Takao Onoye , Dr.Eng., Osaka University Regional Student Activities Coordinator

1. Student Retention Challenges~actions to improve situation starting from India~Region 10 Meeting3-4 March 2012Kolkata, India Takao Onoye, Dr.Eng., Osaka University Regional Student Activities Coordinator Aby Kurian, Vimal Jyothi Engineering College Regional Student Representative

2. The Whole Figure of R10 Student Activities “Non-Stop”growth can be observed in R10 StMs/GSMs R10 Student members Dec 2009: 35,904 Jan 2012: 43,264 (SriLanka: 67GSMs, 545 StMs) R10 Student Branches Dec 2009: 672 Sep 2011: 805 185 SB/SB Chapter/SB WIEAG petitions approved in 2011 However…

3. Student Members Retention Rate R10 suffers from “very low”retention rate of StMs/GSMs Membership Retention in July 2011 Someone says this is the problem in India…. but This issue should be considered Region-wide.

4. Membership Makeup (July 2011) 33,947 # Members: 379,266 84,254 Considering membership construction, we should escape from this High-in High-outstructure to achieve sustainable development of R10. Prof. Mini Thomas’s report on 2011

5. What do we know?Year after year, this is what the membership in India looks like IEEE Membership in India by Years of Service (14 Aug 2009) Something is wrong with First Year student retention in India Number of Members Years of Service Prof. Mini Thomas’s report on 2011

6. Why not to renew? 2010 Non-renewing survey Overall satisfaction was a lot lower among India students (18%), compared to US 46% on top 3 box % (very satisfied) • Membership is too expensive • Lack of local IEEE activity • Membership did not meet expectations The top 3 reasons were: Prof. Mini Thomas’s report on 2011 And other issues include: • Lack of awareness of branch counselor • Mass recruitment then insufficient members support • Student branch rebate based on just # members

7. 2012 Project 1:“Haute Couture” Support by GINI India Different Construction of StMs (UG students): Young (1st~3rd Yrs) students enrolled more in India Graduation Year of StMs Senior(4th Yr) students: usually have solid motivation in their designated fields Freshman/Sophomore students: need to receive wide/general knowledge • GINI India term tries to create SIGs to support student members being classified based on several parameters: • Yr of Study • Department • Area of Interest

8. 2012 Project 2 “Stay as members” Project Plan Competition Call for project proposals to raise student retention rate. SB allotment: 50$(~50StM/GSMs) 100$(50~StM/GSMs) SB rebate: 2$/member SBs in India w/ # members • Large Size SB(100~) • Middle Size SB(30~100) • 1st 250USD • 2nd 150USD • 3rd 100USD • Total: 1,000USD Select three excellent proposals from Large and Middle size SBs. Plans will be shared and executing among SBs.

9. R10 GOLD Team R10 SAC Team SPMP Coordinator + SPMP Team Student Members Resource Pool SPMP Web Portal (Social networking+ Technical discussions) Project Structure 2012 Project 3: Student Professional Mentorship Program (SPMP) • A specific team to execute this project should be formed with a coordinator to coordinate the whole process. We suggest the team should comprise of • SPMP Coordinator • Two team members • The team should identify a professional pool of volunteers who are ready to help students with their area of interest. These volunteers are added to the pool of resource. • SPMP Coordinators • AbyKurian (R10 SAC) • Regional Student Representative • Rayees Amar Nishad (R10 GOLD) • South Asia GOLD Coordinator

10. 2012 Other Activities Online/Offline Support of SB Officers/Counselors Volunteer Training/Development Webcasts are to be coordinated frequently by • Hang-Bong Kang (R10 MDC) • Takao Onoye (R10 SAC) • AbyKurian (R10 SR) • Darrel Chong (MGA SAC Chair) • Om Perkash (MGA SAC-GOLD Rep) • S. Gopakumar (Kerala Section Volunteer) • ….and… Branch Operation Manual Branch Counselor’s Guide New Member Enrollment etc… All section/council chairs!

11. THANK YOU! onoye@ieee.orgabykrian@ieee.org