with boldness. Finding a balance between job, volunteering and personal life is a constant process. We must continue to do it no matter what the circumstances might be. This path might be a unique one for each of us and all we have to do to figure it out at the earliest and maintain it as a dynamic process. Sometimes we may lose the balance but we must be determined to find our way back. We should schedule our priorities correctly to achieve success. About 208 National and 5 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on “Diversity and social entrepreneurship for sustainable development” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Diversity and social entrepreneurship for sustainable development on 20/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Pia Torres, project manager RoboTeam .The speaker talked about the IEEE diversity policy statement, which includes diversity in the technical profession and promoting an inclusive and equitable culture in its activities and programs. She explained the value of IEEE throughout her journey. She made the participants understand how to be innovative. She inculcates the spirits of women in engineering with the participants. She talked about the IEEE humanitarian activities committee and about the creativity and innovation, which include the process of producing a new and useful idea or product. The speaker also talked about the technical solutions for COVID-19. She talked about the triple impact which includes economic, social, and environmental. The speaker also talked about the sustainable development goals. She also talked about the STEM career gender distribution, where men are more than 75% and women are less than 25%. She told to self motivate their valuable thoughts and become a changemaker. She expounded and made the students understand how to be more creative. About 231 National and 5 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on " Energy access and women’s empowerment” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Energy access and women’s empowerment on 21/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Nirupama Prakash Kumar, Senior Product Manager, Microgrids with Bloom Energy. She talked about all the problems faced by women and how those can be solved by providing energy access to women. She feels that every person who wants to volunteer can take the responsibility of creating awareness among the rural women on clean cooking. She also reminded us how cooking in smoke can cause Tuberculosis and cataract which might lead to blindness too. The session created an awareness among the participants on how rural women suffer and how energy access can help them out. About 323 National and 9 International from various countries around the world registered and benefited.


Webinar on “Women empowerment- Bootstrapping a hardware company” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Women empowerment- Bootstrapping a hardware company on 22/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Samantha Snabes, who is the Co-founder and a Catalyst for re:3D. The speaker explained the struggles she had faced in her life which included product development, team building, creating a differentiation, etc. She also added that Now, if the world is tough to women, it is tougher for women entrepreneurs. And she said that the total amount of funding raised by start-ups with a woman founder or co-founder between January and September 2018 comprised just 5.2 percent of the $9.14 billion raised in overall funding in India. She explained the 3D printing in a detailed manner. she encouraged the participants to think about the hardware company. She explained the GIGABOT which is a robot less than $10K. And explained the 10 programs around the world giving equity-free money to start up. About 201 National and 3 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on "Women Empowerment - Utilise your Strength” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Women empowerment- Utilise your Strength on 23/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Norliza Mohd Noor, Associate Professor in UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, University Technology Malaysia (UTM). The speaker started off the session with two inspiring quotes from Michelle Obama and Margaret Thatcher which was such a motivating start. Then she explained the United Nations Population Fund: Issue 7 on Women Empowerment by which she explained about gender equality, education for girl children, etc. The speaker emphasized 5 powerful ways women can empower other women through technology, education, empowering their voices, and many more. She then talked about How to close the gap between Men and Women which included digital fluency, career strategy, and technology immersion. She also shared her experiences in IEEE which inspired all the participants. About 227 National and 2 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on "Women Achievers: How To Be One?” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Women Achievers: How To Be One? on 24/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Supavadee Aramvith, Member of the IEEE Awards Board Presentation & Publicity CommitteeThe speaker explained the seven key traits of high achievers which were the aim, visionary, focus, discipline, winning mentality, lifelong learner, and finally about the boomerang. She mentioned that our focus must be like a laser beam on our ambition. She told us that we need to gather momentum and make significant changes to our aim. She encouraged women to come out of comfort zone and must be a good learner to grow personally and professionally. And the speaker told us about her higher education and career path from 1989 to 2020. She was also served as a teacher, academic advisor, researcher and publisher technical advisor, administrator, and professional volunteer. She is also an experienced in international telecommunication union on ICT4SDG. She also shared her IEEE experience from 2007 to 2020. She also talked about the IEEE-WIE mentorship.About 219 National and 6 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

Webinar on "Female leadership: Be confident and ambitious” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Female leadership: Be confident and ambitious on 25/07/2020 as a part of WOMANSERA’20 by Ms. Simay Akar, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder at INNOSES. The speaker drew our attention to whether we needed confidence rather than competence in which she explained about experience, skills, knowledge, behaviour, performance and our goals. Then she explained companies adding women to the C-suite and also explained the key practices to shape how employees view opportunity and fairness which includes manager support, sponsorship, unbiased hiring, and promotion, etc. The speaker emphasized the barriers women create for themselves such as the trap of perfection, overestimating expertise, reluctance to claim our success to name a few. And completed her session with some inspiring quotes which were very motivational. About 250 National and 3 International participants from various countries around the world registered and benefited.

ERUDITE TALK–SEASON 3 Erudite talk Season 3– An International webinar series was organized with 9 speakers from around the globe under the IEEE SBC. The Webinars were conducted from 6th to 19th August 2020. The topics covered in this revolve around the latest technologies like Cyber Security, IoT, Deep learning, Solar Energy, etc.,

Webinar on “Signal Processing and Image Processing In MATLAB” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Signal Processing and Image Processing In MATLAB as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by presence MS.Aparna Murthy, Graduate Research Assistant in McMaster University. First the speaker began with Object Descriptors Image Processings. Then she explained about Signal Processing Basics under which came Low pass filtering, High pass filtering, Convolution, Deconvolution, Quantization, Amplification. The speaker gave an insightful talk on Digital Image Processing followed by an explanation about the formers and AVI/MPEG. She also briefed about the interesting topic of 3D to 2D transformation. She also illustrated the effective information on template matching or binary template. The talk then dived into the MATLAB code snippet which was very interesting. Several examples were quoted for better


understanding. Explanations on descriptors, region representation, chain codes moments, Zernike moments, Fourier descriptors, spatial descriptors, quadtree, algorithm were given and the topic ended with code snippets of the theoretical concepts described earlier.. About 216 participants from various countries around the world registered including 213 national and 3 International participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Cybersecurity challenges and opportunities for autonomous vehicles” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Cybersecurity challenges and opportunities for autonomous vehicles as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Dr. Neeli Rashmi Prasad, CTO in Smart Avatar BV and VP membership development and member board of Governors at IEEE vehicular technology society. She initiated her speech by explaining about the vehicles transforming into software-enabled vehicle architecture and change in vehicle value from hardware to software. She explained about the Autonomous cybersecurity challenges with various examples. She said about the vehicle to cloud communication which is open to cyber attacks and data breach and open threats in Autonomous vehicles.She added about the innovations in automotive security which included secure over-air updates, building trust for safer driving, protecting privacy of driver and passenger, creating a more secure ecosystem, and protecting vehicle to cloud communication.She explained about the technical challenges and lack of legal framework of autonomous vehicles. She said about the vehicles in communication to humans, the environment, society, and industry. She said about the trustworthy and secure AV software-defined vehicle architecture. She added about the in-vehicle hardware and software security building blocks and cloud security services which included secure authenticated channel to the cloud, remote monitoring of vehicle activity, threat intelligence exchanges, secure over the air updates, and credential management. About 180 participants from various countries around the world registered including 179 national and 1 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Perspectives” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Perspectives as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Dr Khaled Khnissi , Robotics tutor at the Virtual University of Tunis, Research Assistant in Robotic an AI at ENSIT “National Superior School of Engineer of Tunis”, Principal Project and Maintenance Engineer at STB Bank. Speaker explained the definition of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and its Applications. He also defined Robotics, it’s architecture, and its types. He discussed the challenges such as sensing, vision, mobility, design, control, reasoning AI, energy in Robotics. He elaborated on the Robotics perspective as downsizing, synergism and greater intelligence. He further mentioned the threat to privacy, security, and human bias in the Robotics Field. He described his


project turtle bot 3 smart navigation, real-time traffic sign detector, UAV palm trees treater. About 295 participants from various countries around the world registered including 291 national and 4 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Wireless Energy Future for India and the Role of Electric vehicles” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Wireless Energy Future for India and the Role of Electric vehicles as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Mr.Les Mood who is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Energy Independence Group. He gave a detailed accumulation of the methods of wireless power transfer (WPT) including short-range as well as mid-range transmission. The technology and the science behind WPT and the future scope was discussed in detail. The speaker stated that a large part of this wide research topic is yet to be explored. He also gave the evolution of wireless power transfer over various generations. He also briefed the attempts to commercialize the vehicles that use WPTs are going on with full force and also discussed the advantages and the disadvantages for the same.About 206 participants from various countries around the world registered including 204 national and 2 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING WITH MACHINE AND DEEP LEARNING” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Natural Language Processing With Machine and Deep Learning as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Dr. Subrata Das, consulting chief data scientist at Advent Health and Part-time Faculty at Northeastern University. Speaker started by giving a small brief about the Real World Challenges that we face and the Fundamental Requirements which consists of recognizing named entities, understanding the types of complaints, search messages by understanding intent in user queries and answering customers. Then he defined Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the ML Algorithms and made a clear understanding of the need of Deep Learning. He also added that how AI has evolved from symbolic rule-based to Probabilistic Machine Learning. Then he deeply explained about how Analytics are categorized, Structured Vs Unstructured data. What is Text Structuring and the Challenges faced in it. About 193 participants from various countries around the world registered, including 191 national and 2 international participants who have benefited.

Webinar on “AI - Robotics and Design for Manufacture” IEEE SB organized Webinar on AI - Robotics and Design for Manufacture as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Mr.Harold Walsh who is the Co-Founder of Virtual Robotics and Ms.Aditi Khurana who is the Director and Head of Business Development at Soft bank.The speakers proposed a clear view that AI and Robotics is the future in the utility industry and they explained about the Designing of MVP Humanoid robots. Explanations about the recent Deep learning concepts used in 5th Generation bots were detailed and they also added that NAO Medical robots are used across Australia. Information about various robotic competitions happening around the world like ROBO WAR, ROBO SOCCER, etc was brought to light. About 222 participants from various countries around the world registered including 221 national and 1 international participants have benefited.

Webinar on “Multi-scale Approach to Design Rocket Engine for Spacecraft” IEEE SB organized Webinar on Multi-scale Approach to Design Rocket Engine for Spacecraft as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Dr.Sathish Kumar J who is the Co-Founder and Chief scientist at Space 4.0. The speaker gave detailed explanations on the background of Rocket Engine for Spacecraft and also illustrated the motivation for modeling for such systems. He also stated about the mesoscale synthetic microstructural model. Various approaches and characteristics of other micro scales and macro-scale modelings were beautifully drafted and an enthralling experience was provided to the speakers. About 154 participants from various countries around the world registered including 153 national and 1 international participants have benefited through the seventh webinar of the series.

Webinar on “A Gentle Introduction Reinforcement Learning and Its Applications” IEEE SB organized Webinar on A Gentle Introduction Reinforcement Learning and Its Applications as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by Dr.Matthew Taylor Associate Professor at the University of Alberta.The speaker gave an overview of Reinforcement learning and stated that it is an area of machine learning concerned with how software agents ought to take actions in an environment in order to maximize the notion of cumulative reward and he explained about the advances in Machine Learning. Then he explained about the RL: Multi-Armed Bandits and he said about current research in Reinforcement Learning. He also explained about the weakness of Reinforcement Learning. About 192 participants from various countries around the world registered including 190 national and 2 international participants have benefited through the eighth webinar of the series

Webinar on “A review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications” IEEE SB organized Webinar on A review of Data Mining Techniques and Applications as a part of ERUDITE- Season 3 by DR.CHUN CHE LANCE FUNG Professor Emeritus at Murdoch University, Australia .The speaker began with the ABCD of emerging technology under which came artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud, data(big and small). He explained how these four together become a strong enabler for digital and also briefed how digital was becoming important to meet the expectation of customers. Then he gave a quick note on the fourth industrial revolution. He then started on a current field of interest for everyone: IoT. Then he began with data mining. He explained about the various data mining process stages like stating the problem, collecting the data, pre-processing the data, estimating and interpreting the model and he drew


the conduction. He explained about neural networks; Support vector machines, lazy learners, K-nearest neighbors classifiers, care-based reasoning classifiers etc.About 159 participants from various countries around the world registered including 156 national and 3 international participants have benefited.

“TREE PLANTATION – One step forward as a Community” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, PELS, RAS, WIE organized a tree plantation program to plant any trees around their houses and terrace. During the date from 15th August to 15th September 2020. The main motto of planting tree is to restore native forests around village to protect water supplies. Planting of trees and their care is holy act. One tree is equated to 10 children. Planting trees reduces carbon dioxide, a principal greenhouse gas that contribute to global warming. Planting tree increases oxygen level in environment, the most essential gas on globe. Neary 100+ students and staffs took part in the tree plantation and contributed to their best.

“Independence Day Celebration” As part of the 74th Independence day Celebration, EEE Dept., IEEE SB conducted a National level Quiz Competition for the remembrance of our Indian History with different types of questions on the date between 15th August to 22nd August. There were a total of 15 questions in the online quiz with multiple-choice options. The quiz theme consists of many related to our Indian history. Around 460 participants all over India, cleared the quiz with 50 percentage and availed their e-certificates.

“QUIZ FEST – A NATIONAL LEVEL ONLINE QUIZ COMPETION” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, PELS, RAS, WIE organized a 18 days online quiz competition for 12th Students and Diploma Students on various topics like Explore India, Fun with currency, General Knowledge, COVID-19 Awareness quiz, Current Affairs, Global warming through Google forms with 25 questions every day on the dates 24th AUG to 12th Sep 2020. Nearly a total of 850 School Students and diploma students participated in this event and got benefited from it.

1st day online quiz on the topic “EXPLORE INDIA” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “EXPLORE INDIA” was conducted in the date 24/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge of our Nation India. Nearly 65 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

2nd day online quiz on the topic “FUN WITH CURRENCY” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “FUN WITH CURRENCY” was conducted in the date 25/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge of the different types of currency in the world. Nearly 55 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

3rd day online quiz on the topic “GENERAL KNOWLEDGE” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “GENERAL KNOWLEDGE” was conducted in the date 26/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test their general knowledge. Nearly 68 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

4th day online quiz on the topic “GUESS THE BRAND NAME” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “GUESS THE BRAND NAME” was conducted in the date 27/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on brand names. Nearly 75 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

5th day online quiz on the topic “GUESS THE LANDMARK” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “GUESS THE BRAND NAME” was conducted in the date 28/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the landmark maps. Nearly 50 students participated in the competition and got benefited.


6th day online quiz on the topic “GUESS THE PLANETS” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “GUESS THE PLANETS” was conducted in the date 29/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the universe planets. Nearly 60 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

7th day online quiz on the topic “HISTORY OF INDIA” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “HISTORY OF INDIA” was conducted in the date 30/08/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on our History of India. Nearly 70 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

8th day online quiz on the topic “MATHEMATICS” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “MATHEMATICS” was conducted in the date 01/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on basic Mathematics. Nearly 50 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

9th day online quiz on the topic “INVENTORS AND INVENTION” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “INVENTORS AND INVENTION” was conducted in the date 02/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the invention created in the world. Nearly 70 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

10th day online quiz on the topic “SPORTS” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “SPORTS” was conducted in the date 03/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the sports and activities. Nearly 45 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

11th day online quiz on the topic “SCIENCE” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “SCIENCE” was conducted in the date 04/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the basic science. Nearly 60 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

12th day online quiz on the topic “DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGY” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGY” was conducted in the date 05/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the basic science. Nearly 50 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

13th day online quiz on the topic “WHO SAID THIS” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “WHO SAID THIS” was conducted in the date 07/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on the scientist best quotes. Nearly 40 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

14th day online quiz on the topic “QUIZ ON SPACE” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “QUIZ ON SPACE” was conducted in the date 08/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to test the knowledge on space. Nearly 55 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

15th day online quiz on the topic “COVID-19 AWARENESS” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “COVID-19 AWARENESS” was conducted in the date 09/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is to spread the awareness of COVID-19 among the students. Nearly 70 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

16th day online quiz on the topic “CAPITAL AND COUNTRIES” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “CAPITAL AND COUNTRIES” was conducted in the date 10/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is test the knowledge on the country’s names and capital. Nearly 60 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

17th day online quiz on the topic “CURRENT AFFAIRS 2020” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “CURRENT AFFAIRS 2020” was conducted in the date 11/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is test the knowledge on the current affairs. Nearly 55 students participated in the competition and got benefited.

18th day online quiz on the topic “GLOBAL WARMING 2020” As a part of QUIZ FEST an online quiz competition on the topic “GLOBAL WARMING 2020” was conducted in the date 12/09/2020 in google forms which consist of 25 questions. The aim of the quiz competition is test the knowledge on the Global warming. Nearly 60 students participated in the competition and got benefited.


PELZINE - THE STUDENT MAGAZINE PELZINE is the student magazine compiled by the IEEE Power Electronics Society of IEEE SJCE SBC. With the aim of recognizing the technical interests of the students, the IEEE PELS Society has taken an initiative to compile their technical articles in the form of a magazine. In order to implement this idea, the society first arranged an article writing competition “Breviloquent-20” in the month of May 2020. The event targeted all the students who were willing to draft the attained technical knowledge on the webinars attended during this COVID lockdown. After a reasonable response from the IEEE members of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, the society announced the winners on a special occasion “PELS FIESTA”, a PELS Day Celebration Event hosted by the society on 25th June 2020.

After the reasonable response from the participants the society geared up in compiling all the articles provided by the students referred from various online sources with other attributing articles of the technical aspirants. The magazine also comprised of the social event descriptions and the overall experiences of the organizers while conducting them. The technical articles were grouped into various categories likely to be exotic webinar experiences, power system, renewable energy, recent technologies, Engineering in Medicine, General Electrical safety and assembling, Electrical Machines, and the game-changing technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, etc. The magazine was endorsed by the IEEE Power Electronics President “Prof.Frede Blaabjerg”, IEEE SJCE SBC Advisor,” Dr.Jayarama Pradeep” and the IEEE SJCE SBC Counselor, “Mr.Sreekanth R”. The 100 pages magazine got completed with all the relatable contents in the month of July 2020.

INAUAGRATION The magazine was inaugurated by the IEEE Power Electronics President “Prof.Frede Blaabjerg” on 29th August 2020. The participants and the staff were greeted cordially with a warm welcome note by our society member. With the gracious presence of all the staff and students the event began with the preview video of the magazine. The event had a special guest lecture session on “Climbing the ladder within the Power Electronics Society” by our honorable chief guest, Prof. Frede Blaabjerg. The inauguration ceremony commenced after the enlightening Webinar onthe available opportunities within the society. The magazine outlook was shown and the contents were briefed by one of the editors of PELZINE. The event ended with the Electrical Department Head and IEEE SBC Advisor Dr.Jayarama Pradeep thanking the chief guest for his wonderful presence and appreciating the society members for their commanding contribution. Here are a few pictures of the event.

“Teacher's Day Celebration” Teacher’s Day Celebration, in collaboration with the IEEE SB had taken a step to motivate and encourage our teachers with live events on the date 5th September 2020 by 5 pm to 6 pm virtually. The event started with a lot of greetings from the students by quotes, poems, and stories. The students performed a virtual dance and songs were sung for their gurus. Then a small competition is conducted for the teachers by the students. Small virtual gifts as a token of love were given to all faculty members by the students. On an overview 30 faculty members and 45 student participants in the live teacher’s day event. And at last the efforts of the students were appreciated by all the teachers.


“ELECTRICAL VEHICLE DAY” IEEE SB in collaboration with IEEE IAS, PELS, RAS, WIE celebrated E-Vehicle day on the date 09-09-2020 with a talk on concepts of how to implement and run Vehicles tin an efficient way. After the talk, a rapid-fire quiz related to power electronics was conducted. The main motto to raise awareness about the benefits that electric vehicles can provide. 2020 marks its inaugural year and this year, it is largely a global social media-led campaign to engage consumers around the sustainability benefits of EVs. Neary 80+ IEEE Members and Non-IEEE Members participated in it and got benefited from the event.

Surya Engineering College, Erode

Webinar on “Internet of Drone Things” ECE dept. and IEEE SB organized a “Webinar on Internet of Drone Things” on 27.10.2020 for UG, PG students, Research Scholars and Faculty members. The resource person is Dr. Anand Nayyar, Researcher and Scientist in Graduate School, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam. A total of more than 70 students participated in the event and get benefited.

Report by: Prof.E.Baraneetharan, [email protected]

Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai

"Inauguration of IEEE Photonics society student branch and workshop on Frontiers in Photonics" IEEE Photonics Society Student Branch Chapter was inaugurated in the presence of Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section and Dr. C. Arunachalaperumal, Chairman, IEEE Photonics Society Madras Section. Dr. Sangeetha R.G, student branch advisor welcomed the gathering. Dr.Sivasubramanian.A, Dean SENSE, VIT Chennai addressed the gathering. The event was split into two sessions. The first session was the inauguration of IEEE Photonics Society Student Branch Chapter and the next session was workshop on “Frontiers in Photonics”. In the first session, Dr.Arunachalaperumal, explained the student role in the society and funding opportunities available through IEEE.

Dr.N.Kumarappan delivered the presidential address and has thrown light on quantum dot photonics. In the second session, the technical talk was given by two eminent professors — Dr. T. Srinivas, IISc Bangalore and Dr. Sandeep Joshi, BITS Pilani. Dr. T.Srinivas gave an in-depth presentation on Photonics and its properties. His session included information about various optical devices, networks and Optical MEMS. He also described about the working of various devices like optical modulators, optical multiplexers, etc. Dr. Sandeep Joshi’s presentation revolved around the latest communication technologies. He started with Device to Device communication (D2D) aka Peer to Peer. He also explained the advancements related to mobile communication and the upcoming technologies in 5G like millimetre wave, Massive MIMO technology. At the end of both the sessions, the speakers were open to questions related to their talk. The event was attended by around 60 participants which includes UG & PG students, PhD Scholars and faculties from different universities. Dr.Sangeetha R.G, gave the vote of thanks to the gathering. Report by: Dr. Sangeetha R.G


Section activities

Webinar on the topic Research and Innovation on Emerging Technologies to Support Sustainable Development Goals

IEEE Madras Section organized a webinar on the topic Research and Innovation on Emerging Technologies to Support Sustainable Development Goals on 08 August 2020 from 6 PM. The speaker was Prof. Celia Shahnaz, chair IEEE Bangladesh Section, Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Around 100 participants attended the event The main agenda of the event was to outline and inculcate more knowledge and insights regarding research opportunities on emerging technologies. The event began with the welcome address by Dr. N Kumarappan,Chair,IEEE Madras Section. The speaker began the session by elucidating the various opportunities in Research & Innovation in IEEE. She further explained how various emerging technologies can be used to support sustainable development goals . Finally, there was a Q&A forum followed by the session where the speaker addressed various queries of the participants. Dr. M. Venkatesh Kumar, Chair, Professional Activities ,IEEE Madras Section delivered the vote of thanks. IEEE LEADERSHIP INSIGHT PROGRAM IEEE Madras Section in association with IEEE R10 organised an IEEE Leadership Insight Program during 12 – 13, September 2020. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the program was organized virtually. There were around 50 participants from various institutions across Tamil Nadu have attended this two days leadership program. The program was inaugurated by Dr. N Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section followed by his inaugural address, Dr. N Kumarappan highlighted the importance of leadership in the students for the future. Day 1 (12.09.2020) comprised of three sessions. In the first session, Mr. Vidya Shankar G, Founder and CEO, Only Success Academy shared his experience on “How to build up a professional career and stories behind success”. He motivated students that the failure is one which makes us learn how to become successful and with more failures we are closer to achieving success. In the second session, Mr. Harish Bharadwaj, CEO, HUM Consulting delivered a talk on “Creative thinking and Decision Making”. The session was very interactive and gave the audience a different experience. He gave the participants a deep insight about creative thinking and also explained the major role of decision making in every field and how a wrong decision can affect everyone. He clearly mentioned the steps to be followed before making any decisions. In the third and last session of day 1, Mr. Charles, ZOHO HR Leader & Public Speaker, delivered a talk on “Smart Work”. He explained how problems could be solved using smart work and shared his life experiences. He highlighted the difference between smart work and hard work and why smart work is preferred by companies than hard work.


Day 2 (13.09.2020) comprised of three sessions. In the first session Dr. Kumarappan N, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section delivered a talk on “Awareness For Student And Professional Members”. He shared his experience as an IEEE Member and gave a deep insight about roles and opportunities for a IEEE Member. He also spoke about the wide range of awards which IEEE offers and explained how the membership should be used in various ways. In the second session, Dr. Preethi Bajaj, Vice Chancellor, Galgotias University gave a deep insight on “Roles in IEEE after graduation”. She explained how the membership cycle works and the various types of memberships available for the students as well as the professional community. She also mentioned the various roles for an IEEE member even after graduation and also explained about the benefits of each member category. In the third and last session of day 2, Mr. Madhav Negi, Architect-Office of account CTO, DXC Technology India, delivered a talk on “How to be a better Leader?”. He explained the difference between just being a leader and being a better leader. He also gave an insight to the participants on how to develop the leadership skills and how to analyze the problem before acting. At last, the program ended with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr. N Kumarappan, Chairman , IEEE Madras Section.


“IEEE R10 POCO 2020”

IEEE Madras Section has organised IEEE R10 sponsored “POCO 2020” on 10th and 11thOctober 2020 through Virtual Mode. This event was conducted for the benefits of the IEEE Members, Volunteers, Academicians and Industrialists who are interested to conduct quality IEEE Conference, by understanding the IEEE Conference Policies. The event comprised of key note sessions by senior IEEE officials and experienced Conference organisers. The Inaugural function was conducted on October 10th at 2.00 pm. Dr.D.Devaraj, Secretary,IEEE Madras session welcomed the gathering. Dr.N.Kumarappan, Chair, IEEE Madras section delivered the Presidential Address. The chief guest for the event was Dr.Sri NiwasSingh, Chair, IEEE India Council and Professor, IIT Kanpur. In his inaugural address Dr. Singh stressed the importance of educating the conference organizers in maintaining the quality. Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section proposed the vote of thanks. In the first day, there were three sessions. The speaker for the first session was Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dean, MIT, Anna University and he gave a presentation on “Key Issues and Challenges in Organizing IEEE Conference”. Next session was handled by Dr. Amit Kumar, Chair, IEEE Hyderabad Section on “Technical Program overview”. The last session of the first day was handled by Dr. N.Kumarappan, Chair, IEEE MAS on “Publications in IEEE Conference and Journals”. In the second day, Mr.PuneetKumar Mishra, Secretary, IEEE India Council gave a presentation on the topic “Financially Co-sponsored Conference and Conference Success Stories”. The next session was handled by Dr. D.Devaraj, Secretary,IEEE MAS and he gave a presentation on “Planning an IEEE Conference and Conference Proposal Submission”. Finally, an interaction session on “TCS fee payment and Conference Approval” was handled by Dr. S.Joseph Gladwin, Treasurer, IEEE –Madras Section.Fifty six members have attended the event and it has provided a platform to get trained and to gain knowledge about how to conduct a well organised IEEE Conference. The participants have given a good feedback about the event and they mentioned that, it was really beneficial. The Valedictory function was conducted at 4.00 PM. Ms.Sarada Jayakrishnan, Chair, IEEE Kerala Section delivered the valedictory address in the valedictory function. Dr. N.Kumarappan, Chair,IEEE MAS Section delivered a special address. Dr.D.Devaraj, Secretary, IEEE MAS, delivered the vote of thanks and he event concluded at 4.30 pm.


IEEE DAY CELEBRATION – IEEE MADRAS SECTION

The IEEE Madras Section organized IEEE Day 2020 technical get together hosted by Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore was celebrated on 18th October 2020 with 125 participants. The program started at 9 a.m. with an invocation song sung by H. Sreeja, II/ECE/SREC. After the invocation session, the cultural events were performed by the Fine Arts Club of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College. Dr.N.Kumarapan, Chair IEEE Madras Section presented the welcome address for the gathering and shared insights about the activities, contributions and project funding of IEEE. He also congratulated all members for hitting the membership retention development award 2020. As our chief guest of the day, we had Dr. S K Ramesh, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge USA, Director of the AIMS, ABET Board of Delegates. He shared his views about the abundant opportunities provided by IEEE. He addressed the need for humanitarian-based projects and solutions for society's needs by engineers. To know more about IEEE a session by Dr.M.Ponnavaikko, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, Trichy and SRM University, Chennai, Former Chairperson, IEEE Madras Section, and India council was organized. He shared how IEEE helps one to groom and grow professionally and socially. To provide awareness about the best practices and opportunities in IEEE a session by the guest speaker Dr.N.R.Alamelu, Principal of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, Former Chairperson, IEEE Madras Section was arranged. She emphasized more on collaborative learning, out of box thinking, multidisciplinary working. The Award ceremony took place around 10.45 am, where all the recent awardees were recognized and membership retention awardees were awarded. They were asked to share a few words about their success secret with the participants. We had an online quiz hosted by Aravindhan Anbazhagan, Tech Academician, TEDx speaker, Founder of Edurise Global, Chair IEEE Madras Young Professionals to have a deeper look into the history of IEEE. The quiz was power-packed and around 50+ participants participated. Finally there were seven video presentations by various IEEE Student Branches stating the various events organized and hosted by them. Dr.K.Balamurgan, IEEE SB Counselor, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College proposed the vote of thanks and thanked everyone who worked hard for this IEEE day.


IEEE MADRAS SECTION STUDENT BRANCH OFFICERS MEET (SBOM)- 2020

The Department of EEE and IEEE SRM Valliammai Student Branch hosted “IEEE Madras Section Student Branch Officers Meet (SBOM) -2020” on 7th November, 2020 through Microsoft Teams [online mode] for all the IEEE members (Ex-comm members, senior professional members, branch counsellors, student members and other participants). Dr.N.Kumarappan (Chair & Chair-SAC, IEEE Madras Section) delivered the welcome speech and Chief Guest Mr. Deepak Sharma (Director-Elect, IEEE Region 10 Asia-pacific) inaugurated the function. He provided his widespread knowledge on importance of IEEE and its reach, its technical breadth, organizational governance, provided information about IEEE Region 10 and how it combated to the crisis of covid-19 and gave more information on the community outreach program. Followed by inauguration, various sessions were conducted by eminent guest speakers. “Volunteering with IEEE” by Mr.S.Nandan- Chair-SAC, IEEE Kerala Section Mr. He gave a huge perspective on the vast opportunities for IEEE volunteers and how community service and volunteering can build an individual’s confidence to step forward and meet new people through IEEE Collabratek and other means. He also constantly reminded about IEEE’s motto-“Advancing technology for Humanity”.IEEE Student Membership Awareness and Benefits by Dr.N. Kumarappan- Chair & Chair-SAC, IEEE Madras Section. He gave us the outlook of IEEE’s vision- To advance global prosperity by fostering technological innovation, promoting IEEE communities worldwide, enabling member’s careers etc. Also provided valuable information about the importance of IEEE Membership, its benefits, various scholarships and how to apply, IEEE Spectrum and other IEEE journals, branch activities and about the vast My IEEE network. Word Press Web Designing by Mr. B. Ashvanth- Systems Engineer at TCS, Treasurer, IEEE Madras Young Professionals .Mr. Ashvanth imparted knowledge about how to design one’s own student branch portals and IEEE blogs with the help of Word Press, various creative ideas about how to design your own website or blog. Ice Breaking Activity- Virtual Treasure Hunt by Mr. M. I. Abdul Halik- Executive Committee Member, IEEE Madras Young Professionals Mr. M. I. Abdul Halik and team conducted a very interesting quiz competition with IEEE as the background. It helped one test their depths of knowledge in IEEE and was indeed an ice breaking activity.IEEE Student Branch Best Practices were also displayed which showed the calibre and hard work of IEEE Student Branches of SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai .St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology Chennai .The event was concluded in the valedictory session by Dr. K. Elango, IEEE Senior member, Head of the Department, EEE, SRM Valliammai Engineering College by extending vote of thanks.


Webinar on “Green Energy Solutions with DC Appliances & Smart Micro Grid”

IEEE Madras Section – Student Activities Committee and IEEE SB SJIT jointly organized Webinar on “Green Energy Solutions with DC Appliances & Smart Micro Grid” on 10th November 2020 from 02.00 pm to 04.00 pm. The speaker of the event was Dr. R. Ramarathnam, Vice-Chair, IEEE Madras Section. Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chair, Students Activities Committee hosted the event and delivered the welcome address. Dr. R. Ramarathnam, Speaker delivered the concept of Smart Microgrid and its specific local goals, such as reliability, carbon emission reduction, diversification of energy sources, and cost reduction, established by the community being served. At the end of the session speaker clarified the queries of the participants. Around 58 participants are attended the webinar from various colleges and industries. Dr. A Ramesh Kumar, IEEE SB Counsellor, St.Joseph’s Institute of Technology delivered the vote of thanks.

Webinar on "Hybrid AC/DC microgrid -- Architecture, operation and control

IEEE Student Branch of APEC,Melmaruvathur in association with SAC IEEE Madras Section organized Webinar on "Hybrid AC/DC microgrid -- Architecture, operation and control on 2nd September 2020 at 6.00 pm. The Speaker Dr.N.Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section/Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, addressed the session by giving details about the concept of Microgrid with innovate solution. The event was light on humour and engrossed the participants to the topic presented.This encouraged the students and they got a clear idea on the topic Microgrid.About 350 students attended the webinar.


UPCOMING IEEE CONFERENCES

1. 2020 International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications (PEREA) 27 - 28 November 2020 | Kannur, India | https://www.gcek.ac.in/perea/

2. 2020 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS) - 5 December 2020 | Ahmedabad, India | https://www.ingarss2020.org/

3. 2020 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS) 3 - 5 December 2020 | Thoothukudi, India | http://icoiss.com/2020/

4. 2020 International Conference on Data Science and Engineering (ICDSE) 3 - 5 December 2020 | Kochi, India | https://icdse.in/

5. 2020 9th International Conference System Modeling and Advancement in Research Trends (SMART) 4 - 5 December 2020 | Moradabad, India |https://www.smart2020.tmu.ac.in/

6. 2020 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMARC) 10 - 12 December 2020 | KANPUR, India | http://www.iitk.ac.in/mimt_lab/IMaRC_2020/

7. 2020 IEEE 17th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS) 10 - 13 December 2020 | Delhi, India | https://www.iitr.ac.in/mass2020/

8. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Advances and Developments in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICADEE) 10 - 11 December 2020 | Coimbatore, India | https://kceicadee.com/

9. 2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON) 11 - 13 December 2020 | Virtual Conference | https://www.indicon2020.in/

10. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS) 14 - 17 December 2020 | New Delhi, India | https://ants2020.ieee-comsoc-ants.org/

11. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (iSES) (Formerly iNiS) 14 - 16 December 2020 | Chennai, India | https://ieee-ises.org/2020/

12. 2020 21st National Power Systems Conference (NPSC) 17 - 19 December 2020 | Gandhinagar, India | https://events.iitgn.ac.in/2020/npsc2020/

13. 2020 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propogation (InCAP) 17 - 20 December 2020 | Kolkata, India | http://kolkata.incapindia.in/

14. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applied Network Technologies (ICMLANT) 20 - 21 December 2020 | Hyderabad, India | https://www.icmlant.com/

15. 2020 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICACCCN) 18 - 19 December 2020 | Greater Noida, India | https://icac3n-20.in/

16. 2021 IEEE Second International Conference on Control, Measurement and Instrumentation (CMI) 8 - 10 January 2021 | Kolkata, India | https://ewh.ieee.org/r10/calcutta/css_ims/CMI2021/index.html

17. 2021 1st Odisha International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering, Communication and Computing Technology(ODICON) 8 - 9 January 2021 | Bhubaneswar, India | http://www.odicon2021.com/

18. 2021 International Conference on Advances in Technology, Management & Education (ICATME) 8 - 9 January 2021 | Bhopal, India | http://poc.nitttrbpl.ac.in:8080/conf/icatme2021/

19. 2021 6th International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT) 20 - 22 January 2021 | Coimbatore, India | http://icicts.com/2021/

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http://icicts.com/2021/


20. 2021 International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI) 27 - 29 January 2021 | Coimbatore, India | http://www.iccci.in/

21. 2021 Third International Conference on Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks (ICICV) 4 - 6 February 2021 | Tirunelveli, India | http://icicv.org/2021/index.html

22. 2021 International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology (ICITIIT) 11 - 12 February 2021 | Kottayam, India | http://icitiit20.iiitkottayam.ac.in/

23. 2021 International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT) 19 - 20 February 2021 | Bhilai, India | http://icaect.com/

24. 2021 8th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom) 17 - 19 March 2021 | New Delhi, India | https://bvicam.ac.in/indiacom/

25. 2021 7th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS) 19 - 20 March 2021 | Coimbatore, India | https://icaccs.sece.ac.in/

26. 2021 Devices for Integrated Circuit (DevIC) 24 - 25 March 2021 | Kalyani, India | https://edu.ieee.org/in-kgec/devic-conference/

27. 2021 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems (ICAIS) 25 - 27 March 2021 | Coimbatore, India | http://icaise.in/2021/

28. 2021 Sixth International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET) 25 - 27 March 2021 | Chennai, India | http://wispnet2021.org/

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CALL FOR IEEE MAS 2020 AWARD NOMINATIONS

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Madras section invites nominations for MAS Award 2020 from the members of Madras section. Description of various awards, eligibility and requirements is attached and also available in the website of IEEE Madras section and also in attachment. The interested members are requested to apply for the awards on or before 5th December through [email protected] and copy to [email protected] Last date to apply: 05/12/2020

IEEE MAS BEST STUDENT BRANCH AWARD-2020

Description& Eligibility:

The purpose of this award is to provide public recognition of exemplary IEEE Student

Branch operations.

• Award will be presented to the Active Student Branch of IEEE MAS

• To qualify for the award, the Student Branch must have at least 40 Active IEEE

Members(student and professional) of the respective academic (calendar) year.

• Only the activities, initiatives and accomplishment Information about the

previous calendar year will be considered for evaluation. Nominators are

requested to provide only the specific information rather than the historical

data. i.e 1st January 2020 to 30th November of 2020.

• Endorsement letter from University/college principal is must.

Requirements:

The applicants are requested to upload proof for all the field required

S.No Criteria Proof Required

1 Membership Growth

Excel sheet consisting IEEE Membership Number

of all members (Student Member and Professional

Member) in the Student Branch

2

Events-

Seminars/Tutorials,

Student Activities,

Workshops,

Conference Activities

Report consisting details of the Events,

conference organized, Local conferences may also

be reported if they are significant (Photographs

are mandatory in the report and must be reported

in the newsletter of madras section)

3

Sponsorship- Madras

section, society and

Affinity groups

Report consisting details of Sponsorship received

by IEEE Student Branch (Proof must be attached)

4 Travel Grant Report consisting details of Travel grant received

by the Members of IEEE Student Branch.

8 Funds/ Grants Report consisting details of funds received for

IEEE Student Branch

9 Any other details Relevant details with proof

mailto:[email protected]


IEEE MAS BEST STUDENT VOLUNTEER AWARD-2020

Description:

The purpose of this award is to recognize the work done by an individual IEEE student

member with regard to his/her service to members and efforts to publicize the student

membership by conducting activities beneficial to student members.

Eligibility requirements:

• The nominee should be an IEEE member of Madras Section

• The individual should have made substantial contribution to the student

activities.

• The individual should not have received the same award in the past three years.

Eligibility criteria:



1 Key Highlights of

Nominee

Report consisting details of Volunteering activities

of Nominee.

(Photographs of activities are mandatory in report)

2. IEEE Awards

Report consisting details of IEEE Awards received

by Nominee.


3 Any other information With relevant Proof

IEEE MAS BEST BRANCH COUNSELLOR-2020

Description& Eligibility:

Award for the exceptional and dedicated efforts of Student Branch Counsellors. Awards

will be given to those who work as Counsellors, exemplify the Institute’s commitment to

the educational, personal, professional, and technical development of students in IEEE

related fields of interest.

• Nominating Branches or Branch Chapters, must meet the requirements of IEEE

Bylaws, in the current academic year, by submitting required forms and holding

at least three meetings during the year.

• Past winners are ineligible for re-nomination within three years.

• Student Activities Committee Chairs (SACs) are also ineligible during their term of

office.

• Branch Counsellor must have completed a minimum period of at least one year in

office to be eligible for this award.

• Endorsement letter from University/college principal.


Requirements:

The applicants are requested to upload proof for all the required field


1 Membership Growth

Excel sheet consisting IEEE Membership Number

of all members (Student Member and Professional

Member) in the Student Branch enrolled under a

period of student branch counsellor.

2

Events-

Seminars/Tutorials,

Student Activities,

Workshops,

Conference Activities

Report consisting details of Events, conference

organized, Local conferences may also be reported

if they significantly support (Photographs are

mandatory in the report and must be reported in

newsletter of madras section)

3

Key Highlights of

Students Branch

Counselor

Report consisting details of other educational

activities organized by IEEE Student Branch

counsellor.

(Photographs are mandatory in the report)


IEEE MAS BEST WIE VOLUNTEER AWARD-2020 (STUDENT / PROFESSIONAL)

Description & Eligibility:

WIE Student / Professional Volunteer Award has been established to recognize individuals

who have exhibited exemplary and substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in

implementing activities which support the visions of WIE. The accomplishments of the

candidate should be of “significant performance” and should have made a distinguishing

contribution to Madras Section WIE.

• IEEE Madras Section WIE Student Award targets IEEE MAS WIE Student

Member grade.

• IEEE MAS WIE Professional Award targets IEEE MAS WIE /Professional

Member grade or higher.

• Nominee must be an IEEE MAS WIE member in good standing at the time of

nomination and has made an identifiable creative achievement and/or a

significant contribution towards the vision of WIE.

• Nominee’s achievement and contribution must have been made within last 3

years for this award.

• A member of the MAS WIE Chair and committee cannot be a Nominee and

Nominee must be an individual.


Requirements



1 Key Highlights of

Nominee

Report consisting details of Volunteering activities

of Nominee.


2. Age Age of the nominee must be lesser than 31. For

professional grade no age limit.

3. IEEE Awards- Any

Received

Report consisting details of IEEE Awards received

by Nominee.


4. Any other details Relevant details with proof

IEEE MAS BEST YP AWARD-2020

Description & Eligibility:

Outstanding YP Award has been established to recognize individuals who have exhibited

exemplary and substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in implementing

activities which support the visions of YP. The accomplishments of the candidate should

be of “significant performance” and should have made a distinguishing contribution to

Young professionals.

• IEEE MAS YP Professional Award targets IEEE Young Professional Member grade

• Nominee must be an IEEE YP member in good standing who has made an identifiable

creative achievement and/or a significant contribution towards the vision of YP.

• Nominee’s achievement and contribution must have been made within last 3 years for

this award.

• A member of the MAS YP Chair and committee cannot be a Nominee and Nominee must

be an individual.

• Endorsement letter from MAS YP Chair.

Requirements



1 Key Highlights of Nominee

Report consisting details of Volunteering activities of

Nominee.


2. Age Age of the nominee must be lesser than 35


3. IEEE Awards- Any Received

Report consisting details of IEEE Awards received by

Nominee.


4. Any other details Relevant details with proof

IEEE MAS BEST SOCIETY CHAPTER OF THE YEAR-2020 AWARD (Large/Small)

Description:

To encourage IEEE MAS Society Chapters to serve their members, and recognize the

outstanding performance by a Chapter in serving its members.

Eligibility requirements:

• The Chapter must have been active at least for one year when the nomination is

made.

• The eligibility requirements are outstanding activities and services to its local

chapter members in one or more of the following areas: technical meetings, tours

and conferences, seminars and/or tutorials, other services and activities for the

local members of IEEE Chapter.

Eligibility criteria:

The applicants are requested to upload proof for all the required field


1 Membership Growth

Excel sheet consisting IEEE Membership Number of all

members (Student Member and Professional

Member)in the chapter

2 Conference Activities Report consisting details of conference organized by the

chapter (Photographs are mandatory in the report)

3 Funding- Section/R10 /

Head Quarturs

Report consisting details of funds received on behalf of

chapter

4 Recognitions of Society

chapter

Report consisting details of recognitions regarding

chapter

5 Innovative Events Report consisting details of innovative events



IEEE MAS RESEARCH AWARD

IEEE MAS BEST RESEARCHER AWARD -2020 ( Age 40 and Below)

This award honors the researchers who have been active in IEEE

Eligibility and requirements:

• The upper age limit for the applicant is 40 as no 30th November 2020.

• The applicant must be a member of the IEEE


1 Key Highlights of Nominee Report consisting details of Nominee.


2. Age Age of the nominee must be lesser than 40

3. IEEE Awards and Other

Awards

Report consisting details of Awards received by Nominee


4 Funds Received - National

/International

Report consisting details of funds received regarding

projects by Nominee

5

Professional Development

Activities organized/

participated

Report demonstrating

Professional activities and developments

Organized/ Participated by Nominee


6 Patent Patent of the innovated technology by nominee (only in

PDF format)

7 Published Paper in WoS/

IEEE Journal

Published papers of the innovated technology by nominee

(only in PDF format)



IEEE MAS BEST RESEARCHER AWARD-2020 (above 40 and Below 50):



• The age limit for the applicant is between 40 and 50 as on 30th November 2020.





2. Age Age of the nominee must be above 40 and below 50


Awards

Report consisting details of Awards received by

Nominee



/International


projects by Nominee

5



participated





6 Patent Patent of the innovated technology by nominee(only in

PDF format)


IEEE Journal

Published papers of the innovated technology by

nominee (only in PDF format)



IEEE MAS BEST RESEARCHER AWARD-2020 (above 50):



• The age limit for the applicant is above 50 as on 30th November 2020.





2. Age Age of the nominee must be above 50


Awards

Report consisting details of Awards received by

Nominee



/International


projects by Nominee

5



participated





6 Patent Patent of the innovated technology by nominee (only in

PDF format)


IEEE Journal

Published papers of the innovated technology by

nominee (only in PDF format)


IEEE MAS INDUSTRY AWARD


IEEE MAS BEST INNOVATOR AWARD (Industry)-2020

This award honors an outstanding innovation by an organization in an IEEE field of

interest.


• The recipient must be a corporate, governmental or private entity working within

the fields of interest to IEEE.

• An employee of a particular entity may nominate his or her organization for the

IEEE Corporate Innovation Award.

• Endorsement letter from Head of the organization.

• Age limit is not applicable


1. IEEE Awards and Corporate

awards

Report consisting details of Awards received by Nominee.


2 Project Funds Report consisting details of funds received regarding projects

by Nominee

3. Patent Patent of the innovated technology by nominee (only in PDF

format)

4. Published Paper in WoS/

IEEE Journal

Published paper of the innovated technology by nominee

(only in PDF format)

5 Product developed Proof of the product


Editorial Team Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin, Editor Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman IEEE MAS Dr. R. G. Sangeetha VIT, Chennai Ms. M Benisha, JIT Chennai Mr. M.Arun, PIT Chennai

IEEE MAS LINK

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