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IEEE-ISLAMABAD SECTION

IEEE-ISLAMABAD SECTION. Prepared for: IEEE R10 Meeting : 24-25 March, 2007 Nexus Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Historical Background. 1998 – Formed as Sub-section of Lahore 2000 – Established as Independent Section 2005 – Grew to establish its Sub-section in Peshawar.

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IEEE-ISLAMABAD SECTION

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  1. IEEE-ISLAMABAD SECTION Prepared for: IEEE R10 Meeting : 24-25 March, 2007 Nexus Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

  2. Historical Background • 1998 – Formed as Sub-section of Lahore • 2000 – Established as Independent Section • 2005 – Grew to establish its Sub-section in Peshawar

  3. Activities to be Covered • Membership Drive • Student Activities • Professional Societies Activities • Conferences / Workshops /Seminars

  4. Executive Committee Members/Chairs for Activities / Chapters.

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

  6. Membership Development Statistics

  7. Membership Development / Retention Statistics

  8. Membership Development Efforts • Approached heads of public and private institutes to support joining of IEEE by Electronics, Electrical and Computer engineers. • Approached Vice Chancellors / heads of public / private universities/colleges/ institutes to encourage participation of faculty members / students in IEEE related activities. • To encourage new members joining IEEE, approached relevant Govt depts. like HEC, Planning Commission and CBR to incorporate measures to reimburse IEEE membership fees to engineers and students. (Cont…)

  9. Membership Development Efforts • Special attention have been given to update the section website to better promote IEEE activities. • Outreach and awareness campaigns have been launched especially in educational institutions to attract faculty members / students for joining IEEE. • Held social gathering of IEEE members to facilitate them to do networking and exchange their views / experiences. It was also affectively used to contact lapsed members. • Published advertisements in the national newspapers highlighting cause of IEEE & its societies to promote general awareness and to attract new members. • Guests are invited especially during Executive Committee meetings to have new volunteers.

  10. Establishing Student Branches Student Branches in 2005 & Earlier • NUST Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi • Electrical & Mechanical Engineering College, Rawalpindi • Institute of Space Technology, Rawalpindi • Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engg Sciences and Technology, Topi • University of Engg & Technology, Taxila Student Branches Established in 2006 • Al-Riphah University • University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar Planned to Establish Student Branches in 2007 • Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad. • NU-FAST (NUCES, Peshawar Campus). • IMS, Peshawar.

  11. Efforts to Promote Student Activities • Representatives of student branches visited different educational institutions to promote membership. • Delegate of student branches visit each other to exchange views/ experiences to improve working. • Students were actively involved in making arrangements for mega events i.e. Conference and Symposiums etc. • Students actively involved in arrangements for conferences / symposiums / seminars etc were awarded • Competition arranged for the Best Student Branch on the basis of their performance. • Membership campaigns are regularly organized by student branches through lectures / speeches by Senior Members.

  12. Efforts to Promote Student Activities • Chair student activity arranged annual coordination meeting of all student branches to know their problems and provided guidance to improve their working. • For professional development, different competitions were organized.

  13. Student Activities Generated Workshops • PCB Design • Matlab Lectures • Applications of Radar in Disaster Management • Plagiarism Detection and its Consequences • The Future of Web Interface- Beyond the GUI Professional Development Activities • Internship program for students in summer holidays • Visit to PTCL Gateway Earth Station. (Cont…)

  14. Student Activities Generated • Competitions arranged. • Software Competition. • Multimedia Competition. • Quiz Competition. • Final year Project Competition. • Technology Poster Exhibition.

  15. Establishment of Chapters for Professional Societies / Affinity Groups • Special emphasis given in 2006/ 2007 to form Affinity Groups and Chapters for Professional Societies • As initial step, where possible, Joint Chapters of two societies formed. • Chapters established in 2006 • AESS /GRSS Joint Chapter • Power Engineering / Power Electronics Joint Chapter. (Cont…)

  16. Establishment of Chapters for Professional Societies / Affinity Groups • Affinity Group in Process for Approval • Consultancy Network • Chapters / Affinity Group Planned for 2007/2008 • Affinity Group for Women in Engineering • Independent Chapters for AESS and GRSS

  17. Statistics For Conferences Arranged In 2006 • Low Acceptance Percentage speaks of efforts to maintain good standard in paper presentations. • High turnout speaks of good campaign for the mega events.

  18. Seminars/ Symposiums/ Administrative Activities Seminars • Statistics in Geospatial Sciences • Frame work for Dynamic Routing in the Context of Urban Disorder Management. • Technology Incubation Centre. Symposiums • Establishment and Operation of Satellite Ground Station. • Data Capturing Techniques. • Nanotechnology. (Cont…)

  19. Seminars/ Symposiums/ Administrative Activities Tutorials • Satellite Communication. • Hybrid Vehicle Technology. • Wimax Technology. Administrative Meetings • 06 Executive Committee meetings of Islamabad Section . • 04 Administrative meetings of Peshawar Sub-section. • 02 Administrative meetings of AESS/GRSS Joint Chapter.

  20. CONCLUSION • PROGRES IN MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR RETENTION DEMANDS CONTINOUS EFFORTS AND FOLLOW UP AT ALL LEVELS OF INTERACTION WITH THE EXISTING AND POTENTIAL MEMBERS. • REGULAR MEETINGS OF EX-COMM KEEPS ISSUES ALIVE AND MEMBERS WORK FOR ACHIEVING THE ASSIGNED GOAL • MOST MEMBERS BELONG TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INFLUENCING GREATER ENROLEMENT OF STUDENT MEMBERS • EMPHASIS ON ESTABLISHING CHAPTERS PERTAINING TO PROFESSIONAL SOCITIES

  21. CONCLUSION • COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEMBERS THROUGH NEWSLETTER AND WEB • WEBSITE FOR ISLAMABAD SECTION LAUNCHED • www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/islamabad

  22. CONCLUSION • OUR WEAK AREA • NEED TO WORK FOR MORE PARTICIPATION FROM INDUSTRY • MEMBERSHIP COST

  23. Thank You

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