IEEE COMMUNICATION

SOCIETY (COMSOC), KOLKATA CHAPTER

Introduction:

The ComSoc chapter of IEEE Kolkata section is formed in 13 Oct 2003 and actively engaged with various activities like DLT, Technical Lectures and Workshop etc. The Geo code of this chapter is–CH10300. With the active Involvement of organizing various events like DLT, IEEE Lecture meetings, Workshop, Industry participation technical seminars, International Conferences and membership drive, 5G Summit the ComSoc Kolkata Chapter increases its membership strength to a great extent. In the year Dec 2016 ComSoc Kolkata Chapter created a new ComSoc MIST Student Branch Chapter with 30 student members. This chapter has received a financial grant of amount 950 USD from IEEE HQ in 2016. 2016 is the eventful year for the Kolkata chapter, being the part of organizing 3 International Conferences and providing Technical Sponsorship, two Distinguished Tour programs (DLT), 6 IEEE Lecture meetings, 3 out-reach programs, one day Industry seminar etc. Chapter activities starts at the beginning of the year by hosting IEEE Technical Lecture meeting on 8th Jan 2016 followed by almost month wise programs over the year. A. Distinguished Lecturer Tour 1 : DLT 2016

DLT Speaker: Prof. Luiz Da Silva, Professor of Telecommunications Trinity College Dublin has delivered the DLT program on 20 June 2016 at KP Basu Memorial Hall, Jadavpur University on the topic “Sharing Infrastructure and Spectrum: A Vision for the Future of Mobile Networks”. There were 65 attendees from academia and industry. As wireless operators face enormous projected increases in demand without corresponding revenue growth, increased network sharing is likely to become a major trend in the evolution of their networks. This trend manifests itself in the push for resource virtualization, dynamic spectrum access, and active infrastructure sharing among operators. In this presentation, some of the fundamental trade-offs between spectrum and radio access infrastructure sharing was discussed.

The DLT program started at 12.00 noon on 20 June with the welcome address given by ComSoc Chairperson Prof. Iti Saha Misra. It was the pleasure to have Prof. Nichola Marcheti of Dublin as the guest of honour. The formal inauguration of DLT was made by lighting of lamp. Prof. Salil Kumar Sanyal gave the vote of thanks.

Prof. Luiz, has arrived 19 June early in the Morning. He has visited Broadband Wireless Communication Lab of ETCE Department from 12.00 noon to 3.00 pm to have close interactions with researchers who have shared their research work. A master student gave live demonstration on sensor network application for agriculture developed by herself. Prof. Luiz then taken for a local city tour followed by dinner.

Prof. Da Silva at the Wireless Communication Lab, Jadavpur Prof. Da Silva observing practical demo by Ms Anindita University with Prof. Iti Saha Misra, Prof. S.K. Sanyal and Students Mondal on Sensor Network Application on 19 June 2016

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Prof. Da Silva and Dr. Nicola Marcheti arrived at the K.P Basu Seminar Hall on 20 June, Prof. Luiz Da Silva delivering his DLT

Part of the audience for the DLT at KP Basu Seminar Hall Prof. Iti Saha Misra delivering welcome address for DLT

B. Distinguished Lecturer Tour 2: DLT 2016 The second DLT Speaker: Prof. Anura P. Jayasumana, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Colorado State University, USA organized by IEEE ComSoc Kolkata Chapter and and MSIT ComSoc Student Branch Chapter and ECE Dept. MSIT. Date: 29 th September, Thursday , Time: 2.00 pm 3.30 pm Venue: Seminar Hall , Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Title of the distinguished lecture: "Internet of Things: A Pervasive Technology for Innovation". The program was started with a short introductory speech by the Joint Secretary of MSIT Student Branch Chapter, Arka Prabha Banerjee, followed by a few enlightening words by Prof. Dr. Tirthankar Dutta (Principal, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology). Prof. Dr. Iti Saha Mishra (Chairperson, IEEE Comsoc Kolkata Chapter) gave welcome address on behalf of IEEE ComSoc Kolkata Chapter poiting that she has kept her promise to the MSIT student branch Chapter for organizing the DLT in their institute. She also highlighted the ComSoc activities throughout the year. After that she introduced Prof. Anura Jayasumana, our honorable delegate and guest lecturer. Followed by the Lighting of the Lamp to announce the start of our lecture, Prof. Jayasumana began his DLT.

This lecture were participated by students from both Meghnad Saha Institute of Technolgy as well as Jadavpur University, along with other colleges and universities. Prof. Anura Jayasumana’s lecture was found to be highly informative and enjoyable as he explained the basics behind IOT i.e. Internet of Things and how Internet is slowly changing the world as a forerunner of future technological development. The lecture was interactive by the students participants.

The DLT ended with a Vote of Thanks from Prof. Dr. Chandi Pani (Adviser, IEEE Comsoc MSIT Student Branch Chapter) and at the end, Prof. Jayasumana was presented with mementos from both ComSoc Chapter as well as Magghnad Saha Institute of Technology. He left for IIT KGP at around 4.30 pm.

Dr. Tirthankar Dutta , Principal, MSIT welcome Prof. Lighting the lamp for DLT by organizers and DLT Speaker Anura P. Jayasumana by offering flower bouquet

ComSoc Chairperson delivering welcome address DLT speaker Prof. Anura Jayasumana in his lecture

DLT Topic The MSIT Students Branch Chapter members and organizers with DLT speaker

C. IEEE Technical Lecture Meeting

1. This year ComSoc Kolkata Chapter activities started with IEEE Technical Lecture Meeting on 8 th Jan 2016, held at ETCE Department, Jadavpur University.

Title: How to sustain in the emerging Cyberspace: A Game Theory Perspective Speaker: Dr. Shamik Sengupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Venue: Room No. T-3-7, Dept of ETCE, JU, Time: 3.00 pm It was a wonderful gathering of 60 participants for this lecture in which 20 was IEEE member. Dr. Sengupta was delivered the most interesting and challenging technology advancement on Cyberspace and Cyber-Physical technology.

Dr. Shamik Sengupta of Nevada State University, USA, Delivering IEEE Lecture on 8 Jan 2016, ETCE, Room T-3-7

2. The 2nd Lecture meeting was held on 18 Jan 2016 at ETCE Dept. Jadavpur University, Room –T-3-7

Speaker: Dr. Angshul Majumdar Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi Title : Representation Learning a.k.a Deep Learning & Dictionary Learning

No of Attendees: 50, IEEE member : 8

3. Third Lecture : Speaker Anindita Mondal, METCE, Jadavpur University Title: Development of Sensor Network for Agricultural Application Venue: Broadband Wireless Communication Lab , ETCE, JU, Date : 24 /6/16 Time : 12.00 -1.00 pm

4. Fourth Lecture : Speaker Sudipta Basu, MTech, DMC, Jadavpur University Title: FPGA Based Hardware Design for Adaptive Equalizer Venue: Broadband Wireless Communication Lab , ETCE, JU, Date : 24.6/16Time : 1.00pm -2.00 pm

5. Fifth Lecture : Speaker: Prof. Anura Joyasumana Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 USA

Title: Network Aware Nodes: A Localization-Free Self-Organization Approach for Internet of Things

Venue: Broadband Wireless Communication Lab , ETCE, JU, Date : 29 Sep 2016 : 11.30am -1.00 pm

Number of participants: 20, IEEE member: 15

Subnets of simple devices such as RFIDs and tiny sensors/actuators deployed in massive numbers in 2D and complex 3D spaces will be a key aspect of Internet of Things. Most techniques for self-organization, routing and tracking in such networks rely on distances and localization in the physical domain.

Prof. Anura P Jayasumana in Broadband Wireless Communication Lab, ETCE, Jadavpur University on 29 Sep 2016

D. ComSoc Representation of IEEE 5G Sumiit at IIT Patna

In order to engage industry members with high value and innovative technologies, IEEE Communication Society held a series of high impact one day Summits in emerging technology areas (e.g., SDN/NFV, 5G, IoT, Big Data, and Cybersecurity). The first 5G summit was held at Princeton University in May 2015 followed by two other summits in Toronto and Santa Clara. The IEEE Patna 5G Summit was the fourth one in the series and first one in India, and has held at IIT Patna on Tuesday on March 29, 2016. This one day summit provided a platform for the industry leaders, innovators, and researchers from the industry and academic community to speak all about 5G technology. Hon. Minister of IT, Sri Ravi Sankar Prasad has graced the Inaugural program where the Chairperson of IEEE ComSoc Chapter was the ComSoc representative at the program. Prof. Iti Saha Misra has highlighted the ComSoc activities for 5G initiative over the world. She is one the member of 5G Summit steering Committee.

Sri Ravi Sankar Prasad, Hon. IT Minister, Govt. of India, Prof. Ramjee Prasad , Director of CTIF, Founder Chair GISFI, Prof. Iti Saha Misra, ComSoc Chairperson, Kolkata Chapter at the Lighting the Lamp for 5G Summit

Prof. Iti Sha Misra highlighting ComSoc activities for 5G IIT Patna Director in discussion with Sri Ravi Sankar Prasad, Prof. Ramjee Prasad looks on

E. ComSoc Representation of IEEE 5G Summit In New Delhi

The 27th GISFI Standardization Series Meeting (GSSM) Jointly with IEEE 5G Summit on the Theme: Smart City was held during December 2-3, 2016 , Venue :IETE Delton Hall 2, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India. Several luminaries from India and abroad have spoken for the 5G Summit in the two days program. Prof. Ramjee Prasad, Founder Chair, GISFI & Founder President, CTIF Global Capsule (CGC), Denmark gave visionary talk, Lt. Gen. AKS Chandele PVSM, AVSM (Retd ), President, IETE, the Chair of the Summit provided welcome address, Prof. Peter Lindgren, Professor, Multi Business Model Innovation and Technology, Aarhus University, Denmark gave the plenary talk, Dr. Hiroshi Harada, Professor of Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto university, Japan delivered the Keynote Talk. Among other famous dignitaries were Dr. Ashok Chandra, Former Wireless Advisor, Govt. of India , Dr. Krishna Sirohi, Founder Director, i2TB Innovation , Dr. Laurent Hérault, VP Europe, Leti, Technology Research Institute, France , Dr. Tulika Pandey, Scientist 'F'/ Director, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India , Dr. Kiritkumar Lathia, Advisor, GISFI, Belgium. Various aspects of smart city such as India’s need of 5G Smart City , Agriculture + Steel + IT + Telecom for 5G Smart City, future Radio Networks for 5G were presented. ComSoc Chairperson Prof. Iti Saha Misra has delivered an invited talk on the topic “Cognitive Radio: A prospect for 5G Communication”. The two days program was really a fruitful practice discussing on different aspects of 5G research and Indian Scenarios.

5G Summit Sessions 02 Dec 2016

GISFI Concluding Meeting on 3 Dec 2016 at IETE Centre F. International Conference : ComSoc Kolkata Chapter Technical Sponsorship

RAIT-2016: In 2016 ComSoc Kolkata Chapter technically sponsors 3 International Conferences, out of which two already have organized. The first one is 3rd IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT-2016) organized by The Department of Computer Science & Engineering of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad during 03-05 March 2016. RAIT 2016 was to provide awareness about the recent advances in the Information and Communication technology, through tutorials, keynote addresses and pre-reviewed research paper presentations. The conference served as an excellent platform for all the participants to share their views and ideas. The inaugural function was presiding over by Prof. D. C. Panigrahi, Director of ISM. Padma Shri Prof. Sankar K. Pal, Distinguished Scientist and Former Director at ISI Kolkata was the Chief Guest, and Shri Sushil Chandra, Head of Bio-Medical Engineering, INMAS, DRDO was the Guest of Honour of the inaugural function. Prof. U. K. Singh, Director (acting) of ISM graced valedictory function of the conference. The Chief Guest of valedictory function was Prof. Narendra S Chaudhari, Professor of IIT Indore and Director VNIT Nagpur. Prof. Bhabani P. Sinha, ISI Kolkata was the Guests of Honour of the valedictory function. The ComSoc Chairperson Prof. Iti Saha Misra was present in the conference and presented a tutorial on 3 March 2016 on the topic of “Cognitive Radio Networks and QoS Aware VoIP Communication”, the tutorial was well attended by the 54 participants.

Release of Souvenir & Proceedings at Inaugural Session

Total received papers was 344 from academicians and researchers from almost all renowned Institutes of India and Universities from USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and several reputed R&D Organizations and Software Industries such as CAIR Labs – Bangalore, DRDO – New Delhi, BARC – Mumbai, CDAC – Mumbai, CDAC – Bangalore, Xerox Research Centre – Bangalore, Samsung R&D Institute India, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited, Newgen Software Technology Limited, Cognizant and many more. After critical review from International and National reviewers around 37.8% of the papers i.e., 130 have been accepted and 122 papers were presented during 17 technical sessions. Among the several Tracks there were total 12 papers presented in Advances In Communication –I , 05 for Advances in Signal Processing and 09 papers for Advances In Communication –II in the 3 days conference RAIT-2016.

Padma Shri Prof. Sankar K. Pal Delivering Keynote Address Prof. Iti Saha Misra delivering tutorial at RAIT-2016

ICACNI-2016 : The 4th International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics is hosted at the Centre for Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India. For this event being hosted forth time, held 22-24 September, 2016, the theme is Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. The inauguration of the conference was followed by an inaugural keynote by Prof. Bhargab B. Bhattacharya, FIEEE from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. The conference also hosted keynotes by Prof. Robert Bestak from Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; and Prof. Amitava Chatterjee, SMIEEE from Jadavpur University, India. A keynote lecture by Prof. Sankhayan Choudhury from Calcutta University, India was co-hosted with ACM Kolkata Chapter, approved by the chapter chair Prof. Nabendu Chaki, SMIEEE. A tutorial by Mr. Sumit Misra, who is the General Manager of RS Software, India was an indeed benefit for the conference participants, as the tutorial discussed real life industry challenges.

The conference received more than 550 submissions, which included original research results, survey of state-of-the-art, and case studies. The program chairs ensured a single-blind review of the submissions by at least two experts in the field. A third review by a peer / expert was brought into play in cases of unclear indication of decision by first two reviewers. Having selected 112 article, the proceedings of the conference is in process of being published in the Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series of Springer. There were a total of 13 regular sessions that run in parallel during the conference. Associated with these, there were one special session and one contest session.

Prof. Bhargab B. Bhattacharya, FIEEE from Indian Statistical Institute, India delivering inaugural keynote

Prof. Robert Bestak from Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic delivering his keynote and ComSoc Chairperson Prof. Iti Saha Misra presenting a token of memento on behalf of ICACNI -2016

The Special event of the ICACNI 2016: IEEE Communication Society Kolkata Chapter hosted a Contest Session for best communication related articles. The selection process followed three steps. In the first round the conference organizing committee selected 32 articles through blind reviews. In the second round among 32 papers 8 papers were selected by group of expert for further evaluation based on content, quality, readability, novelty, completeness and depth, most closely related with core fields of communication. On the third step, paper were presented by the registered authors at the ICACNI scheduled session and evaluated by the judges of the panel. ComSoc chairperson coordinated the session. Out of which Two (2) best papers presented have been awarded for first and second positions with a certificate and cash amount of Rs 2500/ and Rs.1500/ respectively. First prize won by Ms. Anindiata Mondal for the paper 'Intelligent Building Control Solution using Wireless Sensor - Actuator Networking Framework' and the Second prize won by Ms. Sudipta Basu for the paper 'FPGA Based Equalizer Design using a Novel Adaptive Reward-Punishment VSSLMS Algorithm for Rayleigh Fading Channel'. Both of the papers have been accepted for publication in the extended version in special issue of Innovations in Digital Communications and Networks, Elsevier Journal.

Mr. Sumit Misra, General Manager of RS Software, India during his tutorial

Presentation during Contest Session for best communication related article hosted by IEEE ComSoc, Kolkat

Prof. Iti Saha Misra preside the conference in the valedictory session and receiving the token of gift from Prof.

Durga Prasad Mohapatra (General Chair) G. IEEE One day Seminar for Technical Lecture Series with Industry participation

Seminar organized jointly with MAKAUT, WB and financially sponsored from TEQIP-II.

An IEEE Special Lecture series has been held on 15th Nov 2016, Tuesday, at the West Bengal University of Technology organized by IEEE ComSoC Chapter. There were total 4 series of lectures selected topics of Internet of things presented by 4 speakers from TCS, Kolkata Innovation LAB. The Seminar was held over 11.00 am to 5.00 pm. Total Number of Participants: 150 on which 20 IEEE members were present.

Lecture Topics:

1. IoT in general and industrial IoT platforms : by Prateep Misra (Head of the IoT Incubation Unit) , ICS Kolkata

2. Connected Health and Analytics: by Anirban Duttachoudhury , TCS, Kolkata

3. IoT Sensing : by Tapas Chakravarty, TCS Kolkata

4. IoT Infrastructure (Fog/Edge): by Dr. Arijit Mukherjee , TCS Kolkata

Dr. S. K De , the VC of MAKAUT gave the inaugural address for the IOT seminar, where as Prof. Iti Saha Misra has delivered the welcome address highlighting the importance of IoT for the present days. ComSoc Chairperson at first narrated the importance of IEEE in our society and gave a thrust for membership development and addressed the students to bear the torch of IEEE community. She also invited young faculties to be active members who were present in the Seminar Hall. She conveyed her sincere thanks to Dr. Debashis De of MAKAUT, the key person behind the IoT program and Dr. Madhumita Das Sarkar , TEQIP_II , IIIC, coordinator of MAKAUT for her generous help. Dr. Atri Bhowmik, FO, of MAKAUT provided vote of thanks at the inaugural session. He pointed out the necessity of such program in the academic premises and gave hope to support any such future venture. After a 10 mins Tea break, the first lecture was delivered by Mr. Pratip Misra, Head of IoT Group, TCS, on IOT platform at 12.45 pm. He presented it nicely giving a thorough overview on various IoT platform. This session was Chaired by Prof. S. K. Sanyal, ComSoc Execom Member and professor of ETCE, Jadavpur University.

Dr. S.K De, Hon. VC of MAKAUT and Dignitaries at the Dais ComSoc Chairperson Delivering welcome address Membership Drive : The inaugural session of the IOT Seminar also for the membership drive day at MAKAUT. Dr Debashis De, a Comsoc member told that in 2017 one new student branch at MAKAUT will be open along with few ComSoc members under Kolkata Section.

Mr. PratipMisra, Head of Technology and Engg. Dr.Atri Bhowmik, Finance Chair, MAKAUT presenting TCS IoT Group delivering his Lecture on IOT PLATFORMS Memento to Mr. P Misra, Dr. Debashis De on Dais

Prof S. K. Sanyal, Session Chair of this Lecture presenting Prof. Iti Saha Misra, Session Chair for this lecture A token gift on behalf of IEEE ComSoc Kolkata Chapter introducing Anirban Dutta Choudhuri of TCS Second Lecture was on Digital Health and Personalized Medicine program on the topic of “ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING USING SMARTPHONE AND WEARABLE SENSORS” delivered by Mr.Anirban Dutta Chaudhuri, TCS, Innovation Lab, Kolkata, who is incidentally her student at ETCE, Jadavpur University. This session was chaired by Prof. Iti Saha Misra. It was an excellent lecture on the present development of Wearable health care system by the TCS innovation Lab. The student participants enjoyed the lecture and gathered knowledge on the state of the art technology that is gaining importance over the world. The final lecture was on MOVING TO THE EDGE - THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE delivered by Dr. Arijit Mukherjee, TCS, session chaired by Prof. S K Sanyal. Both Dr. Tapas Chakroborty and Dr. Arijit Mukherjee delivered with confidence sharing the knowledge and experience on the subjects. The participants of all section got immensely benefitted to catch up the present state of the art research work on the corresponding topics. The one day seminar on IOT bridging industry people with universities ended at 4.45 pm. The ComSoc Chairperson concluded the event at the valedictory session. She also offered a token gift and flower bouquet to the Session Chair Prof. S.K. Sanyal. At the end participants received the certificate of participation with the help of Ms. Sangta Roy, secretary of ComSoc Kolkata Chapter.

Memento to Mr.A D Chaudhury on behalf of MAKAUT Dr. Tapas Chakraborty of TCS, presenting 3rd lecture of IoT Presented by Dr.M D Sarkar, III Cell, MAKAUT, WB sensing

Session Chair, Prof. S. K. Sanyal presenting gift of Memento Dr.D De, TEQIP, Co-ordinator, MAKAUT, presenting Memento to Dr. Tapas Chakravarty on behalf of MAKAUT

Dr. Arijit Mukherjee receiving gift of memento from Dr. Kousik Majumder of MAKAUT and Prof. Sanyal from ComSOC, Kolkata Chapter

ComSoc Chairperson presented a token of gift and flower Ms. Sangita Roy helping Prof. Sanyal to deliver certificate to Bouquet to Session Chair Prof. S.K. Sanyal participants H. 4-day Workshop on Telecommunication and Future Technology (TFT-2016):A close interaction with industry and academics A 4-day workshop was organized by IEEE ComSoc MSIT SBC in Association with IEEE ComSoc Kolkata Section and IEEE GRSS Kolkata Section during 27-30 July 2016. The very young and vibrant enthusiastic students of Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology (MSIT) Student Branch Chapter (SBC) who have become the ComSoc Students last year 2015, are the main driver for the program. It is an initiative program to aware the students about the new technologies and advancements of today’s telecommunication world. Nearly 100 engineering students of 2nd, 3rd and 4th years participated in this workshop. The main attraction of this workshop was the presence of many eminent personalities and delegates, include Prof. Dr. Animesh Maitra (Calcutta University), Mr. Sumit Misra (General Manager, RS Software), Prof. Dr. Iti Saha Misra (Jadavpur Univerty), Mr. Anirban Mukherjee (Vice-President, Techno India Group), Dr. Saurabh Das (ISI Kolkata), Mr. Jayanta Kundu (General Manager, Ericsson), Prof. Dr. Debashish Dutta (IIT, Kharagpur), etc., who were graciously felicitated by our IEEE Comsoc MSIT SBC members. The program started with the welcome note by respected Principal Prof. (Dr.) Tirthankar Datta. The inaugural speech was delivered by Prof. (Dr.) Iti Saha Misra, Chairperson IEEE ComSoc Kolkata section. In introductory lecture Prof. (Dr.) Amimesh Maitra, Chairperson IEEE GRSS Kolkata Section mentioned the importance and effectiveness of this type of initiatives. In first day Mr. Sumit Misra (General Manager, RS Software) delivered an inspiring lecture on “Application of big data in business solution” and on the second session Dr. Saurabh Das (ISI Kolkata) enriched students by his own research experience about “Big Data Challenges in Climate Change”.

Lightning of the Lamp by dignitaries Inaugural speech by Prof. Iti Saha Misra, ComSoc Chairperson

Inaugural Speech by Prof. Animesh Maitra, GRSS Chair First Technical Lecture by Mr. Sumit Misra, RS Software 2nd and 3rd day was the practical sessions where participant performed some hands on experiments about designing of IP based backbone network using CISCO switch and routers. In 4th day Mr. Jayanta Kundu ( General Manager, Ericsson) delivered a lecture on “ Technology and Future Technology for Industry” and Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Datta ( IIT, Kharagpur) delivered a lecture on “optical Networks”. In the second half of 4th day the program ends with vote of thanks by chapter advisor Dr. Chandi Pani followed by quiz, feedback and certificate distribution. The workshop is successfully completed by the enormous effort of Dr. Chandi Pani (chapter Advisor), Dr. Dalia Nandi ( Associated Advisor), Dr. Oindri Ray (Associated Advisor), and all the committee members of IEEE ComSoc MSIT SBC.

Speech by Dr. Saurabh Das, ISI Kolkata Speech by Mr. Jayanta Kundu, Ericsson , Kolkata

Speech by Prof. Debasis Datta , IIT KGP Banner I.Out Reach Programs by the ComSoc Kolkata Chapter ComSoc Kolkata Chapter has the focus for doing outreach activities in the year 2016. Accordingly three outreach programs have been organized by the ComSoc Chairperson to motivate the faculties, researcher and students. In each case the Chapter Chairperson was invited for Institute own academic interest with a definite job. She took this opportunity to organize IEEE ComSoc event by gathering students, faculties and delivered technical lecture and ComSoc activities.

The first outreach program was held on April 23, 2016 jointly with IETE at Tripura State Centre. A halfday seminar was organized and Prof. Iti Saha Misra delivered an IEEE Technical Lecture on the topic “ Some Emerging Research Aspects on Wireless Communication”. There were 50 participants in the lecture.

Prof. I Saha Misra and IETE members of Tripura State Prof. I Saha Misra Delivering Technical Talk The Secondt outreach program was held on May 28, 2016 jointly with EE Department NIT Rourkela, Oddisa. Prof. Susmita Das the ComSoc execom member of Kolkata Chapter has organized a IEEE public lecture for the Master and PhD students. Prof. Iti Saha Misra delivered an IEEE Technical Lecture on the topic “ Cognitive Radio Networks and its Application”. Faculty members, masters and PhD students have joined the lecture. Total participants were 35.

Participants at the lecture on 28 June, 2016 at NIT Rourkela

The third outreach program was held in Tripura University on 23 Nov 2016 at the Department of ECE for the students and faculties from IT, Computer science and ECE. Prof. Iti Saha Misra delivered technical talk and membership motivational talk for the gathering. She spoke about the IEEE mission and vision and the need for involving students to IEEE activities for grooming themselves. All about 40 participants were there.

IEEE ComSoC Kolkata Chapter Outreach Program on 23 Nov 2016

Tripura University IEEE Lecture on Cognitive Radio: A Prospect for 5G

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Prof. Iti Saha Misra motivating participants to be a member of IEEE

Delivering Lecture on 5G and Cognitive Radio

J. 5th and final Execom Meeting with the Dinner for IEEE volunteers: 8th Dec 2016, Golden Gate Kolkata, Restaurant.

ComSoc Kolkata Chapter Execom members in meeting and Dinner on 8 Dec 2016

K. Executive committee meeting: 1. Annual General Meeting held on 16 Jan 2016, at Calcutta Club, at 6.30 pm. 2. 9th May 2016, Saturday at 12.00 noon at the Department of ETCE, in the HoD's room. 3. 20 June 2016, Monday, at 2.30 pm at Jadavpur University, Guest House. 4. 29 Sep 2016, Megnad Saha Institute of Technology, Seminar Hall 5. 15 th Nov 2016, Tueday, WBUT Auditorium 5.00 pm 6. 8 th Dec 2016, Thursday at 6.45 pm Golden Gate Restaurant.

Chairperson: Prof. Iti Saha Misra Chapter Website: http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/calcutta/comsoc/