1. S.Gopakumar Students’ Activity Chair IEEE Kerala Section Email: s.gopakumar@ieee.org IEEE India Council and Kerala Section

2. IEEE India Council Established in 1976 ( till then India Section) 10 sections To co-ordinate all intersectional relationships and activities Liaison between section and government bodies, other organisations and IEEE HQ

3. Activities ACE News letter Student activities AISC MV Chauhan Student paper Contest Chapter activities Co-ordinate Distinguished lecture program Web site

4. India council Sections Bombay Bangalore Calcutta Madras Delhi Kerala UP Gujarat Hyderabad Kharagpur

5. Membership > 16,000 members Of which students about 8,000 157 student branches

6. Awards Region 10 Students Website Contest 2001 First Prize : VESIT, Mumbai Also won Third Prize in world wide contest

7. IEEE Kerala Section Formed as a subsection of India section on 17 February 1975 Became subsection of Bangalore Section when India Section became India Council Became full section in 1983 About 1200 members - 900 students

8. Kerala Section Chapters Computer Society IA & IE Society Power Engineering Affinity Groups GOLD: Graduates Of the Last Decade WIE: Women In Engineering

9. Student branches CET Trivandrum TKM Kollam REC Kozhikode NSS CE Palakkad GEC Thrissur GEC Kannur MACE Kothamangalam CUSAT, Kochi MEC Kochi CEC Chengannur CEA Adoor SCT CE Trivandrum * CE Perumon* CoE Kalloppara* CoE Thodupuzha* NICE, Thuckalay **

10. Kerala Section Activities Conduct National and International Seminars Arrange Technical talks Provide courses for Continuing education Student activities Interaction with other professional bodies

11. Recent Seminars 1993: Multimedia 93, Soften 93 1994: EPTRAN 94 1995: Intelligent Systems 1996: Infobahn 96 1998: Virtual Reality 98, ERP 98 1999: DISCOM 99, ACE 99 – Intelligent Networking 2000: TECON 2000 2001: Embesy 2001 2002: K-Ware 2002 (25th July 2002)

12. Student Activities IEEE Kerala Student Congress Tvm, Kothamangalam, Kollam, Chengannur, Trichur, Chengannur Technical talks Distinguished lecture programs Concessional entry for seminars, Tutorials and courses

13. Student Activities (continued) The third All India Student Congress (AISC) 2002 to be hosted by IEEE Kerala Section 26th and 27th July 2002 at Trivandrum

14. Contests Isaac Mukkadayil Student Paper Contest IEEE Technopark Product Design Competition

15. Region 10 Prizes IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch award 2002 National Institiute of Engg. Mysore (Bangalore Section) Larry K Wilson Award 2002 Mr. Rajat Garg, Delhi College of Eng., New Delhi Section Commemorative plaque & 3 years free membership in the IEEE.

16. 2002 Region 10 Student Paper Contest Post Graduate 3rd Prize Mr. Chirag Shah, Gujarat, India “Automatic Organization of Text Documents in Categories Using Self-Organizing Map” USD150.00 (+ certificate) Under Graduate 1st Prize Mr. C. Gupta, Kanpur, India “Dynamic Distance-Based Mobility Management For PCS Networks: A Profile- Based Approach” USD200.00 (+ certificate)

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