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Annual Report 2012GOLDen Year of Achievements & Activities

IEEE Kerala Section

Kerala Section Annual Report 2012

Harmonieee, Cherian’s Square, Ambuja Vilason Road, Trivandrum -1

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PART A - SECTION SUMMARYA.1 Executive Summary2012 was a year of activities and achievements for Kerala Section. The highlights for year 2012 are:

Organised India Conference (INDICON 2012) at Kochi. Event was graced by the presence of Dr. Peter Staecker IEEE President 2013, Mr. John Walz, President, IEEE Computer Society, Dr. David Alan Grier, President-2013 IEEE Computer Society, Mr. Matt Loeb, Staff Executive, IEEE.

Organised four other International conference in 2012 with Papers in IEEE Explore.

Global Humanitarian Technology - Satellite Series (GHTC-SAS-2013) planned to be held in August 2013.

Intense preparations for IEEE Kerala Section's biennial International Conference Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational System (RAICS 2013) to be held in December 2013.

Six other International Conferences approved for the year 2013. Conference Activity Board has been formed to oversee the conference activities.

Guidelines have been formed to approve conference sponsorship request. GOLD affinity group in association with Educational Activities Board organised

TISP (Teacher-In Service Program) week from 23-28 July 2012 across Kerala in 8 venues covering 104 schools, 172 teachers and 221 volunteers.

GOLD, EAB and Professional activities committee organised Continuing Education Congress from 08-12 October 2012 covering 27 engineering colleges.

All India IEEE Computer Society Student Congress first of its kind in India was held in December 2012

In association with other professional societies such as Institution of Engineers India, Computer Society of India, Project Management Institute and so on, conducted 35 weekly technical talks, on almost every other Wednesday.

As usual Student activities were very vibrant with 69 student branches. LINK structure has been restructured to align with newly formed subsections.

Numerous awards including R10 Historical Achievement Award, R10 GOLD award, MGA GOLD award, MGA Outstanding Branch Counsellor award etc & representation in IEEE HQ, MGA, R10 EXECOM.

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Section has numerous representations in EXECOM of R10, MGA, IEEE Ad-Hoc Committee, IEEE Computer Society and IEEE SIGHT as part of actively engaging with IEEE entities.

Section Executive Committee 2012Chair Mr. Satish Babu

InApp, Trivandrum

Vice ChairMr.Srinivasan

OneViewSystems, Trivandrum

Secretary Mr. K.B. Senthil KumarCDAC, Trivandrum

TreasurerMs. Sarada JayakrishnanTerumo Penpol Ltd, Trivandrum

Activity Chair Vice Chair Secretary

Malabar SubsectionProf. K P Mohandas Ms. Lillykutty Jacob Dr. S M Sameer

NIT, Calicut NIT, Calicut NIT, Calicut

Kochi Subsection Dr. A. Unnikrishnan Dr. Suresh Nair Mr. Shahim Baker NPOL NeST, Kochi Grey Technolabs, Cochin

Computer Society ChapterMr. Jayakrishnan Mr. Unni Sankar Mr. Sarath Chandran

InApp, Trivandrum NeST, Trivandrum Ernst&Young, trivandrum

IE, IA & PEL Societies Chapter

Mr. A K Unnikrishnan Dr. Vincent G Mr. Nishanth N

CDAC, Trivandrum RIT, Kottayam TKMCE, Kollam

Communication Society Chapter

Mr. Sasi PM Dr. B S Manoj Mr. Pradeep Balachandran

CDAC, Trivandrum IIST, Trivandrum CDAC, Trivandrum

Power & Energy Society Chapter

Prof. Muhammed Kasim S Dr. Bijuna Kunju Mr. T K Sai

TKMCE, Kollam TKMCE, Kollam NTPC, Kayankulam

GOLD Affinity GroupMr. Ranjith Nair Mr. Nithin Padmanabhan Mr. Namith Najeeb

VAST, Thrissur

WIE Affinity GroupDr. Shanti Ms. Mini Ulanat Ms. Sunitha BeeviSCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum CUSAT, Kochi TKMCE, Kollam

Student Activities

Ms. Mini Ulanat Ms. Sunita Beevi CUSAT, Kochi TKMCE, Kollam

Mr. Sabarinath S Pillai SJCET, Pala Mr. Edet Bijoy MESCE, Kuttipuram

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Educational Activities Mr. Gopakumar S Mr. C V Anil Kumar

Retired, VSSC College of Engineering, Chengannur

Conference ActivitiesMr. Unni Sankar Prof Viswanath Rao

NeST, Trivandrum MBCE, Trivandrum

Professional Activities Dr. Chandramohan P S Dr. Bindu G R

Amrita University, Kollam College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Awards CommitteeMr. Amarnath Raja InApp, Trivandrum

Inter Society Relations Mr. Muraleemohanlal Formerly, KSEB

Newsletter Editor Mr. K Gopalan NairTrivandrum

IEEE and Society Mr. Koruthu P Varghese

Membership Development Mr. Shahim Baker Grey Technolabs, Kochi

Student Representative Mr. Ramesh Nair

Industry CoordinationMr.Ravindran T NairTransmatics System, Trivandrum

Electronics Communication Coordinator

Mr. Pradeep BalachandranCDAC, Trivandrum

NDLP & SDLP Co-ordinator Mr. George M Joseph SCT, Trivandrum

Publications Mr. Gopalan Nair SIT, Trivandrum

KMCT, Calicut

Members At Large

Dr. D S Rane Mr. Koruthu P Varghese Mr. S Gopakumar Mr. E E RajakumarProf. Gomathy K Muraleedharan Mr. G Vijaya Raghavan Mr. J Muraleemohan Lal Mr. A K UnnikrishnanMr. N T Nair Mr. N A P Thampy Mr. K G Satheesh Kumar Mr. Amarnath RajaProf. V K Damodaran Mr. Hareendralal Mr. Sasi P M

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A.2 Financial Report 2012Currency: INR-Indian Rupee

RECEIPTS 1.00 - CONTRIBUTIONS A

CASH AMOUNTS

BACCRUED AMOUNTS

(*)

CTOTAL CASH

(A+B)

1.30 Received from Foundations 5,45,000.00

-

5,45,000.00

Total 1.00 - Contributions 5,45,000.00

-

5,45,000.00

2.00 - PROGRAM REVENUE

2.30 Advertising - IEEE 50,000.00

-

50,000.00

2.50 Conference Revenue X

1,98,212.00 -

1,98,212.00

2.80 Student Activities 2,50,187.00

-

2,50,187.00

Total 2.00 - Program Revenue

4,98,399.00

-

4,98,399.00

3.00 - OTHER RECEIPTS

3.10 Rebate from IEEE HQ 5,45,000.00

-

5,45,000.00

3.20 Region Receipts 4,82,088.00

-

4,82,088.00

3.30 Sections or Councils 1,81,370.20

-

1,81,370.20

3.32 Receipts from MGA Board, other Major Boards

14,400.00

-

14,400.00

3.33 Sections Congress Receipts 36,000.00

-

36,000.00

3.34 IEEE HQ & Societies 4,34,550.00

-

4,34,550.00

3.40 Interest 12,783.28

-

12,783.28

3.70 Other (Describe) 75,241.31

-

75,241.31

Total 3.00 - Other Receipts

17,81,432.79

-

17,81,432.79

Total Receipts

28,24,831.79

-

28,24,831.79

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EXPENSES

4.00 - PROGRAM EXPENSES A

CASH AMOUNTS

BACCRUED

AMOUNTS (*)

CTOTAL CASH

(A+B)

4.10 Meetings & Social Events 2,59,203.00

-

2,59,203.00

4.20 Publication Expenses 48,117.00

48,117.00

4.60 Educational Activities 33,600.00

33,600.00

4.70 Professional Activities 22,072.00

22,072.00

4.80 Student Activities 3,03,455.00

3,03,455.00

4.85 Grants and Awards 1,19,230.00

1,19,230.00

Total 4.00 - Program Expenses 7,85,677.00

-

7,85,677.00

5.00 - MANAGEMENT & GENERAL EXPENSES

5.10 Occupancy 29,044.00

-

29,044.00

5.20 Travel 59,928.00

-

59,928.00

5.30 Salaries 1,30,000.00

-

1,30,000.00

5.50 Support to Sections/Chapters 5,32,776.00

-

5,32,776.00

5.52 Support to Regions 27,809.80

-

27,809.80

5.56 IEEE HQ & Society Expenses 5,73,384.00

-

5,73,384.00

5.60 Other Management & General Expenses 56,137.18

-

56,137.18

Total 5.00 - Management & General Expenses

14,09,078.98

-

14,09,078.98

6.00 - FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

6.10 Postage & Supplies 18,803.00

-

18,803.00

6.20 Other 12,100.00

-

12,100.00

Total 6.00 - Fundraising Expenses 30,903.00

-

30,903.00

Total Expenses 22,25,658.98

-

22,25,658.98

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Statement of Net worth

BEG. BALANCE INCREASES DECREASES END

BALANCE

ASSETS

A. CASH ACCOUNTS (*)

5,08,512.12

6,90,518.81 -

11,99,030.93

B. INVESTMENTS (*) - - - -

LOANS AND ADVANCES ( RECEIVABLES )

1,43,200.00 1,00,000.00 1,24,750.00 1,18,450.00

C.

ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES

FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT D.

ACCUMMULATED DEPRECIATION (if applicable)

OTHER ASSETS E.

TOTAL ASSETS

6,51,712.12

7,90,518.81

1,24,750.00

13,17,480.93

F.

LIABILITIES & NET WORTH

G. LOANS AND ADVANCES ( PAYABLES )

58,239.40

1,18,956.00

52,360.00

1,24,835.40

ACCOUNT PAYABLES -

-

-

-

H. OTHER LIABILITIES X -

I. TOTAL LIABILITIES 58,239.40

1,18,956.00

52,360.00

1,24,835.40

J. NET WORTH

5,93,472.72 6,71,562.81

72,390.00

11,92,645.53

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PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

B.1 Membership Development Activities

The membership data showing the different grades of members over the past 7 years are shown below.

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A few observations are worth noting here:1. As on 31 Dec 2012, the section membership stands at 5756, including 1118

professional grade members. 2. The professional membership growth has increased to a percentage of 47.7 %. 3. The Section membership has a significant contribution of 81.9% from student

community including Graduate Student Member and Student Member.

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. Also the Section has realized that the best way to increase membership is to retain student members as regular members and has focused on GOLD activities to target this community. Following programs were conducted as part of membership development activity:

IEEE & WiE Awareness Session at NPOL on 21 March 2012 at NPOL, Kochio Awareness session on IEEE and IEEE WiE AG to the women scientists of

NPOL (Naval Physical & Oceanographic laboratory- a wing of DRDO), Kochi

IEEE & IEEE GOLD Awareness at Lourde Matha College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum on 22 March 2012.

o Awareness session was given to the final year students of LMCST, Trivandrum and a talk was delivered on the topic “How IEEE can benefit you”

Colloquium on Perspectives of Professional Development on 17 April 2012 at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur

o to promote IEEE membership among faculty of Engineering colleges and Post Graduate Students.

B.2 Chapter Activities

There are four technical society chapters in the Section. They are:1. Computer Society Chapter2. Communication Society Chapter3. Industrial Automation, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics Joint Chapter4. Power & Energy Society Chapter

Each chapter had a vibrant year of activities as summarized below:

Computer Society Chapter

Technical Talks

04/01/12 Intelligent and Green Transport – An Indian Perspective

Mr.P.Ravikumar, Thiruvananthapuram

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15/02/12 Imaging in Nano Scale Mr. Ravish Rajkumar, National Physical Laboratory, U.K.

29/02/12 Global Positioning System Dr. Prince P. R. Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram

25/04/12 Applications of Decision Support System Softwares (Expert System) in Agriculture

Dr. V. Ganesan,, College of Agriculture, Thiruvananthapuram & Special Officer (Kuttanad Package), Alappuzha

02/05/12 Video Surveillance – Challenges and Opportunities in ICT

Mr. R. Srinivasan, Cell App Technologies, Thiruvananthapuram

25/07/12 Fleet Management System Mr. Rohit, RavindranathInnovations Squared Technologies, Thiruvananthapuram

08/08/12 Digital Programmable Hearing Aid Mr. Biju. C. Oommen,Associate Director, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram

15/08/12 Career Buildup of Student as Future Engineers

Mr.S.V.Bhanu, HLL Lifecare Limited, Thiruvananthapuram

24/10/12 Omni Intelligent Systems - A Transformational Phase of Engineering

Dr. T.R. Gopalakrishnan Nair, Saudi Aramco Endowed Chair of Technology

Two Day Workshop – 04-05 May 2012

Android Bootcamp Training Hotel Grand Seasons, Kochi

Communication Society ChapterDate Topic Speaker Venue

31 Jan 12 Next Generation Networks Dr. Asatani Koichi, Kogakuin University, Japan

CDAC

04 Apr 12 Ultra High Capacity Fiber Optics and Enabling Technologies

Dr. V.P. Sudeep Kumar BSNL, Thriruvanathapuram

IE Hall

Technical Symposium ‘KITES’

24 Jun 12

Wireless Sensor Networks Mr. Lijo Thomas, CDAC College of Engineering, Trivandrum Latest Trends in Wireless Communication &

Networking Mr. Sasi P M, CDAC

3G/4G Technologies Mr. Nommy Paul, IDEA

13 July 12 Communication and Signal Processing in Smart Grid

Prof. Xavier Fernando, Professor and DirectorRyerson Communications Lab, Toronto, Canada

Kozhikode

14 July 12 Wireless Sensor Networks for Green Kochi

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Buildings

15 July 12 Low Interference Wireless Communications for Biomedical Applications

CDAC, Trivandrum

Student Projects

ComSoc - HTC Student Projects – Funded by ComSoc

ComSoc – Startup Village Student Projects – Partially funded by Startup Village

IA / IE / PEL Joint ChapterDate Topic Speakers Venue 15 May 12 Industrial Visit to Sabarigiri Power PlantTwo Day Workshop

29-30 Jun 12 A Workshop on Industrial Applications of Power Electronics

6 experts from Industry & Academia

TKMCE, Kollam

11-12 July 12Workshop: ‘Language nad Presentation Skill Development’

Dr. Vincent G., RIT, Kottayam

RIT, Kottayam

03- 04 Oct 12Workshop on ‘LaTeX’ Prof. Preenu C.S., GEC

Idukki RIT, Kottayam

Technical Talk

15 Nov12Tutorial on ‘Safe Switching for Operations and Maintenance’

Erling Helsa, Power system Consultant , Seattle, USA

CDAC, Trivandrum

21 Dec 12Felicitation Ceremony to honour IAS CMD Award Winners

RIT, Kottayam

Power & Energy Society ChapterTechnical Talks

09/01/12 Automation in Power Plants Mr. T K Sai, NTPC, Kayamkulam TKMCE, Kollam

02/03/12 Energy Conservation Mr. Haridevan,KSEB, Kundara TKMIT, Karuvelil

11/05/12 How to reduce electricity consumption in houses”

Mr. Johnson Daniel, EMC, Trivandrum

TKMIT, Karuvelil

22/06/12 Higher Education: Opportunities & Challenges

Dr T P Imthias Ahamed, King Saud University, Riyadh

TKMIT, Karuvelil

27/07/12 More about Thesis writing Dr C Usha Devi, TKMCE, Kollam TKMIT, Karuvelil

Paper Presentation Contest & Quiz

13/02/12 Paper Presentation Contest on "Save Energy, Save Environment” TKMIT, Karuvelil

09/11/12 PES Quiz preliminary in 26 Engineering Colleges

17/11/12 PES Quiz for I year Students TKMCE, Kollam

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IEEE Awareness Program

01/04/1217/11/1213/12/12

Professional EngineersI Year StudentsPG Students

Prof. Muhammed Kasim TKMCE, TKMIT & Bishop Jerome Institute Kollam

Other Events

11/08/12 Technical visit to VSSC Museum, Trivandrum

02/10/12 IEEE Day Celebration TKMCE, Kollam

10/11/12 PES MEET and Power & Energy Seminar The Quilon Beach Hotel & Convention Centre, Kollam

14/12/12 National Energy Conservation Day TKMIT, Karuvelil

B.3 Professional and Continuing Education Activities

IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Social and Humanitarian Engineering (INDICON 2012)

IEEE Kerala Section organised the Annual India Conference (INDICON 2012 ) on 07-09 December 2012,Rajagiri School of Engg & Technology, Kochi. 211 oral and 99 poster presentations were accepted from 875 submissions. The event was graced by the presence of Dr. Peter Staecker IEEE President 2013, Mr. John Walz, President, IEEE Computer Society, Dr. David Alan Grier, President-2013 IEEE Computer Society, Mr. Matt Loeb, Staff Executive, IEEE. Conference was inaugurated by Peter Staecker and Keynote address was delivered by Dr. Gangan Prathap, Director, CSIR. Conference had 5 tutorials and 4 plenary talks. Conference was concluded with Valedictory address by Mr. John Walz, President, IEEE Computer Society. The following events were also conducted as Associated Events during INDICON.

Entrepreneurship Meet by IEEE Kerala GOLD All India IEEE Computer Society Student Congress Education Symposium - Crisis in Engineering education in Kerala – causes and

solutions WIE Congress IEEE Standards Association Track E4C/SIGHT Track

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International Conference on Green Technologies (ICGT 12)The conference was organised on 18-20 December 2012, MBCET, Trivandrum and technically co-sponsored by Kerala Section. The conference attracted 191 papers and 69 were selected and presented. The keynote address was delivered by Dr R Unnikrishnan, California State University, USA. Conference had 7 tutorials and 13 invited talks. Panel discussion on ‘Green Technologies’ involving experts in the relevant areas, moderated by Prof. V. K. Damodaran, International Energy Consultant to UNIDO.

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International Conference on Data Science & Engineering (ICDSE)The conference was organised by IEEE Computer Society Kerala Chapter in association with CUSAT 18-20 July 2012, CUSAT, Kochi. Out of 179 papers submitted 42 were selected for presentation. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Ramachandran Thekkedath, Vice Chancellor, CUSAT. A pre conference tutorial on "Managing Bigdata with Apache, Hadoop and MapReduce " was handled by Mr. Vijay Nair. The conference also had 5 Invited talks from Industry and Academics.

International Conference on Engineering Education: Innovative Practices & Future Trends (AICERA 2012)The conference was organised by Kerala Section in association with Amal Jyothi Engineering College on 19-21 July 2012 at Amal Jyothi Engineering College, Kottayam. Among 208 papers received, 60 papers were selected for oral presentation and 40 for poster presentations. Conference was inaugurated by Dr. Rob Reilly, President, IEEE Education Society. Panel discussions on the Current Status of Engineering Education: Issues and Solutions and Scope of International Co-operation in Engineering Education was also held. Conference had 13 keynote addresses and 48 contributory presentations.

International Conference on Technology Enhanced Education (ICTEE)The conference was organised by Kerala Section in association with Amritha Vishwa Vidhyapeetham on 03-05 January 2012, Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Kollam. Out of 400 papers submitted 62 were selected for oral and 67 for poster presentation. The

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conference was inaugurated by Prof Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Nobel Laureate. The conference had 18 Invited talks, 3 Keynote addresses and 6 workshops.

National Seminar on Electricity Management & RegulationThe conference was organised in association with Dept. of EEE, TKMIT & Institution of Engineers (India), Kollam Local Centre on 17-18 March 2012, at TKMIT, Karuvelil & TKMCE, Kollam . The seminar was Inaugurated by Er. Alexander Varghese, former UNIDO representative for Kenya & Eritrea. The keynote Address was delivered by Prof V K Damodaran, Director General, INGCORE. The seminar had 7 invited technical talks and 2 panel discussions chaired by experts from power & energy sector.

Teacher In Service Program (TISP) WeekThe Inauguration of TISP Week 2012 was held at Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust Hall, Trivandrum on 23rd July 2012.. The event was presided over by Mr R Srinivasan, Vice Chair, IEEE Kerala Section. Mr S Gopakumar, Chair, IEEE Kerala Educational Activities Committee welcomed the gathering. The IEEE Education Society President Dr Rob Reilly inaugurated the event. Prof V K Damodaran, GOLD Advisor addressed the gathering and explained about the role of IEEE in mentoring Pre University Teachers. An overview about the TISP Week was given by Mr Namith Najeeb, Secretary, IEEE Kerala GOLD. Mr Prasanna Venkatesan, Chair, IEEE TISP India explained about various TISP training programs happening in other section in India, the website of TISP India Committee was inaugurated on the day by Dr Rob Reilly. The event was organised by Kerala GOLD and

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supported by Kerala EAB, IEEE Educational Activities Board, IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities Committee and General Education Department, Government of Kerala.

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Continuing Education Congress 2 (CEC 2)CEC 2 was organised by Kerala GOLD at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, in association with Region 10 Educational Activities, IEEE Professional Activities Committee, IEEE Educational Activities Committee and School of Electronics, SJCET, to provide a wide perspective about the current technical scenario and upcoming potential research areas and to equip the participants with awareness about latest software. The program also intended to spread awareness and benefits of IEEE and memberships among young professionals in Kerala. About 57 participants including 27 faculty from different Engineering colleges and 30 post graduate students from various streams of Electronics engineering attended the congress.

All India Computer Society Student Congress 12All India Computer Society Student Congress 12 the first student venture of IEEE Kerala and India CS was organised in Rajagiri (Cochin) on 08th Dec 12. The event marked participation over 5 sections and 80 + students. The theme was ‘Membership Development and Sustainability’. Historical moments were born with the presence of top executives of IEEE and Computer Society Peter Stacker (President, IEEE 2013), John Walz (President, IEEE CS), David Alan Grier (President, IEEE CS 2013), Angela Burgess (Executive Director, IEEE CS), Prof. S.V. Sankaran (Vice President, MGAB IEEE CS), Satish Babu (R10 GUOC, IEEE CS) and Unni Sankar (Vice Chair, IEEE Kerala CS chapter).

The technical sessions on “Green IT” and “Big Data” handled by Mr. Krishna Das of IIM Kozhikode and Shanmugham Velliangiri of SAPS lab respectively. Another highlight of the event was the interactive session for IEEE CS student members moderated by Prof. S.V. Sankaran. A panel discussion on the topic ‘Enhancing Member Engagement in IEEE CS in India’ moderated by John Walz, with the panelists David Alan Grier, Angela Burgess, and Prof. S.V. Sankaran. A surprise session was arranged for students by prof.S V Sankaran. It was about Aakash 2 tablet by Mr. Navnit Gulati (Executive Vice President, Datawind.

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Wednesday Technical TalksA 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 Subject Speaker

04-01-2012 Intelligent and Green Transport – An Indian Perspective Mr.P.Ravikumar, C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram

11-01-2012 Computation of Electricity Loss Mr. K. Madhavan Pillai, Former Chief Electrical Inspector, Government of Kerala

25-01-2012 LASER Spectroscopic Application in Medicine – (Early Detection of Cancer)

Dr.Ullas Gurudas, Professor, Karunya University, Coimbatore.

15-02-2012 Imaging in Nano Scale Mr. Ravish Rajkumar, Research Engineer, National Physical

22-02-2012 Accidents and Disaster Management in Fireworks Industries

Mr.S.N Ramaswamy,Kalasalingam University, Srivilliputtur, Tamilnadu

29-02-2012 Global Positioning System Dr. Prince P. R. Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram

28-03-2012 Total Quality Management Mr. S. Venugopal, HLL Lifecare Ltd.Thiruvananthapuram

04-04-2012 Ultra High Capacity Optical Transmission and Enabling Technologies

Dr. V.P. Sudeepkumar, BSNL, Thiruvananthapuram

11-04-2012 Indian Standard for Quality in Public Service Delivery

Mr. R. C. Mathew, Director, Bureau of Indian Standards Kerala

18-04-2012 Energy for Sustainable Development Dr. Padmanabha S. Pillai, MTI Associates,

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25-04-3012 Applications of Decision Support System Softwares (Expert System) in Agriculture

Dr. V. Ganesan, College of Agriculture, Thiruvananthapuram

02-05-2012 Video Surveillance – Challenges and Opportunities in ICT

Mr. R. Srinivasan, Cell App Technologies, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram

23-05-2012 God’s Own Number Mr. A.K. Ashraf, LPSC, ISRO, Valiyamala, Thiruvananthapuram

20-06-2012 Provocation – An Innovation Technique Mr. E.J. Francis, Retd. Scientist, VSSC, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram

27-06-2012 Research and DevelopmentCreating Value Through Innovation

Mr. N.T. Nair, Chief Editor, Executive Knowledge Lines, Thiruvananthapuram

04-07-2012 The Role of IEI in the Development of Appropriate Technology Mr. K. Vasu, ICICI, Thiruvananthapuram

18-07-2012 Safe Hospitals Er. V.S.S. Nair, Hospital Engineering Services, Thiruvananthapuram

25-07-2012 Fleet Management System Mr. Rohit, Ravindranath, Innovations Squared Technologies, Thiruvananthapuram

01-08-2012 Importance of Renewable Energy and Solar Energy

Mr. Johannes Fishbeck, Formerly of Micro Energy International & Mr. N.Ram Special Advisor, Radiant Solar

08-08-2012 Digital Programmable Hearing Aid Mr. Biju. C. Oommen, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram

22-08-2012 Mass Transport Systems Mr. B.G. Sreedevi Director, NATPAC, Thiruvananthapuram

05-09-2012 Hydrogen, Solar or Algae?

Prof.V.K.Damodaran, INGCORE, Trivandrum & Hangzhou, UNIDO International Energy Consultant & Centre for Environment & Development.

03-10-2012 World Habitat Day Celebration Talk on the theme Changing Cities, Building Opportunities

Mr.G.Shankar, Habitat Technology Group, Thiruvananthapuram

10-10-2012 Radiation Hazards from Cell Phones / Mr. V.S.S.Nair, Hospital Engineering Services, Thiruvananthapuram

17-10-2012 Relevance of Standards – Present Scenario Mr.C. Athi Pagavan, IISU, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram

24-10-2012 Omni Intelligent Systems - A Transformational Phase of Engineering

Dr. T.R. Gopalakrishnan Nair, Saudi Aramco Endowed Chair of Technology

31-10-2012 Body Electrics and Correct Thinking Mr.K.K.Vasu , ICIC, Thiruvananthapuram

7-11-2012 Total Productive Maintenance Mr.S.Venugopal, HLL Lifecare Limited Thiruvananthapuram

14-11-2012 Space Debris: Issues & Challenges Dr. A. K. Anilkumar, VSSC Thiruvanathapuram

21-11-2012 Precision Farming Dr.Abdul Hakkim of Agriculture Engineering and Technology (KCAET), Malappuram District

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28-11-2012 Fertigation to Enhance Crop Production

Dr.E.K.Kurien, Kelappaji College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Malappuram District

05-12-2012 Satellite Types and Uses Mr.E.J.Francis, Retd. Scientist, VSSC, ISRO Thiruvananthapuram

12-12-2012 Energy Conservation Mr.K.M.Dharesan Unnithan Energy Management Centre, Kerala

19-12-2012 Introduction to Autonomous Under Water Vehicles M.Ajith Kumar C, NPOL, Kochi

26-12-2012 Poke yoke – Japanese route map for students Dr. P M C Nai, DGM Safety Environment & Security, HLL Life Care, Trivandrum

B.4 Student ActivitiesThe 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 Affinity Group ActivitiesGOLD Affinity GroupDate Topic Venue

17 Mar 12 GOLD Benefits Session during the LINK F2F Meeting

GEC, Thrissur

22 Mar 12 GOLD Awareness Lourde Matha CET, Trivandrum

17 Apr 12 Colloquium on Perspectives of Professional Development

VAST, Thrissur

13 Jul 12 Enterprise Registration Procedures Grey Technolabs

23-28 July 12 TISP Week 8 Venues across Kerala

18 Aug 12 STEP Kollam

02 Oct 12 IEEE Day: Twitter Contest Online Event

08-12 Oct 12 Continuing Education Congress 2 SJCET, Palai

07 Dec 12 Entrepreneurship Meet RSET, Kochi

15-16 Dec 12 South Asia IEEE GOLD Offficer’s Meet IMA Hall, Kochi

WIE Affinity Group

Date Topic Venue

WIE MEET zraddhA'12

29 Feb 12

WIE Volunteers meet with Prof Takako Hashimoto, R10 Coordinator & Chair, WIE LBS College of

Technology, TrivandrumPanel discussion on 'Challenges faced by Women

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Professionals'

Awareness Program

21-23 May 12 Orientation Programme for School Teachers on Elementary Electronic Devices and Circuits

SCTCE, Pappanamcode

18-30 June 12 Computer Awareness Course for Women TKMIT, Kollam

WIE CON

09 Dec 12 Aspirations and Attitudes for Women RSET, Kochi

B.6 Awards & Recognitions

From R10

R10 Historical Achievement Award – Prof V K Damodaran, Member At Large R10 GOLD Individual Achievement Award – Mr. Ranjith Nair, Chair GOLD Affinity

Group

From HQ/Societies

Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award – Mr. Akshay M, KMCT College of Engineering

Richard E Merwin Scholarship from IEEE Computer Society – Mr. Rahul Raveendranath, College of Engineering Trivandrum– Mr. Pavin Prasad Abraham, RIT Kottayam – Mr. Akshay M, KMCT College of Engineering, Kozhikode– Mr. Farish C V, KMCT College of Engineering , Kozhikode– Mr. Ajay Mohan M, RIT, Kottayam – Mr. Ramesh N Nair, Amrita, Kollam

2012 MGA IEEE GOLD Hall of Fame Award – Kerala GOLD 2012 MGA GOLD Achievement Award – Mr. Ranjith Nair, Chair, GOLD Affinity

Group & Mr. Jaison Abey Sabu 2012 IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award – Mr. Ranjith,

KMCT College of Engineering IAS Chapters and Membership Development Student Master Thesis Contest

2012 –III Place- Ms. Aathira KV RIT, Kottayam IEEE Student Enterprise Award

o St. Joseph College of Engineering & Technology, Palai o Government Engineering College, Thrissur o Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, Kollam o Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur

Awards Given by Kerala Section to Members

Outstanding Volunteer Award - Prof V K Damodaran, Member At Large

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– Outstanding Student Volunteer Award – Mr. Farish C V, KMCT College of Engineering , Kozhikode

Outstanding WIE Volunteer Award – Ms. Preethy Warrier, Govt Engineering College, Thrissur

Outstanding Branch Counsellor Award – Mr. Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam

Best Student Branch Award – Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam

Certificate of Appreciation were also issued to following members

S.No Name of Student Student Branch

1 Bibin Mathew Joseph St. Joseph College of Engineering & Technology, Palai

2 Freddy M thomas TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

3 Muhammad Rajeef Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur4 Anju C KMCT College of Engineering , Kozhikode5 Nirmal Thomas Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur

6 Hariharan Namboothiri K P KMCT College of Engineering , Kozhikode

7 Vineesh Valsan College of Engineering, Thikaripur

8 Jithin U Ahmad Govt. Engineering College, Wayanad

9 Atul A Pillai Adi Sankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady

10 Sanju Sony Kurien College of Engineering, Munnar

11 Georgy Abraham Royal College of Engineering & Technology, Thrissur

12 Agnel P B St. Joseph College of Engineering & Technology, Palai

13 Harsha Sathiaraj College of Engineering, Trivandrum

14 Aravind Nair Sarabhai Institute of Science & Technology, Trivandrum

15 Ashik Revi Mount Zion College of Engineering, Pathanamthitta

16 Osheen Mohan College of Engineering, Trivandrum

17 Swathy K S TKM Institute of Technology, Kollam

18 Janus Jerome TKM Institute of Technology, Kollam

19 Megha S Nair Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering & Technology, Trivandrum

20 Swetha LBS Institute of Technology, Trivandrum

21 Ciyona Bastin TKM Institute of Technology, Kollam

22 Alka Issac College of Engineering, Trivandrum

B.7 Communication Activities

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.

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IEEE Kerala Homepage, http://www.ieee.org/kerala has been revamped with the help of student volunteers of LINK. The other websites are PES Chapter website http://www.pes.ieeekerala.org, LINK website htttp://www.ieee-link.org and GOLD website http://sites.ieee.org/kerala-gold/.

The e-group of IEEE Kerala members, [email protected] has been utilized to communicate with the members.

In addition, the e-Notice facility provided by HQ was made use of to broadcast important messages, like the AGM notice, call for papers etc.

The section has its presence in the social networking space with a LinkedIn group called IEEE Kerala Section and facebook page www.facebook.com/ieeekerala.

B.8 Community ActivitiesComSoc-HTC Student Project Program

– Comsoc Kerala chapter would provide technical and financial support for selected projects proposals in communication technologies or applications, which would be of mass /rural public / humanitarian use.

─ Out of the total eight projects executed , six groups could successfully meet the project objectives

ComSoc-Startup Village Student Project Scheme─ IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), Kerala chapter and Startup

Village, Kochi, India’s first telecom incubation centre for young entrepreneurs, will support student projects of innovative communication technologies or applications which could be of mass /rural public / humanitarian usage. This venture will be a major drive to spot the bright minds and novel ideas and to infuse innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in the engineering students across Kerala.

B.9 Other Organizational Activities

Malabar SubsectionDate Topic Speaker Venue

Workshops

18-20 Apr 12 Short Term Training Program on RTL Design for Programmable Logic NELIT, Calicut

07 July 12 LaTex NELIT, Calicut

18 Sep 12 Cyber Crimes: Detection & Prevention

Mr.Vinayakumaran Nair, Hi-tech Cell, TrivandrumMr. Bhadran CDACMr. Munivel, NELIT Calicut

GEC, Kannur

11-12 Dec12 Recent Trends in Embedded Systems

Ms. Lekha Pankaj, AWH Engineering College Ms. Lyla B. Das, NITCMr. Sankar Bhavan, Radisys, Canada

NIT, Calicut

Technical Talk

13 July 12 Communication and Signal Processing in Smart Grid

Prof. Xavier Fernando, Ryerson Communications Lab,

NIT, Calicut

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Toronto, Canada

Community Outreach Program

16 June 12 Roadmap to Success in Engineering Studies

Speakers from VSSC, IIM & NITC Sports Council Hall, Calicut

IEEE Day Celebration

02 Oct 12 Continuing Education: What after B.Tech? Mr. Nishanth, IIM-K

MESCE Skill Development for engineering students: The management orientation

Mr. Saji Kuriakose, MESCE

Kochi SubsectionActivities Date Topic Speaker Venue

Technical Talks

14 Feb 12 BBOX Rural Electrification Project Workshop Mr. Sudeep & Mr. Varun BOXX, UK

CUSAT

29 Mar 12 Technical Talk on “BIG DATA” CSI Hall

11 May 12 Social Media Marketing Mr. Vijay S Paul, Ize Creative CSI Hall

14 Jul 12 Wireless Sensor Networks for Green Buildings

Prof. Xavier Fernando, Toronto, Canada

Renewal Centre

04 Oct 12 E-Waste Management Mr. G.Pramod, Earthsense recycle (P) Ltd

CSI Hall

2,3,14 Oct 12

Safe and secure usage of Web Resources Ms. Mini Ulanat, CUSAT Mr. Shahim Baker, Grey Technolabs

Prathyasa Bhavan

Workshops

04-05 May 12

Android Bootcamp Training Hotel Grand Seasons

13 Jul 12 Enterprise Registration Procedures Mr. Babu Ganesh, a tax and corporate consultant

Grey Technolabs

Seminars

07 Sep 12

Recent Trends in computing Ms. Mini Ulanat, CUSAT

St. Gits CoE, Pathamuttom

20 Sep 12 CoE, Poonjar

12 Sep 12 Smart Grid Mr. Simon Akkara, KSEB KMEA, Engg. College

20 Sep 12 Digital Image processing Mr. Mohankumar, Grey Technolabs

CoE, Kidangoor

General Talks

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01 Mar 12

WIE Meet Prof Takako Hashimoto, R10 Coordinator & Chair, WIE

Hotel Sea Park

Disaster and Social Media - Topic Extraction for the Great Japan East Earthquake using Data Mining Technique

CUSAT

21 Mar 12 IEEE Awareness Session Ms. Mini Ulanat, CUSAT NPOL

17 Apr 12 Colloquium on Perspectives of Professional Development

Speakers from Section & Subsection

VSAT, Thrissur

Educational Activities Board

Date Topic Venue

23-28 July 2012 TISP Week 6 Venues across Kerala

08-12 Oct 2012 Continuing Education Congress 2 SJCET, Palai

02, 13, 14 Oct 2012

Educational Outreach Program Prathyasa Bhavan (Home of Hope), Palluruthy, Kochi

07 Dec 2012 Entrepreneurship Meet RSET, Kochi

08 Dec 2012 Education Symposium – Crisis in Engineering Education in Kerala – Causes and Solutions

RSET, Kochi

Professional Activities

Date Topic Venue

8-12 Oct 2012 Continuing Education Congress -2 SJCET, Palai (In association with IEEE Kerala GOLD)

14 Nov 2012 Safe Switching for Operation and Maintenance

Amrita University, Kollam (Jointly with IAS-SBC)

15-17 Nov 2012 Short Term Training Programme on “Methodology for Engineering Research”

College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Others19 Oct 2012 Visit to the factory of M/s English Indian Clays Limited, Thonnackal, Trivandrum

Section Representation in R10, HQSection was represented in the following international committees and initiatives:

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Participation in Global Events

Srilanka Student GOLD WIE Congress, Colombo on 6 January 2012o Mr. Ranjith

R10 Meeting, Kolkata, 03-04 March 2012o Mr. Ranjith

R10 WIE Congress 2012, Bhimavaram, 05-07 March 2012o Ms. Shanthi & Mr. Rayees Amar Nishad

IEEE Symposium on Pre University Teacher Training, Tampa, Florida , USA , 18th – 20th May, 2012

o Mr. Ranjith & Mr. Namith NajeebIEEE Computer Society Annual Meetings, Seattle, June 2012

o Mr. Satish BabuIEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2012)

o Mr. Satish Babu, Mr. Rajesh Kannan & Mr. Ramesh N NairIEEE ANTS 2012 December 16-19, Bangalore

o Dr. B S Manoj

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),

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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 Indiao 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 Satish Babu, Chairman, represents IEEE Kerala section in SPACE, the society for FOSS

The section also actively supports the IEEE India Council.

PART D - GOALS AND PLANS

IEEE Kerala Section shall contribute very actively in promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship among the young Engineers. Special group, PIE (Promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship) formulated for spearheading this goal under the leadership of Members at Large and Senior Members.

Induction of young leaders under mentorship of Senior Members into the Section activities.

Action on spreading Humanitarian Technology activities across the Section and the Student branches.

Increase Professional Membership with stress on Industry and Academy. Global Humanitarian Technology - Satellite Series (GHTC-SAS-2013) to be held in

August 2013. IEEE Kerala Section's biennial International Conference Recent Advances in

Intelligent Computational System (RAICS 2013) to be held in December 2013. Actively support Institutions to conduct International conferences with themes

across engineering disciplines. Formulate minimum 5 more Chapters within the section during 2013 Stress on spreading WiE and WiC group activities. Conduct R10 Execom 2014 and TenCon 2014, if approved by R10.

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