IEEE Kerala NL 31#1, 2022

Vizhinjam port under constuction

A House Journal of IEEE Kerala Section

LeoTolstoy

Trust is a fundamental component of our social relationships. It is always a prerequisite for smooth and efficient interactions. But, it is highly fragile and can be easily broken at any time. When some mistake happens at some point of our lives, it may affect others and hurt them. A close relationship with someone for many years may crack all of a sudden. A spark is enough to ignite an unquenchable fire. This is not necessarily arise but it may happen at any time. It may be through a word or a deed. When it happens, the key to strengthen the relationship is to accept our error. Confessing or apologizing is often the first and one of the most widely used techniques to repair a damaged trust. ‘An apology given just to appease one’s conscience is self-serving and better left unspoken!’

I remember a quote in this instant which states that ‘the first to apologize is the bravest, the first to forgive is the strongest, and the first to forget is the happiest’. So we have two more words forgive and forget in addition to apologize. Forgiveness is the key to smooth the emotional reunion between two people who have distanced a bit as a result of an unfortunate event. This distance need not be a physical one. It can be emotional, evolved because one person is not in good terms with another one. By the simple act of apologizing both of them can reunite. This will pave the way to realize the reasons of conflict so that it can be avoided in the future. Later play the third one, forget. Well ahead, when we forget the incidence, the relationship, trust and happiness reestablish robustly. What I have mentioned above is a common scenario that we experience many a time in our life span. Who will initiate the steps for confession, is a big question. A hurt in the relationship will put us into an unending pattern of unreasonable behavior. The situation results as we are not honest with ourselves or with the other person. This will continue the cycle of letting them overstep our emotional limits time and time again. Ultimately, we place ourselves in the agonizing position of being the victims.

Let us examine what happens if a person apologizes in a painful situation. This is a usual event that occurs in our work places. More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies. Saying “I’m sorry” is not just about admitting who is right or who is wrong but about acknowledging the wrong that is committed purposely or inadvertently. The confession we make serves as a strong bond in our relationships. We also empathize with people who are feeling

‘Let us forgive each other — only then will we live in peace’.

IEEE Kerala Section, Thiruvananthapuram Office: ‘Harmonieee’, 2695-5, Ambujavilasom Road, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 001 Chairman

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Chairman’s Message

Greetings to all the members!

It is a matter of pride to pen down the message as Chair, IEEE Kerala Section 2022. I am humbled to take over the baton of IEEE Kerala Section with a deep sense of gratitude, responsibility and commitment. I would like to place on record my sincere appreciation to all the members for the confidence reposed on me. World has changed in the last two years. In an increasingly complex, demanding and competitive period of time, we need to push the boundaries and rise beyond it. Last two years in spite of pandemic bringing the world into standstill, we saw a surge in our activities, which lead to an increase in our membership. Even though we were deep in the pandemic, 2021 was a good year for our membership. Thanks to all our volunteers who has contributed to this.

I am very excited about the future.With all that solid foundation below us, it’s time to look forward, towards the future. 2022 isseeing a new set of leaders in the forefront to take up the mantle and drive our organisationforward. Hats off to the team iCom and Nomcom for implementing and bring a process intoit. So far all our major events were executed with a very high success rate. This is somethingwe are all proud of.Proud of our accomplishments and ready to face new challenges.

This year, we challenge ourselves as a team to take upbetter initiatives and programs aligning with IEEE’s tagline of Advancing Technology for thebenefit of Humanity.Year 2022, we are the host to WIE ILS and INDICON 2022. Let us start working on it. All helping handswelcome. Let us raise the bar. Let us “Think BIG”. Also, request all the societies to do theirbest to bring in the best papers in their tracks

Now the time for action comes up and hoping that many more of you members will volunteerto keep up the vibrancy of this section! I welcome the new members, new society/ Council leadership, standing committeechairs, to this challenging responsibility that IEEE members have bestowed on us. Let meassure the members that we are equal to the task and, as a team, we shall deliver!

We still want to say that, this journey we cannot make alone as leaders, but it is through your support, critics and encouragements that we shall have something to do together because together we shall continue to make it.

Thank you all,

Dr. Mini Ulanat Chair, IEEE Kerala Section

Malabar News MSS Report

Reported by: Sabiq Puthiya Valappil

Thursday Webinar Series @ 5.30 PM

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 84th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Revealed Preference Learning in Cyber Physical Social Systems: From Online Search to Energy Markets” by Dr. Anup Aprem, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, NIT Calicut. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 6 January 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 35 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 85th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “HUMAN INTELLIGENCE –A Biopsychosocial Perspective” by MANISHA MANOHARAN, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 13 January 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 45 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 86th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on

(>>>from page 2) hurt. We feel emotionally satisfied and will have peace of mind. Whenever our relationship is in trouble we must be prepared to ask for forgiveness. It is better not to be proud and be very humble to be able to take care of a relationship with the necessary affection. Obviously, our response to others is of great importance. We must realize that trust and forgiveness go hand in hand. When we react in a way that engenders a greater amount of honesty and frankness, we will establish a more positive and empowering way of being and interacting with others. This will create a greater sense of harmony in our relationship. Some people accidentally walk on our feet and apologize, while some others walk all over our heart and don’t even realize!

Remember: ‘The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features’.

Prof (Dr) K.Gopalan Nair Life Senior Member, Editor & Chair Publications

“Future of Jobs” by Sasi P M, Former CEO, Government IT Parks, Kerala. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 20 January 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 80 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 87th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Recent Developments and Challenges

in Biomedical Antennas” by Dr. Madurakavi Karthikeyan, B.E, M.E, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Senior), Department of Communication (SENSE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 27 January 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 40 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 88th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Fuzzy Logic - Coping with Partial Information” by Mr. Jayant Ganguly, Senior Technical Officer, Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Kozhikode. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 03 February 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 35 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 89th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Fundamentals of 3D graphics” by Abhishek Rhisheekesan, Founder and MD, AI Render Technology Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 10 February 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 45 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 90th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on "tdm-t_m-«p-IÄ-t¡z-­@-\-«p-Ifpw t_mÄ-«p-I-fpw F§-s\ Xn-c-sª-Sp-¡mw" by Dr. Sreekanth Madhavan, CEO, Kabani Tech. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 17 February 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 50 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 91st talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Impact of Malware in Cyber Threat Landscape” by Dr. Hiran V Nath, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, NIT Calicut. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 17 February 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 40 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 92nd talk of the Weekly Webinar Series

on“Network on Chip: The Future Processor for IOT Technology” by Dr. Ashok Kumar K, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Matrusri Engineering College, Hyderabad. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 03March 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 35 people participated in the program.

Trends” by Shone Jose, Founder –Freshers Ladder, Associate Manager - Course 5 Intelligence. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 10 March 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 55 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 94th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on“Radars and Various Applications” by Dr. Swaroop Sahoo, Asst. Professor, Department Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad. The program was conducted

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 93rdtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on“Placement and Internship

Kerala Section

at 5.30 pm IST on 17March 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 35 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 95thtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on“ROLE OF SOLAR PV SYSTEMS IN THE FUTURE ENERGY SCENARIO” by Dr. Janardhanan P, Professor, Department Electrical Engineering, KMCT College of Engineering. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 24 March 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 45 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 96thtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on“Order in Chaos: An Introduction to Ramsey Theory” by Dr. Krithika Ramaswamy, Assistant Professor, Department Computer Science &

Engineering, IIT Palakkad. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 31 March 2022, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 45 people participated in the program.

Faculty Development Programme on Artificial Intelligence

Five Days FDP on Artificial Intelligences ponsored workshop jointly with IEEE Malabar Subsection and Central University, Kasaragod was conducted from 21st to 25th February 2022 in which 200 participants from different parts of the country participated. The inauguration was held on 21st February 2022 online at 10:00 am. The welcome address was delivered by the coordinator Dr. Thasleema T M, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Central University of Kerala. Chief Guest of the program was Dr. D.S Guru, Professor and Chairman, Department of Studies in Computer Science, University of Mysore, Presidential address of the function were Prof. Vincent Mathew, Dean School of Physical Sciences, Central University of Kerala. Also, Directors of different academies,and AICTE official were also present with the participants. Dr. Rajesh R, Professor & HoD, Department of Computer Science, Central University of Kerala felicitated the program. Dr. V Kumar

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Central University of Kerala proposed the Vote of Thanks.

IEEE Kerala Section office @ Malabar Inauguration

The IEEE Kerala Section opened its office at Malabar for the benefit of IEEE members specifically those who are in the Malabar region. The office was inaugurated on 27th March 2022 in a hybrid mode. Members from different areas of Kerala joined the function at three locations – Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Malabar office. The new office at Malabar is located at 2nd

Floor, MEA Complex, Court Road, Adjacent to S M Street, Kozhikode. Dr. Mini Ulanat, Chair, IEEE Kerala Section inaugurated the new office and delivered inaugural address. Dr. S M Sameer, Secretary, R10, Dr. Suresh Nair, Chair, India Council, Dr. Rajesh MV, Chair, IEEE Kochi Subsection, Dr. Gilesh M P, Chair, SAC IEEE Kerala Section, Dr. Bindima T, Vice Chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection delivered felicitation. Dr. Abraham T Mathew, Past Chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection also delivered the felicitation address. Dr. Sabiq P V, Chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection, presided the function.

Kerala Section

Kochi News

Quiz - embrace the Irritational

Reported by: Dr. Meenakshy K

Quiz was a quiz event conducted as part of International day(celebrated globally on the 14th of March every year). IEEE Kochi Subsection in association with IEEE Kochi Hub took initiative to memorate the mathematical day. The event kicked off with a welcome address and the intro to the event by Mubeena K P and saw the participation of 30+ student members all over the IEEE Kerala Section. The event was held on 13.03.2022 in 2 rounds. 2 parallel preliminary rounds were held in Quizziz, from where 3 finalists were selected from each

semi. The final part of Qu��z was conducted in Kahoot for a span of 45 minutes.

After a heart-throbbing battle, Anupama Vidyasagar of Federal Institute of Science and Technology came to the first position and R Ashwin of College of Engineering Chengannur secured the runner-up position. The awardees were given prize money as a token of appreciation soon after the event. The event was conducted by Mubeena K P, Eby Kurian, Antony Paul and Mariya of the student volunteer team of IEEE Kochi Subsection. The event was wrapped with a thanking note by Mariya.

APS News

ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION SOCIETY

Reported by: Prof: M.V Kartyhikeyan Scientist, CEERI Pilani, Prof. Debatosh Guha, Univerioty of Calcutta, Prof. K P Ray, DIAT Pune,, Prof Chinmoy Saha, IIST Trivandrum, and his students like Dr. R U Nair, NAL, Dr. N Venugoapalan Palliyil, NUS, Singapore, Dr. Mohanan P, CUSAT, Dr. C K Aanandan, CUSAT and Dr. K Vasudevan, CUSAT were among the many who shared their memories and personal experiences with Prof K G Nair.

An online memorial meeting was conducted as a tribute to Prof. KG Nair, a renowned science educator, architect of several prestigious institutions and a stalwart in the antenna and propagation scenario nationally and internationally. Several dignitaries and his students spread across the globe joined the meeting, distinguished experts in this area like Prof. S Pal Dist. Scientist at ISRO SATELLITE CENTRE, Prof. S N Joshi Sr.

Activity 2

Prof MV Karthikeyan presented an invited talk on RF simulations at CUSAT on the 4th March 2022. It was well attended by the students, staff and members of APS Kerala.

Prof M V Karthikeyan being presented with a memento by Dr. Deepti Das Krishna, IEEE APS Kerala Section Chair after the engaging session.

1. Introduction to Microwave Wireless Power Transmission-Concepts and Applications.

“INTRODUCTION TO MICROWAVE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION- CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS” is a Technical Talk session conducted by IEEE AP-S and MTT-S Student Branch Chapters of Government Engineering College Barton Hill on 18th February 2022 from 7 pm to 8 pm. This talk being the first event conducted by IEEE APS MTT-S SBCs in this year was handled by Ms. Gopika Reghunadhan, Research Scholar at IIST. This Talk was aimed at providing more knowledge to technology enthusiasts and hobbyists. The speaker discussed the basic concepts of wireless power transfer along with the applications. It was well presented using ppt and examples with a detailed understanding of power transmission.The talk was accompanied by a questionnaire

session in which the speaker discussed the audience’s concerns and questions. Overall, the event received good reviews from attendees, and it was clear that everyone who attended learned the fundamentals of Microwave Power Transmission.

2. Cognitionis 2.0#1 – RF in Aviation :

IEEE APS AND MTT-S SBCs GECBH conducted COGNITIONIS2.0#1 ,the first quiz of the Cognitionis 2.0 quiz series.It was based on the theme ‘RF in Aviation‘ .It was conducted on 26th February,2022 via the platform,Quizizz. The quiz aimed to test the knowledge of the participants and provide an opportunity for them to learn more.

There were a total of 20 questions.The quiz was open to IEEE members of all colleges.The winners were R Ashwin(CE Chengannur),Sruthi Vino Prakash(LBS ITW) and Anupama Vidyasagar(FISAT). The event received positive feedback from the participants.

3. Tech-It-Out:

On 7th March 2022, IEEE APS & MTT-S SBCs of GECBH in collaboration with IEEE RAS SBC GECBH conducted ‘TechIt-Out’, Just A Minute Competition, as a part of the Science Week Celebration 2022. It was conducted on Google

Meet and there were 10 participants of which 6 were IEEE members. There were a total of 21 questions out of which each participant should select one at random, and talk about the topic with 60 seconds of thinking time. The event was exclusive to the students of GECBH. Prize worth INR 500 was given to the first prize winner. The winners are selected for stage two of the JAM competition at the LINK level. The top three positions were secured by 1.Keerthana Sanjaya Kumar Pillai - S1 EC

2. Adith D Jayakrishnan - S3 EEE

3. Mohammed Kamarudeen - S1 EEE

4. IEEE AP-S SBC GEC Barton Hill Outstanding Chapter Award Celebration and Discussions:

IEEE APS & MTT-S SBC GECBH conducted an event on 12th March 2022 which was a get together for the celebration of APS Society being awarded the Best Chapter of 2021. It was an interactive session with faculties from IIST and VSSC , followed by a cake-cutting ceremony and the event was concluded with a lunch gathering.

The event started at 11 am sharp. Our Chief Guests were Dr. B. S. Manoj, Faculty at IIST, Dr. Chinmoy Saha

January-March 2022

Former Chair at IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter and Faculty at IIST., Dr. Arijit Mithra, Secretary MTT-S Kerala Chapter, Engineer at ISRO, Dr. T J Apren, Chair, IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter, Prof Anu Mohammed (Vice Chair, IEEE APS Kerala Chapter, Chapter Advisor IEEE APS- MTT-S Kerala Chapter)

The Welcome Address was given by Ms . Gowri R. Followed by a bouquet distribution.The inauguration was done at 11:10 by lighting the lamp. The Presidential Address was given by Dr. Shreelekshmi R, UG Dean, GEC Barton Hill. Next was the Felicitation Ceremony, the chief Guests were awarded with a memento. It was followed by the cake cutting ceremony, then Chief Guest Dr. B S Manoj Delivered the keynote address . Followed by the speech of Dr. T J Apren, Dr. Chinmoy Saha and speech by Dr. Arijit Mithra. Few Student Volunteers which belongs to the previous Execom also came forward to share their IEEE Experiences, Ms Mehar S(Immediate Paste Chair IEEE MTT-S SBC GECBH), Mr. Swapnil Sinha (Former Chair, IEEE APS SBC GECBH ), Ms. Ananya BS (Immediate Past ViceChair IEEE APS SBC GECBH). The event anchoring was done by Ms Ashtami Anil, Vice-Chair IEEE APS SBC GECBH and Ms. Anjana P Shekhar Tech Head

IEEE APS SBC GECBH. The vote of thanks was delivered by Professor Anu Mohammed, where he thanked

everyone who gathered and made this event successful.

5. L4 Series Talk on RF Aspects of Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Dr Robert H Caverly:

L4 SERIES TALK ON RF ASPECTS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING was a Technical Talk session conducted by IEEE MTTS KERALA SECTION , IEEE APS KERALA SECTION and IEEE AP-S & MTT-S SBC GEC BARTON HILL on 25th March 2022 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm.The session commenced with the welcome speech by Sir Arijith Mitra (Scientist at VSSC and the serving Secretary of MTTS Kerala Section). This was followed by a talk by Dr.Chinmoy Saha (Founder and immediate past chair of MTT-S, past chair of AP-S and regional coordinator of AP society) about the previous activities. The event was then inaugurated.

The session was handled by Dr Robert H Caverly (Professor of Electrical Engineering, Villanova University, USA). This Talk aimed at providing more

knowledge to technology enthusiasts and hobbyists. The speaker discussed the basic concepts of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) along with the applications. It was well-presented using PPT and examples.The talk was followed by a questionnaire session in which the speaker discussed the audience’s concerns and questions.The session was concluded with vote of thanks by Sir Anu Mohamed, Chapter Advisor of IEEE AP-S and MTT-S SBCs GECBH and Vice Chair AP-S Kerala Chapter. Overall, the event received good reviews from attendee

Circuits and Systems Society

Reported by: Prof: A. P James

The workshop on “Demystifying Analog CMOS circuits with LTSPICE” was organized to provide an opportunity for the members to learn the different concepts and design circuits with hands-on simulation. The session began at 10:00 am and was handled by Prof. Alex P James, Assoc. Dean at Digital University Kerala. It covered major topics like basic circuit elements, RLCM, Linear vs non-linear circuits, diodes, MOSFETS, basic filters and basic amplifiers. Participants were familiarized with the working of Ltspice software and hands-on simulation was effectively implemented for the designed circuits. The session highlighted the challenges of building various circuits using the software and analyzing the

outcomes, developing improvisation skills in the young minds. The members who are mostly first and second-year students found the workshop to be extremely fruitful and it was wrapped up by 5:00 pm.

TKMCE student Branch: Inauguration

Inaugurated by: Prof. A P James, Dean (Academic) at Digital University Kerala & Senior Member of IEEE Date: 26/02/2022

The inaugural ceremony of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) commenced with the IEEE Oath which was led by Prof. Reshna S, Assoc. Prof. of ECE Dept. TKMCE. Faculty members including Prof. Sajeena S, Prof. Anu Assis and Prof. Vishnu Damodaran

graced the inauguration. The audience was welcomed by Prof. Dr Sabeena Beevi. K, Branch Councilor of IEEE SB TKMCE. The welcome address emphasized Dr. B. Premlet and his astounding efforts to initiate the CAS Society in IEEE Kerala Section. Diving deep into the world of IEEE, the students were made aware of the benefits of the society and the efforts by the faculty and students to introduce this society to TKM College of Engineering.

Dr. T. A. Shahul Hameed, Principal, TKMCE, delivered the presidential address, an inspiring message about IEEE and other societies that are actively functioning in the college. Followed by the inaugural address by Dr. Alex. P. James, the chief guest of the day was introduced and invited to felicitate the gathering. He delivered an impactful message on the importance of digital simulations and the future of electronics. Followed by which a message from Dr. Sreelal. S. Pillai, CASS Chair of IEEE Kerala section felicitating the gathering was shown. Followed by this, there was felicitation

by Prof. Dr Bijuna Kunju K, Chair of IA/ IE/PELS joint chapter Kerala section and a very active Senior Member of IEEE. The principal of TKMCE then handed over a memento to Dr. Alex. P. James as a token of gratitude. The inaugural ceremony concluded with a vote of thanks presented by Ms. Anagha M Das, Chair of CASS TKMCE.

Meetings: Office Bearers meetings: Weekly meetings were organized to discuss the activities of CASS chapter related with Outreach programmes, collaborations and other relevant topics. All the meetings were presided over by the Chair, Vice Chairs and Secretary with the technical mentoring support by Prof. Alex James.

Student Representative Meetings: 2 student representative meetings were held to give guidance for the students in conducting CASS relevant activities. The graduate and undergraduate student representatives of the TKM and Kerala Digital University have attended the meetings.

Proposed Activities in the month of April 2022

● Webinar Series- Talk on “MEMS, Nanotechnology and their Aerospace Applications”

Speaker: Dr. Sreelal S Pillai on 22/04/2022

● Workshop on “PCB Design: Hands on Training” organized by Intelligent Internet of Things, a CoE project of Kerala Digital University. Date: 23/04/2022

Newly Elevated Senior Members (as on 24 Feb 2022)

Dr. V Seena IIST, Trivandrum

Dr.Uma Syamkumar GEC, Thrissur

Er.Satheesh Kumar S CDAC, Trivandrum

Dr.Madhu S Kumar JCET, Palakkad

Dr.Anindya Dasgupta IIST, Trivandrum

Dr.Sunil TT College of Engg,Attingal

Dr.Arun P SJCET, Palai

Dr.Mredhula Pradeep MESCE, Kuttipuram

Dr.Jaison Paul MulerikKal RSET, Kochi

Dr.Sarathchandran C GEC Thrissur

Dr.M Sabarimalai Manikandan IIT, Palakkad

Dr.Nisha G K MBCET, Trivandrum

Dr.Aryanandini B RIT, Kottayam

Dr.Kala S IIIT, Kottayam

Dr.KS Sarath CARMEL Engineering College, Punnapra

Mr.Prakash Rosayyan CDAC, Trivandrum

Dr.Lisy E R GEC, Thrissur

Dr.Aldrin Antony CUSAT, Kochi

Dr.M Vani Devi IIST, Trivandrum

Dr.Ebin Deni Raj IIIT, Kottayam

Mr.Ramesh P CDAC, Trivandrum

Dr.Raji C G MEAEngineering College, Perinthalmanna

Prof.Jo Cherian Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam

Er.Prabhakar Krishnan Cybersecurity

Dr.Sajesh Kumar U GCE, Kannur

Dr.Oommen Tharakan K Thomas VSSC, Trivandrum

Congratulations and Best Wishes

For IEEE Kerala Section ExCom

Prof Muhammed Kasim S Vice Chair, IEEE Kerala Section

Solid State Circuits Society

Reported by: Kadar AA, Secretary, SSCS

The SSCS Chapter formation petition submitted by Prof. MuhammedKasim S, Vice Chair, IEEE Kerala Section got approval as on March 6th, 2022.

Reference #: 220330-000413

Response By Email (Michele) (03/30/2022 02:53 PM)

Dear Muhammed Kasim S, We are pleased to advise you of the official approval of the petition to form the IEEE Kerala Section, Solid-State Circuits Society Chapter. The approval date is March 6, 2022 and the geocode is CH11000.

Formal notification and the congratulatory letter will be distributed shortly. Please feel free to begin your activities immediately.

Best regards, Petition Processing Team

IEEE Member Operations, MGA

IEEE Geographic Unit Formation Policies and Petitions

25-03-2022 General Meeting of Members

January-March 2022

SSCS News

A virtual meeting of the members was scheduled for March 25th to elect new ExCom Members and to discuss the plan of activities for 2022.

Prof. Muhammed Kasim welcomed the members joined the meeting and a self-introduction of members joined the meeting was done. The new executive committee for IEEE SSCS KeralaChapter was elected in the meeting. The list of office bearers is given below

Founder Chair: Prof. Muhammad Kasim S, Vice Chair, IEEE Kerala Section

Chairperson: Prof. Ajith Ravindran, Saintgits College of Engineering

Vice Chair: Dr. Ayoob Khan T. E., College of Engineering, Karunagappally

Secretary: Mr. Kadar A. A., ER & DCI Institute of Technology, CDAC, Trivandrum

Treasurer: Mrs Chintu Ann Mathew, Saintgits College of Engineering

Joint Secretary: Mr. Girish M., Hardware Engineer, Kinara

Student Activities Chair: Mr. Agi Joseph George, AmalJyothi College of Engineering

Research and Publications Committee: Mr. Jithin K., Staff Engineer I, OpenFive.

Conference Activities: Dr. Anju Pradeep, Cochin University of Science & Technology

Industry engagement: Prof. Bhuvan, NIT Calicut

Women In Engineering: Mrs. Ponmalar M., ISRO ISU, Trivandrum

The new Chair elected, Prof AjithRavindran presented the plan of activities for 2022.

Virtual General Meeting on 25 March 2022

The following Program Plan for 2022 were considered.

a. A Student Volunteer call as early as possible.

b. The inauguration of the Chapter to be held in May.

c. Webinar and Mentoring session on ”2022 SSCS PICO (Platform for IC design Outreach) Open Source Chipathon”.

d. SSCS talk series related to VLSI and Device modelling

e. Hands on Traing on IC Design using

Cadence - Full Custom IC Design Flow.

f. Hands on Traing on IC Design using Cadence - ASIC Design Flow.

g. Industrial visit to one device Fabrication / Testing Lab.

h. Hands on Workshopand Circuit designing contest for women Engineers using ORCAD.

i. YP Event - Webinar on Job & Research opportunities in the area of VLSI.

j. Pre University event - Hands on Workshop on Hobby Circuits.

k. Distinguished Lecture

l. Chapter’s Annual General Meeting

30-03-2022 Meeting with SSCS officers

The SSCS Chapters Chair, Mr. Alvin Loke arranged a virtual meeting of SSCS Officers with Core ExCom Members of SSCS Kerala Chapter on Mar 30th @ 7.00pm.

Mr. Daniel Friedman, Vice President, Membership; Ms Lauren Caruso, SSCS Chapter Administrator; Ms Abira, SSCS Technical Communiity Program Specialist and Ms Romane Dumont, SSCS Student Rep in addition to Mr. Alvin Loke represented SSCS ExCom and Prof MuhammedKasim S, Founder Chair; Mr.Ajith Ravindran, Chair, Mr. T E Ayoob Khan, Vice Chair; Mr. Kadar A A, Secretary and Mr. Girish M, Jt. Secretary represented SSCS Kerala Chapter in the meeting. Mr. Alvin Loke congratulated Kerala Section in the formation of new SSCS Chapter and took the lead in briefing Chapter resources and Chapter subsidy. Ms. Lauren was entrusted to send the Chapter subsidy request link to Kerala Chapter Officers. Mr.Ajith presented plan of Activities for 2022. The inauguration of the Chapter was decided to be held in May / June. After a fruitful discussion, the meeting came to an end at 8.30pm.

Computer Society

Reported by: Sarju WS Computer Society Kerala Chapter was formed on January 23rd.

● The vibrant Student Leadership Team of the year 2022 of the IEEE

● Released the complete Execom including Professional Execom and The IEEE CSKS Volunteer team for

Content, design and video on 17th February 2022

● The IEEE Computer Society of Kerala Chapter introduced a new SYP team. Active 4th-year members

of IEEE CS were identified through chairs and 2 Hub coordinators were selected from each hub and SYP Team was formed.

Quarter 1 Activities

Womennovate

Venue: Google

meet

Date: 13th March 2022

Introduction

Womennovate is an idea pitching competition conducted as part of International Women’s day by WiC of IEEE CS Kerala Chapter. The topic of the competition was to find a technical solution to any problem faced by women. The event had a cash prize of 1.8k INR. It was a team event where there can be 3 members but at least 1 among them should be a girl.

Brief Description

Womennovate was conducted via google meet as part of International Women’s day on the topic find a technical solution to any problem faced by women. A total of 10 teams registered and participated in the event and the idea of having at least 1 girl in the team was successful as it helped to ensure a gender balance. All the participants had made their ideas crystal clear to the judges through their pitch deck and the judges were also amused and impressed by the same. The judging panel consisted of two female senior members from the IEEE CS Kerala Chapter Execom. The top 3

teams with the best-validated idea were awarded the cash prize of 1.8k INR. At the end of the event, judges had very positive feedback about the ideas and the solutions. Meanwhile, all the participants were able to find the flaws and drawbacks within their idea and they were able to collect some feedback on it. The event turned out to be a great success with a good spirit of participation, knowledge-sharing and enthusiasm.

No of participants: 30

IEEE CS members: 21 IEEE members: 9 Non-IEEE members: 0

Resume Building Competition

Venue: Not Applicable

Date: 12th March 2022

Introduction

The Resume Building Competition was the first task of the Elever 2.0 leaderboard series powered by the IEEE Computer Society Kerala Chapter. The event was aimed to help students build a professional Resumes. The event was conducted for IEEE CS members and received a participation count of 86. The cash prize was fixed to be Rs. 1000/-

Brief Description

In the eyes of the recruiter, an excellent resume generates a positive image. IEEE CS Kerala Chapter realized this importance and decided to conduct

an event on the same. The event was exclusive to IEEE CS members. The event was announced on March 8th, and the submission deadline was set for March 12th. The participants were

required to prepare and submit a resume to apply for the role of project manager.

The event’s biggest accomplishment was that each participant now had a resume in hand and simply needed to add to it in the future. Those who couldn’t win the competition were also provided with feedback to improve their resume and rectify their mistakes.

Out of the 86 participants, Abhijith KP from Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology bagged first place. Nevin Koshy Daniel and Robin Roy from AJCE won second and third place respectively.

No of participants: IEEE CS members: 86 IEEE members: 0 Non-IEEE members: 0

LaTeX 101

Venue: Google Meet Date: 31st March 2022

Introduction

The talk session was organized to provide insight on the topic ‘Basics of LaTeX’ - the document preparation system. It was handled by MsShiney Thomas who is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at AmalJyothi College of Engineering.

Brief Description

The session commenced with the introduction of LaTeX and its history at 7:00 PM on 31 March 2022. A brief introduction was given to the features and possibilities of the typesetting system. To utilize the features online, the participants were acquainted with Overleaf, the collaborative cloud-based LaTeX editor and guided on report and article creation. They were further instructed on inserting headings, images, tables, equations, etc. Additionally, the speaker provided details about IEEE formatting and guidelines.

Feedback forms were rolled out at the end of the session. The participants described the session as informative, right-paced and quite useful. The

speaker appreciated the active participation and responsiveness of the participants and was extremely content with the talk. The participants were clear with the basics of LaTeX and confident enough to work on their own articles and reports using LaTeX.

No of participants :40

IEEE CS members: 20 IEEE members: 4

Non IEEE members: 16

Membership Development Sessions

We had a lot of requests from the student branch chapter to conduct membership development sessions from the CSKS Team. Three membership development sessions were conducted in the respective colleges CUSAT, FISAT and SJCET Palai. The sessions were a great success. Chairs reported that the session positively impacted their membership development.

● We had our first membership devel opment session RESURGENCE 2022 on February 03 2022. The session was led by Ms Deepthi Sasidharan, Vice-chair, IEEE CSKS and Mr Sandeep E P, mem bership development coordinator, IEEE CSKS.

The session had a great impact on the student branch and the SBC had a great hit on Membership count.

● The IEEE Computer Society student branch chapter at CUSAT requested an ice-breaking session along with cs society orientation. The session had our most enthusiastic volunteers of CSKS,

MrGokul C M, Student representative, IEEE CSKS and MsJyothikaNithin, women in computing coordinator, IEEE CSKS. The session was an eye-opener for the participants and they were motivated to take the CS membership.

● We had our next membership development session at IEEE SB SJCET. The session was handled by our prominent volunteer, MsBhadraJayakumar, Formar-SR, IEEE CSKS. The session was a great success. The participants were motivated to take part in computer society activities and become great volunteers.

REM SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FALL 2021

IEEE CS Richard E.Merwin scholarship winners’ fall 2021 results were

published on 23 February 2021. We were proud to have the dedicated volunteers, Ms Parvathi J. Nair and Ms Amal Abdul Azeez honored by the Richard E. Merwin scholarship.

UPSILON PI EPSILON HONOR SOCIETY AWARD WINNER

The Upsilon PI Epsilon Honor award was released on February 23rd 2022. We were honoured to have Ms Lavanya E V as the winner.

IEEE Computer Society Kerala Chapter TEAM’22 ACHIEVEMENTS

In the year 2022, the team was delighted with the recognition and achievements of the IEEE CSKS Team.

● Mr Karthik K, joint SecretaryIndustry, IEEE CSKS made us proud by getting selected as the Student Branch Coordinator of IEEE R10 Student Activities Committee.

● Ms Bhadra Jayakumar, Former SR and Malabar Hub coordinator-SYP Team’22 made us proud by getting recognised as the outstanding student volunteer in 2021 and getting into IEEE R10 Student Activities Committee as Outreach Coordinator for the year 2022.

● Mr Gokul C M, Student representa tive, IEEE CSKS made us so proud and got selected as the Vice-chair of the IEEE India Council Student Leadership Team.

Other Activities

Scholarship notification:

● Notification regarding GHC Scholarship 2022 was released on February 26th, 2022.

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● Notification regarding IEEE CS Richard E.Merwin scholarship Spring Cycle 2022 was released on 13th March 2022.

Mr Akarsh Ashok, joint secretary YP, IEEE CSKS got selected as the Webmaster at IEEE India Council Student Leadership Team 2022.

● Call for ambassador:

IEEE X-treme, the most awaited programming competition of the year, released a call for ambassadors for IEEE X-treme 16.0. The notification

regarding the call was published on 13 March and the team made sure at least one from each college has applied for ambassador in Kerala Section.

Kerala Section

ComSoc News

ComSoc Report

Reported by: Dr. Shamna H R

1. INKESTA – Workshop

Date : 8 & 9 January 2022

INKESTA is a two day online workshop on Programmable Logic Controllers organized by IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter in association with Industrus Tech.

2. Administrative Meeting (Online)

Date : 5th February 2022

Time : 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm

Participants : 12

IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter conducted an online meeting for Excom members on 5th February 2021 from 6 pm to7:30pm through Google meet.

Meeting started with a selfintroduction and the chairperson Dr Shamna H R, Secretary DrJob Chunkath and core team member Dr. Lillykutty Jacob addressed all the members. The agenda of the meeting was delivered by Rohit Manikandan, SR IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter.

The main points discussed in the

meeting were about various events to be conducted by the Chapter for the year.

3. ESCOGE- ONLINE QUIZ SERIES

Escoge Final Edition

Date : 6 February 2022

Escoge is an online quiz series organized by IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. It is a technical quiz series which will be held once in every month. Winners of each month are selected to participate in the finals of the Escoge. Over 200 students of various sections and regions have participated in the event. In the final Edition (12th edition) there

were 11 participants. The winners were 1st Keven Liam William, 2nd Lekshmi Sharma and 3rd Reshma B.

4. Inauguration of ComSoc SB Chapter

Date : 13th February 2022

Time : 7.00 PM – 8.00 PM

IEEE ComSoc SB Chapter at AdiSankara Institute of Engineering and Tech nology, Kalady was inaugurated by Dr. Shamna H R, Chair, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. Ms. Sinu Damodaran, Chair, IEEE ComSoc SB Adi Sankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady gave the welcome address. Inaugural session was followed by a

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Kerala Section

membership development session. Felicitation speeches were given by Dr. Job Chunkath, Secretary, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter and Dr. Gopakumar A, Immediate Past Chair, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. Ms. Aswathy N, Branch Counselor and Ms. Neema M, Branch Advisor of IEEE SB AdiSankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady addressed the gathering. Mr. Sreeka run A, Vice Chair, IEEE SB AdiSankara Institute of Engineering and Technolo gy, Kalady gave Vote of thanks.

5. VIRAGO

Date: 08th March 2022 Time: 6 pm

Kerala Section

Participants: 52

Virago is an exhilarating quiz competition organized by WICE, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter on 8th March 2022 as a part of International Women’s Day. The quiz competition was held on the theme “Women in various fields.” Each participant participates individually through an online platform. The program consists of only one round at a duration of 5 minutes. 52 participants participate in this program. The main aim of this quiz competition is to remind us about the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also

marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. This program was a very successful one and a lot of information was shared through this program. All Kerala participation is also a highlight of this program.

6. ComSoc Orientation 2022

Date :9th March 2022

Time : 7.30 pm IST

Platform : Google Meet

The Membership development session for students was held at IEEE ComSoc SB Chapter of Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam. The session was handled by Dr. Shamna H R, Chair, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter and Ms. Sherina S, Travancore Hub Student

Representative, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. Dr. Siddharth Shelly, Branch Advisor of IEEE ComSocattended the session and conveyed best wishes for the team. Mr. RohitManikandan, the Student Representative of IEEE ComSoc Kerala chapter, also attended the session. The session was successful with many details regarding IEEE and IEEE ComSoc was shared with the attendees. The speakers mainly dealt with the significance & benefits of IEEE Communications Society. They also explained the benefits of being a Comsoc member which include several standard publications, journals, magazines and Distinguished Lecture programs, etc.

January-March 2022

1.

ES News Education Society

Reported by: Jithin Krishnan

Macaulay After-Effects That Slows

Down Indian Engineering Education

IEEE Education Society (EdSoc) Kerala Chapter organized a webinar session on the topic ‘Macaulay After-Effects That Slows Down Indian Engineering Education’ on 5th February 2022 at 7:00 PM IST. The session was handled by Mr. Suresh Namboothri, Director of Espoir Technologies. The specific objective of this session was to draw awareness to the aspects that were slowing down the Indian Engineering Education System.

The event began with a note through which the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter cordially welcomed all the attendees and the respected dignitary to the session. Following the welcome note, Mr. Suresh Namboothri was invited to take over the session.

In response to the invitation, Mr. Suresh Namboothri came forward and kickstarted the webinar. In the session, Mr. Suresh gave an overview of the education system in European countries and pointed out how it was

similar to the system followed in India. With this comparison, he urged the participants to question why there exists a vast learning gap in India even though the system followed is quite similar. As a justification for that, he gave a glimpse into the Macaulay after-effects that were slowing down our education system. With a brief overview of this topic, Mr. Suresh concluded his session.

Following the session, the platform was opened for Q&A. In response to that, a number of queries were raised by the participants. Mr. Suresh addressed all the queries with detailed explanations. Finally, thanking Mr. Suresh Namboothri for the wonderful session, a virtual memento was presented to him as a token of gratitude on behalf of the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter. Following that, a virtual photograph was taken as a souvenir of the great session.

With the event reaching its conclusion, the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter delivered a thanking note to express gratitude to the resource person and

all the attendees. With that thanking note, the event was concluded.

WIE Activities Chair- Prof. Gayathri, and many more.

2. Webinar on Building Unshakeable Self Confidence and Self Esteem

IEEE Education Society (EdSoc) Kerala Chapter organized a webinar on the topic ‘Building Unshakeable Self Confidence and Self Esteem’ on 27th February 2022 from 10.00 AM to 11.15 AM IST. Ms.Sreela Menon who is the Co-Founder of Mind Empowered Charitable Trust and a freelance behavioral trainer was the speaker of the day. The event was carried out in the presence of prominent members like Founder Chair - Prof. Muhammed Kasim S, Chapter Advisor - Dr. C Kesavaswamy, Design and Publicity lead- Mrs. Maya Menon,

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The session was intended to enlighten us to be self proud and embrace our own self in an authentic way. The event began with a pleasant welcoming by the host of the meeting Alna Maria Ben on behalf of the SLT team. Following this, Mr.Sarath S (Student Activities Chair) and Prof. Muhammed Kasim S (Founder Chair) gave a general introduction regarding the EdSoc Kerala Chapter and also extended a hearty welcome to the auspicious speaker on their behalf. The official welcome note was then given by Mrs. Maya Menon, Design and Publicity lead of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter. In her address, she welcomed the respected speaker and all the delegates into the session. With that note, she invited the esteemed speaker, Ms.Sreela Menon, for the session.

In response to the invitation, Ms.Sreela Menon came forward and expressed her gratitude to everyone for the welcome note and this huge opportunity. Followed by that, she began the session with a basic introduction of herself, her charitable trust, and the webinars and sessions conducted by them. The commencement of the session was

marked by the provision of agenda on ‘Building Unshakeable Self Confidence and Self Esteem’.

First and foremost, the meaning of self-confidence and self-esteem was discussed in detail to attain a deep insight regarding the same. Then the symptoms of low self-esteem were also discussed. Followed by that, she gave an example of Winnie-the pooh and Tom & Jerry to instill the huge self-esteem these characters depicted. In the note followed, she explained the strong relationship between self-confidence and selfesteem. She strongly conveyed that to have high self-esteem we need to like, respect and accept our self and this self-esteem, when combined with good preparation, can make you self-confident. The four techniques which help us in getting unshakeable self-confidence and self-esteem were also explained thoroughly. These four techniques include Awareness, Transformation, Detachment, and Community.

As part of being aware of ourselves, she even asked all the attendees to note down or have a deep thought on their strengths and weaknesses and most importantly, about the root cause of their low self-esteem. In addition, everyone was also asked to remove

the negative self-talk that they are having with themselves which actually drives down their confidence rate. She also had a brief discussion regarding the positive approach that we should have and the various ways in which a single thought can turn out to be a positive or negative way of thinking. After that, she emphasized the need to be our own loyal friends which will indeed never make you alone in any situation. For this, one needs to love ourselves and accept the fact that we are unique in our own way. In addition to that, she further emphasized the need for self-care which can be achieved by grounding techniques, having creative hobbies, trying something new, keeping a balanced diet & exercise, and so on. Further, the acceptance of our flaws and problems in a good way was given priority. She also pointed out that we should change the thought of changing ourselves and accept ourselves as a person who is unique in all terms. She even conveyed the need to neglect the comparison of the community unless and until it is constructive in nature where they also say the way to improve ourselves. Don’t ever wait for external validation when you yourself are sufficient. Further, the need for removing the negative people

around and past haunting experiences were prioritized and explained. As a conclusion of the talk, she also pointed out the important topics and generalized the entire session as a summary.

Thanking Ms. Sreela Menon for her valuable words, the session was then opened for Q&A.

In response to that Prof. Muhammed Kasim and some of the students put forward their queries which were beautifully addressed by our esteemed speaker. Dr. C Kesavaswamy also expressed his immense gratitude and appreciation for the speaker for providing such a productive session within a short period of time enhancing every aspect of our lives. He also gave relevant examples supporting the

speaker’s arguments which was indeed a memorable moment for the speaker and the whole team. Right after that, a virtual photograph was taken to make the day even more auspicious. Also, a token of appreciation was presented to the most delightful speaker by the entire EdSoc team. In addition, a feedback form was also provided.

Following that, Prof.Gayathri, WIE Activities Chair of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter, came forward for the vote of thanks. In her note, she thanked Ms. Sreela Menon for her presence and for engaging the session in a wonderful way. In addition to that, she expressed her gratitude to all the delegates and attendees for their active participation. The very first webinar session of this year of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter thus came to an end with that thanking note.

3. FIRESIDE CHAT 1

IEEE WiE Education Society (EdSoc) Kerala Chapter organized the Fireside Chat with IEEE EdSoc Women Professionals on 8th March 2022 from 7.00 PM to 8.10 PM IST as a part of the International Women’s Day Celebrations. Prof. Gayathri M (Asst. Professor Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham) and Dr. Bindu G. R (Professor, College of Engineering Trivandrum), the WiE coordinators of EdSoc Kerala Chapter were the guests of honor. The women members of IEEE EdSoc KC SLT ‘22 and student ambassadors were the participants in the Chat. The session was intended to mark the solidarity on International women’s day through an inspiring chat session

with two experienced women engineers and the student volunteers. The event began with a pleasant welcome by the host of the meetingMs.Adithya P Rajeev, WIE Coordinator SLT. She gave a general introduction to the guests and then welcomed the guests and all the delegates into the session. Following that Ms.Adithya initiated and put forward the first question. In response to that, Prof. Gayathri M and Dr. Bindu G. R. came forward and expressed their opinions from their life experiences. Prof.Gayathri shared her experiences in the industry and her change of track to academia later, while Dr. Bindu spoke about her substantial experiences as a faculty. It was both insightful and inspiring. The open discussion continued with the active participation of the student team and the ambassadors. There were several questions about the various aspects of career and life being a woman engineer. The guests answered all the questions put forward by the student volunteers. Along with the student team, Mr. Abhinav Rajeev, from the IEEE EdSoc YP team also came forward and shared his question to which the guests responded happily and also gave suggestions for him to improve in his work-life. Alna Maria

Ben, Akshara Manoj, Anusree Ajin, Veena R, Diya Anna Thomas, Aleena K, and a few other volunteers from the ambassador team also contributed to the chat session.

The session lasted about an hour and both of the guests conversed straight from their hearts. It was an extraordinary experience for the student team as well to get acquainted with two distinguished women engineers and acquire their valuable advice.

Following the chat session, in solidarity with International Women’s Day, all

the participants came forward and took the oath recited by Ms.Adithya. Towards the end of the meet, all members turned on the camera for the virtual photograph, striking a pose demonstrating a ‘break the bias’ message. Ms.Adithya thanked Prof. Gayathri M and Dr. Bindu G. R for their contribution and for wonderfully engaging in the session. In addition to that, she expressed her gratitude to all the attendees for their active participation.

The very first chat session of the Fireside chat series of IEEE EdSoc

Kerala Chapter thus came to an end with that thanking note.

4. Can Science and Technology Help Save Planet Earth?

IEEE Education Society (EdSoc) Kerala Chapter organized a webinar session on the topic ‘Can Science and Technology Help Save Planet Earth?’ on 20th March 2022 at 7:00 PM IST. The session was organized for high school students across Kerala and was handled by Mr. Akshay Nagarajan, Cognitive Science Robotics Researcher at the University of California Co-Founder of the 2nd Foundation Makerspace.

To commence the event, Mr. Antony Senson from the Student Team of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter cordially invited Prof. Gayathri M, WIE Activities Chair of IEEE EdSoc KC to address everyone with a welcome note. Prof. Gayathri accepted the invitation and on behalf of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter, she welcomed and invited the respected resource person for the session.

In response to the invitation, Mr. Akshay Nagarajan came forward for the session. Mr. Akshay began the session with an overview of the importance of the topic in the current scenario. To give more insight into the topic, he gave a brief idea about what science and technology actually stand for.

With an engaging interaction with the audience, Mr. Akshay gave a glimpse into some of the projects that he worked on and gave the participants a chance for critical examination of those projects, namely Pepe - Social Robot to promote handwashing and ROSA - a brain surgery robot. Following that, he also gave an overview of the need to follow ethics in technology with realworld examples. With that overview, Mr. Akshay concluded his session. Following the session, the platform was opened for Q&A. In response to that, a number of queries were raised by the participants. Mr. Akshay addressed all the queries with detailed explanations. Finally, thanking Mr. Akshay Nagarajan for the wonderful session, a virtual memento was presented to him as a token of gratitude on behalf of the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter. Following that, a virtual photograph was taken as a souvenir of the great session.

With the event reaching its conclusion, Mr. Antony invited Dr. Leesha Paul, Vice-Chair of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter for a thanking note. In response to that, Dr. Leesha came forward and expressed gratitude to the resource person and all the attendees on behalf of the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter. With that thanking note, the event was concluded.

MTT-S News

MTT-S Report

Reported by: Arijit Mitra

1. Technical talk on “Design Methodology of Opti-Plasmonic biosensors and role of Nanomaterials”

The event was organized at IIST,Trivandrumin association with AP-S & MTT-S SB chapter IIST, Trivandrum on 11st January 2022. The speaker DrNiteshkumar Agrawal, Associate professor Pillai College of Engineering, Mumbai discussed the various design

aspects of Opto-Plasmic Biosensors and the use of Nanomaterials in the same.

2. MTT-S Kerala Annual General Meeting on 15.01.2022 at Hotel SP Grand Days, Trivandrum

The Annual General meeting of MTT-S Kerala was organized at SP Grand Days, Trivandrum on 15th Jan,2022. The event commenced with address from Chief Guest DrB.S.ManojProfessor IIST. Dr Chinmoy the founding and outgoing MTT-S Kerala Chair, briefed about the activities and achievements of the chapter over the last year and also introduced the new MTT-S execom members. DrApren the new MTT-S chair addressed the gathering about the future plans and visions of the chapter and it was followed by an interactive session. The event ended with the award ceremony giving out the Best Thesis awards (UG &PG ) and best volunteer awards (Student & Professional)

3. Webinar: Introduction to Microwave Power Transmission - By GopikaReghunadhan,IIST

Technical Talk session conducted by MTT-S & APS SB Chapter Government Engineering College Barton Hill on 18th February 2022. The session was handled by Ms. GopikaReghunadhan, Research Scholar,IIST. The speaker discussed the basic concepts of wireless power transfer along with the applications.The Talk was aimed at providing more knowledge to technology enthusiasts and hobbyists.

The event was conducted in online mode using Webex Platform and attended by 50+ participants

4. Quiz: COGNITIONIS2.0#1 based on the theme ‘RF in Aviation ‘

The event was conducted on 26th

February,2022 via online platform

Quizizz. The quiz aimed to test the knowledge of the participants and provide an opportunity for them to learn more.There were a total of 20 questions.The quiz was open to IEEE members of all colleges. The winners were R Ashwin(CE Chengannur),SruthiVinooprakash(LBS ITW) and Anupama Vidyasagar(FISAT).

The event received positive feedback from the participants.

5. L4 series talk on “RF Aspects of Magnetic Resonance Imaging” by Dr Robert H Caverly , Villanova University

This was the first event of L4 (Lear from Leaders, Learn from Legends) Series of 2022. L4 Series is the premiere Webinar Series launched by MTT-S Kerala in 2020 in which stalwarts/legends from the area of RF/Microwave are invited for Talks. This session was organized on 25th March and was handled by Dr Robert H Caverly, Professor Viallanova University and an IEEE life fellow. The session was chaired by Dr.ChinmoySaha Associate Professor IIST &Founder and immediate past chair of MTT-S Kerala. The speaker discussed the basic concepts of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) along with the applications and also covered the state of the art technologies in this field. The session was followed by a short question answer/interaction session. The event was attended by more than 200 participants.

PES News PES Report

Reported by: Harikumar K P

First Execom conducted on February 23,2022.Discussed about various activities planned for the year 2022

Technical activities

1.Power System Resilience:Overview January 13th IEEE PES SBC IIT Palakkad

IEEE PES SBC IIT Palakkad presents IPTIF OORGA GRAND CHALLENGE webinar on “Power System Resilience:Overview”. Speaker was Mr. Chandan KumarManager, System study and reliabilityEastern Regional Load Dispatch Centre(Kolkata) 13 January 2022 .6:30 PM -- 7:30 PM .E vent is jointly organised and/or supported by IEEE PES Kerala ChapterIndian Institute of Technology, PalakkadIPTIF Palakkad.

2.AGIRA IEEE SB JCET PES

IEEE SB JCET as part of AGIRA the first technical offline 3-day IEEE HACpartially funded event in association with IEEE PES Young Professionals Kerala from 14th – 16th January 2022 at Jawaharlal College of Engineering and Technology, Lakkidi.A

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cultural night was organized as part of the event and visit to 2MW Solar Power plant at Kuzhalmannam was organized as part of the event to familarise with the renewable energy projects and was very useful for the participants.A solar workshop was conducted as part of the AGIRA.

Educational activities January 5th 2022

1. IEEE SB CE PERUMON conducted a session as part of the PES CSAC Leadership Ambassador Program (STEP Category) on “Tantalizing Resume Building for Jobs/ Internships”Speaker was Praveen Raj Masilamani ,System Engineer - Infosys | IEEE Volunteer

2. How to Write a Good Research Paper

Industrial Power Group NITC IEEE PES YP Kerala National Institute of Technology Calicut

IEEE PES HAC NITC conducted a webinar on:*”How to Write a Good Research Paper” Resource Person: Dr. R Venkateswaran Chief Information

Officer Persistent SystemsSaturday, 15th January 2022 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM IS Registration link bit.ly/PESNITC_ Webinar_The event was jointly organized and supported by Industrial Power Group NITC IEEE PES YP Kerala National Institute of Technology Calicut

3. March 6th 2022A talk session on Project Management Practices.

Resource Person: Biju Jacob, Assistant Executive EngineerKSEBL was organized by IEEE PES Kerala chapter. The speaker has vast experience

working as Project manager in India and Overseas in various substation projects. He talked about the importance of proper project management for the timely completion of the project and discussed why projects are lagging in completion due to not planning properly the projects. He emphasized on the need for using various software platforms like Primevera, MS Projects etc for proper planning and successful completion of the projects.The talk was appreciated by the participants and was lively one.

Photonics Society Chapter Activities

Reported by: Binu Jiju

Photonics Society Kerala Chapter strives to provide members with unique opportunities to grow professionally and technically through distinguished lecture programs, skill development programs and managing the photonics track in International Conferences.

Webinar on “Recent Progress on Silicon photonics Research in India and elsewhere” by Dr.Bijoy Krishna Das, IIT Madras”.The event was conducted virtually on 9th February, 2022 with

a total attendance of 70 participants. Dr.Bijoy Krishna Das is a pioneer in Silicon photonics Research and started his research at IITM as early as in 2006. His presentation gave a valuable insight into the history of Silicon Photonics, its current status and future prospects.

Sponsorship of Best Paper Awards in the “International Conference on Recent Trends in Photonics” organised by International School of Photonics, CUSAT. The conference was conducted virtually during 27 February-March 1

and around 70 Research Papers were presented in the conference. Three best papers were selected and awarded with Cash prizes and certificates. Dr.Suresh Nair, Chair, IEEE India Council presented an enlightening talk on “ Entrepreneurship in Photonics”.

IEEE Orientation Session byMr. KarthikK, IEEE Membership Development Chair. This program was conducted at International School of Photonics, CUSAT on 31st March

2022 with a total attendance of 100 participants.Mr.Karthik detailed the IEEE volunteering activities, funding opportunities and how the students can engage into the humanitarian activities.Dr.MiniUlanat, Chair, IEEE Kerala Section explained “Why someone should join in IEEE” and shared her experiences in the previous years of IEEE volunteering. A small refreshment was provided at the end of the session.

Kerala Section

S IGHT Report

Reported by: Dr. Bindima T

TEAM MEMBERS 2022

Mr. Satish Babu HAC Advisor

Dr. Bindima T Chair

Prof. Gayatri Manikutty Vice-Chair

Mr. Midhun M Secretary

Mr. Abhinav R Program Coordinator Student Team Ann Maria Roy, Government Engineering College Wayanad Humanitarian Activities Coordinator

Hafiz Shefeek, TocH Institute of Science and Technology Technical Coordinator

Naveen Ram C G, TKM College of Engineering Student Representative Travancore Hub

Electa Varghese, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology Student Representative Kochi Hub

Reshmi R Shenoi, Government Engineering College Kozhikode Student Representative Malabar Hub

ALIVE WEBINAR SERIES

ALIVE webinar series is a new initiative by IEEE Kerala section SIGHT focusing on the theme “Emphasize humanity in minds”. The first webinar of ALIVE was conducted on 27th February 2022 at 7:30 pm via the zoom meet platform and was handled by the famous oncologist Dr. V P Gangadharan on the topic of

cancer detection at an early stage. He emphasized how technological advancements and projects should focus on this domain to create a major impact in aiding early detection of the disease thereby reducing the risks of adverse situations. It was an inspiring session and was attended by around 100 SIGHT volunteers.

REVIVAL was an event conducted by IEEE Kerala section SIGHT group in association with IEEE SB TocH as part of the National Science Week on 5th March 2022 at Mithram School and Rehabilitation Center, Arakunnam, Kochi with an objective of redesigning compassion with technology. The student volunteers visited the school to demonstrate different roboticsbased projects developed by them and engage the students there with technology-based activities and cultural events. Two automatic hand sanitizers developed by the student volunteers were also installed in the special school.

SITE VISIT BAVALI WAYANAD

The SIGHT TEAM along with the volunteers from IEEE SB GEC Wayanad visited the Meenkolli tribal village at Baavali on 12th March 2022 to survey and plan for the initiatives to be taken up for a HAC project, to facilitate the

VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Two SIGHT volunteer online training programs were conducted on 9th March and 17th March 2022 focussing on the topics - design of water pumps and Sustainable development goals and project sustainability, respectively.

The resource persons for the two sessions were Mr. Abhinav Rajeev Program Coordinator of IEEE Kerala section SIGHT and Prof Gayatri Manikutty, Vice-Chair of IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT.

SIGHT VOLUNTEER RESOURCE PORTAL INAUGURATION AND TECHNICAL TALK

The SIGHT Hub is a volunteer-led opensource portal for submission of relevant humanitarian problem statements within different geographical locations of our State that have already been adopted as effective solutions and best practices by different SIGHT groups in Kerala. Interested Student Branches/ Chapters could take up the problems in their locality and devise sustainable solutions. The best practices and sustainable solutions already adopted by different SIGHT groups will help fledgling SIGHT group volunteers to leverage the proven best practices to solve similar problems. This exchange of ideas will enable the SIGHT groups within Kerala Section to actively participate towards the common goal of advancing technology for humanity.

IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT volunteer resource portal was inaugurated on 2nd April 2022 at IEEE Kerala Section Malabar office by Mr. Sampath Kumar

Veeraraghavan (Global Chair, IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee). The inaugural ceremony commenced at 5 pm with a welcome address by Dr. Bindima T (Chair IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT) followed by the presidential address by Dr. Sabiq P V, (Chair IEEE Malabar SubSection). Mr. Jaikrishnan MC (Chair IEEE HAC Events) introduced and invited the guest for the inaugural address, and the felicitation was done by Mr. Amarnath Raja (Founding Chair IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT), Dr. Mini Ullanat (Chair of IEEE Kerala Section), and Mr. Satish Babu (HAC Advisor, IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT).

Following the inaugural ceremony, we had a technical talk on “Leading the Global Frontiers on TechnologyCentered Sustainable Development Projects” by Mr. Sampath Kumar through which he explained how IEEE members can participate in the portfolio of global programs offered by the IEEE HAC. The whole program ignited the minds of young volunteers and filled their hearts with a brimming desire to participate in humanitarian activities, and it concluded at 6.30 pm with a vote of thanks by Mr. Abhinav R, (Program Coordinator, IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT).

Sprices News Spices Report

Reported by: Biju K

IEEEINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, INFORMATICS, COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY SYSTEMS 2022

(IEEE SPICES 2022)

10 - 12 MARCH, 2022

The three-day flagship conference of IEEE Kerala Section, SIGNAL PROCESSING, INFORMATICS, COMMUNICATION AND ENERGY SYSTEMS 2022 (IEEE SPICES 2022), was hosted by MarBaselious College of Engineering & Technology in association with Bowie State University, USA and the College Alumni Association(MBCETAA) during March10-12,2022.

Dr. RajasreeM.S, Vice-Chancellor, APJ Abdul Kalam Technolgical University inaugurated the three-day Conference. Dr. Rajasree M. S. in her inaugural address connected the theme “Smart Systems for Sustainable Development and Social Welfare” with the acronym SPICES. She stressed the importance of smart systems and cyber-physical systems, which over the years

have transformed the way systems are engineered. They integrate sensors, computation, control and networking into physical systems and infrastructure. She also mentioned “Sustainability is all about making systems engineered by integrating smartness into the system making them meaningful in the context in which they are, and enable them to achieve the quality parameters with which they should perform. This can be applied to transportation, energy systems, healthcare, also to address natural calamities.”

Dr. Mini Ulanat presided the function. In her presidential address, she congratulated the team in organizing the conference in spite of all the pandemic threats. she explained the activities of IEEE Kerala section and how these volunteer driven activities helped the section to position and acknowledge as one of the most vibrant section globally . She urged the need for volunteering and how to give back to the society.

Mr. Sreekumar V(Centre Head, Tata

Elxsi Limited, Technopark Campus, Trivandrum) lauded the initiatives of the college over the years in inculcating the right kind of engineering and technology aptitude among young engineers in the state. He spoke about how Tataelxsi has been associating with academia and pitching in to help students become more employable into the corporate world.

Prof Dr Jijimon K Thomas, (Principal, Mar Ivanios College), Rev Fr John Vilayil, (College Bursar), S Viswanatha Rao(Vice Principal and Dean (Academic Affairs- UG), MBCET)felicitated the event.

Dr.Jayakumari.J(Organizing Chair, IEEE Spices 2022, Head of ECE, MBCET), formally welcomed. Dr. Abraham T Mathew(GeneralChair, IEEE Spices 2022 and Principal, MBCET),briefed about the importance of the conferencetheme and the significance and impact of sustainability in today’s world.Dr. Bijoy A Jose, Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section extended the vote of thanks and expressed his gratitude to all for gracing the occasion.

The conference had eight technical sessions on 8 different themes along with project expo by the students. During the conference, 104 papers were presented. This included

International and Industry delegates, research scholars, faculty and UG/ PG students. Arrangements were made for both ONLINE and OFFLINE presentations. The3 plenary talks and 5 keynote address were well received. Day 1 had 5 tutorial sessions. The best paper award was given for each track . The Chief Guest of the valedictory function was Rt. Rev. Msgr. Dr. Mathew Manakarakkavil Corepiscopo, Member, Governing Body, MBCET and Chief Vicar General, Major Archdiocese of Thriuvananthapuram, Malankara Catholic Church. He emphasized the significance of signal processing, informatics, communication, robotics and energy systems in the modern era. The conference concluded with a formal valedictory function. The function was presided over by Dr. Muhammed Kasim(Vice-Chair, IEEE Kerala Section).In the presidential address, Prof. Kasim pointed out the opportunities that the students can explore through IEEE Kerala section.

The guest of honor was Shri V K. Mathews (Executive Chairman, The IBS Group, Thriuvananthapuram). He delivered a thought provoking speech on how the world has changed post Covid 19 pandemic. Mr. Mathews highlighted four major changes that

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are felt across the community as a whole: accelerated technology adoption, the changing nature of jobs, the changing operating models in work and the current state of the digital economy. He also three current mega trends of the day: personalization, disintermediation and virtualization.

The conference concluded with a formal vote of thanks delivered by Ms. Luxy Mathews, Program Chair, IEEE

SPICES 202, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, MBCET.

IEEE Kerala Section congratulate Mar Baselios College of Engineering& Technology for organising the conference in an impeccable manner and place on record our appreciation to the team under Dr. Abraham T Mathew and Prof. Jayakumari for making this conference a success.

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Reported by: Dr.Gilesh M P

Despite facing several challenges due to Covid restrictions and Ongoing exams, the Student Activities Committee has performed an appreciable ordeal in keeping the Student community of IEEE Kerala Section live and filled with path breaking events, initiatives and achievements. The LINK team has worked not only to maintain the vibrancy of the Student Community but has also taken it upon itself to ensure that resources are created to facilitate the efficient functioning of the entire community. The LINK team has conducted an array of scintillating activities so far and has also assisted SBs in carrying out countless events and activities.

F2F 2022

The IEEE LINK F2F 2022 was conducted virtually on 13th March 2022 on the platform Zoom. The event saw the participation of 160+ students from 70 Student Branches across Kerala. The event witnessed the newly inducted office bearers of the Student Branches of Kerala Section coming together for receiving an insight into their duties

as volunteers and other financial and general guidelines. The event was officially inaugurated by Dr. Mini Ulanat (Chair, IEEE Kerala Section) who highlighted the importance of following the core IEEE values as we proceed, and stressed the role of IEEE volunteers in giving back to the community by contributing to its advancement. The inaugural address was followed by a session by Prof. Muhammed Kasim S (Vice-Chair, IEEE Kerala Section) who addressed the new leaders by sharing the legacy of the IEEE Kerala Section and our SBs. This was followed by felicitation by Dr Bijoy Jose (Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section) who highlighted the necessity of proper documentation of the events conducted and explained briefly about the VTools reporting and maintaining an event calendar. This session was followed by a talk on the SB Financial Guidelines by DrBiju K (Treasurer, IEEE Kerala Section). The session highlighted the guidelines SBs need to follow while availing funding from the Section or other institutions

and discussed the official procedures for the same. Following the financial guidelines, MrGopakumar S (Advisor, SAC) felicitated the event by addressing the gathering. Dr. Gilesh M P concluded the session by sharing the best practices of SB operations. The LINK F2F was officially wrapped up by addressing a few more queries from the participants, and officially thanking the esteemed speakers and the participants. Overall, the LINK F2F 2021 proved to be a platform for the newly inducted office-bearers to get to know each other, receive a lead on planning and executing various programs in their respective SBs, the

various opportunities IEEE provide for its members and finally to aid them in bringing the best out of all our volunteers.

Hub Wise Branch Counselor Meets

The Hub wise Branch Counselor Meets were conducted virtually on 12th and 13th of February 2021 on Zoom. The event saw the participation of over Branch Counselors and Advisors from SBs around Kerala. The event commenced with an opening remark by respective Hub Student Representatives to welcome the gathering. This was followed by a roll call to mark attendance. The session was followed by a session by respective VSACs who discussed the various ways in which SBs can collaborate and with the Section and Hub teams. This was followed by a brief doubt-clearing session. MrKarthikK( Membership Development Chair) addressed the gathering and briefed the audience of the various membership efforts taken up by the Section and encouraged Branch Counselors to ensure member retention within SBs. This was followed by the discussion on Science Week Celebrations 2021. This was followed by further discussions on SB collaborations and other general guidelines to be followed to ensure that quality events are conducted

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for the benefit of IEEE members. All the Branch Counselors were actively involved in the discussion and all the doubts that came up were addressed by the SAC and VSACs. After the doubtclearing session, the Branch Counselors Meet was officially wrapped up and a virtual group photograph was taken.

An Awareness session on IEEE Student Awards

As a part of the IEEE Students Awards Awareness program, a series of interactive sessions over multiple days were conducted to increase awareness amongst all the IEEE Student Branches in Kerala Section about the various awards under MGA (4 awards in total), the procedure to apply for each award and the eligibility criteria for the same.

1) IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award : The speakers at the awareness session on the IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award were the 2021 Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award winners:Govindaraman S, IEEE SB MACE; Haritha M E, IEEE SB GCEKKannur. The session was held on 13th March 2021 at 3:00 PM IST on Zoom, an online platform. The duration of the session was approximately 1.5 hour. The online meet comprised a discussion on

how Student Branches can show how active they have been.The award recipients shared their journeys and gave guidelines on “how to draft an award-winning application” and focused on explaining the specific criteria that would make an application “awardwinning”.

2) IEEE Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award : The event on IEEE Larry K Wilson Award Awareness was addressed by VirendraPratap Singh Rathore(the recipient of Asia and Pacific Region Larry K Wilson Outstanding Student Volunteer Award 2021) on the 12th of March 2021 via the Zoom online platform at 7 pm IST for approximately 1.5 hours. The online meeting also included a discussion with the award recipient on “how to draft an award-winning application” and focused on explaining the specific criteria that would make an application “awardwinning”.

The focus this year was to work on creating resources that could be shared and used by Students from all over the Section, thus easing the process of spreading awareness and also addressing the queries of the Students in a more suitable manner.

The previously recorded sessions of award recipients sharing insights were shared with the community and any queries were resolved. A webpage was created on the LINK Website to ensure that all steps in the award submission process were clearly specified and

precisely conveyed. Inorder to facilitate easy understanding of steps and good practices to follow, various blogs and interviews of Award recipients were added to the site.

Science Week Activities’22 February 28th is celebrated as National Science Day, Commemorating the discovery of the “Raman effect” by Sir C.V Raman. To mark this important event and to encourage the upcoming generations in the field of STEM, IEEE LINK decided to have a twoweek celebration as Science Week from February 28th - March 12th, 2021. Science week celebrations were organized in 2 phases where the Student Branches were asked to conduct a number of innovative events

and the winners of these events were invited to compete in the 2nd phase of the competitions, which were hosted by the LINK team. True to its purpose, the Science Week celebrations were

a fabulous experience for all involved and Student Branches across the section organized various activities such as technical quizzes, debates, paper presentations, workshops, and online webinars and made this twoweek span celebration a great success. The event had great support from the whole student community and had active participation in every SB.

IEDC Summit 2022-Stall

IEEE LINK organized a stall at the IEDC Summit 2022 held at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai. The stall’s main aim was to spread awareness about IEEE and IEEE member benefits. Thousands of students, who had arrived for the IEDC Summit 2022, made their way to

the IEEE booth, and expressed their intent of taking memberships. Visitors were given pamphlets and brochures describing the innovative and path breaking activities that IEEE organizes. Many mini-competitions were also conducted by the LINK team and Visitors were excited to participate and win cool IEEE goodies, thus helping boost IEEE Kerala Section’s visibility significantly.

for the session and participants highly appreciated the Speaker’s efforts. A mini contest was held to understand the level of knowledge the participants were able to grasp and also encourage participants to keep learning.

Cognition

IEEE LINK organized Cognition- “An introduction to the world of Artificial Intelligence” at the IEDC Summit 2022 held at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai. Mr. KarthikK( AI Engineer, Innovation Incubator Advisory) was the speaker

YIP-Session

IEEE LINK organized and Orientation session on the Young Innovators Program(YIP), in collaboration with GTech µLearn. The session focussed on spreading awareness about the opportunities that YIP provides students with and also served as a platform for students to clear all their doubts. Mr. Deepu S Nath addressed the gathering about the importance of utilizing the various opportunities in the student community. The students

were encouraged to submit even the smallest of their ideas and seek mentorship and funding from the Government.

calendar/)- This calendar hosted on the LINK Website displays the timeline that the team follows for the years and also shows the tentative schedule of all events planned, thus helping in easier coordination and in reducing conflicts and confusions.

2) LINK Form base(form.ieee-link. org)- This useful resource also available on the LINK Website, shows visitors all active forms and thus gives viewers an opportunity to register and participate in any event of their choice. With the help of this tool, only a single link may be used for all events, thus allowing for efficient management of event releases.

Resources Created

One of the main focuses of the LINK team this year has been to create resources that can be sustainably used, such that they help organize activities, reduce repetitive labour and improve efficiency of the team as whole. The availability of suitable resources will help in conducting events and activities in the best possible way, not only in the present but in the future too. With this in mind, the LINK team has created various resources such as 1 LINK Calendar (https://ieee-link/

3) LINK Awards Page(https://ieeelink/award-awareness)- This page on the LINK website has all the necessary information that is required to ease your IEEE Award Submission process. It consists of blogs and interviews of previous award recipients, best practices, guidelines and resolves most queries that IEEE members may have.

4) Videos on IEEE Membership Processes- Various resources were created to promote membership

renewal among student, graduate and senior members. These resources were extensively shared and this has severely helped boost the membership of the Section.

International Women’s Day

The three hubs of IEEE LINK organized various contests and sessions as part

of the International Women’s Day 2022. Several students participated in various contests held and the initiative was appreciated. Student Branches were also requested to conduct events to help spread awareness about the importance of the day.

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Branch Counsellors and Chapter Advisors Congress:

The Branch Counsellors and Chapter Advisors Congress of IEEE Kochi Hub were conducted on 13th February 2022. The meeting started at 3 pm. Dr M V Rajesh, the Kochi Sub-section Chair gave the inaugural address and a briefing on Kochi Sub-section. It

was followed by DrGilesh M P, Chair, Student Activities Committee, Kerala section briefly describing the planned activities of SAC for 2022. The next session was taken by Dr Elizabeth Rita Samuel, VSAC, IEEE Kochi Hub. She discussed the responsibilities of a Branch Counsellor and the best practices to be followed in Student

Branch Operations. This was followed by a Membership Development session by MrKarthik K, Chair, Membership Development, IEEE Kerala Section. The final segment was an Experience Sharing by a few seasoned Branch counsellors, they shared their experiences and the difficulties they had to face. There was also a Q&A

session where Branch Counsellors from newly formed SBs cleared their queries. The congress came to an end by 5:10 pm with the Vote of thanks by Dr Elizabeth Rita Samuel. The congress was attended by Branch Counsellors and Chapter advisors from more than 20 student branches.

Empower

Empower was an inspiring panel discussion conducted by IEEE Kochi Hub in Collaboration with Women in Engineering where eminent women in STEM came together to discuss their inspiring journey and the knowledge they gained over the years. The event was organized on an online platform via Zoom on the 13th of February 2022, 7 PM IST. The speakers of the event were DrDarshana Joshi (The founder and CEO of Vigyanshaala international), MsKhushiGoel (Co-founder of STEMM Factor), MsArundhathi Krishna (IEEE Kerala Section outstanding student volunteer, Women in Engineering 2021), MsVamika P (PhD and Research Affairs Secretary at IIT, Madras, Young innovator and best teacher under 30).

The event commenced at 7:00 PM with an official welcome address by the moderator of the event MsNithyaSree R Kartha (WiE Coordinator, Kochi Hub, IEEE WiE Kerala section). The event saw an inspiring discussion between

the panellists focusing on STEM and the challenging pathways they went through to achieve what they are now. The session was followed by a QnA session where the participants were actively interacting with the panellists. The event ended with an official Vote of Thanks delivered by the moderator MsNithyaSree. The event saw the participation of 128 students from various colleges.

INK IT:

IEEE Kochi hub, in collaboration with IEEE WiE AG Kerala Section,

conducted an Online Article Writing Competition ‘INK IT’ as part of International Women’s Day 2022 exclusively for IEEE Members. The topic for the competition was ‘ Is the cyber world unsafe for women? ‘. The competition was conducted via google forms in which the participants were requested to submit their entries. The event saw some exciting entries and the winners were provided with Achievement certificates. The event was conducted online via google forms. The participants were provided with a duration of 5 days to submit their entries until 08/03/2022 from 03/03/2022. The main objective of the event was met, which was to provide a platform for the students to showcase

their creative skills, help them to enhance their skills and share their ideas and thoughts on the topic.

Qupiz

IEEE Kochi Hub in collaboration with IEEE Kochi Subsection organized a quiz

competition to celebrate International Pi day. The event was organized on 13th March 2022 through the online platform Kahoot. The quiz was conducted in 2 stages with a preliminary round held on Kahoot and 2 winners from this round were selected for the final interactive round held on Zoom. The top 2 were selected as winners and awarded with cash prizes worth 3K.

Kochi Hub - Student Branch Activities

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Membership Development Session: IEEE Student Branch conducted a webinar on the topic “Membership Development” on 6th March 2022 via google meet at 7:00 PM. The webinar

was headed by MrsLekshmi Sharma, IEEE Kochi Hub MDC. The speaker discussed the IEEE resource, different IEEE societies, portals, and links. The benefits of IEEE membership, IEEE Society Membership, IEEE Standard Association, and IEEE Women in Engineering were discussed. The importance of Professional Networking, Presentation Skills, and Management Skills was discussed. Finally an overview of Student Branch activities, Contests/and competitions was given to the speaker.

Quiz Competition: IEEE Student Branch conducted a quiz competition on the topic “Science and technology in sustainable future” on 8th March 2022 through google forms at 7:30 PM. 30 participated in the quiz. The Quiz was unique in itself because it was held on a virtual platform. Each participant was given a maximum of 15 minutes to submit the answers. The Quiz was a great success and participants enjoyed it thoroughly.

Poster Making: IEEE Student Branch conducted a poster-making competition on the topic “Science and technology in sustainable future” on 9th March 2022 via google forms at 7:00 PM. 24 participated in the competition. Each participant was given a maximum of 1 hour to submit

their poster. The students expressed their views and thoughts about a sustainable future by drawing, writing slogans and quotes. One could see and feel the enthusiasm that the students had in their presentation. This activity kept the student engaged and it was organized to explore and encourage creativity in students and offer them a platform to showcase their skills.

Just A Minute: IEEE Student Branch conducted a JAM (Just a Minute competition )on the topics “If I were invisible, My Dream Job, If Time Stopped” on 10th March 2022 at noon. 30 participated in the competition. Topics were given on the spot to students for speaking for sixty seconds. The topics triggered the imagination of the participants and kept them engaged in spewing out one thing or the other though within the context of the topic regarding the topics as their turns came otherwise they would have lost the opportunity to score against each other.

Mar Athanasius College of Engineering: Tvastra:Tvastra was a three weeklong online Bootcamporganised by the Industry Application Society of IEEE MACE SBC. The main objective of the event was to enhance the

project making skills of students and to make participants acquire the essential practical knowledge that the industry outside demands. The Inaugural address was delivered by the Chiefguest for the event DrIng Peter Magyar, Chapter coordinator Germany Section, Life members coordinator (R8 Committee) & Director of chapter development, IA-Society. The felicitation address was delivered by the Guest of honourDrBijuna K, Chair, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. Topic Release and felicitation were done by Prof. Sidharth Shelly, IEEE COMSOC / RAS SBC MACE.

.hack(); .hack(); 2022 is the national level hackathon and the flagship event of IEEE MACE SB. It was conducted in the online mode from 28th to 30th January 2022. It provided opportunities for bright minds across the nation to compete in a challenging

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and innovative environment. This year, .hack(); was planned for 40- hours which encompassed fun, tech, and so much more under one platform. The hackathon kicked off with an Inaugural Ceremony at 04:45 PM on 28th January 2022. Dr P DeepaShinoy, Dr Mini Ulanat and MrViswajith A were the chief guests of the ceremony. The hackathon officially began at 06:00 PM on the same day. The event had 1350+ registrations and 250+ teams. The event was officially concluded with a Closing Ceremony on 30th January at 04:30 PM. Prof. Jennifer Dela Cruz, Chairperson of IEEE R10 SAC was the chief guest of the evening and she announced the winners during the ceremony.

Virtual events & Partnership associate at Entri app, led the discussion. The speaker explained about the IEEE HAC/SIGHT Project Call for Proposals based on pressing community needs, which was released on 1st March 2022. He also went into great detail regarding project concepts, planning, documentation, finance, and execution.

How to build a project proposal: IEEE SIGHT MACE SB hosted a talk session to inform students about the proper and methodical approach to developing project proposals. MrSalihYoosaf,

Arduinbid: As part of the official Arduino week celebrations, IEEE RAS SBC MACE in collaboration with the IoT Club of MACE commemorated the celebrations through a series of events named Fortis Amicus. Arduinbid was one such event which was a video contest where participants sent in videos of their Arduino projects. The

submission time period was from 21st26th March 2022.

onthe topic “Building Professional Networking on LINKEDIN”. The session goes through the topics - What is linkedin, its purpose, how to use it to build a professional network, its advantages, how to create a LinkedIn profile, how to manage our connections in linkedin and how to handle our profile. Vishnu Kottayi and Heena Mansuri handled the session. Around 97 participants took part in the session.

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Building Professional Networking on LINKEDIN: Webinarconducted by guild Chernobyl under IEEE SB CECTL

Magpie: IEEE SB CECTL conducted Science week in accordance with Science Day from 1st March to 7th March.Leaders of respective guilds were assigned as head of Science week programs. MAGPIE was a Scavenger hunt conducted as an offline event on 4th March afternoon 1.15 pm. It was a new experience for both the program conductors and the participants. Students were instructed to form a group of maximum 5 members . Many groups registered for the event which made this a successful one.We had 4 winners.

Trinity: TRINITY was a group of painting competitions which included Collage, Cartoon & Painting. It was organized from 1st to 6th March 2022. Entries were collected via Google form. Topics given were Collage :Science for humanity, Cartoon :Aliens on Earth,

Painting :Science and Sustainability . There were around 5 or 6 entries and we chose 1 winner from the entries.

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Carnival: The event officially began with the 1st talk session hosted by Sahil Sameer. He shared his personal experiences from his college days and also highlighted the significance of IEEE during this process and how it molded him to be more confident with himself. Various interesting anecdotes were also included in this session. This was mainly an interactive quiz session with questions varying from “lousy movie plot description” to “LOGO guessing”. It was carried out in various rounds and the accumulative points were considered during the final grading. After this was the main talk session hosted by Amith Tony &Bharath Srinivasan. The presentation was aimed at providing an insight into IEEE and equipping the audience with a sense of understanding of “What is IEEE?”. This was followed by an entertaining session which consisted of songs from the audience. The event concluded with the “TECHNICAL TREASURE HUNT”, where the audience was divided into various breakout rooms and each volunteer took care

of their respective room. The treasure hunt was carried out in various rounds and the accumulative marks were considered for the final evaluation part.

Galilei: IEEE MEC SB hosted a Quiz Competition on the topic Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for a sustainable future on 19th February 2022 from 7pm to 9pm. The event officially started at 7 PM and ended by 9 PM. The Quiz was set for 20 mins for each participant. The participants could start their attempts between 7 PM to 9 PM as per their convenience. There were 20 questions from different fields including general science, technologies, and sustainability.

IEEE SB TocH Institute of Science and Technology Revival: Revival, an event organised by IEEE SB Toc H in association with IEEE Kerala Section SIGHT on 5th March, 2022 at Mithram School and Rehabilitation Centre as part of the National Science Week. Students of the Mithramschool were divided into different groups to direct them to the Project Expo. Following were the projects displayed: Robotic Arm, Line Following Robot, CNC Machine, Demonstration of RADAR, ECHO, An

assistive device for the speech and hearing impaired, Drone Dance. After the Project Expo, cultural events - 2 group songs, one solo song and a dance were conducted by the students of Toc H. On 8th March, 2022 as an initiative, IEEE SB Toc H installed 2 Automatic Hand Sanitizer dispensers in the school.

Chapter for their IEEE EdSoc KC Gateway to Infosys Springboard on 11th January 2022. Infosys Springboard is a flagship educational intervention by the Infosys company, which is premeditated to enrich the online learning experience of people, communities and society as a whole. It was really a great opportunity for all the students in and outside of the student branch. The Infosys Springboard was providing internships on various courses which were developed under the partnership of Infosys wingspan, Coursera, and Learnership. The programme was suitable for kids above 10 years of age. The internship programme was fully free of cost and through online mode. This provided students with a more convenient path to do an internship. The interested students grabbed the opportunity to do the internships and successfully completed them.

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Gateway to Infosys Springboard: IEEE SB NCERC was grateful to collaborate with IEEE Educational Society Kerala

Essay Writing Competition: As a part of International Women’s day celebrations the IEEE Student Branch NCERC conducted an essay writing competition. The competition was on the topic ‘Most inspired women in their life’. This event was coordinated by Anand M (Chair, IEEE SB NCERC). E-Certificates were provided to the winners. This event provided a good opportunity to convey their thoughts

and memories of their inspiration. It was a day to celebrate all the women, the girls, mothers, teachers and in all their forms.

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Personalize your LinkedIn: The event was conducted on 12th February 2022 by IEEE SB AISAT, started at 5.30 pm via google meet. This event was mainly focused on first and second year students, also for those who don’t have a clear idea to maintain their LinkedIn account. SushmitaPrem, marketing specialist at Replicon Inc was the speaker, she spread her energy throughout the session. By the end of the session the participants got a clear idea of LinkedIn, its importance and how to make a LinkedIn profile stand out. Participants showed their

interest in asking questions and positive feedback was obtained from the participants.

BINGO: The event was conducted on 8th March 2022 by IEEE WIE AG AISAT as a part of women’s day celebration. The event was conducted via google forms where all the guidelines for the was provided prior to the event conducted, through this event the participants got familiarised with the famous women personalities from various fields. The participants

who completed all the five rows and columns within a time limit of 15 min came as the winners.

PIE Quiz: The event was conducted on 14th March 2022 by IEEE SB AISAT as a part of Pi day. The event was conducted through a platform called Quizzes, started at 6.30pm and the link was open for one hour. The winners were declared by the points they scored and the time taken to complete the quiz. Communications were done with the help of the WhatsApp group of the participants. The objective of the quiz is to show the importance, use of pi in our daily life and to share the importance of the scientific symbols which makes our calculations easier.

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RESURGENCE 2022: Resurgence 2022 was a Membership Drive Orientation session were students of our college were given a vast insight on IEEE and its benefit, IEEE’s impact on its members, the vast opportunities provided by the IEEEians and many more. The membership drive orientation sessions on various societies were also held in our college. Two online sessions were conducted under the Membership Development Orientation Series.

Mind Meld: It was an interactive meet hosted by Ayisha E A exclusively for CS members. The agenda of the meeting was briefly discussed, followed by an open discussion where the members were encouraged to share their views and opinions. Meeting started with

brief discussions about ongoing events in the Kerala Section and soon to be conducted events in the Student Branch. After the discussions, a session on cryptography was handled by MsAnagha Sunder from S3 CSE. She gave an overall insight about the cryptography methods and techniques in an hour. Later on, all the participants were made to participate in a technical quiz competition conducted in the Kahoot platform. The quiz contained many questions from the session and also it included different crypto code translations.

commemorate WiE’s 25th anniversary. WIEeve was commemorated with the goal of introducing women engineers to the realm of technology in as many ways as possible. WIEeve was a minor step forward in the objective of WIE, or Women In Engineering, to advance women entrepreneurs and engineers. It was designed in such a way that active engagement from the female participants was guaranteed. The registrants were enthusiastic and consistent in their involvement, making it a dynamic and energetic session. The event was exclusive to IEEE members, and mentorship was provided based on the domain chosen.

WiE Epilogue: WIE AG FISAT and IEEE

CS SBC FISAT, with cooperation from WIC, WIP, and WICE of IEEE FISAT SB, held a 24-hour virtual hackathon with mentorship called WIEve Epilogue on the 5th and 6th of February, 2022, to

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Quizophile: Government Engineering college Idukki , organized an online live quiz competition “QUIZOPHILE” on 9 th March 2022. Event objective was to explore the underlying knowledge in participants about

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science and technology and to bring a healthy competitive mind among them. There were 29 contestants in the quiz. And it was conducted through quizizzplatform.There were 15 questions in total, each of the questions tested the knowledge of participants.The participants with the most number of right answers in the fastest time were announced as the winners.

participants can convey this idea through a collage . Plagiarism was strictly prohibited. The attendee whose idea seemed to be correct for the given topic was selected as the winner. This truly tested the creative skills of the participants.

Nirmana: Government Engineering college Idukki , organized a collage making competition named “NIRMANA” on 10 th March 2022. Event objective was to find the best creative ideas,knowledge and to bring a healthy competitive mind among them.There were 7 contestants. The

Life of Pi: On the occasion of Pi Day,14 March 2022,IEEE SB GECI conducted “Life of π “,a knotty riddle competition. The event was conducted under two different quiz links , by dividing the participants into two groups. Both the groups were given the same questions at the same time, but the access links were different. The questions are based on π day. Tricky riddle questions were given which included MCQ’s, Fill in the blanks, as well as descriptive type. It will allow you to expand your

vocabulary, develop cognitive capacity, encourage imagination, facilitate a greater association of ideas and many other things, which you’ll discover as the fun also grows with these unique puns.

their work and put everything with great competitiveness. The result was published on 13th March,2022. DeepanshuTaragi got selected as the first prize winner and VyshnaviWarrier got second prize. Certificates were given to the winners.

IEEE SB Mangalam

Article Writing Competition: IEEE Women in Engineering student chapter of Mangalam College Of Engineering conducted an article writing competition on the theme ‘SHADES OF WOMEN IN OUR LIFE’. It was a two day competition started on 8th March,2022 and the participants were asked to submit their works within 9th March,2022. About 25 students participated and all of them showed great passion and commitment to

Blog Writing Competition: IEEE SIGHT and Communication society student chapter of Mangalam College of Engineering hosted a blogging competition on 10th of March,2022 as a part of National science week. The theme of the blogging competition was “Technology for a Sustainable Future’’. Several students from different colleges have participated in the event. A preregistration link was provided to the participants 2 days prior to the event. The students who have participated in the competition are awarded with a participation certificate provided by the IEEE Communication society student chapter of Mangalam College of Engineering.

A roadmap to sustainable future: This webinar was conducted by IEEE Student Branch Chapter of Mangalam College Of Engineering. The session was taken by “Mr. DR Radeep Krishna R”, Associate Professor , Department of ECE, Mangalam College of Engineering on 10 March 2022 through google meet from 7pm to 8pm. The

meeting was anchored by student member Ms .RajasreeAchutham. The welcome speech was done by student member Ms. Gopika Mohan. The guest introduction was done by student member Ms. Adithya KJ .The topic of the webinar was ‘A Roadmap to Sustainable Future’. It was very informative session. In the interactive session all the question asked by the students were answered by the chief guest. There were 60+ registrations from various places.

IEEE SB VJCET:

Annual General Meet: IEEE SB VJCET organised Annual General Meet (‘21‘22) on 28th February 2022 at 10am.

The members ofExecome 2021 and the newly selected members attended the meet. All the activities and events of the Execome (‘21 - ‘22) were discussed in the meeting. The Execome members of 2021 were awarded with certificates and momentos. The meeting was concluded by 12:45pm.

Meet N Greet: IEEE SB VJCET organised was exclusively for the first year IEEE

2.Malabar Hub

IEEE Malabar Hub Activities Branch Counselors and Chapter Advisors Meet

IEEE Malabar Hub organized the first Student Branch Counselors and Chapter Advisors meet on 12 February 2022. It was held at 10:00 AM via Zoom Cloud Meetings. The respective SB Counselors and Advisors from various colleges under Malabar Hub participated and remarked on their

presence to enrich the event. The session was inaugurated by Dr. Sabiq PV, Chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection, with his inaugural address and provided an overview of MSS Activities. Following him was a session by Dr. Gilesh M P, Chair, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section. He discussed the SAC Activity Plan 22. He also spoke about the roles and responsibilities of SB Counselors and Chapter Advisors. Further, Mr. Shone Jose, Vice-chair, Student Activities

Committee, IEEE Kerala Section spoke about the best practices to be followed concerning the IEEE Student Branch Activities. Finally, Mr. Karthik K, Membership Development Chair of IEEE Kerala Section briefed about the MD activities. The event was filled with an enthusiasm for developing inter-SB relationships and collaborations.

Shibu, Membership development coordinator, IEEE Malabar Hub. Followed by that, she asked the speakers about their journey as an IEEE member and their interest in renewing their membership over the years. Ms.PoojaHaridas started the panel discussion by mentioning the role of IEEE in skill development and how it helped in her placement interviews. Mr.Gokul C M shared his insights about the professional connections made through IEEE Volunteering and how it helped in his start-up venture. The discussion was then taken over by Ms. Ananya R who explained how she moved through a male-dominated industry and marked her signature in the professional field. Mr.Sahil Sameer and Ms. Ananya R shared their experience in winning awards for their activities in IEEE.

In conclusion, the panelists shared Deep Dive- A panel discussion on exploring IEEEopportunities

IEEE Malabar Hub in association with the IEEE Membership development committee of the Kerala section organized the panel discussion DEEP DIVE on 19 February 2022. The session was intended to give an insight into the importance of being active in IEEE, how it contributes to the professional development of members and their benefits. The event kick-started with a welcome note from Ms. Aleena K

their advice with participants to realize their dreams through active volunteering.

WiEsonaries

As part of International Women’s Day, IEEE WiE Malabar Hub, in association

with WiE Kerala AG conducted a JAM competition on the topic ‘The rise of women is not about the fall of men.’

IEEE Malabar Hub Chair’s Meet 2022

IEEE Malabar Hub organized the Chair’s meet on 7 March 2022. It was held at 7 PM via Google Meet.

Our new Chair’s of respective SBs and some previous chairs and the coordinators of Malabar Hub participated and remarked on their presence to enrich the event. The meet was started with the address of Hub VSAC, Mr.Shone Jose. The Hub activities were presented by Ms.Meghana NV. Ms.HarithaME explainedvTools and our current analytics. Mr. Ajithabh Krishna gave an overview of the IKS Mint App and

IEEE Brand Guidelines. All the updates on IEEE MGA Awards were explained by Mr. Rohin Raj. The outline of WIE, MD Team, and HAC was given by Ms.Haritha ME, Ms. Aleena K Shibu, and Ms.Ann Maria Roy respectively. The SB chair’s shared their experiences and also explained their respective Student Branch Event updates. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms.Aleena K Shibu. The session finally concluded at around 8:30 PM.

1. Workshop on robotics

A full day offline workshop on robotics in coordination with PACELAB Kochi to introduce students into the field of robotics. Training was provided to students to know the basics in robotics. The second phase of the session will begin in a few days.

SB Activities - IEEE Malabar Hub GEC Kozhikode

2. JAM

A jam competition as a part of Science week celebrations on the topic integrated approach in science and technology for a sustainable future.

3. Who am I

A self introduction competition to introduce oneself in the best possible way.

4. Latex draw webinar

An online webinar on graphical drawing using Latex draw.The event was organised by IAS SBC.

5. Wieplora - a series of 3 offline competitions

-Narrativa (story recital)

-Clueminati( treasure hunt)

-Piczbee (Picture quiz)

6. The boldest

A 3 stage event to find out the boldest girl of college organized by WIE AG and College union. It consisted of a photo contest, an aptitude test and an interview session.

7. Ecotopia - a quiz competition as a part of science day by WIE AG.

8. A class on benefits of IAS

An offline class on the benefits of IAS. The session was handled by Musharaff, the former chair of IEEE SB MEA College.

Sreepathy Institute of Management And Technology

1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 Some milestones of the year 2021; ● Formation of SIGHT affinity group ● Overall championship in small student branch category on ORION 2.0 ● Full SB Members Participation in IEEEXTREME. 2. MARVELOUS - A crossword competition 3. Agatha Quiztie To help students to practise existing knowledge while stimulating interest in learning about new subject matter. - Give a platform for SB members to learn and grow their skills. 4. Spill The Ink- a poem writing

competition 5. FÆZE 6. JAM Competition Conducted a Just A Minute Competition as a part of National Science Day 2022 on 10th March 2022. 7. Write It Out A Write Up competition “Write It Out” was conducted as a part of National Science Day Celebrations.

Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology

1. IEEE ORIENTATION SESSION was held on 07 January 2022. 2. Story Writing competition was held on 14 February 2022 as a

fun activity where the plot was provided at the moment.

3. Sci-Tech - Quiz competition was conducted on March 9th 2022 as a part of National Science Week

4. Learners Hub Series

A collaborative event was conducted with REVERTECH IT SOLUTIONS.It was a 5 day session Topics covered:

● Introduction to Robotics

● Java & the concept of Object Orientation

● PCB Designing

5. A webinar was conducted on 22 March 2022 based on water

conservation by Ahalia School Of Engineering And Technology in association with IEEE SB and other professional chapters.

6. Tech Talk Series 002: When Will Life On Earth End?

College Of Engineering Vadakara

1.IEEE ORIENTATION SESSION : Orientation program for first year students on 21st Feb 2021 in offline mode. It mainly focused on providing a brief idea about IEEE and benefits of IEEE Membership.

National Institute of Technology Calicut

1.National Science Day Quiz: The objective of National Science Day Quiz is to increase awareness about the importance of science, to instill scientific temper in youth across the country. The quiz was conducted in two stages, the preliminaries as a test and the final round as an interactive session.

2. Alternato: Alternato, an idea submission event mainly focused on ideas to alter a product to bring out a better form or to combine the properties of two existing products so that it can be used in a much effective way.

3. Blogathon: A blogging event on Sustainable energy: Limitations and Possibilities.

4. Magister: A video submission competition that tests your oratory and worldly knowledge through a seemingly simple tutoring task.

5. Webinar: Webinar on “Walking on AI for networking” by Dr.Oscar Mauricio Caicedo Rendon, professor at the Department of Telematics, University of Cauca, Colombia.

KMCT College of Engineering for Women

1. Webinar: IEEE SB KMCTCEW in association with IEEE Malabar Subsection and IEEE Malabar Hub conducted a webinar on Human Intelligence- a Biopsychosocial Perspective by ManishaManoharan. The speaker talked about various types of intelligences and how one can use these to excel in one’s area of interest.

2. Annual General Meeting: Annual general meeting was conducted for

students of KMCT CEW. Discussed and concluded about the previous year programs and financial report. Also introduced new committee members.

3 Fuzzy Logic- Coping with partial information: IEEE Malabar Subsection and IEEE Malabar Hub conducted a webinar on Fuzzy Logic- Coping partial information. The speaker talked about various types of fuzzy logics and how to use them on the computer.

4. Webinar on how to select nuts and bolts for robot: IEEE SB KMCTCEW in association with IEEE Malabar Subsection and IEEE Malabar Hub conducted a webinar on how to select nuts and bolts for making robots by DrSreekanthMadhavan.

College of Engineering Thalassery

1. Career in animation vfx and gaming: AN interactive talk session about all the amazing opportunities in the field from his life experience and a demo on basic softwares. Chief guest was Red Good Studios CEO, RAJESH PK.

2. Womens day programme: Talk session by VijiPenkootu.

3. IEEE Orientation: Orientation session by Aleena K Shibu, MDC, IEEE Malabar Hub.we had an amazingly interactive MD session from Malabar hub about the

amazing opportunities IEEE has to offer.

4. IEEE Membership development booth: A booth was setup to help the first year students and other interested members to take membership in IEEE Government Engineering College Wayanad

1. IEEE Orientation Session: The MD session 2022 was led by Mr. Basil Reji,webmaster IEEE LINK .The participants were introduced to the world’s largest technical organization and the most vibrant team,IEEE SB of the college.

2. A Minute to Reckon: A speech competition conducted in association with IEEE WiE AG GECW.

3. INSIGHT 22 : An Idea pitching competition conducted in association with IEEE SIGHT GECW.

4. Meet The Leaders: A panel discussion with women leaders

Kerala Section

of GEC Wayanad, conducted in association with IEEE WIE AG GECW.

KMCT College Of Engineering

1. Webinar: Network on chip :The Future Processor for IOT

Technology.Discussed about various future possibilities with the enhancement and improvement in IOT.

2. La femme: As part of international women’s day, conducted a

programme including UGRAD scholar ReemaShaji as the guest of honour The interactive session left everyone amazed by how someone can achieve heights in one’s life just by working towards their dreams and their goals.

GEC Palakkad

1. FIGMA WORKSHOP: conducted a two day online workshop for the aspiring designers who were elevated to sift into the world of designing through FIGMA. FIGMA was a three day long online workshop conducted on 12th, 13th and 14th of March 2022.

2. Signin.ComSoc: Sign in. ComSoc is a membership development campaign conducted on behalf of IEEE ComSoc SBC GEC Palakkad. This session was handled by Arya R Krishna ,Malabar hub student representative and Gifty P Shaju ,Kochi hub student representative of ComSoc Kerala chapter.

3. SCRIBIT (A caption writing compe tition) :was one of the events con ducted by IEEE ComSoc SBC GEC Palakkad collabing with the IAS chapter of our student branch in regards to the Science week. This event mainly focused on bringing out different perspectives on the

role of science in preventing and making war .

4. INVENIRE-Treasure Hunt: ‘Invenire’ was one of the events held by our WIE AG of IEEE SB GEC Palakkad, as part of Women’s Week. This was a Treasure Hunt event which focused on hints and places related to famous women personalities in our college bringing out different knowledge.

5. Just A Minute (JAM): Promote the need for a sustainable future by using science and Technology among students. Science week event.

6. INTERACTIVE SESSION: Interna tional Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, wheth er national, ethnic, linguistic, cul tural, economic or political.

7. Know Us-Membership Develop ment Campaign: As a stepping stone for new IEEE members, we have conducted an informative session about IEEE Computer So ciety. The session was handled by Sandeep E P, Membership Devel opment Coordinator from IEEE Computer Society Kerala Chapter.

He’s a Second year Computer Sci ence student from GCE Kannur.

LBS College of Engineering Kasargod

1.

GCE Kannur

3. Techathon

An online hackathon consisting of two rounds was conducted in January . The second round was a 24 hour hackathon. The participants had to prepare the prototype of their project ideas within 24 hours.

4. Spectrum Talk

3. Travancore Hub

#1Day.com - Movie Day

On behalf of World Movie Day, IEEE Travancore Hub conducted a Movie Rescripting Competition on February 12th, 2022. There was active participation from the students.

The event Poster was released on 9th February 2022. The submission Deadline was given as 17th February 2022. The winner Poster was released on 3rd March 2022. The event aimed at testing the writing and imagination skills of the participants. The participants were given a list of 10 science fiction movies. They were asked to select any one of the movies and rescript the storyline according to their imagination and submit their entries via a google form. The rule and the guidelines for the participants were given before the competition

Glimpses of the event:

Event Winners:

● First Prize: GreeshmaSreekumar (GECBH)

● Second Prize: Govind A

(SreeChitraThirunal College of Engineering)

● Third Prize: Nandakishore M J (M Dasan Institute of Technology, Kozhikode)

Branch Counselors and Chapter Advisors Meet

The aim of conducting such a meet was to present an open platform for discussion regarding the various activities being conducted in SBs and SB Chapters across the Travancore Hub. The event was conducted on February 12th 2022 through Zoom Cloud Meeting. The time scheduled was 3:00-5:00 pm. There was a participation count of 32 from various student branches. Poster was released on 6th February, 2022. The event was scheduled on 12th February, 2022.

The meetup aims at bringing together all the Counselors and advisors under the hub and providing them with a platform to share ideas and events being carried out in their respective student branches. The official meeting started off with the IEEE Code of Ethics delivered by Ms. HisanaThasneem. Next a call for order was conducted for all the Section ExCom members and for the various attendees by Ms. Josna VR (VSAC: Travancore Hub, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section). The meeting was officially inaugurated by Mrs. Mini Ulanat (Chair, IEEE Kerala Section). She also presented an overview of the Kerala Section and its activities. The Section Leadership was also formally introduced. Each member of the Section Leadership spoke a few words and addressed the gathering. Next, Dr.Gilesh M P (Chair, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section) talked about the IEEE Student Branch Operations and the best practices being followed through Student Activities. Mrs. Josna VR talked about the Roles and Responsibilities to be carried out by the various Student Branch Counselors and Chapter Advisors. Next session was handled by Mr. KarthikK(Chair, Membership Development IEEE Kerala Section)

who shared the various membership development plans and the events that could be followed by student branches. Then, the meeting was open to all the attendees to share their thoughts and experiences and to clear any kind of doubts they had. A formal vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Josna VR.

Glimpses of the event:

Guest(s)/Speaker(s):

● Ms. Mini Ulanat (Chair, IEEE Kerala Section)

● Dr. Gilesh M P (Chair, IEEE Kerala Section)

● Prof. Josna V R (Vice Chair, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section)

● Mr. Karthik K(Chair, Membership Development IEEE Kerala Section)

Conclusion: Overall, the meeting was a huge success as all those participating got the opportunity to share their experiences and connect with people in similar positions as well.

Mystifier

On behalf of International Women’s Day, IEEE WIE Travancore Hub in association with IEEE WIE Kerala Section AG conducted a crossword puzzle competition on the topic “Women in Technology” on 7th March 2022.The aim of the event was to test the participants’ knowledge on the prominent women in the field of technology and also to enhance the puzzle solving skills of the participants. Almost 118 student members participated from various student branches, including 60 IEEE Members and 58 Non-IEEE Members.The registration of the event started on 2nd march and around 150 participants registered. The registered participants

were added to a Whatsapp group. On 7th March, the link of the puzzle and the form to submit were given to the participants. The time limit of the event was half an hour, extra 5 min were provided for the participants to submit the form. At 8:35 pm, the form was closed, and among 118 responses, the winners were selected according to the criteria.

Glimpses of the event: Winner(s):

● First Prize : Mariyam E MamudeenAmal Jyothi College of Engineering

● Second Prize: Wren Oswin - Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engi neering

● Third Prize: Athulya AnilkumarAmal Jyothi College of Engineering

Conclusion:

The event had made a great impact on the participants. They came to know about women who made significant contributions in the field of Technology. The participants gave wonderful feedback after the event.

Hub Student Activities Report

IEEE STUDENT BISHOP JEROME INSTITUTE Quiz

To enrich the students’ knowledge on the fundamentals of Engineering and

to expose them to the recent trends in Engineering. The event was conducted on 4th March 2022 at 1:30 PM. The coordinators were Akhil Peter, Amrita V, Samson Maryson, Fathima A, Vishnu Narayanan, AlbinSavio, Joshan George, Aashline, Eby T, Indu Ashok, Megha, Alan, Arjun, SimsonMaryson. The event was a Technical Event. A total count of 128 Students attended the event of which 47 were IEEE members and 81 were non-IEEE members.

Webinar on Women Empowerment.

To provide an insight on the importance of Women’s Empowerment and to familiarise students with WIE as an IEEE affinity group. The event was conducted on 8th March 2022, 7:00 Pm. The coordinators were GadhaAravindh, Vandhitha MS, Binoy Fernandez, and Abin. The event was conducted through Google Meet. The event was Humanitarian/Membership Development. Prof. SunithaBeevi, Chair, Professional Activities, IEEE Kerala Section. The total number of participants who attended was 69 of which 36 were IEEE members and 33 were on-IEEE.

IEEE SB COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PERUMON

EUNOIA : Awareness Session on Women’s Rights

The goal of the event “EUNOIA” was to provide awareness about their laws and privileges so that they will not be victims of injustice. Put an end to their ignorance about law and accrue knowledge. The event was conducted on 13 January 2022, 7 P.M.The coordinators were Ajmi S, AnuPriya. The event was conducted through Google Meet. The event was a Non-Technical one with a total of 126 participants. A total of 42 IEEE members attended the event and 82 were non-IEEE members. Dr. Sonia, Associate Professor of Law, Government Law College, Thrissur was the speaker at the event.

GALAXIUS: Blogging Contest

IEEE SB CE Perumon hosted an event Blogging contest as a part of the event series GALAXIUS as an opportunity for the participants to improve their blog writing, content writing and to express their thoughts on a given topic. The event was conducted between 5 March 2022, 6:30 PM, and 9 March 2022, 10 PM. The coordinators of the event were Amina Sainulabdeen and AleeshaShiyas. The event was conducted through a platform called Blogger.com. A total of 4 people participated in the event.

GALAXIUS: Just A Minute

Kerala Section

IEEE SB C Perumon conducted a JAM as a part of the GALAXIUS event series to improve the performance and speaking skills of the students. The event was conducted between 10 March 2022,7:00 PM and 10 March 2022,8:00 PM through Google Form. The event coordinators were Anandhu V, Devadarsan M. A total of 8 people participated in this event.

GALAXIUS: Who Am I?

IEEE SB CE Perumon conducted an event WHO AM I? as a part of the GALAXIUS event series to verify the knowledge of participants about women in the technical field. The event was conducted between 9 March 2022, 7:00 PM and 10 March 2022,9:00 PM through Google Meet. The event coordinators were Ajmi S and Anupriya M A. It was a nationallevel and non-technical event. A total of 89 people participated in this event of which 51 were IEEE members.

ILLUSTRIOUZ: Aptitude Test

IEEE SB CE Perumon conducted an aptitude test as part of the event series ILLUSTRIOUZ. The goal of this event was to help students to improve their problem-solving skills, to learn the concept. The event was conducted between 4 February 2022, 7:30 PM, and 4 February 2022, 7:40 PM. The

January-March 2022

event coordinators are Anandhu V and Anupriya M.A through Google Forms. It was a national-level technical Event. A total of 250 members participated in this event of which 100 were IEEE members.

ILLUSTRIOUZ: Riddle competition

IEEE SB CE PERUMON conducted a riddle competition on the topic of Energy Conservation as part of the Illustriouz event series. The goal of this event was to improve participants’ thinking levels, sharpen their minds, and time management. The event was conducted between 15 February 2022, 6 PM, and 15 February 2022, 8 PM through Google Forms. The event coordinators were Bhagya and Athul. It was a national-level non-technical event. A total of 136 members participated in this event of which 60 were IEEE members.

LA LIBERTA: Poster Designing Competition

IEEE SB CE PERUMON hosted the event La Liberta as a part of 73rd Republic Day on the topic ‘Republic Day. The goal of this event was to improve the design, and creativity skills of students. The event was conducted between 25 January 2022, 9:30 AM, and 27 January 2022, 10:00 PM through Google Forms. The event

coordinators were AnusreeAjithand AminaSainulabdeen. It was a Section Level, Non-Technical Event. A total of 30 members participated in this event of which 22 were IEEE members.

KARIKATUR: Cartoon Drawing Competition

IEEE SB CE PERUMON had hosted the event Karikatur as a part of 73rd Republic Day on the topic “Republic Day Parade”. The goal of this event was to help students to improve their drawing skills and creativity. The event was conducted between 24 January 2022, 8:00 AM 26 January 2022, 10:00 PM through Google Form. The event coordinators were Aleesha A S, and Ajmi S. It was a Section Level Non-Technical Event. A total of 7 members participated in this event.

IEEE SB COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ADOOR

POTENTIA

Potentia was a webinar competition on the topic “Contribution of Indian Women in the field of Science and Technology”. To commemorate women in the National Science Day on 26th February 2022, Women in Engineering and Robotics and Automation Society SB CEA conducted

a very engaging competition which enriched the students’ knowledge in the contributions of Indian women in the technological field. The competition started with the welcome address given by Ms. Gopika Nair J (WiE secretary, IEEE SB CEA). Participants started their presentations soon after the welcome address. A total of six groups competed with each other containing two members in each group. The scrutiny of the presentations were done by Mr. Yadhu Krishnan, Ms. Ruth Mariyam Jose and Mr. Sajin S. Each team showed their profound interest towards the competition. Positive feedback was received from all the 33 participants.

Winner(s):

1. First prize :Satyajith S (S1 CSE), Merin Sara Mathew (S1 CSE)

2. Second prize :NikhithaManoj (S1 CSE), Noel Joshi (S1 CSE)

IEEE QUIZ CLUB:Quiz 1 `NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY’

IEEE CS SBC CEA and IEEE Quiz Club; on the occasion of IEEE Day conducted a Quiz on the topic ‘About IEEE’ for all students in the SB. The quiz was held through the Google Forms from 7:00pm till 7:10pm on 28th February 2022 .The Google Form opened at 7:00

pm. The Quiz consisted of 20 Questions on the varying aspects, facts, reasons for National science day and about contributions of CV Raman . The first prize was secured by Krishna Priya TR (S5 CSE) and DevikaRajan (S5 ECE)of College of Engineering Adoor second was secured by Sahil S Warrier (S7 CSE)of College of Engineering Adoor and third was secured by Shrishanti R Gadad (S5 EEE) of BLDEA’s V. P. Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology Vijayapur.The event was registered by 44 students and 37 participated .

BASIX: Basics of Documentation

The first session of BASIX was organized by IEEE PES SBC CEA, Basics of Documentation was conducted online on 19th February 2022, 5:30 PM. BASIX was a 6-session basic skill development series. The target behind the event was in imparting the knowledge of good documentation to the participants. The speaker of the webinar was Ms. Sherin Cherian, MDC IEEE PES YP Kerala. The event was held online through Google Meet and saw the participation of 22 students from different colleges and universities

WEBINAR ON ROLE OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION: CONNECT. INSPIRE. ENGAGE

As a part of International Women’s Day 2022, Women in Engineering Affinity Group of IEEE SB CEA organized a webinar on the topic “Role of Women in Science Technology & Innovation: Connect. Inspire. Engage ”. The event was conducted online through Google Meet on 8 March 2022, at 6:30 PM. The session was handled by Dr. Anupama Thakur (Postdoctoral Researcher, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA, Early Career Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. There were 25 participants in the event.

VIRAGO: JIGSAW PUZZLE COMPETITION

Virago was a jigsaw puzzle competition conducted as a part of International Women’s Day 2022. To commemorate prominent female personalities, Women in Engineering Affinity Group of IEEE SB CEA organized a very exciting jigsaw puzzle competition which enhanced students’ knowledge. The event was conducted on 8 March 2022, at 8:00 PM through Google Forms. The students were given a link to solve the puzzle and another link to submit a screenshot of the solved puzzle. All the links as well as the google form for attaching the screenshot were

January-March 2022

shared via email. The scrutiny of the competition was done by WiE AG execom members. A total of fifty students participated in the competition.

Winner: Soundarya H S (S7, ECE)

(Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology, Karnataka)

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL DRIVE

A Membership Renewal Drive was organized by IEEE SB CEA as a part of Membership Development held from 2-28th February 2022. The aim of the Membership Renewal Drive was to increase the membership count of our Student Branch and Increase the number of both new members and the retention rate equally. It was held through all social media handles and personal reach, making sure SB members and non-members know the importance of being a part of IEEE. It was held between 2 February 2022 and 28 February 2022. There was a massive hike in retention count from 51.51% to 70.27% after the membership renewal Drive.

IEEE SB CEAL ESCRIBIR

As a part of National Science day,College Of Engineering Attingal in

association with IEEE SB conducted a virtual article writing competition ESCRIBIR from 28th February 7:00pm to 1st march 2021 7:00pm. The event gave participants a chance to express their thoughts on the topic NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY with a word limit of 200-250 words. The event had an energetic response from 28 students where 23 of the participants were IEEE members,and 5 were non IEEE members. The event was well planned with the help of all the student volunteers of respective SB’s so it helps the easy going of the event.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

KALLOOPPARA

EPISTEME

As a part of our SCIENCE WEEK CELEBRATIONS, IEEE SB CEK conducted a Quiz competition EPISTEME on 12th March 2022 in order to test knowledge on the topic Science and Technology. About 23 people participated in the competition and winners were also announced and winners were selected to participate in Science Week 2022 Quiz competition conducted by IEEE Link. The event was successfully carried out due to active participation and support of IEEE volunteers.

Winner(s):

1. First prize :Jibil Joseph

2. Second prize :Roshan Alex

WEBINAR ON INTERNET SAFETY

As a part of the International Safer Internet Day, IEEE SB CEK conducted an online webinar on Internet safety. The session was handled by AkhilBinu, CFO IEEE SB CEK on 8th February, 2022.The scheduled timing of the webinar was from 8:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. A total of 20 to 30 participants attended the event.The webinar highlighted the necessity of having a safe internet environment and also the vulnerabilities faced due to poor web security.The various measures that can be taken to ensure the security of our personal gadgets,safenetworking,rules and configurations designed to protect the integrity,confidentiality and accessibility of computer networks were also discussed.The event was successfully carried out due to the active participation and support of the IEEE volunteers.

IEEE SB CET

In-Sight Inaugural Ceremony of IEEE SIGHT CET SB

The inaugural meeting was followed by a Project Presentation of two teams representing SIGHT groups from College of Engineering Chengannur and TKM College of Engineering Kollam. The event was conducted on 25.01.2022 via Google Meet at

6:00 pm. Mr. Amarnath Raja the Chief Guest shared his experience of working with IEEE SIGHTand gave his valuable guidance on how to approach problems, how to collaborate with NGOs and other organizations. Sivakumar Sir, Branch Counselor IEEE SB CET congratulated the group for hosting the inaugural ceremony and gave us valuable guidance. There were two projects one for the College of Engineering Chengannur and the other project from TKM College of Engineering Kollam. SIGHT group from College of Engineering Chengannur presented their project called RoboSight - Assisting Robot.

SIGHT group from TKM College of Engineering presented their project on “high speed internet connectivity for the students of tribal settlement which was introduced in Kannur district.

MD Session

A Membership Development Session was conducted for the students of CET in order to give them a good idea about IEEE, IEEE membership and its benefits. The MD Session was conducted on 26th January, 2022 through Google meet with the speaker Ms. Surabhi Rajesh, MDC, IEEE LINK, started off with what IEEE is, covered all the major points regarding the various workshops, competitions, publications, and the general vastness

of IEEE. Her personal experience and opinions were also included and she gave a very relatable, yet professional point of view to ‘Why join IEEE?’ She also covered how to join IEEE and took questions from the audience on their doubts regarding the same. The session was a little over an hour long, and went from 7:00 p.m. to 8:20 p.m with a participation count of 25.

IEEE SB GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING

COLLEGE BARTON HILL

Exploring Git and GitHub

It was an interactive talk session organized by IEEE Computer Society SBC GEC Barton Hill, Trivandrum on 13th February 2022 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm IST via Google Meet. The session was handled by Aniket Pal (a third year student at NIT Rourkela, MLH fellow 2022, Ex-Tech Mahindra Intern and a GitHub Extern Numocity). There were 60 participants from different institutes who attended the session which lasted for an hour. The speaker endeavored to provide the participants a good introduction to Git and GitHub. He also provided an overview of Git and GitHub, its applications, and essential gateways to jumpstart a developer journey. The session also covered the opportunities via GitHub and also a few tips for becoming a GitHub Extern. The

participants were provided resources to continue exploring these platforms. There was an overwhelming response from our target audience with many showing great enthusiasm to take part in the session. A feedback form was circulated after the session and we received many positive feedbacks from the participants.

Tech-It-Out

On 7th March 2022, IEEE RAS SBC GECBH in collaboration with IEEE APS & MTT-S SBCs of GECBH conducted ‘TechIt-Out’, Just A Minute Competition, as a part of the Science Week Celebration 2022. It was conducted on Google Meet and there were 10 participants of which 6 were IEEE members. There were a total of 21 questions out of which each participant should select one at random, and talk about the topic with 60 seconds of thinking time. The event was exclusive to the students of GECBH. Prize worth INR 500 was given to the first prize winner. The winners are selected for stage two of the JAM competition at the LINK level.

Elaborer

- UI/UX Design competition

IEEE WIE AG GECBH conducted a three day long UI/UX Design Competition named ELABORER, where the participants will be given a sample website whose design needs to be replicated. They were given the task of

replicating the AWS website, including the homepage, sign-in page and create an AWS account page and these pages need to be linked accordingly. There wasn’t any restriction placed in case of the software to be used. But most of the participants preferred using Figma. The participants were required to submit the link of the developed prototype along with the drive link of its screen recorded video. The top three will be awarded a cash prize from the cash pool of Rs.1000. The event was kept open to all. Akshay P M of S5 CS (College of Engineering, Attingal) bagged the first prize followed by Sreerag N of S5 CS (College of Engineering, Chengannur) and FathimaNoohaKottagodan of S3 CS (TKM College of Engineering) received the second and third prize respectively.

IEEE SB LBS Mobile App Development Using Thunkable IEEE CS SBC LBSITW in association with IEEE Kerala Young Professionals organized a YP Talk on Mobile app development using Thunkable. The session was handled by Er.Jacob Thomas Puthukeril, System Analyst, Weatherford International. It was conducted in online mode via google meet on 13th March,2022 from 5.00 pm- 6.30 pm. The session was open

to all. There were a total of 104 participants with 53 IEEE members and 51 non IEEE members.

ROBOTiQ

As part of the Science Week Celebrations, IEEE RAS SBC LBSITW conducted an online quiz competition ROBOTiQ which was conducted for the robotics enthusiasts, with the topic of the quiz as Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future. The registrations were done using google form. Event was conducted on 9th of March (Wednesday) at 6:30pm via google forms with extensions. The number of participants were 67 among which 37 were IEEE members in which 3 were RAS members. The quiz consisted of ten questions and thirty seconds time was allocated for each question. Devarenjini P from LBS Institute of Technology, Jery Francis from TKM Institute of Technology and Lakshmi SudhaVinoo from LBS Institute of Technology secured the first, second, and third positions respectively.

IEEE MBCET

COGNITIO

It was an online quiz competition event conducted as a part of Science Week Celebrations 2022. The event was publicized on various platforms from 08th March 2022, by sharing

the poster and the registration link. A total of 28 responses were recorded.

On 09th March 2022, the participants were provided a Google meet link and was asked to join at 8.00pm. The link to the platform used: QUIZIZZ, was provided to the 19 participants who joined the google meet. The platform to the quiz was opened at 8:15pm and the participants were given time till 8.20pm to attend the questions. The winners of the event are-

First Position: Sharon Susan Xavier

Second Position: AkshitaVenkatesan

Tech4ture

The Tech4ture, Just-a-minute competition was successfully conducted from 8th -10th march,2022. Participants were required to send the video recordings of their speech. We received 7 registrations out of which the best two were selected after thorough screening by Mrs. Jisha Jose and Mrs. A N Archana on the basis of the content, fluency of speech, confidence, etc. SannaPramod ,S5,CS,MBCET received the First Prize and Sijo Ajay ,S3,CS,MBCET received the second Prize.

IEEE SB MARIAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE Cerebra

IEEE SB MCE conducted a logic quiz

where students had a time of 25 minutes for completing the quiz with 20 multiple choice questions of 4 options each. Certificates were distributed to those who secured 75% or more. There were a total of 145 participants of which 65 scored 75% or more and they were awarded e-certificates.

YP TALKS

IEEE SB MCE and MACS in association with IEEE Kerala YP organised YP talks on “Career in Software Field without Programming”. The speaker for the session was Ms. SwathyLajapathy. The session was open to all students. It was conducted using the Zoom platform. The speaker gave a clear picture of a career in the software testing field. She also briefed about the approaches one should use to get into a software testing role. It was really worth listening to and informative for all.A total of 48 participants attended the event out of which 25 were IEEE members.

IEEE SB MCE CKL Membership Development Program

Conducted membership development programme on 9th March 2022.Almost all the existing members and freshers joined the event and 12 of them took membership after the event.The event was conducted via Google meet. Mr. Karthik K, Membership development

chair took the session. It was a good one. He explained the importance of IEEE in career and academics.

IEEE SB TKMCE

SCIENCE QUIZ

The quiz, as part of national science week, was organised in collaboration with TKM Quiz Club. It was based on the topic Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future. The quiz consisted of just round 1 with 25 questions. Amongst those 25 questions, few had a higher score to resolve ties. The form was closed at 5:35 pm. A winner was identified and awarded a cash prize of Rs. 250.

IEEE SB SCT Enquest-Quiz competition

The event was conducted as a part of ‘Xenium 2.0’, a one-week program conducted by IEEE SCT SB in accordance with International Science week celebrations on Date:10th March 2022 through Online platform (Google form).The participants had to answer the questions in the google form provided.The questions were prepared on the theme ‘Science and Scientists’ .Entries were collected and points were added to conclude the result.

XENIUM 2.0 -TODAY IN SCIENCE

IEEE SB TKMIT

ONE DAY TRAINING PROGRAM ON MATLAB

The event was to create an idea on MATLAB conducted on 10th March 2022, 10AM. The event was conducted through Cisco Webex. It was a Technical event. The main speakers of the events were AshitaGupta , India education customer success specialist ,MathWork and Rakshit B S , Senior application Engineer, CoreEL Technologies.

Today In Science talk session was handled by MrNaseefAhammed, Founder- of Reshift limited on 10th March 2022 through Google meet(online). It involved a detailed overview of the topic: “Integrated approach in science and technology for a sustainable future.”The event provided an insight into how we can adopt sustainable technologies in reallife scenarios. The speaker was very accessible and open to communicating, and he clarified doubts. The event received great feedback from the attendees. All the participants had an enriching experience. The total number of participants was 59 out of which 27 were IEEE members and 32 Non-IEEE members.

Winner: Akhil Raj Nair (3rd year, Mechanical department)

WiE Report

Reported by: Dr. Meenakshy K

Multimedia Presentation Contest

A collaborative event with Rotary Club of Kochin Downtown, Rotaract Club of Kochin Downtown and in connection with International Day of Women and

Girls in Science on the theme “Science in Everyday Life”.

Winners : Category- 1- PPT

First : Surabhi Rajesh

Second : Arathy Harikumar

Third : Vishnupriya Sashidharan

Category- 2- Video

First : Ashwathy P S

Second : Nikhitha A A

Third : Arjun B

Poster Designing Contest

A collaborative event with Rotary Club of Kochin Downtown, Rotaract Club of Kochin Downtown and in connection with International Day of Women and Girls in Science on the theme “Science in Everyday Life”.

Being a Winner with Science in Your Life

A collaborative event with Rotary Club of Kochin Downtown, Rotaract Club of Kochin Downtown and in connection with International Day of Women and Girls in Science on the theme “Science in Everyday Life”.

SHASTRA VISMAYA – 2022

Shastra Vismaya is a unique initiative taken up by the IEEE Kerala Section WIE in association with IEEE Kochi Subsection to inculcate interest in Science and Engineering among the school students by providing a hands-on experience. The event was organized in accordance with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and was conducted on 19th February 2022, 10:00AM -12:30 PM at Kuttamassery Government Higher Secondary School.

The event started off with the Inaugural ceremony which comprised of Welcome Address by Dr. Meenakshy K (Chair IEEE WIE AG Kerala Section), Inaugural Address by Dr. Mini Ulanat (Chair IEEE Kerala Section), Felicitation by Ms.Sujata Madhav Chandran (President Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown , Assistant Zonal Ambassador, Empowering Girls), Vote of Thanks by Dr. Rajesh M V (Chair

IEEE Kochi Subsection) & Dr.Kala S (Treasurer WIE Kerala Section). The event was moderated by Dr. Tripti S Warrier (Treasurer IEEE Kochi Subsection) and coordinated by Dr. Bijoy A Jose (Secretary IEEE Kerala Section). After the enlightening Inaugural Ceremony, the event was followed by a very interactive and lively session handled by Mr. Shahim Baker giving an insight about Morse Code - Electronic Messages Then and Now. The participants consisted of a total of 75 girl students who were divided into a group of 10 with each group consisting of a student volunteer to assist them with the Morse Code based project. The event involved the active participation of all the students wherein they learned about Morse Code and introduction to encryption through a hands-on session with the assistance of Mr.Shahim Baker , Mr.Vysakh and the student volunteers. The event concluded with a feedback session wherein students from each group gave their feedback about the whole event followed by a small felicitation session to all the student volunteers involved. The event got a huge positive response from all the students and also the teachers involved and it was a great success in igniting a spark in the

young minds towards science and engineering through understanding the basic concepts by getting handson experience. The event turned out to be a great success in igniting spark in the young minds towards science and engineering through a hands-on, interactive and fun way of learning and building things.

EMPOWER

Empower was an inspiring panel discussion conducted by IEEE Kochi Hub in Collaboration with Women in Engineering where eminent women in STEM came together to discuss their inspiration journey and knowledge they gained over the years. The event was organized on an online platform via WebEx on 13th of February 2022, 7 PM IST.

The event commenced at 7:00 PM with an official welcome address by the moderator of the event Ms. Nithya Sree R Kartha (WiE Coordinator,Kochi Hub, IEEE WiE Kerala section). The event saw an inspiring discussion between the panelists focusing on STEM and the challenging pathways they went through to achieve what they are now. The session was followed by a Q & A session where the participants were actively interacting with the panelists. The event ended with an official Vote of Thanks delivered by the moderator Ms. Nithya Sree.

Guest(s)/Speaker(s):

1. Dr Darshana Joshi (The founder and CEO of Vigyanshaala international).

2. Ms. Khushi Goel (Co-founder of STEM Factor).

3. Ms. Arundhathi Krishna (IEEE

Kerala Section outstanding student volunteer, Women in Engineering 2021).

4. Ms. Vamika P (PhD and Research Affairs Secretary at IIT, Madras, Young innovator and best teacher under 30).

Women in Technology on 7th March 2022. The main event objective was to test the knowledge on the topic Women in technology and to assess the puzzle skills of the participants with an expected outcome of Increasing awareness on the topic Women in Technology. The registration of the event started on 2nd march and around 150 participants registered. The registered participants were added to a WhatsApp group. On 7th March, the link of the puzzle and the form to submit were given to the participants. The participation count of the day was 118, which includes 60 IEEE members and 58 nonIEEE members. The time limit of the event was half an hour, extra 5 min were provided for the participants to submit the form. At 8:35, the form was closed, and among 118 responses, the winners were selected according to several criteria.

MYSTIFIER

On behalf of International women’s Day, IEEE WIE Travancore hub in association with WIE Kerala AG conducted a crossword puzzle competition, Mystifier, on the topic

On 12th March 2022, the winners were declared through the official social media accounts and WhatsApp groups of IEEE Kerala section. First Place was secured by Mariyam Emamudeen, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering whereas Second place was secured by Wren Oswin, Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering and third place was secured by Athulya Anilkumar,

Amal Jyothi College of Engineering. The event had made a great impact on the participants. They came to know about women who made significant contributions in the field of Technology. It was such a wonderful and informative experience for all the

enthusiastic participants and we got a decent and significant response via feedback form. All the individuals who attended the event were provided with E-Certificate.

INKIT

IEEE WiE AG Kerala Section, in collaboration with IEEE WiE Kochi Hub, conducted an Online Article Writing Competition ‘INK IT’ as part of International Women’s Day 2022 exclusively for IEEE Members. The topic for the competition was ‘Is the cyber world unsafe for women?’ The competition was conducted via google forms in which the participants were requested to submit their entries. The event saw some exciting entries and the winners were provided with Achievement certificates. The event was conducted to mark the significance of safety of women in the Cyber World and to provide an opportunity for others to showcase their creativity and writing skills. The poster of the event was released on 3rd March, 2022 and the deadline for submitting the entries was extended till 8th March, 2022. The feedback from the participants was incredible. They were happy that they got a chance to use their creativity in a different way. In short, the main objective of the event was met, which was to provide a platform for the

students to showcase their creative skills , help them to enhance their skills and share their ideas and thoughts on the topic.

The result was announced on 11th March, 2022 and the winners were selected from 17 participants.

First Prize - K Muhammed Rafeeque

(AWH Engineering College)

Second Prize - Abhishek Pawar (Marathwa da Mitramandal’s College)

Third Prize - Surabhi Rajesh (NSSCE, Palakkad)

WiEsonaries

As part of International Women’s Day, IEEE WiE Malabar Hub, in association with IEEE WiE Kerala AG conducted a JAM competition on the topic ‘The rise of women is not about the fall of men.’ The event was conducted to provide the participants an opportunity to come out of their comfort zones and express their opinions regarding the prevailing topic. The poster was released on 2nd March, 2022 and the deadline for submitting the videos was extended till 6th March, 2022. An overwhelming response was received from the participants. Overall, the event was a great success with vibrant and high-spirited participants. They got an opportunity to express their points of view and to know about others’ too.

The result was announced on 12th March, 2022 and the winners were selected from 18 participants.

First prize - Hridya A S (GEC Barton Hill)

Second Prize - Varun Rajeevan (GCE Kannur)

Third Prize - Irene Paul (GEC Wayanad)

She Leads 2022 #1

The first session of She Leads 2022, the Interview series conducted by IEEE Kerala WIE, was conducted on the topic “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, Moderated by Ms. Sarada Jayakrishnan (Immediate Past Chair, IEEE Kerala Section) with our guest being Ms. Sujatha Madhav

Chandran (Head Competency Development Co-innovation & Partner Ecosystem). The registration of the event started on 4th march 2022 and the event was organized on an online platform via WebEx on 8th March 2022.

The event saw Ms. Sarada Jayakrishnan in conversation with Ms. Sujatha Madhav Chandran. The event commenced at 7:30 PM with an official welcome address by Ms. Anu Mary Chacko (Secretary, IEEE WiE Kerala section). This was followed by the conversation with Ms. Sujatha Madhav Chandran, where she talked about various situations she faced during her journey. She also talked about the need for women to come up to bring out gender equality and thus her vision for IEEE WIE 2022. The session was followed by a Q&A session where the participants were actively interacting with the speaker. The event ended with an official Vote of Thanks delivered by Dr. Meenakshi K (Chair, WIE Kerala Section).

We got a decent and significant response from the participants via the feedback form and all the individuals who attended the competition were provided with E-Certificate. The event being different from the normal one-sided talk session brought out

different perspectives of the speaker as well as the host on various issues. The speaker’s experiences were really inspiring and the participants were able to take back a lot of wisdom from the session.

Let Them Fly

In connection with International Women’s Day a one day workshop was conducted on the topic : “Empowerment workshop for Women from Rural Background” in association with IEEE Kochi Subsection , Bhavan’s Munshi Vidhyashram, Tripunithura and SEED Trust on 06 March 2022. This was an outreach activity conducted at Kochi office- Nippon Kerala Centre. The topics of discussion were

Be the role model of your ward

How a mother can support stem learning

How are children exposed to cybercrime – a mother’s perspective

The participants were women from rural area near Parvoor, Alwaye.

Womens Day Celebrations

Name of the event carried under IEEE Kochi subsection : Let Them Fly - Empowerment workshop for Women from Rural Background. Summary of the Event : The objective the programme was to empower Women parents from Rural Background to give insights on STEM and give them the support to nurture their wards.

Selected women participants are associated with an NGO (SEED Trust) in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India working on the Education and Empowerment of School students from Socially and Educationally backward communities. Each participant is volunteering as a mentor/parent in their locality to support a group of school students from rural background of a maximum size 10nos. The workshop focussed on enriching the mentors/ parents on supporting their mentees/ students to get more insights on STEM for the unprivileged group. The programme was co-supported by teachers trained in STEM education from the famous school group in Ernakulam, Bhavan’s Munshi Vidhyashramam, Thiurvankulam, Ernakaulam. Dates for Conduction of the Activities : 6 March 2022 9.30am – 3.30 pm Mode of Conduction : Offline

Name

In case of Hybrid mode, Details of Venue : IEEE Kerala Section Office, Nippon Centre, HMT, Ernakulam, Kerala

Name Host OU : IEEE Kochi Sub Section

Name & Details of Project Lead : Binu A Secretary, IEEE Kochi Subsection Under IEEE Kerala Section, IEEE India

IEEE Category/Number of Project Lead : 90657512

Name & Details of collaborating OU’s if any along with code and Team Members (Name & ID Required)

Sl.No Collaborating OU, if any OU Code Member Name Membership Number of Member

Remarks, if any 1 IEEE Women in Engineering, Kerala WiE, Kerala Dr.Tripthi C 2 SEED Trust Not part of IEEE OU 3 Bhavan’s Munshi Vidhyashramam, Thiurvankulam

Not part of IEEE OU 4 Fill the following Table particulars including Budget expenses, incurred and balance if any: Sl. No. Particulars Description 1 Event Posters

2 Pre-event Online Promotional Links

3 Event Link (if broad casted live or post ed recorded video of the event)

(1) Workshop - Empowerment workshop for Women from Ru ral Background | Facebook (59) Post | LinkedIn

IEEE Kochi Subsection on Instagram: “A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." - Melinda Gates Hello folks!! To all the strong women out there ,we are bringing…” Not Applicable

4 Proceeding A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” - Melinda Gates

Hello folks!!

To all the strong women out there ,we are bringing an amaz ing opportunity to take your wings and to fly high to achieve your dreams.

IEEE Kochi Subsection in association with Bhavan’s Munshi Vidhyashram, Tripunithura and SEED Trust on regarding the World Women’s Day is conducting a one day workshop on the topic : “Empowerment workshop for Women from Rural Back ground”

Join us for this event “LET THEM FLY” to wear confidence and to look the world straight in face.

Date : 6 March 2022 Time : 9.30am – 3.30 pm

Venue : Nippon Kerala Centre, Medical College - NAD Rd KINFRA Hi-Tech Park,HMT Junction, Kalamassery, Kochi

For any queries, Contact:Mr.Binu +91 9447564867 binua@ieee.org

Women are the real architects of our society Happy Women’s Day!

• Dr.M V. Rajesh, Chair, IEEE Kochi Subsection

• Dr.Tripthi Warrier, Treasurer, IEEE Kochi Subsection

• Mr.Srihari, IEEE Kochi Subsection

• Mr.Vysakh, IEEE Kochi Subsection

Session 1 : How a mother can Support STEM Learning?

Speaker : Smt Jijitha Gopalakrishnan, HOD in Physics , Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram, Tripunithura

Session 2 : How are children exposed to cybercrime - A moth ers perspective

Speaker : Smt Latha Jayaram , Vice Principal , Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram, Tripunithura

Session 3 : Be the role model of your ward

Speaker : Smt.Sreekala P, HOD Malayalam , Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram , Tripunithura

The programme was supported by Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyash ram, Tripunithura and SEED Trust, Ernakulam. Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram , Tripunithura supported us by providing experi enced teachers in STEM and SEED Trust helped us to identify the participants from the Rural Society.

Session 1 : How a mother can Support STEM Learning? Session 1 shared an overview of the modern cutting edge tech nologies and services in the world. The teacher explained the evolution of the technology and emphasized on STEM orienta tion from school levels. For the participants the session was an eye-opener, because most of them are daily wage workers and their kids are studying in Government Schools. Government Schools in Kerala is very good in terms of teaching and learning, but the students are not enriched in the skill set required for innovation and ideation. The speaker also mentioned about online resources available for STEM initaitves.

Session 2 : How are children exposed to cybercrime - A moth ers perspective

IEEE is promoting the students to learn by themselves with the help of workshops and Online Tools. Since the participants were from a rural background, they are not familiar with the threats associated with the online systems. The session gave an overview on that.

Session 3 : Be the role model of your ward

This session focused on the concept of a role model. If the par ent can instill basic skills in exploring the background details of how things work, that is considered the best way of moulding their wards. The session was well accepted

No. of Attendees & List of Attendees : 40 women

Feedback Summary: The programme was well accepted and the participant group requested IEEE Kochi Sub Section to con duct such events for their wards too. IEEE Kochi Sub Section is looking for organizing more events for students from socially and economically backward communities and also trying to organize events for students from the Tribe section.

“empoWermentleadership Equality” IEEE WIE ILS 2022

The IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit (ILS)

Date: 29 & 30 July 2022

Venue: Uday Samudra, Kovalam, Kerala IEEE WiE @25 &WiE @20 in Kerala Section

The year 2022 marks 25th anniversary of IEEE WIE and WIE Kerala Section celebrates its 20th anniversary. IEEE WIE has been ensuring gender equality and women leadership in technology globally for 25 years and in Kerala for 20 years. WIE Kerala Section has been the first WIE group in the Asia Pacific Region of IEEE.

As a part of the Events Around the World we organize ILS ! Join us and form a part of it !!

Tremendous

opportunities to interact, connect and colleague with top-notch speakers

The Premier Technology Conference of IEEE India Council Organized by IEEE Kerala Section

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Editor Prof. K. Gopalan Nair, Email: kgnair@ieee.org, Ph: 2363232, 4253232, 9446323230