ieee kerala section

IEEE Kerala Section

Annual Report 2009 125th year of IEEE, 26th year of Kerala Section

IEEE Kerala Section Harmonieee, Cherian’s Square,

Ambuja Vilason Road, Trivandrum -1

Kerala Section Annual Report 2009

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PART A - SECTION SUMMARY

A.1 Executive Summary The Section had a vibrant year of activities in 2009, building upon the good work done in

previous years. Following are some of the highlights of the activities of the section in

2009.

As the Global IEEE celebrated the 125th year of Engineering the Future, Kerala

Section joined the celebrations with three glittering programs including a grand

Engineering the Future Day Celebrations on 13 May 2009

Organized three highly successful National-level Conferences on emerging

technologies such as Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications and Next Generation

Wireless Technologies.

The society chapters of IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communications Society,

IEEE Power & Energy and the joint chapter of IA/IEL/PEL each had an active year

with a number of seminars, lectures and other programs organized by them.

The affinity groups of GOLD and WIE were active in the year, organizing

programs targeting the young professionals and women engineers respectively.

In association with other professional societies such as Institution of Engineers

India, Computer Society of India, Project Management Institute and so on,

conducted 40 weekly technical talks on almost every Wednesday during the year.

Actively engaged with other IEEE entities at the HQ, R10, India Council, Societies

and other sections. This included representation in R10 EXECOM, international

committees of Computer Society, leadership in the Humanitarian Technology

Challenge initiative, contributions to the NDLP program of IEEE India Council, and

signing of a multilateral sister section agreement with four sections and one

council in USA.

The student activities has been especially vibrant with the 48th student branch

inaugurated, the LINK (Local Integrated Network Kerala) providing the vital link

in coordinating the activities across student branches, and CEC co-hosting the

R10 Student Congress in Singapore.

Membership across grades has been growing steadily, which resulted in the

Section bagging the 2008 MGA Award for Sustained Membership Growth in R10.

Governmental relations reaching new heights, with the Chair of IEEE Kerala

nominated to several committees of Govt. of Kerala in a consultative role.


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Section Executive Committee 2009

Chair Mr. Sasi PM

CDAC, Trivandrum

Vice Chair Mr. Satish Babu

InApp, Trivandrum

Secretary Mr. Unni Sankar

NeST, Trivandrum

Treasurer Mr. K.B. Senthil Kumar

CDAC, Trivandrum

Activity Chair Vice Chair Secretary

Computer Society Chapter

Mr. Amarnath Raja Mr. Sachithananda V Shenoi Mr. Vishnu Gopal

InApp, Trivandrum NPOL, Ernakulam MobMe wireless, EKM

IE, IA & PEL Societies Chapter

Mr. A K Unnikrishnan Mr. R.Sreerama Kumar Mr. Jaison Mathew

CDAC, Trivandrum NIT, Calicut RIT, Kottayam

Communication Society Chapter

Mr. Aju Thomas Mr. Abraham T M Mr. Suresh Narayanan

TCS, Trivandrum SFO Technologies, EKM RIL, Ernakulam

Power & Energy Society Chapter

Mr. Simon Varghese Mr. Sunil K Nair Mr. Ravisankar

Accel Transmatics KSEB, Trivandrum Cynosure Electric Co

Student Activities Mr. S Gopakumar Mr. C V Anil Kumar Mr. Praveen V

VSSC, Trivandrum College of Engg, Chengannur FISAT, Angamaly

GOLD Affinity Group Mr. Cejo KL Mr. Mohammed Sali

Model Engg College Enter Technologies

WIE Affinity Group Ms. Lillikutty Jacob Ms. Priyaranjini

NIT, Calicut NeST, Trivandrum

Activity Chair

Awards Mr. E E Rajakumar

Former Group Director, VSSC

Membership development

Ms. Meera Sidhardhan

TCS, Trivandrum

Professional Activities

Mr. K G Satheesh Kumar

Asian School of Business, Trivandrum

IEEE and Society Mr. V Chander

Former Director, NPOL, Kochi

Inter Society Relations

Mr. Brajesh C, PMP

Expderion Technologies, Trivandrum

Conference Activities Mr. Srinivasan R

Oneview Systems, Trivandrum

Educational Activities

Prof. K C Raveendranathan

Barton Hill Engg College, Trivandrum

Publications Mr. K Gopalan Nair

Web Support Mr. Nithin Sha

DIME Technologies, Kollam

Student Representative

Mr. Jugunu George

FISAT, Angamaly

Members at Large

Dr. D S Rane

Mr. Koruthu P Varghese

Mr. S Gopakumar

Mr. E E Rajakumar

Prof. Gomathy K Muraleedharan

Mr. G Vijaya Raghavan

Mr. J Muraleemohan Lal

Mr. A K Unnikrishnan

Mr. N T Nair

Mr. N A P Thampy

Mr. K G Satheesh Kumar

Mr. Amarnath Raja

Prof. V K Damodaran


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A.2 Financial Report 2009 Currency: INR-Indian Rupee

1. Receipts

A

CASH AMOUNTS

B ACCRUED

AMOUNTS (*)

C TOTAL CASH

(A+B)

2.00 - PROGRAM REVENUE

2.50 Conference Revenue 28,350.00 110,656.17 139,006.17

Total 2.00 - Program

Revenue 28,350.00 110,656.17 139,006.17

3.00 - OTHER RECEIPTS

3.10 Rebate from IEEE HQ 595,311.91 - 595,311.91

3.20 Region Receipts 102,207.32 - 102,207.32

3.34 IEEE HQ & Societies 111,311.68 - 111,311.68

3.40 Interest 21,345.29 - 21,345.29

3.70 Other 7,462.54 - 7,462.54

Total 3.00 - Other

Receipts 837,638.74 - 837,638.74

Total Receipts 865,988.74 110,656.17 976,644.91

2. Expenses


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A CASH AMOUNTS

B ACCRUED

AMOUNTS (*)

C TOTAL CASH

(A+B)

4.00 - PROGRAM EXPENSES

4.10 Meetings & Social Events 140,072.50 -

140,072.50

4.20 Publication Expenses 73,718.00 -

73,718.00

4.50 Conference Expenses 97,211.00 -

97,211.00

4.70 Professional Activities 26,268.00 -

26,268.00

4.80 Student Activities 237,069.00 -

237,069.00

4.85 Grants and Awards 21,092.00 -

21,092.00

4.90 Other Program Expenses 1,320.00 -

1,320.00

Total 4.00 - Program Expenses 596,750.50 -

596,750.50

5.00 - MANAGEMENT & GENERAL EXPENSES

5.10 Occupancy 40,045.94 -

40,045.94

5.20 Travel 49,932.00 -

49,932.00

5.30 Salaries 92,500.00 -

92,500.00

5.50 Support to Sections/Chapters 82,314.00 -

82,314.00

5.60 Other Management & General Expenses

31,293.33 -

31,293.33

Total 5.00 - Management & General Expenses

296,085.27 -

296,085.27

Total Expenses 892,835.77 -

892,835.77


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3. Statement of Net Worth

BEG. BALANCE

INCREASES DECREASES END BALANCE

ASSETS

A. CASH ACCOUNTS (*) 619,417.55

48,626.97

-

668,044.52

B. INVESTMENTS (*) -

-

-

-

C. LOANS AND ADVANCES ( RECEIVABLES )

50,000.00

332,616.00

382,616.00

-

ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES 126,500.00

105,656.17

121,500.00

110,656.17

D. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

-

38,300.00

-

38,300.00

E. OTHER ASSETS -

F. TOTAL ASSETS 795,917.55

525,199.14

504,116.00

817,000.69

LIABILITIES & NET WORTH

G. LOANS AND ADVANCES ( PAYABLES )

-

-

-

-

ACCOUNT PAYABLES 296,036.40

-

57,726.00

238,310.40

I. TOTAL LIABILITIES 296,036.40

-

57,726.00

238,310.40

J. NET WORTH 499,881.15

525,199.14

446,390.00

578,690.29


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PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

B.1 Membership Development Programs

In 2009, as the global IEEE celebrated the 125th year of Engineering the Future, Kerala Section got an additional reason to celebrate. In July, the Section won the 2008 MGA Section Sustained Membership Growth Award for success in member recruitment and retainment for Region 10. In his congratulatory letter to the Section Chair, Mr.Joseph V Lillie, Vice President IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) said that the award is based on the membership growth record for 3 previous years (2006-08 period). As the membership data of 2009 comes in, a 32% increase in membership is reported over the past year, indicating that the growth story of Kerala Section is continuing unabated. The membership data showing the different grades of members over the past 4 years are tabulated, and illustrated below.

Membership As On

Member Grade 31-Dec-05 31-Dec-06 31-Dec-07 31-Dec-08 31-Dec-09 This Year Change (%)

Senior Life Members 2 3 3 4 6 50%

Life Members 0 0 0 1 1 0%

Senior Members 36 36 43 39 53 36%

Members 232 243 283 317 481 52%

Associate Members 54 113 67 39 64 64%

Graduate Student Members 0 0 177 304 326 7%

Students 1190 1229 1459 2014 2658 32%

TOTAL 1514 1624 2032 2718 3589 32%

Annual Increase (%) 7% 25% 34% 32%


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A few observations are worth noting here: 1. As on 31 Dec 2009, the section membership stands at 3589, including 605

professional grade members.

2. The Section membership has grown by 32% over the previous year, almost 10

times more than the international membership growth of 3.8 in 2009.

3. The membership has been growing annually at a rate of around 30% since 2007,

significantly more than the international growth rate of 1.5-2% during the same

period.

4. The growth is largely based on the outstanding growth in student membership

(32%), which comprises of 74% of the section membership and forms its most

vibrant community.

5. The growth in higher level membership is also significant, with a 52% increase in

regular Members in 2009.

6. The number of senior members, relatively stagnant for the last few years, has

seen a definite jump in 2009, with 14 members being elevated to this level,

thanks to the Senior Member Initiative launched by Section.

7. There are 240 GOLD members in the Section, which represents 36% of the

professional grade membership, and augers well for the future of the Section.

In every program conducted exclusively by the Section, the welcome address by any of the Section Office bearers would include a talk on IEEE, its activities, and the benefits of being a member. In addition, two specific campaigns were executed in the year. First was to contact members with arrears and persuade them to continue membership. Second was the Senior Member elevation initiative to contact members who are conforming to the first level requirements and guiding them through the formalities of Senior Member application. Both initiatives were successful, as indicated by the membership data.


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B.2 Professional and Continuing Education Activities

A series of technical talks were arranged almost every week in association with other professional societies like Institution of Engineers India, Computer Society of India etc. List of technical talks is given below Date Topic Speaker

7-Jan-09 Brain Storming for Beach Creation Dr.N.N.Panicker, FIE, Tatsat, Trivandrum

14-Jan-09 Nano Technology Dr.P.K.Sabu,Assistant Professor, College of Engineering,Trivandrum

18-Jan-09 Seminar on Draft Engineers Bill 2007 Inaugurated by Shri.C.Divakaran, Honourable Minister for Civil Supplies and Animal Husbandry, Government of Kerala

Felicitation Address by Er.Niranjana Parsha, General Manager, State Bank of India, Local Head Office, Trivandrum. Er.T.R.Krishnan, Council Member, IEI. Er.S.Radhakrishnan, Honorary Secretary, IEI Kerala State Centre

21-Jan-09 Recent Advances in Optical Communications

Dr.N.Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering,Trivandrum

4-Feb-09 Some Simple Methodes to Improve the Fuel Economy of Automobiles

Dr.Padmanabha S.Pillai,Director, (Technology), M. T. I. Associates, Ohio, USA

11-Feb-09 Twelfth CS Padmanabha Iyer Memorial Lecture. Topic “Disaster Management”

Dr.R.P.R.Nair, Structural Consultant, Trichur (Former Professor, Govt. Engg. College, Trichur)

18-Feb-09 Panch Maha Yagnas – In The Modern Context

Er.S.S.Kaimal, Former Chief Engineer, CPWD, Trivandrum.

25-Feb-09 Energy Management in Hospitals Er.V.S.S.Nair, General Manager, SUT Group of Hospitals, Trivandrum

4-Mar-09 National Science Day 2009 : “Green Computing –IT World Wakes up”

Er.N.T.Nair. Chief Editor, Executive Knowledge Lines – Monthly, Trivandrum

11-Mar-09 Legal Aspects and Engineering Er.G.Neelakanta Pillai, Former Executive Engineer, KSEB, Trivandrum

18-Mar-09 Implants in Orthopaedic Surgery Dr.Subin Sugath, Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, SUT Hospital & Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum

25-Mar-09 Planning and Development of Language in the Modern Age

Prof. (Dr.) V.R. Prabodhachandran Nayar, Chairman, Vivekananda Cultural Institute, Tunchan Smaarakam, Trivandrum

1-Apr-09 Energy Conservation and Renewable Application on Building

Er.R.Harikumar, ANERT, Trivandrum


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Date Topic Speaker

15-Apr-09 Safe Guards in Banking Technology Products

Mr.Thulasi Narayana R, Manager (Local Administration), Small & Medium Enterprises, State Bank of India

22-Apr-09 Area Traffic Control System Er.P.Ravikumar, CDAC, Trivandrum

29-Apr-09 Low Emission and Zero Emission Vehicles

Prof.U.Prakash, SCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum

6-May-09 National Technology Day 2009 Celebrations & Observance of Electrical Safety Week

Dr.M.Jayaraju, Asst. Professor, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

20-May-09 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2009

Er.Prem Chandra ITS, Principal General Manager, BSNL Kerala Circle, Trivandrum

27-May-09 Wireless Sensor Er.K.B.Senthil Kumar, e-Governance, CDAC, Trivandrum

3-Jun-09 World Environment Day 2009 Celebrations “Your Planet Need You – Unite to Combat Climate Change”

Dr.D.Balakrishna, Chairman, IEI Kerala State Centre

10-Jun-09 Digital Signature Mr.Anwar Sadat, Director, IT@School, Trivandrum

17-Jun-09 Sound Pollution Er.V.S.S.Nair, General Manager, SUT Hospital, Trivandrum

24-Jun-09 Space Suit for Man Mission Dr.G.Venkata Narayana, Project Manager, Human Space Flight Project, VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum

1-Jul-09 IT Audit Challenges and Opportunities

Mr.Thulasinarayana R., State Bank of India, Trivandrum

8-Jul-09 Guidance for the selection of Engineering Courses & Colleges

Dr. Asok Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Tvm

15-Jul-09 Bioceramic Materials for Clinical Applications

Dr. Harikrishna P R Varma Biomedical Wing, Sreechitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology , TVM

22-Jul-09 Solar Eclipse and the Tsunami Hoax Dr. P.R. Prince, Regional Director, School of Technology and Applied Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University

4-Aug-09 Planetary Exploration Er.Abdul Majeed, Deputy Director (Retd.), VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum

5-Aug-09 Intersection as Potential Accident Locations

Er. Ashalatha R, Lecture, Department of Civil Engineering , College of Engineering, Kulathoor, Trivandrum


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Date Topic Speaker

19-Aug-09 Banking Ombudsman Scheme Ms. Suma Varma, Baanking Ombudsman, Kerala, Lekshadweep & Mahi Region, Reserve Bank of India, Trivandrum

9-Sep-09 Save Energy Mr. Vijayakumaran Nair, GreenTechnologies Consulting Services

16-Sep-09 Augmentation of Trivandrum Water Supply

Er. K. Padmanabhan Achari ME (PH) FIWWA, Site Engineer, Tokyo Engineering Consultants Consortium

23-Sep-09 Kerala Cities Heading for Crisis in the Absence of Proper Planning

Er. K. Thomas Poulose, Former Chief Town Planner, Trivandrum

30-Sep-09 Network Security Dr. S. Arumugaperumal, Head, Department of CompScience, ST Hindu College, Nagercoil

7-Oct-09 Planning Our Urban Future Prof. Neena Thomas, Department of Architecture, College of Engineering, TVM

21-Oct-09 Mass storage of Electricity - Emerging need of Power Sector

Er.N.T.Nair, Chief Editor, Executive Knowledge Lines monthly, Trivandrum

28-Oct-09 Anti-Stress Software for Your Mind Dr. Venu MD, MRCP, Life Skills Specialist,New York, USA

4-Nov-09 China’s High Tech Thrust – Are we to take cues from it?

Prof. V.K. Damodaran, Director General, INGCORE, Trivandrum & Hangzhou, UNIDO International Energy Consultant

11-Nov-09 Emergency Evacuation in High Rise Buildings

Dr. M. Jayaraju,Assistant Professor, Department of Elect & Electronics Engg, TKM College of Engg, Kollam

18-Nov-09 Information Management in Interpersonal Relationship

Er.T. Jayakumar,Retired Engineer, ISRO & Management Consultant,Trivandrum

9-Dec-09 E-Commerce-Standards Prof.Kannan Sreenivasan, Assistant Professor, Sreechitra Medical Centre, Trivandrum.

16-Dec-09 Industrial Medicie Dr.V.Indira, Chief Medical Officer,VSSC, Trivandrum.

23-Dec-09 Planetary gemology precious & semiprecious stores

Mr.R.Sanjeev Kumar, A.I.C.A.S Trivandrum

30-Dec-09 Strut and Tie Model Reinforced Concrete Design

Dr.S.Unnikrishna pillai, Former Principal, REC, Calicut


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B.3 Recognized Educational Programs

Education Society Lecture Program A evening seminar was organized on 11 July 2009 at Hotel Mascot Trivandrum in association with the IEEE India Council Chapter of Education Society. Dr. Bob Reilly, Secretary, IEEE Education Society International Committee gave two lectures on The Science Behind the Art of Teaching a Science and Can you win the Noble Prize: You certainly can.

National Workshop on Cloud Computing A one day workshop on Cloud Computing: Demystifying the Cloud was held in association with CSI Trivandrum Chapter on 25 Aug 2009 at Hotel Taj Residency, Trivandrum. The program was inaugurated by Mr. N. Krishnan, Director General, STPI followed by keynote address by Dr. Janakiraman, IIT Madras. Speakers from IBM, Sun Microsystems, C-DAC and Technopark companies gave lectures on various aspects of Cloud Computing. A panel discussion was held on Cloud Computing: Are we ready? The event was attended by 94 delegates with good participation from both industry, R&D and academia.


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National Workshop on Mobile Computing

A two day Workshop on Mobile Applications: Technology & Business was held in association with CSI, Trivandrum Chapter on 26-27 October 2009 at Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum. Speakers from Forum Nokia, Blackberry, Technopark Companies gave lectures on the technology and business aspects of Mobile Applications. The event attracted a good participation with 115 delegates from industry, academia and govt.

National Cponference on Next Generation Wireless Technologies

A two day National Conference on Next Generation Wireless Technologies was held in association with C-DAC, Trivandrum on 20-21 Nov 2009 at Hotel Uday Samudra, Kovalam. The program was inaugurated by Dr. Sreehari Rao, Chief Controlloer R&D, DRDO and keynote address given by Dr. MV Pitke, Fellow IEEE and Founder Director CDoT. Speakers from IISc, IIT, C-DAC and DRDO gave lectures on the emerging areas of Wireless Technology. The event attracted a good participation with 130 delegates from across the country.


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B.4 Students Activities

The student activities of IEEE Kerala Section during the year were so vibrant and elaborate, that they deserve a separate report by itself. Please refer to the separate document on Student Activities that is kept as an annexure to this report.

B.5 Awards & Recognitions

MGA Section Sustained Membership Growth Award for Region 10

o Award based on membership statistics of the past 3 years; Kerala Section topped in R10

Member-Get-a-Member Award o Mr. Navin Thomas Mathew (Student, SJCET, Pala) becomes the Second

Top Recruiter in R10; Section gets $400

MGA Innovation Award for LINK o Mr. Gopakumar, Student Activities Chair, receives the award plaque from

2009 IEEE President Mr. John Vig

Section Representation in R10, HQ

Section was represented in the following international committees and initiatives:

R10 EXECOM o Mr. Amarnath Raja

Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) o Mr. Amarnath Raja (R10 HTC Coordinator)

IEEE President’s Sustainability Initiative o Mr. Amarnath Raja, Prof. VK Damodaran

IEEE President’s Ad Hoc committee on New Initiatives o Mr. NT Nair


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IEEE Computer Society o Mr. Satish Babu, member of 2009 Chapter Activities Board and 2010

Geographic Unit Operations Committee

Participation in Global Events IEEE R10 Students Congress, Singapore

o Co-hosted by College of Engineering, Chengannur o With 12 delegates, Kerala Section was the largest contingent o Attendees include Mr. Gopakumar, Mr. Amarnath Raja

IEEE R10 Meet, Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb 2009 o Attended by Mr. Sasi PM, Mr. Amarnath Raja

IEEE HTC Workshops, Washington DC, USA o Attended by Mr. Amarnath Raja (R10 HTC Coordinator)

IEEE CS Meetings, Washington, USA o Attended by Mr. Satish Babu

IEEE PES R10 Chapter Chairs Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia o Attended by Mr. Simon Varghese

IEEE 125th Anniversary, Bangalore


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o Attendees include Mr. Sasi PM, Mr. Satish Babu, Mr. Gopakumar, Mr. Aju Thomas, Mr. Amarnath Raja, Mr. A.K. Unnikrishnan

Sister Sections in USA

Multi-lateral Sister Section Agreement Signed o With Syracuse Section, Tennessee Council, East Tennessee Section,

Central Tennessee Section and Memphis Section

Sister Section Meeting at Nashville, Tennessee, US, June 2009

B.6 Chapter Activities

Each of the four society chapters and two affinity groups in Kerala Section had an active year during 2009, as indicated by the below list of events:

Computer Society Chapter

Date Topic Speaker Venue

8 Jan 2009 Android Mr. Satish Babu, President, Inapp Technologies Ltd. Technopark

Trichur

3 Feb 2009 Multicore Computing Mr. Unni Sankar Project Manager, NeST

College of Engineering, Chengannur

12 Aug 2009 Mobile Applications-Technology & Business Opportunities

Er. R. Srinivasan, CEO, Oneview Systems, Technopark,

Institution of Engineers Hall

02 Dec 2009 Wiki Websites Dr. Clif Kussmaul, Chief Technology Officer, Elegance Technologies, Inc.,

Institution of Engineers Hall,


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Communication Society Chapter Date Topic Speaker Venue

21 Jan 2009 Recent Advances in Optical Communications

Dr.N.Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering


22 Apr 2009 Area Traffic Control System

Er.P.Ravikumar, CDAC, Trivandrum


27 May 2009 Wireless Sensor Er.K.B.Senthil Kumar, e-Governance, CDAC, Trivandrum


26 Aug 2009 3G Communications Mr. R. Rajaram, AGM, (Operations) BSNL


30 Sep 2009 Network Security Dr. S. Arumugaperumal, Head, Department of Computer Science, ST Hindu College, Nagercoil


12 Dec 2009 FOSS EDA Tools Workshops

Mr. David John, Magma DA Thrikkakara,

IA / IE / PEL Joint Chapter A Two Day Workshop on PeCool - Thermal Design and Engineering for Power

Electronics was held on 20-21 April 2009, Hotel SP Grand Days, Trivandrum. The event was held in association with National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET-CDAC) & Degree Controls Inc. Speakers include Dr. Pradip Dutta (IISc Bangalore), Mr. Thomas Albertin (Atherm France) and Mr. Rajesh Nair (CTO, Degree Controls). A healthy attendance of 61 delegates ensured the program was a success.

One Day Workshop on Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers was held on 25 Aug 2009 at RIT, Kottayam. Speaker was Mr. Johnson Mathew, Sr. Lecturer, RIT. 20 delegates participated

An Industrial Visit was organized to IGA Tech UPS Industries Ltd, Ernakulam on 25 July 2009 to understand the power electronic based industry from close quarters. There were 17 participants, mostly students.

Workshops were conducted on SMPS and FPGA on 3-4 Nov 2009. Speakers included Mr. Jaison Mathew (RIT Kottayam) and Mr. Mathew K. (MA College of Engineering, Kothamangalam). There were 17 delegates.

Power & Energy Society Chapter A One day Seminar on Energy Management and Energy Efficient lighting

Systems was organized on 28 Aug 2009 at Hotel Horizon, Trivandrum. Session-I on Energy Conservation and Energy Management was handled by Prof Dr M. Jayaraju, Dept of Electrical Engg, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam. Session II


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on Energy Efficient Lighting System was taken by Prof Dr B . Premlet, Dept of Physics, TKM Engineering College Kollam. There were 25 participants for the program.

First Student Branch of PES was inaugurated at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Trichur, Kerala on 9 Dec 2009

A industrial visit to Electrical Substation was organized for PES Student Members on 9 Dec 2009. 26 participants, mostly students visited Madakkathara 400 KV Substation, Thrissur and studied the facilities.

GOLD Affinity Group The highlight of the GOLD activities was a technical Workshop Marathon led by Mr. Cejo K.L., Chair, GOLD Chapter. Following programs were conducted during the year.

Lecture on Open Source EDA Tools for VLSI Design, National Workshop on VLSI Technology and Design, Contour Backwaters Resort and Convention Center, Chenganacherry, 21st February of 2009.

Workshop on Verilog® HDL, College of Applied Sciences, Vadakkencherry, 3rd and 4th March of 2009.

Workshop on Circuit Simulation Using Ngspice, Model Engineering College, Kochi, 7th March of 2009.

DSP Development Using Code Composer Studio™ on TMS320C6713 DSK – May 18th to May 22nd of 2009

Introduction to GNU/Linux and Free and Open Source EDA Tools – May 25th to May 30th and June 15th to June 20th of 2009

Verilog® HDL and FPGA Prototyping – June 1st to June 6th of 2009

Introduction to ASIC Design Using Alliance VLSI CAD tools and Physical Design Using Magic Layout Tool – June 8th and June 9th of 2009

GNU Octave and Scilab – June 10th of 2009

Analog Circuit Design and Simulation Using Ngspice and Qucs Circuit Simulator – June 11th to June 13th of 2009

Verilog® HDL and FPGA Prototyping - For External Participants – June 22nd to June 27th of 2009

WIE Affinity Group WIE is organizing the school outreach programme with funding from IEEE Foundation. The aim of the project is to create an interest among girl students in science and engineering. IEEE WIE student volunteers from various colleges with WIE student branches are the volunteers for the project. A two day workshop was conducted for the volunteers on 13-14 Sep 2009 on how to conduct this programme and methods were discussed on how the volunteers can create an interest among school students. Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (KELTRON) was roped in as the partner for this program. Even after completion of this funded project, the activity can continue as part of the STAR programme of WIE. The trained volunteers will train their juniors to take the project forward in years to come.


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B.7 E-mail and Newsletter Activities, Home Page

The sections activities has been regularly updated to the members by means of the established channels of communication viz newsletter, website and emails.

Four quarterly issues of the IEEE Kerala Newsletter have been published which were highly rated by the members.

IEEE Kerala Homepage, http://www.ieee.org/kerala has been updated regularly. Efforts are on to revamp the website.

The e-group of IEEE Kerala members [email protected] has been effective in communicating with the members.

Apart from the above, Emails have been send out to all IEEE Members of IEEE Kerala Section intimating each and every event of IEEE Kerala Section.

The section has made its foray into the social networking space with a LinkedIn group called IEEE Kerala Section.

PART C - OTHERS

C.1 Relationship with National Societies

IEEE Kerala Section is continuing its unique relationship with other sister professional Societies

o Institution of Engineers India (Kerala State Centre), o Computer Society of India (Trivandrum and Cochin Chapters) o Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (Trivandrum

Centre) o Aeronautical Society of India (Trivandrum and Cochin Chapters). o System Society of India o Project Management Institute ( Kerala Chapter)

The section actively participated in organising several joint activities with the sister societies, in the year.

Chairman, IEEE Kerala section is ex-officio member in the Governing Council and Executive Committee of Kerala State IT Mission

IEEE Kerala Section has been contributing to the activities of SPACE, an Agency promoted by Kerala State IT mission for the promotion of Free and Open Source Software. Mr Sasi PM, Chairman, represents IEEE Kerala section in SPACE, the society for FLOSS

The section also actively supports the IEEE India Council, especially in the NDLP program, which was formally inaugurated in a function organized by the Section in association with India council.

http://www.ieee.org/kerala

mailto:[email protected]


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C.2 Special Events

125th Year Celebrations IEEE Kerala Section celebrated the 125th year of IEEE with three glittering programs. On 13 May 2009, the official anniversary day, Engineering the Future Day Celebrations were held at IE Hall, Trivandrum. The program included three technical talks on the Past, Present and Future of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering. Speakers were Dr. Pavithran G Chief Engineer Rtd. KSEB (Electrical), Dr. Rajan T Joesph, Executive Director CDAC Trivandrum (Electronics) and Mr. Satish Babu, President, InAppp (Computer). Office bearers of Sister Professional Societies gave felicitations. The program drew a good response with around 120 people attending.

Another event to commemorate the 125th anniversary was held in NIT Calicut on 12 September 2009. Dr. Sreeram Kumar, Chair of IA-IE-PEL Joint Chapter, Mr. Sasi PM Chair of Kerala Section and Mr. Satish Babu, Vice Chair of Kerala Section gave lectures on the Past, present and future of Electrical, Electronics and Computing technologies respectively. The event was attended by 65 participants. In yet another program to mark the 125th anniversary held in Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum on 11 July 2009, Dr. Oliver Ban, Chief Technologist, IBM USA gave a lecture on Electrical Engineering’s Future: A few thoughts on industry perspective.


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PART D - GOALS AND PLANS The Section is trying to bring International Events to Kerala combining the region’s globally recognized strengths in technology R&D and tourism. The bid for TENCON 2012, although unsuccessful has been a learning experience in this regard. The calendar of international events for which preparations are on, include:

2010 Jan 3-6: International Conference on Power, Control & Signals, EPSCION 2010, support to main organizer Vidya Academy of Science & Technology, Thrissur. Chief Guest is Prof. Thomas Kailath, winner of 2007 Medal of Honor.

2010 Feb 20-21: GOLD HTC Conference to bring NGOs and Engineers together on a common platform to discuss the humanitarian technology challenges and solutions; speakers include 2009 President John Vig among others.

2011 Feb 10-12: International Conference on Communications and Signal Processing (ICCSP 2011) in association with National Institute of Technology, Calicut.

2011 Sep 21-23: International Conference on Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational Systems (RAICS 2011) in association with College of Engineering Trivandrum, Sree Chithra College of Engineering and Government College of Engineering Barton Hill.

As the Section strives to continue the good work done in previous years, the following activities shall get special attention in 2010:

Student Activities: with close to 50 active IEEE student branches and around 3000 student members (including GSM), the students comprise the most vibrant community of the Section. Programs and events shall be envisaged to channelize this energy into good use.

International Networking: leveraging the sister section agreements, actively supporting R10 activities and engaging with the HQ.

Geographical Spread of activities: to form Malabar Subsection, and to conduct more programs in Malabar area.

Membership Development: to focus on both retention and new member addition, with a special emphasis on higher grade elevation of members.

Value addition of newsletter: to be further enhanced with more articles that would be of interest to a general audience.

The Section website: to be revamped to a Web 2.0 website with more interactions and frequent updates. Services of student volunteers shall be utilized for this.

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