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Guidelines and Best Practices. Kerala Section (R10 Distinguished Large Section, 2009). Overview. Geography and Demography History of Section Current status Operational strategies Conclusion. 2 /17. Geography. 3 /17. Demography.
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Guidelines and Best Practices Kerala Section (R10 Distinguished Large Section, 2009)
Overview • Geography and Demography • History of Section • Current status • Operational strategies • Conclusion 2/17
Geography 3/17
Demography • Located at the lower South-West coast of the Indian peninsula • Subtropical geography and high biodiversity • High density of population • Ancient maritime trade-links with Arab, European, Chinese, and South-east Asian regions 4/17
Demography (2) • Highly educated (100% literacy) and cosmopolitan, multi-religious culture • Leads the country in UN development indices that are comparable to Developed Countries • Large-scale migration of educated manpower to Middle East, Europe and the US 5/17
History • Started out in 1973 as a Sub-section of Bangalore Section • Became full Section in 1984 • Gradual growth in Membership in the first 15 years • Rapid growth in membership, especially from students, for last 5 years 6/17
Membership Growth 7/17
Member Constituents 8/17
Section Membership 9/17
Society Membership 10/17
Section Organisation 11/17
Best Practices (1) • Membership Enhancement • Subsection development • GOLD for conversion of graduate members • Development of Technical Societies • Conduct of Technical programmes • Volunteer recruitment and training processes • Student Activities • LINK, a model innovated at Section and adopted by R10 • Led to enhanced communications and membership growth 12/17
Best Practices (2) • Linkages with other professionals bodies • Joint weekly lectures with other societies such as IE(I), CSI and IETE (continuing unbroken for the last 25 years) • Fundraising • Conducting Joint programs cost-effectively • Sponsorship from Govt, Industry • Self-generation through technical activities 13/17
Strategies (3) • Enhancing Section visibility • Fully operational office with competent staff • Newsletter • Website • SMS Alerts for programmes • Sister section arrangement with Syracuse and Tennessee sections • Conduct of International events • Close linkage with local Government • Programs on leading-edge technologies • Utilizing visiting experts for lectures 14/17
Strategies (4) • Miscellaneous • Continuous and harmonious leadership at Section level • Focus on HTC activities • Adaptation of own practices (eg., Recital of IEEE Code of Ethics at important meetings) • Blend of industry and academia in Section ExeCom • Section leadership participation in IEEE global/R10 levels • Continued contributions from members-at-large (past Section Chairs) 15/17
Conclusions • Kerala Section has been a smaller section in the initial period, but growing fast • The Section has made significant strides in its operations, offering value to members • With Subsections at Malabar and Cochin (under process), the Section hopes to consolidate its position 16/17
Thank You 17/17