Knowledge Sharing : Presentation by 2012 R10 Small Section Award Winner

1. Kharagpur Section Dr. PrabodhBajpai Section Chair 2013 Knowledge Sharing: Presentation by 2012 R10 Small Section Award Winner

2. IEEE Kharagpur Section

3. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

4. Uniqueness • The section is rooted at the IIT Kharagpur • Initially it was emerged as a small chapter with only 60 members under IEEE Kolkata Section in 1983. • In 13th May, 1985 it renunciated as the IEEE Kharagpur Section • Members comprise of faculty, staff and students from IIT Kharagpur and HIT Haldia.

5. Uniqueness • Organizes an industrial trip every year to enhance industry-academic relations. • Organize regular seminars by visiting experts , technically cosponsor International and National conferences held in the region • Financial (partial) travel support to student members for paper presentation in International conferences

6. Uniqueness • The IEEE Kharagpur Section organizes workshops, conferences, symposium, colloquium, lectures by renowned personalities frequently. • For the more than past 25 years, the IEEE Kharagpur Section has helped its members advances their careers and the field of computing and the development of mankind.

7. Member Counts by Grade • Section with 11 Executive Committee Members and total 357 members comprise of • Associate Member 1 • Life Fellow 1 • Life Senior 3 • Member 91 • Senior Member 27 • Graduate Student Member 113 • Student Member 121

8. Structure • Section Executive committee • Control System Society Chapter • Two student branches • IIT Kharagpur • HIT Haldia • Affinity group • Women in Engineering • EMB Student Club

9. Major Events • Technically co-sponsored IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Point-of-Care Health Technologies during 16-18 January 2013 held at Bangalore • Technically co-sponsored IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS) during 17 Dec - 20 Dec 2013 held at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka • Technically co-sponsored International Conference on VLSI and Signal Processing (ICVSP) during 10-12 January 2014 held at Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India • Technically sponsored 2nd International Conference on Business and Information Management (ICBIM) during 09 Jan - 11 Jan 2014 held at City Residency Gandhi More, Durgapur, India

10. Major Student and Affinity Group Activities • "IEEE Workshop on MEMS & Microsystems With Hands-on training in Device Simulation and Microfabrication Process“ during 4 – 6 July, 2013. • Seminar on "Open Source Technologies“ on October 8, 2013. • Workshop on "LaTeX (Document Type setting for Paper / Thesis Writing)“ on October 8, 2013. • Jointly organized three Invited IEEE PEER Talks • IEEE Student Branch with IEEE EMB Student Club, Machine Learning reading group and WiE Affinity has organized two Invited Talks • Jointly organized Medical camp on March 30, 2013 • Celebrated IEEE Day on October 8, 2013

12. Control System Society Chapter

13. Membership Development Activities • To improve the value of membership, that leads to retention and growth of members • Regular reminder to defaulters by email alerts for renewal • Organizing motivational talk about IEEE benefits

14. Goals and Future Plans • Increase in active membership count • Retaining the vibrant nature of the section by organizing the activities for advancement of humanity • Membership up gradation program • Encourage student membership by technical and financial support to their activities

15. Thank You