IEEE Kerala Annual NL #4,2021

A House Journal of IEEE Kerala Section

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/kerala

Words have infinite power. They can create or destroy. They have the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to humiliate, and to humble. Each word we speak has a life of its own, a vibrant signature that creates turbulent waves in the expanse of the universe. It is a powerful tool that can be used to uplift our personal energy and improve our lives. We are not often conscious of the power of the words we speak, read, by which we expose ourselves. Likewise, the words of others too can easily affect our personal vibration.

The words we speak or write are the vehicles carrying meaning, as well as energy. An interesting thing is that we can speak to our baby, our relatives, our boss, or to an audience of a cosmopolitan group. Similarly, we could write in different ways such as a love letter, a workrelated one, or any description on events, a poem or a story or a magnificent note and so on. How many times a day do we throw our words away? Countless! We never think that these words can bring positive or negative energy into our personal vibration. Negative one affects us more quickly on a physical level, yes, they do. Experiments show that sound vibration travels through water four times faster than it does through open air. Considering the fact that our body is over seventy percent water we can understand how quickly the vibration from negative words resonates in our cells. The longevity of our life depend on the power of our tongue!

Words can destroy and/or create as noted above. Sometimes a single word can change everything. Words coming out from a member of a forum or association, being a metropolitan unit unnecessarily interfering or arguing without realizing the facts will create uncomfortable situation among others. Of course, anybody can opine in his own standard and style but that too should not hurt others’ beliefs or convictions, accommodating right of others very well. Recently I witnessed a situation where some contemporary scholars of a professional body confronted another member, irrespective of thinking of the platform they represent, just seeing some title or word without reading the content given in it. The intention of the person who posted the news in the media was to expose his achievements in some other discipline which was irrelevant in others view. Within no time remarks swamped, led the admin to restrict messages. See how a word reacted and created arguments and counter arguments! So, be careful with

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“Be careful about what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there.” -Joel Osteen

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Chairman’s Message

Hello fellow IEEEians, Wish you all a very healthy and joyful year ahead!

Am glad that I could find reasons to congratulate everyone on every edition of this prestigious newsletter . Hearty Congratulations to all for being part of IEEE Kerala Section, which has again become the largest section in the world. We have 13,500+ members engaging in meaningful programs ( 3900+ programs in 2021) attracting new passionate volunteers. A win-win situation where more programs provide both technical and professional content to volunteers grooming them to be Engineering Professionals passionate to give back to society.

Hearty congratulations to the IEEE Kerala Section MinT (More in No Time Application) for bagging the 2021 MGA Outstanding Innovation Award, which also happens to be the first edition of the award. I had mentioned about .MiNT was developed and deployed by the Section Intern’s team mentored by Secretary & ECC. It has become the single platform for facilitating enotices, event promotions, accessing online platforms, blocking facilities etc ensuring that volunteer Leaders can concentrate on the content of the event/program than on the administrative aspects around it.

All India Student YP WIE LM Congress (flagship event of IEEE India Council)AISYWLC’21 with its theme “Together, Stronger, Forward”, culminated as a show which raised the bar of this annual congress, ably led by Prof Shankar J. IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference 2021 (APPEEC 2021) held virtually from 21 – 23 November 2021 with the theme “Power and Energy for a Greener World” enthused varied audiences including researchers, academia, industries and students. A big thanks to Prof Gopalan sir who had been diligently consolidating the events of the Section and its various OUs every quarter! I hope more members take up active volunteering looking at a variety of events and programs taken up by the volunteers ranging from Technical, professional to Humanitarian activity outreach programs. As Kerala is coming under the grip of newer variants of the pandemic,I urge all of you to stay healthy, follow “SMS” and stay focussed to continue finding ways to utilise technology for the benefit of Society!

Warm Regards,

Sarada Jayakrishnan Chair, IEEE Kerala Section, Trivandrum

words. Once they are said by us to another person or group of people, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten. The power of words is so magnificent! The words we write or speak to others can leave a massive impact and create a lasting memory. This may be either good or bad. It is pertinent to note that words can make or break a relationship. Our choice of words and the way we express ourselves can accelerate or destroy our career prospects. Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you. Most of us, though, speak without thinking, blurting out our feelings and thoughts without much regard to the words we choose to express them. So choose them wisely to create positive energy every time, we write or speak.

‘Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Also good words are worth much, and cost little’.

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

Malabar Sub Section

Reported by: Sabiq Puthiya Valappil

Online Faculty Development Program on Recent Trends in Medical Cybernetics

Online FDP on Recent Trends in Medical Cybernetics was conducted by Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Calicut jointly sponsored by TEQIPIII & IEEE Malabar Subsection during 22-26 February 2021. Dr. P.S.Sathidevi, Director-in-charge, NITC has officially inaugurated the program. Dr. S.D. Madhukumar, Dean R&C, NITC

has addressed the gathering. Experts from NITC, IIT Madras, IIST TVM, NSS College of Engineering Palakkad have handled the sessions. Total 32 faculties from various academic institutes have attended the FDP.

ShEra-WIE Event

The ShEra event was conducted on 10thMarch 2021 in the auditorium of NIT Calicut jointly conducted by NIT Calicut and IEEE Malabar Subsection

and WiE to honour and encourage the woman community in the college. The event was inaugurated by Prof. Sathidevi P S , Director in charge of NIT Calicut. The director and lady deans of the institute Prof Sally George, Dean Academic and Prof. Jeevamma Jacob Dean P&D and Dean Alumini Affairs presided over the inaugural function.

As part of the event under IEEE Malabar Section sponsorship food coupons were provided to the 115 sanitization workers of the college and hostel as a token of appreciation of the hard work done by them during the COVID season. This year’s theme for

the event was “Choose to Challenge”. Prof. Shaija, Mechanical department shared on the challenges she faced and how she overcome the same. There was a Zumba session conducted by Zin. Sruthi in which audience actively participated and after which there were cultural activities. The meeting was attended by around 90 faculty, staff and students of the college and was conducted with adherence to COVID protocol.

SB Counselors and Chapter Advisors Meet

IEEE Malabar Hub organized the

Student Branch Counselors and Chapter Advisors meet on 16 May 2021. It was held at 10:30 AM via Google meet. The respective SB Counselors and Advisors from various colleges under the Malabar Hub participated and remarked their presence to enrich the event. The session was inaugurated by Dr. Sabiq PV, Chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection, with his inaugural address. Following him was a session by Prof. Shankar J, Chair, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section. He discussed the best practices to be

followed concerning the IEEE Student Branch Activities. Further, Mr. Shone Jose, Vice-chair, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section spoke about the roles and responsibilities of SB Counselors’ and Chapter Advisors. The hub team also introduced themselves starting from Ms. Anagha N, Student Representative, Mr. Basil Reji, Technical Coordinator, Ms. Femi Shaju, ECC, and finally Ms.AarchaVaradraj, WiE Coordinator. A total of 25 participants were there for the event.

National Conference 2021

Online National Conference on ADVANCES IN COMPUTING COMMUNICATION SIGNALS ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY, ACCSET’21, was organized by College of Engineering Vadakara on 26 & 27 May 2021. The conference was sponsored by TEQIP II and IEEE Malabar Subsection and supported by IEEE PES Kerala chapter and IEEE SB CEV. The conference intended to exchange ideas and good practices, create and strengthen

partnerships and brought together practitioners and specialists in the fields of engineering. ACCSET’21 is the National conference coordinated by the Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology departments of CEV with the theme “Technological solutions for evolving the society”. More than 100 participants across India attend the Conference.

The inaugural ceremony was graced by the presence of Dr. PrahladVadakkepat, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore for the formal inauguration as well as to deliver the key note speech on “COVID Pandemic-Development of affordable emergency ventilators through open innovation”. The occasion was also dignified with the presence of Dr. R. Sasikumar, Director, CAPE, Dr. O. A. Joseph, Principal, College of Engineering, Vadakara, Dr. Smitha C K, TEQIP Coordinator and HODs from all the department, faculty members, staff, students and delegates from various institutes.Dr.RohikaaMicky R welcomed all dignitaries and delegates to the conference and voteof thanks was delivered by Prof. Jisha M V.

Dr. Rajib Kumar Panigrahi, Dept. of ECE, IIT Roorkee delivered a talk on “Polarimetric SAR based Remote Sensing” and Dr. VijayaSaradhi, Dept. of CSE, IIT Guwahati delivered a talk on “Visualization of Unstructured Sports Data-An Example of Cricket Text Commentary” on 27/05/2021. The conference received a total of 92 abstracts and 62 full paper submissions.36 papers were given acceptance letter after a thorough review process. 30 papers registered for the presentation and of which authors of 27 papers are presented.

Talk on IEEE HAC & SIGHT

IEEE Malabar Subsection in association with IEEE SB VJEC organized a webinar on “Introduction to IEEE HAC &SIGHT” on 05/06/2021. The resource person for the event was Mr. Lwanga Herbert,

Chair of the 2021 IEEE SIGHT Steering Committee. He is a member of Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) established by the IEEE Board of directors. A total of 78 participants attended the program. The main highlight of the talk was about HAC Projects funding 2021.

Virtual Distinguished Lecture

IEEE ComSoc VDL by Prof BiplabSikdar, 17 Jun 2021 from 9.30 AM to 11.00 AM, on the topic” Cyber Security and privacy for smart cities”. The Speaker Dr. BiplabSikdar was welcomed by Chairman, IEEE Joint NZ North, South, CentralComSoc Chapter. The event received more than 100 registrations.

of the program is to provide guidelines to engineering aspirants and their parents in familiarizing various branches of engineering education and how to make the best use of 4 years in an engineering institute. This year it marked the Tenth Edition of the event and was conducted in two days in online mode.

Roadmap to Success in Engineering Studies – 2021

IEEE Malabar Subsection organized its flagship event, Roadmap to Success in Engineering Studies 2021, on 14th and 15th August 2021. The objective

Dr. Sathidevi P S, Director-In-Charge, NIT Calicut inaugurated the event and delivered the keynote address. Prof. (Dr.) K P Mohandas, former professor and Dean, NIT Calicut, Dr. Lillykutty Jacob, Professor, NIT Calicut, Dr. Madhu Kumar S D, Professor and Dean, NIT Calicut and Dr. S M Sameer, Professor, NIT Calicut addressed the participants and emphasized about the relevance and significance of studying in engineering programmes. Inaugural session was followed by talks in emerging engineering streams. Dr. Jayaraj P B, Assistant Professor, NIT Calicut and Mr.Saimanoj, Student Secretary, AI Club, NIT Calicut delivered a talk on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Dr. SreekanthMadhavan, CEO, Kabani Tech, provided information regarding the importance of Robotics and IoT to the audience. The information related to Biomedical Engineering and its career opportunities were explained

by Dr. Subha D P, Associate Professor, NIT Calicut.

The event concluded with a panel discussion. Mr. Varghese Cherian, Head, Technology Services, UST, Prof. A Ravi Kumar, former Scientist, ISRO Ahmedabad, Dr. Jisha V R, Associate Professor, College of Engineering Trivandrum, Mr.Sahil Sameer, Class of 2022, IIM Indore, Ms. PoojaHaridas, Engineer, Qburst, Mr.Fredinand Thomas V, Power and Performance Engineer, Intel and Dr. Sameer S M, Professor, NIT Calicut were present as members in the panel discussion. They addressed several queries raised by

the participants and also shared their experience in college and in industry. Overall the event was successful with around 90 participants from kerala and outside.

TESLA 2021-Idea Pitching and Project Competition

(School Level and Engineering Level)

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), MES College of Engineering in association with IEEE Malabar Subsection, aims at enhancing and fostering the culture of scientific interrogation among students. As a part of that, it conducted

TESLA 21, Idea Pitching and Project Competition, to share and exchange ideas of students from various institutions. Considering the present scenario, the event was conducted in online mode.

The school level competition was on 27th July 2021 and engineering level was on 30th July 2021. Among the participants from various institutions, KMHSS Valakkulam bagged the first prize and GHS Thachangad was the first runner up in the school level competition. In engineering level,

Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly secured first prize and MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram was the first runner up.

Decennial Celebration (2010 – 2020)

IEEE Malabar Subsection, formed in 2010 with the initiatives and constant efforts of Prof. K. P. Mohandas who was an active volunteer of IEEE Kerala Section. This subsection has been formed for better networking between professional members and student members of IEEE in the northern districts of Kerala. viz. Palakkad,

Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod.In 2020, IEEE Malabar subsection has completed a decade of its eventful journey and created a historic milestone in the development of Malabar. Within this short span of 10 years, Malabar subsection emerged to be a strong pillar of development and initiatives in the Malabar area and contributed significantly to the Kerala section.

As part of the celebrations of completing mesmerizing 10 years of IEEE Malabar subsection, theExecutive Committee decided to release a souvenir highlighting the journey of MSS in the past decade. The decennial celebration of Malabar Subsection was organized on 30 October 2021. The program was inaugurated by Dr. S M Sameer, IEEE Region 10 Secretary. He also released the souvenir and handed over to Dr. S D Madhu Kumar, Immediate Past Chair. Dr. Sabiq P

V, Chair IEEE Malabar Subsection presided the function. Dr. Gilesh M P, Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section and Mr. Shone Jose, Editor (Souvenir) delivered the felicitation address.

empower 5.0

An Online Workshop on design thinking and resume preparation was organized by IEEE Malabar Subsection in association with IETE Kozhikode Subcentre and KMCT College of Engineering for Women, Kozhikode on 23rd October 2021. The event was named as empower 5.0. The objective of the workshop was to provide answers to the question “What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?” The resource person for the program was RajithKarunakaran, Design Thinker, Corporate Trainer (Grade A, MEPSC), Regional Mentor of Change (Atal Tinkering Lab), Adobe Creative Educator (Level 2).

The program was conducted in two sessions. The first session was on Designing the Future – Design Thinking Simplified. Here the importance of design thinking in the present scenario was highlighted. He started his session by stating the idea of design thinking, advanced design thinking concept. He stated that design thinking is a humanfocused, prototype-driven, innovative design process. Design thinking helps in developing a practical and innovative solution for your problem. It is an iterative process from which one can understand the user and redefine the

problems by attempting an alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of thinking.

An employer wants to meet you – on paper before he or she take time to interview you. Hence, it is important to build a good resume. With that intention, the second session was on flawless resume. Many tips for preparing a CV for a fresher were discussed. Both the session was very much interactive. A total of 75 students participated in the workshop.

SB Counsellor’s and Chair’s Meet

A student branch counsellor’s and chair’s meet was organized by IEEE Malabar Subsection on 28th November 2021. In the meeting Dr. Gilesh M P, Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section clarified the doubts raised by the participants regarding section and subsection awards. There was also discussion on LINK/Hub 2022 nominations and SB EXECOM transition. Mr. Shankar J, Student Activity Chair, provided updates on AISYWLC’21. Dr. Mini Ulanat, Chair, IEEE WIE Kerala Section and Dr. Bijoy A Jose, Secretary, IEEE Kochi Subsection also addressed the participants. There were participants from 23 student branches.

Beyond Glass Barriers 2021 (BGB’21)

A Two day online national workshop for Women in Engineering entitled Beyond Glass Barrier 2021 was organized by WIE wing of IEEE Malabar Subsection in association with NIT Calicut on 28th and 29th December 2021. The aim of this workshop is to inspire, empower and lead budding women in the area of engineering and technology. This year it was third edition of the workshop which introduced a paper presentation contest for professional and student members. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Beena Philip, Mayor, Kozhikode Cooperation on 28th December 2021. Dr. S D Madhu Kumar, Immediate Past Chair, IEEE Malabar

Subsection gave opening remarks and delivered welcome address.

The WIE wing of IEEE MSS this year onwards constituted a new award which will be announced at BGB in order to honor women who have made outstanding contributions in Engineering. Dr. Sabiq P V, Chair IEEE Malabar Subsection briefly outlined about the first ROSE (Recognition for Outstanding Services in Engineering) Award and announced the recipient of this award. Dr. Lillykutty Jacob, former professor, NIT Calicut and senior IEEE Member was bestowed with this award for her outstanding contributions in Engineering. In reply Dr. Lillykutty Jacob addressed the gathering. DrSaradaJayakrishnan, Chair IEEE Kerala Section delivered a talk on “How IEEE Volunteering Enriched my Professional Life”. Day 1 of the workshop ended with vote of

thanks by Dr. Anu Mary Chacko, Chair, WIE, IEEE Malabar Subsection.

Day 2 began with paper presentation contest in two different tracks –professional and student track. Few selected papers in both tracks were allowed to present. Dr. S D Madhu Kumar announced the results of the paper presentation contest. It was followed by a panel discussion on the topic “Challenges and survival techniques during COVID and what beyond COVID”. The panelist were Ms. AshaChacko George (Business Relationship Manager TCS USA), Ms. Aisha Nazia(One of the 30 candidates selected prestigious postgraduate sports executive program, FIFA Master), Ms. AswathiDinil (Psycologist&Tedx Speaker) and Dr. Maria Fracis (Assistant Professor,IIT Hyderabad). Dr. Anu Mary Chacko moderated the panel discussion. Dr. Sabiq P V gave

concluding remarks and delivered the vote of thanks. There were total 55 participants for the event.

Thursday Webinar Series @ 5.30 PM

IEEE Malabar Subsection in association with IEEE Malabar Hub is organizing a Weekly Webinar Series on every Thursday at 5.30 PM. A total of 52 webinars were organized by the subsection during the year 2021 in

which resource persons from different parts of the country as well as from outside the country delivered talks. On an average 60 to 70 participants used to attend the webinar. Webinar series was introduced from June 4, 2020 onwards, with the intention of sharing knowledge among students, professionals, faculty members and common people. The list below shows the details of talk held in weekly webinar series during the year 2021.

Sl No. Title Speaker

1

Internet of things and its Applications to Transportation and Agriculture Sectors

Dr. V. Karthikeyan Assistant Professor Dept. of Electrical Engineering NIT Calicut

2 IEEE Student Member Benefits

Mr. Nandan S. Assistant Professor Dept. of ECE LBS Institute of Technology for Women Thiruvananthapuram Chair, Student Activities Committee (2019-2020), IEEE KS

Dr. DhanukumarPattanashetti

3

IEEE Publications: Enhancing Your Career

Senior IEEE Client Services Manager IEEE India Operations Center, Bengaluru

Dr Abraham T Mathew

4

Perspectives on the New National Education Policy 2020

Principal, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum

Formerly with Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Calicut

Dr. Arun George Mathes Dentist Martial Artist (Kung fu)

Dr. Milind Thomas Themalil Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering and Technology JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur, Rajasthan

DrShameer V K Assistant Professor. General Medicine Medical College, Kozhikode

Mr. Sajin Ismail Assistant Engineer REES, KSEB

Dr. Subha D Puthankattil Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering National Institute of Technology Calicut

Mr. HammadAbdurahiman Director Technowave LLC, USA

Prof. Riyas Ali, Farook Institute of Management Studies, Calicut

RajitKarunakaran,

Dr. Elizabeth Elias, Director, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, Formerly with Department of ECE, National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Mr. RajitKarunakaran,

Mr.Anil Kumar N.G, Sr. Technical Manager, LDRA India &Mr. HimalyaBansal, Business Development, Manager, LDRA, India

Mr.KinneraKiran, M.E., FIETE, SMIEEE, Senior Technical officer (2),Process Engineering & Technology Transfer Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

DrJibenduSekhar Roy, Professor, School of Electronics Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Mr. VipinDevis, Project Manager R&D, Siemens Healthineers, Bengaluru

Dr. VigneshSornamohan, Chief Strategic and Outreach Officer, National Digital Library of India

Dr. Chandrasekharan Nair, Startup Mentor, Kerala Development & Innovation Strategic Council (KDISC)

Dr. Dinesh Yadav, Assistant Professor, ECE, Manipal University Jaipur, Joint Secretary, IEEE Rajasthan Subsection, Secretary, IETE Rajasthan Centre

Dr. K. P. Mohandas, Senior Life Member, IEEE, Former Professor and Dean, NIT Calicut

Dr. Doreen Robin, M.E, Ph.D. Founder and Director - CIRF Chennai, Administrator - BMHSS

Mr. NamithNajeeb, Director, Paramount Computer Systems, Regional Leader in Cyber Security, Qatar

25

High Reporting Rate Measurements for Smarter Grids

Dr MihaelaAlbu, Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 26

Product Development in MicroServices and Cloud

Mr. Roshik Mohamed, Head of Engineering, Amdocs Development Center, Pune 27

AI, IOT and Big Data Applications to Energy, Industry, Health and Technology-A SDG Perspective

Dr. UmashankarSubramaniam, Professor and Distinguished Researcher, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 28

Improving Trustworthiness in AI for Medical Imaging

Dr. B. Lakshmipriya, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, JIPMER, Puducherry 29

Unravelling Molecular Mechanisms of Estradiol-Leptin Crosstalk in Endometrial Cancer

Dr. Suresh P S, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Calicut 30

Prospects for non-Biologists in the field of Biology

Dr. V.B. Sameer Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Central University of Kerala, Kasargod 31

Diagnostic Ultrasound: The Journey from Imaging to Therapy and Beyond

Dr. Mahesh R Panicker, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad 32

Big Data - Technologies, Architecture and Use Cases

Mr. KarimullaShaik, Enterprise Data Architect, Tata Consultancy Services 33 Software Defined Networks: Introduction, Attack vector & Mitigation

DrLokesh Sharma, Associate Professor, School of Computing & IT, Manipal University, Jaipur 34

Electric Vehicles: System Engineering and Career Perspectives

PrasanthPathiyil, Technical Expert, Electric Vehicles, Bosch 35 How to become an Effective Leader?

Mr. MuditYadav, Founder, MY Success Coach 36

Exposure to Innovation and Startup as Career

Dr. TusharPanchal, Assistant Professor, GSMS, CEO, GISCTBI, Incubation Centre, Gujarat Technological University

Graphene-Based Resistive Memory Devices

Dr. JayakumarBalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad 38 Game Theory-Strategic Interactions in Social Fabric

Mr. JayantGanguly, Senior Technical Officer, Regional Science Centre and Planetarium, Kozhikode 39 Physical Layer aspects in 5G

Dr. CH.V.M.S.N.PAVAN KUMAR, Assistant Professor, Department of EC, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh 40 Big Data – Spark/Advanced Technologies and Use Cases

Mr. KarimullaShaik, Enterprise Data Architect, Tata Consultancy Services 41 AI - The Game Changer in Computational Molecular Biology

Dr. Jayaraj P B, Assistant Professor (CSE), Faculty In-Charge (AI Club), NIT Calicut and MrsJisna V. A., Senior Research Scholar (CSE), NIT Calicut 42 Is the Mankind ALONE in the Universe!

Prof. A Ravi Kumar, Former Scientist Space Applications Centre, ISRO Ahmedabad, Immediate Past Chairman, IETE Hyderbad Centre

Dr. Lijiya A, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, NIT Calicut 44 Smart Grid Operation Using Synchrophasor Technology

AI and Assistive Technology

Dr. Manas Kumar Jena, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad

Artificial Neural Networks for System Modelling

Dr. Abdulla P, Professor, Department of ECE, School of Engineering, CUSAT

Dr. M V Rajesh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Chengannur 46 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Interference (EMC/ EMI)

College to Corporate - How to Navigate Smoothly

Sekharan Y Menon, Chief Executive Officer, EdgeVarsity, Bengaluru 48

Internet of Things-An emerging technology for future applications

Dr. Ashok Kumar K, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Matrusri Engineering College, Hyderabad.

49 MIND OUR MIND

Prof. (Dr.) M. N. Mohamedunni Alias Musthafa, Head and Dean, Department of Education, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod 50 Geospatial Technology and Data Management

Dr. Pratheesh P, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod 51 Mutual

Dr. SukomalDey, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad

52 Recent Advances in Deep Learning

Mr VengaKarunakar Reddy, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Matrusri Engineering College, Hyderabad.

1. Basics of Ansys Software

A session on the Basics of Ansys Software was conducted in association with IEEE WIE AG JCET on 18th Oct 2021. The session was handled by Mr. Gokul Raj, Mechanical Software Engineer, Entruple Technologies and Mr. Sathish G, Application Engineer, Entuple Technologies. The session focused on the application of Ansys Software in the Mechanical Engineering domain and how students can make a career in the same. The event saw participation from colleges across Kerala and received insightful feedback.

2. Journey through Final Year Project

A session on ‘Journey through Final

Year Project ’ was conducted by IEEE WIE Travancore Hub on 29th October 2021. The session was handled by Er. Nanma Gireesh (Co-founder, Nestabide) and Mr. Sanju Mathew (CEO, Code Of Duty Innovations). The session discussed methods to approach the final year project for engineering undergraduates and took the participants through the steps from getting a project idea to the implementation and execution stage. The session was well received especially by final year engineering students and attracted insightful feedbacks.

3. She Leads 2021 #2

The second session of She Leads 2021 was conducted on 28th November 2021 with Dr. Meenakshy K ( WIE Chair, IEEE Kerala Section ) in conversation with Dr. Mini Ulanat ( Vice-Chair, WIE India Council and Member of WIE Committee Global ). The session discussed the new policies of IEEE regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion without any discrimination and the importance of the same in the current scenario. The session took the participants through the transformation that has taken place in IEEE regarding the issue and the possible effects of the same in the future. The event saw participation from across Kerala and was well received.

4. Panel Discussion - WIE: A Journey Through Generations ( AISYWLC 2021 )

A panel discussion on the journey

of WIE through generations was conducted as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 11th December 2021. The panellists included Ms. Indu Narasimhan (Retd. Gen. Manager, Tata Power Company), Ms Jyothi Ramaswamy (Security Process and Policy Lead, TCS) and Ms. Preethy V. Warrier ( Siting Engineer at Vestas Wind Technology India Pvt. Ltd.). The session was moderated by Ms. Arundhathi Krishna (WIE Coordinator, IEEE Travancore Hub) and discussed the transformation of WIE, our goals and our activities over generations and society’s approach towards women in the industry and other domains. With the amazing experiences from three

eminent women, the session proved to be very insightful and engaging.

5. Industry 4.0 : Scope and Opportunities ( AISYWLC 2021 )

A session on the scope and opportunities of Industry 4.0 was conducted as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 11th December 2021 handled by Mr. Shyam Pradeep Alil (Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer of Infusory Tech Pvt. Ltd.). The session familiarised the delegates with the rising technological advancements, their scope and the opportunities that will be of great importance in Industry 4.0. The session also included an overview of the projects developed by Infusory Tech and also a live demonstration of

AR assisted learning.

6. Panel Discussion - Avenues for working together with LMAG (AISYWLC 2021 )

A Panel Discussion on the avenues for working together with LMAG was oranized as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 11th December 2021 with representatives from the Student, WIE and YP communities. The session was in the form of an interactive discussion on the expectations on working together with LMAG, where one representative each from the Student, WIE and YP communities were invited to present their views on the same, from the perspective of the respective community. Dr. Mini Ulanat ( Vice-Chair, WIE India Council and Member of WIE Committee Global ) represented WIE community in the discussion and put forward new ideas and suggestions for utilising the resources provided by LMAG for the members of the WIE Community.

7. THINKPAD: Idea Pitching Competition ( AISYWLC 2021 )

An Idea Pitching Competition was conducted in 2 phases as part of AISYWLC 2021 for the registrants. The first phase was abstract submission, based on any one of the provided themes, followed by a

round of shortlisting. The shortlisted teams were qualified for the final presentation round in which the teams

various colleges across Kerala and were enlightened on the various aspects of Product Management. The winners were awarded cash prizes worth Rs. 15,000.

VENUS Campaign in collaboration with WIE Kerala Section hosted She Speaks Panel Discussion series, on the theme Product Management. The participants took part as 3 teams competing in between, with the best performers being selected for the final round, which was conducted on 12th December 2021. The event saw active participation from WIE members from had to elaborate on their chosen idea and discuss the relevance and the execution methodology of the same with the help of a Presentation, which will be evaluated by an expert panel of judges. The judging panel included Dr, Nithyavathy N (WIE Chair, IEEE Madras Section ) and Dr. Swetha Tripathi (WIE Chair, IEEE UP Section). The winners were awarded cash prizes worth 10,000 rupees.

8. She Speaks Panel Discussion

9. Career Symposium - Student

Professional

Activities Awareness

(AISYWLC 2021 )

A Career Symposium in the form of a Panel Discussion was organized

as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 18th December 2021 with panellists from the Student, WIE and YP communities. The discussion focused on giving the students better clarity about the career they want to choose and selecting a suitable career for their interests. Ms. Sapna Giddegowda, Software Professional at VMWare represented the WIE community as the invited speaker, and talked about her journey to the industry after a career break. She also discussed the various methods and opportunities for women to return to work after career breaks and the necessity of the same.

Decennial Celebration (2010 – 2020)

IEEE Malabar Subsection, formed in 2010 with the initiatives and constant efforts of Prof. K. P. Mohandas who was an active volunteer of IEEE Kerala Section. This subsection has been formed for better networking between professional members and student members of IEEE in the northern districts of Kerala. viz. Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod.In 2020, IEEE Malabar subsection has completed a decade of its eventful journey and created a historic milestone in the development of Malabar. Within this short span of 10 years, Malabar

subsection emerged to be a strong pillar of development and initiatives in the Malabar area and contributed significantly to the Kerala section.

As part of the celebrations of completing mesmerizing 10 years of IEEE Malabar subsection, theExecutive Committee decided to release a souvenir highlighting the journey of MSS in the past decade. The decennial celebration of Malabar Subsection was organized on 30 October 2021. The program was inaugurated by Dr. S M Sameer, IEEE Region 10 Secretary. He also released the souvenir and handed over to Dr. S D Madhu Kumar, Immediate Past Chair. Dr. Sabiq P

Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section and Mr. Shone Jose, Editor (Souvenir) delivered the felicitation address.

empower 5.0

An Online Workshop on design thinking and resume preparation was organized by IEEE Malabar Subsection in association with IETE Kozhikode Subcentre and KMCT College of Engineering for Women, Kozhikode on 23rd October 2021. The event was named as empower 5.0. The objective of the workshop was to provide answers to the question “What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?” The resource person for the program was RajithKarunakaran, Design Thinker, Corporate Trainer (Grade A, MEPSC), Regional Mentor of Change (Atal Tinkering Lab), Adobe Creative Educator (Level 2).

Call for Brand Ambassadors - TENSYMP 2022

Hello IEEE Colleague, Greetings from the Organizing Committee of TENSYMP 2022 (Flagship Conference of IEEE R10)

On behalf of the committee, I would like to announce the call for nominations from potential Brand Ambassadors for the Conference from different sections of the IEEE.

The IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP) is one of the official annual conferences owned and organized by the IEEE REGION 10 (Asia Pacific).

The tenth edition of IEEE Region 10 Symposium 2022 (TENSYMP 2022) is being held in Mumbai India during 1st-3rd July 2022 in Physical/Offline ModeVisit IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP) Website for updates and information: http://www.ieeebombay.org/tensymp2022

All the Micro Volunteering Tasks will be communicated to you by email to apply for the application of Brand Ambassador of TENSYMP 2022 fill the Google for m using the link below: https://forms.gle/AvUE4LsVs5ypQzfB7

For More Information Contact; Dr.Chanakya Kumar Jha chanakya@ieee.org

Publicity Chair IEEE TENSYMP 2022 & Dr.Vinit Kotak Vinit_kotak@ieee.org

The program was conducted in two sessions. The first session was on Designing the Future – Design Thinking Simplified. Here the importance of design thinking in the present scenario was highlighted. He started his session by stating the idea of design thinking, advanced design thinking concept. He stated that design thinking is a humanfocused, prototype-driven, innovative design process. Design thinking helps in developing a practical and innovative solution for your problem. It is an iterative process from which one can understand the user and redefine the problems by attempting an alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial

level of thinking.

An employer wants to meet you – on paper before he or she take time to interview you. Hence, it is important to build a good resume. With that intention, the second session was on flawless resume. Many tips for preparing a CV for a fresher were discussed. Both the session was very much interactive. A total of 75 students participated in the workshop.

SB Counsellor’s and Chair’s Meet

A student branch counsellor’s and chair’s meet was organized by IEEE Malabar Subsection on 28th November 2021. In the meeting Dr. Gilesh M P, Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section clarified the doubts raised by the participants

regarding section and subsection awards. There was also discussion on LINK/Hub 2022 nominations and SB EXECOM transition. Mr. Shankar J, Student Activity Chair, provided updates on AISYWLC’21. Dr. Mini Ulanat, Chair, IEEE WIE Kerala Section and Dr. Bijoy A Jose, Secretary, IEEE Kochi Subsection also addressed the participants. There were participants from 23 student branches. Beyond Glass Barriers 2021 (BGB’21) A Two day online national workshop for Women in Engineering entitled Beyond Glass Barrier 2021 was organized by WIE wing of IEEE Malabar Subsection in association with NIT Calicut on 28th

and 29th December 2021. The aim of this workshop is to inspire, empower and lead budding women in the area of engineering and technology. This year it was third edition of the workshop which introduced a paper presentation contest for professional and student members. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Beena Philip, Mayor, Kozhikode Cooperation on 28th December 2021. Dr. S D Madhu Kumar, Immediate Past Chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection gave opening remarks and delivered welcome address. The WIE wing of IEEE MSS this yearonwards constituted a new award which will be announced at BGB in order to honor

women who have made outstanding contributions in Engineering. Dr. Sabiq P V, Chair IEEE Malabar Subsection briefly outlined about the first ROSE (Recognition for Outstanding Services in Engineering) Award and announced the recipient of this award. Dr. Lillykutty Jacob, former professor, NIT Calicut and senior IEEE Member was bestowed with this award for her outstanding contributions in Engineering. In reply Dr. Lillykutty Jacob addressed the gathering. DrSaradaJayakrishnan, Chair IEEE Kerala Section delivered a talk on “How IEEE Volunteering Enriched my Professional Life”. Day 1 of the workshop ended with vote of thanks by Dr. Anu Mary Chacko, Chair, WIE, IEEE Malabar Subsection. Day 2 began with paper presentation contest in two different tracks –professional and student track. Few selected papers in both tracks were

allowed to present. Dr. S D Madhu Kumar announced the results of the paper presentation contest. It was followed by a panel discussion on the topic “Challenges and survival techniques during COVID and what beyond COVID”. The panelist were Ms. AshaChacko George (Business Relationship Manager TCS USA), Ms. Aisha Nazia(One of the 30 candidates selected prestigious postgraduate sports executive program, FIFA Master), Ms. AswathiDinil (Psycologist&Tedx Speaker) and Dr. Maria Fracis (Assistant Professor,IIT Hyderabad). Dr. Anu Mary Chacko moderated the panel discussion. Dr. Sabiq P V gave concluding remarks and delivered the vote of thanks. There were total 55 participants for the event.

Thursday Webinar Series @ 5.30 PM

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 71sttalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Big Data – Spark/Advanced Technologies and Use Cases” by Mr. KarimullaShaik, Enterprise Data Architect, Tata Consultancy Services. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 7October 2021, 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

72ndtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “AI - The Game Changer in Computational Molecular Biology” by Dr. Jayaraj P B, Assistant Professor (CSE), Faculty In-Charge (AI Club), NIT Calicut and MrsJisna V. A., Senior Research Scholar (CSE), NIT Calicut. The program was conducted at 5.30

pm IST on 14 October 2021, 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 73rdtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on“Is the Mankind ALONE in

the Universe!” by Prof. A Ravi Kumar, Former Scientist Space Applications Centre, ISRO Ahmedabad, Immediate Past Chairman, IETE Hyderabad Centre.The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 21 October 2021, 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 74thtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “AI and Assistive Technology” by Dr. Lijiya A, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, NIT Calicut. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 28 October 2021, 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 75th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Smart Grid Operation Using Synchrophasor Technology” by Dr. Manas Kumar Jena, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 4November 2021, 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 76th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Artificial Neural Networks for System Modelling” by Dr. M V Rajesh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Chengannur. The program

was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 11 November 2021, 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 77th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on

“Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Interference (EMC/ EMI)” by Dr. Abdulla P, Professor, Department of ECE, School of Engineering, CUSAT. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 18 November 2021, 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 78th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “College to Corporate - How to Navigate Smoothly” bySekharan Y Menon, Chief Executive Officer,

EdgeVarsity, Bengaluru. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 25 November 2021, 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 79th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Internet of Things-An emerging technology for future applications” byDr. Ashok Kumar K, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Matrusri Engineering College, Hyderabad. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 2December 2021, 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 80th talk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “MIND OUR MIND” byProf. (Dr.) M. N. Mohamedunni Alias Musthafa, Head and Dean, Department of Education, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 9December 2021, 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 81sttalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Geospatial Technology and Data Management” byDr. Pratheesh P, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. The program

was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 16 December 2021, 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 82ndtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Mutual Coupling Reduction

Techniques for MIMO Antennas - An in-depth Survey” byDr. SukomalDey, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Palakkad. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 23 December 2021, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 30 people participated in the program.

IEEE Malabar Section in association with Malabar Hub organized its 83rdtalk of the Weekly Webinar Series on “Recent Advances in Deep Learning” byMr. VangaKarunakar Reddy, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Matrusri

Engineering College, Hyderabad. The program was conducted at 5.30 pm IST on 30 December 2021, Thursday. The Platform was Zoom Cloud Meeting. A total of 65 people participated in the program.

Kochi Subsection

Reported by: Dr. Santhosh Kumar G, Chair, Kochi Subsection

Kochi Subsection has traversed ten glorious years by advancing with one vision and a shared mission through persistent ideas, tireless efforts, and daily improvements. Looking back on this decade’s journey is quite enriching, rewarding, and gratifying. Thanks to the section’s predecessors, we inherited a solid and sound foundation, which helped us aim and achieve more significant objectives. Kochi Subsection is the second subsection Kerala Section covering members from five districts of Kerala State, namely Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alleppey, and Thrissur. The subsection got its formation approval from the IEEE MGA in July 2011. Since its inception, the Kochi subsection has grown as the most significant subsection globally regarding membership and activities. More than 4700 members and volunteers in the Kochi subsection have worked tirelessly to develop and promote IEEE. Susan Kathy Land, the IEEE President, and CEO commended the section’s participation and passion in engineering, technology, and IEEE during the decennial celebrations.

Deepak Mathur, R10 Director, said, “IEEE Kochi Subsection not only contributes to the Kerala Section, but it has great footprints all across IEEE through its remarkable activities and dedicated volunteers.”

The section has vibrant volunteers lined up to undertake any challenging activities, whether professional events, student activities, women in engineering events, humanitarian activities, etc. The joy of volunteering is the wind behind the wings of the Kochi subsection.

The confidence gained through the successful conduct of 2012 INDICON, the IEEE India Council flagship event, has boosted the activities in the section. Kochi has always been a happening place. As Kerala’s commercial and technical capital, Kochi has the largest number of technical organizations and IT companies in Kerala, with thousands of Engineers, Researchers, and technical students. Subsection, joining hands with sister societies like Computer Society of India, IETE, ACM geared up the number of activities

benefiting the members. During these years, the number of events reported by the Kerala Section to IEEE HQ occasionally reached 1000 per year with significant contributions from Kochi Subsection and Kochi HUB.

The subsection has always been keen on reaching out to society with the technological benefits for the betterment. The sixth installation of the flagship IEEE E-Scientia exhibit has been a significant milestone of the section, demonstrating the enthusiasm and dedication of IEEE volunteers of Kochi. In July 2014, then IEEE president Dr. Moshe Kam inaugurated the E-Scientia facility in Cochin University of Science and Technology. As of today, half a million school students visited and enjoyed the exhibit. The role played by the Kochi Subsection in the implementation of Techno Unnati, the IEEE HAC-funded project of IEEE Kerala Section, is remarkable. Since its inception, the subsection conducted its flagship program, ‘Roadmap to Success’, guiding and motivating the engineering aspirants for several years.

The success of IEEE Tensymp 2017 and IEEE TENCON 2019 exemplifies the technical prowess of the Kerala Section and the organizing strength of the Kochi subsection. With these strengths, Kochi is ready to take up any major challenging roles of IEEE.

The current year also has been exciting for the section. The Maker Village visit at Kochi has brought together 30 students from different colleges, exposing them to technology start-ups and companies. The visit to Asimov Lab was a wonderful experience. Amid the Covid-19 hardships, the section could conduct hands-on workshops on Docker Technology, R10 sponsored POCO, a specially designed program for school kids to instill computational skills in them, and a handful of webinars. Coordinating all the photonics society members and conducting a webinar by Dr. Naresh Chand, Associate VP of Photonics Society from USA, the section also played a significant role in forming the Photonics Society Chapter under Kerala Section. A techfest for school students was organized by GHSS Kuttamasseri in association with IEEE Kochi Subsection and Javad K Hassan foundation. 70+ projects were demonstrated with YP volunteers as judges.

Most importantly, the subsection has marked the decennial year of its formation with a grand function at The Hotel Renai, Kochi. The NPOL Director Shri. S. Vijayan Pillai inaugurated the celebrations, all the past chairs and members of the subsection attended the function.

At the AGM meeting held on 15 January 2022, Mr. Joy Sebastian, CEO, co-founder of Techgentia, and the award winner of best video conferencing solution under the Digital India Initiative, addressed the gathering with the storytelling of his hardships and experiences building the VConsol product and his company. Dr. MV Rajesh, the Vice-Chair, welcomed the group. In his message, Dr. Santhosh Kumar G, Chair, stressed the importance of building the section into new heights by collaborating with sections outside the country and designing all future activities emphasizing diversity and inclusion. The section has to do meticulous efforts to bring up women volunteers in the leadership roles. Mr. Abey Easow Joseph presented the annual report detailing all the section’s activities for the year 2021. Dr. Tripti presented the financial report. The AGM unanimously

passed the reports. Dr. Mini Ulanat, Chair, Kerala Section and Dr. Bijoy A Jose, Secretory, Kerala Section, gave their special address during the event. The AGM welcomed the new team for Kochi Subsection under the leadership of Dr. M.V. Rajesh.

The subsection award winners of the year 2021 are as follows: Best Volunteer Award: Mr. Binu A, Asst. Professor, Dept. of IT, RSET, Kakkanad. Certificate of Appreciation: Mr. Ganesh Shekhar, Member, ECC. Certificate of Appreciation: Ms. Harita and Ms. Sharada, Little Apple Academy, USA

Kochi Subsection is proud to be part of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Looking forward to more opportunities to discover the ‘Joy of Volunteering.’

Awards & Recognisations

Reported by: Dr. Gilesh

IEEE MGA Innovation Award 2021 IKS MINT Interns Team- IEEE Kerala Section

IEEE Hall of Fame Award 2021

IEEE Kerala Young Professionals Ms. SunithaBeevi

IEEE MGA WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award 2021

Prof. V K Damodaran

IEEE R10 Outstanding Life Member Volunteer Award 2021

Dr.Biju K

IEEE IAS CMD - Outstanding Chapter Advisor

Shankar J

IEEE R10, Outstanding Volunteer in Academics Award 2021

Dr.Chinoy Saha AICTE - Visveswaraya Best Teacher Award

Jacob Thomas Puthukeril

Section Awards – 2021

Public Awards

Dr KPP Nambiar Award Padmashri Dr C G Krishnadas Nair

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the aerospace industry, including the indigenisation of the sector, the development of advanced aircraft, and his extensive academic contributions.

Outstanding Woman Engineer Award Ms Daisy Devassy Chittilapilly

In recognition of her outstanding leadership in technology-centric enterprises, her passionate support to start-ups and young entrepreneurs, and inspiring young women to join technology streams as a career option.

Outstanding Industry Contribution Award Mr Nandakumar K

In recognition of his pioneering work in starting a successful software-based industry in Kerala. He has been an inspiration to many of the companies that came later and to the computing community at large.

Friend of IEEE Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited

In recognition of their mission to improve the quality of life of people, BGSW has worked closely with the IEEE Kerala Section in its activities in 2021 in developing student talent in engineering colleges.

Outstanding Teacher Award Prof (Dr) Sreejith P S

In recognition of his contributions to education, research and technology, and providing mentorship to the student community.

Outstanding Startup Award

Techgentsia Software Technologies Pvt Ltd

In recognition of its pioneering work in technology, research and development leading to the indigenisation of technology in the country and for being a model for startups.

Professional Awards

Outstanding Volunteer Award Mr Alan Mathew

In recognition of his innovative work in creating an intern team and evolving a working model for the mutual benefit of the Interns and the Kerala Section.

Outstanding Young Professional Volunteer Award

Mr Neeraj Ipe

In recognition of his exemplary efforts to widen the Section outreach, initiating the IKS MinT and Interns Team and ensuring maximum benefit to the Section members.

In recognition of his exemplary contributions to the Kerala Section Young Professionals, the Section’s web operations and the humanitarian initiatives under IEEE.

Outstanding Humanitarian Volunteer Award Mr Anas M M

In recognition of his initiative in enhancing the visibility of SIGHT and organising an all Kerala IEEE SIGHT camp at Wayanad and motivating the students in working for the underprivileged.

Outstanding WIE Volunteer Award Ms Deepa A K

In recognition of her significant contributions to the WIE community, motivation of women engineers and effort in organising Returning Mothers Conference 2021.

Outstanding Researcher Award

Prof (Dr) Leena

Mary

Prof (Dr) Leena Mary

Dr R Sudharshan Karthik

In recognition of her outstanding contributions in education and research and providing mentorship for the student community.

Dr R SudharshanKaarthik

In recognition of his significant work in power electronics and electric drives and his contributions to the Indian space programme.

Best Event (Professional)

Global Outreach Initiative - This Time for Africa

In recognition for successfully collaborating with Nigeria and Kenya Sections, inspiring attendees to retain membership and facilitating international cultural exchange

Special Award for Sustained Contributions

Prof(Dr) K Gopalan Nair

In recognition of his outstanding contributions in leading the publications team of IEEE Kerala Section for the past 25 years and publishing the Section Newsletter without fail during this entire period.

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Student Awards

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Branch Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai

GEC Barton Hill

In recognition of collaborative efforts and a wide variety of activities done by the SB giving importance to member benefits.

SJCET

In recognition for the continuous efforts to engage SB members for their technical and professional development through enhanced chapter activities.

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Branch Counselor

DrVinithaChellappan

Dr Vinita Chellappan

Deena George

In recognition for inspiring and motivating students of IEEE SB GEC Palakkad to push their boundaries in organising technical, entrepreneurial and humanitarian activities

Ms Deena George

In recognition for remarkable contributions to the growth of IEEE SB MACE and encouraging students to bring impactful initiatives that made a new benchmark

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Volunteer Arjun Sunil Kumar

Bhadra Jayakumar

Arjun Sunil Kumar

In recognition of his continued efforts and actively volunteering towards the activities in the Kerala Section.

Bhadra Jayakumar

In recognition of her outstanding contributions towards organising IEEE technology promotion events and activities, across Kerala

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Volunteer (Honorable Mention)

Govindaraman Govindaraman

In recognition of his continued efforts and actively volunteering towards the activities in different IEEE OUs

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Volunteer (Technical Contributions) Gautham P R Gautham P R

In recognition of his exemplary contributions to the IEEE Kerala Section Interns Team in developing an application for easiness of communication within Section.

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Volunteer - Women in Engineering

Arundhathi Krishna

In recognition of her skills in organising excellent events for the WIE community at SB, hub and LINK level.

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Volunteer - Humanitarian

Anjali Menon K R

Anjali Menon K R

Vignesh Haridas

In recognition of her leadership mettle in handling a group of volunteers towards a common goal and for holding up the spirit of IEEE.

VigneshHaridas

In recognition of his excellent contributions towards activities related to humanitarian technologies in Kerala.

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Event Award EV Hack

In recognition of an extraordinary industry-academia collaboration event for the student members of the IEEE Kerala section and the efforts towards bridging the gap between Industry and Students.

IEEE Kerala Section - Outstanding Student Event Award - Special Mention

SPAAM

SPAAM

Upscale '21

In recognition for the excellent contributions to building professional awareness, technical & soft skills of students through various competitions & sessions

Upscale ‘21

In recognition for promoting entrepreneurship and innovation for nurturing the young minds by opening a path to become successful entrepreneurs & job givers

Antenna & Propagation Society

Reported by: Dr. P Abdulla

In 2021 APS Kerala Chapter have organized a total of 7 technical events which includes two weekscontinuous training programme and one week Faculty Development Programme. We conducted General Body of the Chapter in June 2021.

Program #1: Two Week Training Programme on “Hello EMI & EMC! Learn to Detect and Decode”

Hello EMI & EMC! Learn to Detect and Decode”, from the 26th of July till the 06th of Aug 2021 in association with the IEEE APS Kerala Section & Convergent Technologies Pvt Ltd at Department

of Electronics, CUSAT in online mode. The program had over 300 participants registered from all over India in which 21 was from NPOL, Cochin and over 40 professionals from outside Kerala. Prof. Madhusudan,Vice Chancellor, CUSAT inaugurated the event in online mode at 3.30 PM on 26 the July. 2021. SyrfaZahiraSapuan, Professor Dept of Electronic Engineering, UniversitiTun Hussein Onn, Malaysia delivered the Key note addressabout EMCconcept Standards and Methods followed by the inauguration on the same day.

On 27, 28 and 29 th, Tektronix

– Convergent Technologies

Handsonhandled the class about Introduction to EMI/EMC | Over view of RSA518A, EDUFL-SVPC and all components, EMCVU, Demo on Conducted Emission Measurement| Overview of Antennas and Demo on Radiated Emission Measurement. On 30th Aug. Shri. Sandeep M. Satav, Research Centre Imarat, DRDO, Hyderabad. Discussed about: EMI-EMC in Defense Sector - An Introduction. 31st DassaultSystemes – Jyoti Electronics – Hands-on - handled CST Microwave software for 3D EMI/EMC simulation and 6th Aug Dr. Praveen Kumar A. V., BITS, Pilani discussed about Developing and Teaching a course on EMI/EMC & Feedback.

Next week 2nd Aug Shri. Vineesh S and Shri. Kranti Kumar Chikkamfrom

Bosch India, Bengaluru handled the session on :EMC for Safe, Automated, Electrified & Connected Mobility. 3rd Aug. Shri. SajiChandrachood, VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum took the class on :EMI/EMC Test Philosophies and Practices for Space Systems. 4th Aug. Shri. Salil P., EMI/EMC Division, SAMEER Centre for Electromagnetics, Chennai. took the class on: Shielding for Electromagnetic Compatibility 5th Aug Dr.Thomaskutty Mathew, GITAM School of Science, Bangalore. dleivered the talk in: Active Probes for Electromagnetic Near Field Measurement Program #2: General Body Meeting of APS in online mode

12th June, 2021 We conducted an online General body meeting of APS

in which former Chairs of APS and Vice Chair, Kerala Section attended along with the members of IEEE APS. We discussed a lot issues the members facing in the pandemic period. We also discussed about the Syllabus related to KTU affiliated colleges especially antennas and microwave fields.

Program # 3: Webinar

18th September we conducted a webinaron Beam forming networks for 5GbyDr. MrinalKantiMandal, Associate Professor, Dept. of E and ECEIndian Institute of Technology, Kharagapur

Program # 4: Webinar

24th September, 2021 Conducted second webinar on Antennas and Its Radiation Mechanism

by Dr.Yatendra Kumar SingAssociate Professor, Dept. of EE Indian Institute of Technology, Patna.

Program # 5: Webinar

2nd October, 2021, Conducted the third webinar on Presents Webinar on MetasurfaceAntennas: Beyond Beamsteering…Beyond 5G..by Dr. K.J. Vinoy,Professor &Chair Dept. of ECEIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Program # 6: One Week Faculty Development Programme in Hybrid mode.

The IEEE APS (Kerala chapter) sponsored Faculty Development Programme on ‘Microwave Antennas

and Applications’ was held in hybrid mode during 6 – 10 December 2021 with the first four days in online mode and the final day in offline mode at the host institution, MES College Marampally. This FDP has been organized to open up opportunities to enrich the technical skills and quality of delivering by way of their interaction with the academicians of the leading technical institutes and technical personnel hailing from industries. Online sessions were held from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm in Google Meet platform and the face-to-face mode programme were held at MES College Marampally on 10 December 2021 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.Sixty

six persons registered and attended the online sessions and 34 participants attended the offline programme held at MES College Marampally Program # 7: One day workshop on Space Antennas. The IEEE APS (Kerala chapter) sponsored one day workshop on ‘Space Antennas’ was held in physical mode at NSS college Rajakumari, Idukki on 22, Dec., 2021. It was a very good event and nearly 50 participants from faculties and students attended the workshop. Chair APS, Dr. Abdulla P. from CUSAT, Former Chair Dr. ChinmoySaha from IIST and Dr. Biju Treasurer, Kerala Section handled various sessions.

ComSoc News Communication Society

Reported by: Anjana P Das, Secretary

.IEEE PROCOMM: IEEE Communication Project Competition 2020

Date : 14th Dec’2020 to 15th Feb’2021

Participants : 65 (IEEE Members)

A Project competition was conducted by IEEE Communications Society Kerala Chapter . IEEE PROCOMM was an online technical project contest for the engineering students to showcase their innovative, path- breaking ideas. PROCOMM develops the student’s ability to work with his or her peers, build teamwork and group skills. This was a team event. The abstract ideas were submitted for prelims online for which the submission was open from 14th Dec’2020 to 15th Feb’2021. There were two rounds for this contest, project abstract submission and project presentation. The “Final Project Presentation” was scheduled on 24th April 2021 at 5.00 pm IST. Judging Panels for were; Sajini T - Joint Director CDAC ,Trivandrum,Dr Anjana P Das - AI specialist TATA ELXSI, Trivandrum,Dr. Lakshmi Narasimhan Theagarajan, Assistant Professor, IIT Palakad,Dr. Divya S Vidhyadharan Research

Engineer, Augsense Lab, India,Dr. Shiju S S - Architect A I Automation, Litmus7, Trivandrum,and Dr. Athira U, A I researcher respectively. There were a total of 65 project entries (39 colleges, 11 sections, 3 countries). The best team was awarded with USD 200+PLAQUE for first, USD135+ PLAQUE and US100+PLAQUE for third respectively. Also USD 15 for each shortlisted project. The winners for the competition were 1st- INNOVATORS, 2nd- BOOLEAN, 3rd- PHOENIX, 4rth- 2 BIT, 5th- ACES and 6th- CODE4-VYUH.

3. Escoge March Edition Date : 30th March ‘2021 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 March Edition (10th edition) there were 154 participants. The winners were 1st Elvin M Abraham, 2nd Sruthy R and 3rd Shahanas KS.

4.GraTE’7: Graduate Thesis Evaluation in 7minutes

It is an annual event where graduated students of the previous year (2020) would submit the synopsis and other details as mentioned below

for a chance to be recognized as the best thesis work and be awarded a handsome cash prize. Organized by IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) Hyderabad jointly with ComSoc Kerala Chapter, Bangalore Chapter and Kolkata Chapter. The registration was open from 22 May 2021 to 24 April 2021. There were 11 shortlisted members and 3 shortlisted members from Masters Category. Shortlisted graduates were asked to present their work in the final process (on the event date) to the audience and panelists. Based on the work quality and other details, 3 best ME/ MTech/MS/ thesis and 4 best PhD theses (total Great 7) was awarded. The award carried 20,000/- INR for each PhD and 15,000/- INR for each MS/ME/MTech and Certificate of recognition. The certificate was also given to the corresponding Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor in recognition as the

best supervisor/Co-supervisor of the year. Result was announced on the presentation day.

6. MD at College of Engineering Poonjar

Date : 30th April 2021 Time : 7 pm IST Platform : Google Meet Attendees : 45(IEEE : 30, NON IEEE: 15)

The Membership development session for the commencement of the new Communications Society (ComSoc) in IEEE Student Branch College of Engineering Poonjar was conducted on 30th April 2021. The speaker for the Membership Development session was Ruben Abraham Shibu, Kochi Hub Student Representative IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. The Branch councillor of IEEE SB CEP, Dr. Jobymol Jacob, had attended the session and conveyed her Best wishes for the team. Mr. Nishanth Benny, the Student Representative of IEEE ComSoc Kerala chapter, had 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. Then he explained the benefits of being a Comsoc member which include several standard publications, journals, magazines and Distinguished Lecture programs, etc. It gave a boost of energy to all the coordinators and members to volunteer.

8.AMATEUR RADIO WORKSHOP

Date : 17th May 2021 Time : 5pm to 6pm Participants : 96 Platform : Cisco Webex(online Platform)

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication. Many students don’t know Amateur Radio Operators so this was a great exposure about this particular area. A workshop on “Amateur Radio” was organized by IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter in collaboration with IEEE ComSoc SBC UKFCET on 17th May 2021 as part of World Telecommunication

Day, 2021. It was a hands-on session for the students. The session was handled by Mr. Abhijit AR (HAM Operator, call sign: VU30SV) and Prof. Shankar J (HAM Operator, call sign: VU3FIY). The welcome address was delivered by Ms. Archana S (Documentation assistant, IEEE ComSoc SBC UKFCET). The workshop session started at 5:20PM(IST) with a live demonstration of Amateur Radio operations and explained how to communicate with other HAM operators and also they both talked with each other using Amateur Radio so that others could understand more of it. The first session was handled by Mr Abhijit AR and he also explained the various uses and

advantages and disadvantages of using Amateur radio.

9.Morse-iT

As part of Morse Day Celebration, a Morse code challenge was organised by IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. Morse iT was an online Morse Code decoding challenge for Engineering students , it helped students to familiarize with Morse Code and also assisted them to develop their communication skills. This competition consisted of three phases. Firstly on 27th April, 2021 we conducted an open to all “Morse Code Decode challenge” where we have received a total of 88 participants from different colleges. Then on 30th April, 2021 we conducted the “Morse iT Decoding Competition”, this

competition was only open for those who were the participants of the morse code challenge and there were 16 participants qualified for the finals.

On 5th May, 2021, Morse iT Decoding Final Competition was conducted from 8:30 to 11:30PM (IST). Competition was only for the shortlisted participants. The winners of this Final Decoding competition were 1st Samnoon MuAd,T K (RIT,Kottayam), 2nd Divya Ann Kurien(TKM,Kollam) and 3rd Rese Raju (SJCET,Palai) respectively.

10. WICE EVENT DISCUSSION

Date : 30th , May , 2021

Time : 7pm to 8:00pm Venue : Cisco Webex No of Participants : 14 Agenda : About Massive MIMO for VLC IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter conducted a meeting regarding the technical talk on the concept of massive multiple input – multiple output (MIMO) for Visible Light Communication that was delivered by Prof. Ana Garcia Armada, Professor University Carlos XII, Madrid, on 30thth May 2021 at 7PM through Google Meet.

11. Talk Session “Massive MIMO for VLC” by Ana Garcia Armada

Date : 31st , May ,2021 Time : 7:00PM (IST) Venue : Cisco Webex No of participation : 58 members Women in Communication Engineering (WICE) organised a technical talk on the concept of massive multiple

input – multiple output (MIMO) for Visible Light Communication that was delivered by Prof. Ana Garcia Armada, Professor University Carlos XII, Madrid, Spain.

The talk was mainly about the concept of massive multiple input – multiple output (MIMO) for Visible Light Communication and its application to visible light communications (VLC) will be explored.

14. 6 G SUMMIT DISCUSSION

Date : 11th , June , 2021

Time : 7pm to 8:00pm

Venue : Google Meet No of Participants : 3

Agenda : Conduction of Global 6G Summit, WIE Event Discussion.

IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter conducted a meeting regarding conduction of Global 6G Summit, where technological transformation of 5G to 6G will be highlighted. This event

included a series of talks based on this 5G to 6G,this will also include a panel discussion that includes high profile personalities. Then after discussion Dr Gopakumar Sir has said to make a presentation on this and present it to the ExCom members. There were also discussions about the speakers for the webinars. After submitting the event proposal and about all the speakers and other technical support , it was decided that the event will be able to be conducted by the month of august or september . Finally there was a WIE event proposal discussion. .15.

INGENIUM

Date : 12th and 13th June , 2021

Time :10:00 AM – 1:00 PM(IST)

Participation : 169 members

Platform : Webex Meet(Online Platform)

IEEE ComSoc Society Student Branch Kerala Chapter had conducted an event “INGENIUM” in collaboration

with College of Engineering perumon on 12th and 13th June 2021 at 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM(IST) . There were a total of 150 plus registrations. The event consisted of two rounds, Round 1Group Discussion Round and Round 2 - Mock Interview.

We formed participants into 20 groups where each group consisted of 8 members. The first round , group discussion was conducted on 12th June and started at 10:00 AM(IST) and the platform used to conduct this event was Webex Meet. Then 12 participants who performed best in group discussion were selected for the final round.

In the final round , Mock interview was conducted on 13 June at 10:00 AM and ended at 12:30 PM(IST) . The judges for the events were Mr Anshul, senior Data Analyst at Mercedes- Benz Research and Development India and Ms. Soumya V S, Technical specialist in TATA ELXSI. According to the performance and judge’s evaluation, the winners were, 1st Jacob Joshy (CET, Trivandrum), 2nd Ajay Raj K P(RSET, Ernakulam), 3rd Vaishna V (TKMCE, Kollam).

16. Virtual Distinguished Lecture

CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY for SMART CITY

Date : 17th June 2021

Time : 09:30 AM -11:00AM

Venue : Zoom Meeting No of Participants : 98 Participants

IEEE PES SBC CEV in association with IEEE SB CEV, IEEE Kerala Section, IEEE PES Kerala Chapter, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter blissfully organised a Virtual distinguished lecture on “Cyber Security and Privacy For Smart Cities”. The lecture was handled by an eminent professional, Dr. Biplab Sikdar, Associate Professor, Electronics And Communication Department, of National University

of Singapore. Abstract : Modern cities have embarked.

17. A Delve into Easy EDA

Date : 19th and 20th, June , 2021 Time : 7:00PM (IST)

Venue : Cisco Webex No of participation : 93 members

The two-day workshop “A Delve into EasyEDA ‘’ organized by Women in Communication Engineering, IEEE Comsoc SBC NSSCE as part of the Women in Engineering day was conducted on 19th and 20th of June 2021 at 7 PM IST using the google meet platform. The session aimed to introduce to students the software and give them a hands-on experience and training session. The session was handled by Mr. Ashwin C S, founder of Bitnut technologies.

21. Knock Out

Date : 27th ,June,2021 Time : 10:00AM (IST)

Venue : Google Meet(Online Platform) No of participation : 72 participants

IEEE WICE ,Communication Society Student Branch Chapter of College of Engineering Perumon had conducted an event “ KNOCK OUT – Debate Competition“ in collaboration with IEEE WICE Kerala Section on 27th June 2021. Almost 20 teams participated in the debate. Our judges were Prof. Thasneem Salam H and Prof.Abhilash R S from College of Engineering Perumon.

22. IMPEDIO

Date : 25th ,June,2021 Time : 7:00PM (IST)

Venue : Google Meet and Kahoot

Kerala Section

site(Online Platform)

No of participation : 72 participants

The Kahoot competition “ IMPEDIO let’s unwrap it” organised by Women in Communication Engineering(WICE)

IEEE ComSoc SBC GECPKD in association with WICE IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter,WIE AG IEEE SB GECPKD and WIC IEEE CS SBC GECPKD as a part of the Women in Engineering day conducted on 25th of June 2021 at 7

PM IST using google meet platform and Kahoot site. The quiz was based on the topic “women in technology”.

1st place secured by Sreelakshmi SGEC Palakkad

2nd place secured by Lekshmi sharmaAdi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology.

3rd place secured by Milen Ninan Ittyepie – College of Engineering Kidangoor

Writing Elites

Date : 20th ,June,2021 Time : 10:00AM (IST) Venue : Google Form(Online Platform) No of participation : 40 participants

IEEE ComSoc SBC MESCE conducted an article writing competition ,“Writing Elites” as a part of Women

in Engineering Day. The competition was conducted in collaboration with Women in Communicating Engineering-IEEE ComSoc Kerala chapter. The topic for the article writing was “An engineer who inspired

you to pursue engineering.

VDL on Mobile Edge Computing for 5G and Beyond

Date : 20th ,June,2021

Time : 09:30AM (IST)

Venue : WebEx(Online Platform) No of participation : 60 participants

IEEE Communication Society in association with IEEE New Zealand North/South/Central Jt. Section, IEEE New Zealand North Section,IEEE Kerala Section and IEEE Kolkata Section Jt.Chapter blissfully organised

a IEEE ComSoc Virtual Distinguished Session on Mobile Edge Computing For 5G-And-Beyond. The session was handled by an eminent speaker Mr.Kaibin Huang, Professor from the University of Hong Kong. August Report

TRIAC 2.0 IEEE PES Kerala Chapter, IEEE Computer Society Kerala Chapter, and IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter organized the magnificent second edition of the technical event, TRAIC 2.0 (Technical

Kerala Section

Revamping Initiative Aspired Concourse), co-hosted by IEEE SB CEK. The two-day event was conducted virtually via Google Meet on the 2nd and 3rdof October 2021. The event successfully launched a schedule of a oneday workshop covering the basics, followed by a hackathon to assess the learning process of the past day. The workshops held were Power System Analysis and Simulation using Python, Game Development, and 2D to 3D IC-

hackathon winners were provided a pool prize of ₹15,000, and currently, a Prototyping Challenge is happening right now, which offers a cash prize worth ₹20,000.

Inauguration Ceremony

Changing trends in Semiconductor IC Design. The resource persons for the above workshops cum hackathons were Er. Hari Prasad (Co-Founder and CTO of Zellab Dynamics Pvt. Ltd), Vishnu V (Technical and Operations Support Officer, GADS LLP), and Mr. Radeep Krishna R (Former Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Tamil Nadu) respectively. The

The Inaugural Ceremony of Technical Revamping Initiative Aspired Concourse~TRIAC 2.0 was organized on 2nd October 2021 at 9 AM IST. Prof. V K Damodaran, Fellow, IE (India); Life Senior Member, IEEE (NY), was the Chief Guest of the august ceremony. The event also witnessed the presence of dignitaries such as Er. A K Suhair (Chair, IEEE PES Kerala Chapter), Dr. Gopakumar A (Chair, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter), Dr. Vishnu Kumar S (Vice-Chair, IEEE CS Kerala Chapter) and Prof. Sabeena K (Advisor, IEEE SB CEK). The ceremony ended at 10 AM IST.

Power System Analysis and Simulation using Python - Workshop cum Hackathon

Power System Analysis and Simulation using Python workshop was taken on 2nd and 3rd October 2021 by Er. Hari Prasad (Co-Founder and CTO of Zellab Dynamics Pvt. Ltd). About 50 participants attended the workshop.

Day 1: The first day of TRIAC 2.0 commenced with the session wherein the resource person covered topics including basics of Python, basics of Power System, introduction to Power System Simulation in Python, load flow analysis in Python, optimal power flow problem, and power system network topology analysis.

Day 2: The second day consisted of a Hackathon from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM IST. Participants were given two problems based on the topics taught the previous day. The first position was won by Team Dhruva (College of Engineering, Attingal). The second position was bagged by Team Anonymous (College of Engineering, Thalassery), followed by Team Quintet (Government Engineering College, Thrissur) in the third position.

Game Development - Workshop cum Hackathon

A two-day workshop cum hackathon based on Game Development was handled by Vishnu V (Technical and Operations Support Officer, GADS

LLP). A total of 37 students attended the session.

Day 1: The workshop provided

a detailed explanation of Game Development, introduction to Unity, and 3D Game Development.

Day 2: The Hackathon started at 8 AM and ended at 8 PM, whereby the students were divided into teams to design their own game.

Team Northmen (Amal Jyothi College of Engineering) won the first position. Team Techjunkies (Amal Jyothi College

of Engineering) and Team Matrix (Government College of Engineering, Kannur) secured the second and third positions respectively.

2D to 3D IC- Changing trends in Semiconductor IC Design - Workshop cum Hackathon

The two-day workshop cum Hackathon on the topic, 2D to 3D IC- Changing trends in Semiconductor IC Design, was handled by Mr. Radeep Krishna R, Former Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE at Kalasalingam Academy of Research And Education, Tamil Nadu. About 34 students attended the session.

Day 1: The resource person delved into both 2D IC Design and 3D IC Design. He also explained about Partition, Floor Planning, Placement, and Routing under 2D IC Design.

Day 2: The Hackathon began at 10 AM IST, which was based on the application of any technique on 2D IC designing and concluded by 3:30 PM IST.

Team Ace (St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai) won the first position. Team Frequency (St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai) and Team Tharanga (Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology, Delhi) won the second and third positions respectively. The team received a lot of positive responses and appreciation from the delegates regarding the event. The delegates were able to improve their technical knowledge and got an ideal rostrum to showcase their skills. The event turned out to be another feather

The Inaugural Ceremony of INDICOMM 2021 was organized on 8th October 2021 at 5:30 PM IST. Mr. Amarnath Raja, Chair- Admissions and Advancements Committee, IEEE MGA was the Chief Guest of the august ceremony. The event also witnessed

the presence of dignitaries such as Dr Bijuna Kunju (Chair, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt.Chapter Kerala), Dr. Gopakumar A (Chair, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter). The ceremony ended at 6:00 PM IST. Keynote #1

The first keynote session of INDICOMM 2021 was handled by Dr. Jobin Francis, Assistant professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. Keynote #2

The second keynote session of INDICOMM 2021 commenced by 7:00 PM on 8th October 2021. The session was handled by Ms. Sarada Jaykrishnan , Chair IEEE Kerala Section ( DGM) operation, Terumo Penpol. She started her talk with a few general

topics.

Society Track#1 Evolution of Power Electronics and benefits of IEEE PELS Date: 09/10/2021

On the 2nd day of Indicomm, a 3-Day Technical Conclave jointly organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala and IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter the society track was based on the Evolution of Power Electronics and benefits of IEEE PELS. The session was handled by Dr Biju K, Treasurer IEEE Kerala Section.

The session started up by giving an introduction to the history of power electronics and its significance in the industrial revolution. Topics he spoke of include the main power

electronic devices, application of power electronics in industrial, transportation, residential systems etc. After that, the emergence of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, student travel grants offered by IEEE PELS, other PELS student-related activities, and PELS publications were discussed. The session began at 5.00 P.M and lasted for One and a half hours with a good number of attendees and received very good feedback. He gave the student members a very clear idea about power electronics.

Society Track #2 Cyber forensics: New areas and

challenges

On the 3rd day of INDICOMM jointly organised by IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter and IEEE IA/IE/PELS Kerala Chapter had a wonderful session on Cyber forensics: New areas and challenges with Ms Dija S - Associate director/scientist F, Cybersecurity group, C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram. The session discussed the rise of Cybercrimes emerging around the world and the required measurements we as an individual have to take to keep us safe from cyber attacks. Dija ma’am pointed out that “the more the technology develops, the more the

cybercrime rises”. The session was from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM IST. The session was hosted online via Cisco WebEx Meetings. Ms Dija S shared her enormous insights on cyber forensics and overall the session was a huge success. The session received huge feedback from the participants as well.

Panel Discussion Post Covid Job Prospects

The panel discussion on ‘Post Covid Job Prospects’ was one of the highlights of Indicomm 2021, a 3-Day Technical Conclave jointly organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala and IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. Being moderated by Mr. Varghese Cherian, Head, Technology Services, UST Global, the panel discussion

conducted on October 9, 2021 from 6.00 P.M to 7.00 P.M through an online platform included eminent panellists such as Ms. Archana, HR, UST Global, and Mr. Faisal M P, Lead Technical Project Manager, Q2, Banglore. While the discussion focused on the career opportunities before and after the global pandemic the panelists shared their perspectives on the enormous trends in the job market as well as the emerging requirements that are unique to the respective sectors.Emphasis was also given to the need of e-learning and soft skill development and how they can be capitalised for career development of a professional student. As the session enlightened the audience with a plethora of opportunities in

sectors such as cybersecurity, energy, bioinformatics etc after the pandemic era, the advice by panelists on cultivating a career path was extremely beneficial for the young aspiring engineers. Later they recollected their initial interview experiences, which helped the participants understand how to persevere and respond in such situations. At the conclusion of the panel discussion, the moderator summarised the important points raised by the panellists and provided a closing note. The attendees were provided with a comprehensive picture of the different opportunities and spaces available in various sectors and by the end of the session they were also given a glimpse of various domains of engineering, future prospects as well as their individual but interdependent role towards a sustainable future. The panelists promoted the importance of personnel development, its direct correlation with professional development and the importance of nurturing qualities like honesty, punctuality, a spirit of service and cooperation as they embark on their professional journey.

Workshop on ASIC AND FPGA DESIGN FLOW

Date : 9th, October 2021

Time : 5:30PM (IST)

Venue : Webex(Online Platform) No of participation : 40 participants

On the second day of Indicom 2021, It had a workshop on ASIC AND FPGA DESIGN FLOW by Mr Sreejeesh SG, Senior Technical Officer, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Calicut. Workshop on

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Technical Research Writing October Report 28. UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks

IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter organised an Essay Writing Competition as part of IEEE DAY on UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks. The competition had an enormous participation and the competition had a prize pool of Rs.2500.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY BOARD (CAB)

Reported by: Dr. Lillykutty Jacob, Chair

Chair: Dr. Lillykutty Jacob

Secretary: Dr. C V Anil Kumar

Members:

Dr.Biju K

Dr.Bijoy Antony Jose

Dr.BijunaKunju K

Dr.Jobin Francis Dr.Suresh K

Conferences Technically/Financially Co-Sponsored ByIeee Kerala Section In 2021

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Organizer/venue Dates

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International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology 2021 (ICITIIT-21)

IIIT Kottayam 1112Feb2021 2

International Conference on Communication, Control, and Information Sciences (ICCISc-2021)

Government Engineering College, Idukki

16- 18 June 2021 3

8th International Conference on Smart Computing and Communications (ICSCC- 2021)

Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, Kochi

1- 3 July 2021 4

2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS 2021)

AdiShankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady

2-4 Sept. 2021 5

2021 International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications (ICACC)

RSET, Kochi 21 -23 Oct 2021 6

Fourth International Conference on Microelectronics, Signals and Systems (ICMSS 21)

TKMCE, Kollam 18 – 19 Nov, 2021 7

IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference 2021 (APPEEC 2021)

PES Kerala Chapter 21- 23 Nov 2021

8 5th International Conference On Condition Assessment Techniques In Electrical Systems (CATCON 2021)

NIT Calicut 3 – 5 Dec 2021

CONFERENCEs APPROVED FOR TECHNICALLY/FINANCIALLY CO-SPONSORSHIP BY CAB FOR 2022

S. No Conference Title

1

International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology 2022 (ICITIIT-22)

Organizer/venue Dates Proposed

IIIT Kottayam 12- 13Feb 2022

SPICES 2022 MBCET, TVM 10 – 12 March 2022 3

2

International Conference on Innovations in Science and Technology forSustainable Development 2022(ICISTSD 2022)

College of Engineering, Perumon

June 17 –18, 2022

International Conference on Computing, Communication, Security and Intelligent Systems (IC3SIS-2022)

4

International Conference on Futuristic technologies in Control systems & Renewable Energy (ICFCR)

SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty, Ernakulam, Kerala

MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala

21, 22 July 2022

23, 24, 25 June 2022 5

6

Second International Conference on Next Generation Intelligent Systems, ICNGIS 2022

Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT 2022)

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam

29-31, July 2022 7

Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur, Kerala

11th -12th August 2022

CNAG News Consultants Networking 2021

Reported by: Prof. V K Damodaran, Chair, CNAG Kerala

The IEEE Consultants Network as an Affinity Group (CNAG-K) under Kerala Section showed immense progress during the year 2021, in sensitizing professionals in Kerala on how their erudition and skills, as well as long experience can be better utilized for the benefit of community in general, and in development works inside Kerala, in addition to being employed even outside the country.

CNAG-K had 238 members during the year with 111 professionals, and the rest 127 are students. The group was led by Prof. V K Damodaran, LSM as Chairman, Er. A Suhair, LSM as Vice Chair, Er. Gitin Jacob George, YP as Secretary, and Er. Jithin Krishnan, YP as the Treasurer.

The work on creating a Database of Consultants available in Kerala is underway during the year and when completed, this will help in highlighting the potential within Kerala, and help those who are on the lookout for the right type of Consultants to undertake works for their institutions and projects.

Five Volunteer Teams were formed in 2021 on Web Development, Social Media, Content writing, Graphic Design, and Event Coordination respectively.

Also, a full-fledged website for CNAG was under development. These efforts helped in getting much higher participation at the webinars conducted, as well as vibrancy in discussions that followed.

Very relevant and useful presentations – Four numbers – were organised in 2021 as follows:

1. Pitfalls in Consultancy Contracts by Er. A M Narayanan who worked in large engineering projects in countries abroad at senior management levels.

2. Importance of Resources Assessment and Monitoring in Solar PV projects byEr. Ajith Gopi, of ANERT having experience in large renewable energy projects in Europe and in India.

3. New opportunitiesin Green Energy: Biogas & Beyond. (1) Ag. Er. Walter Danner: HighPerforming,

Economic & Sustainable Biogas

Power from Wastes: & (2)Er. Ms. Katharina Danner:Boosting Biogas and Agriculture with Bio-Char: (Founders of Snow Leopard GmbH, Germany).

4. How Business Analysis helps in delivering Effective Business

Solutions by Mrs. FathimaSuhair, Lead Business Analyst at Adaptive US Inc.

In addition, CNAG participated in consultations to develop a Consultants Network Activity Format for all the CNAGs globally under IEEE, leaving the doors open for further versatility in consultant segment.

Kerala Section Membership Count A Global Record

CASS News

Circuit and Systems Society

Reported by: Dr. B. Premlet, Chair

The following activities were conducted by Circuit and Systems Society in the year 2021.

1. IEEE CASS Seasonal School on Intelligence in Chip: Tomorrow of Integrated Circuits (ICTIC) (Online, Aug 1-5, 2021) The 2021 Intelligence in Chip: Tomorrow of Integrated Circuits (ICTIC) - IEEE CASS Seasonal School, was conducted in online mode on 1-5th Aug 2021. The event was hosted by Digital University Kerala, in association with Siegen University, Germany and IEEE CASS Kerala chapter. This seasonal school covered a range of topics that involved the development and use of Intelligent Chips with emerging technologies. The emergence of sensors and near sensor processing is warranted by the need to collect and process data for various types of automation. As more and more devices are connected to the internet, the need to have higher bandwidths and computing infrastructure increases. Offloading the computing to near sensors through neural accelerators and chips is now increasingly becoming the natural

solution. This also pushes the need to have low energy consumption for practical use of intelligent chips. The efficient design, and uses of memories to mimic the neural accelerator implementations have been one of the keenly sought topics of study. This seasonal school was organised to train the next generation of engineers in this vibrant research domain of designing intelligent systems. The seasonal school welcomed registration from a diverse group of engineers, from doctoral students to those working in industry as well as academics. About 350 participants from 31 countries attended this five-day seasonal school event. In continuation to the event, 100 students will be identified to create new student chapters, and a tutorial book sponsored by IEEE CASS will be released in the upcoming months.

Photos from the event

The event was inaugurated by Dr Suresh Nair, IEEE India Chair. In his inaugural speech, he highlighted the importance of product development. Dr SajiGopinath, the Vice-Chancellor of Digital University Kerala, also

addressed the inaugural event and highlighted the wide possibilities in the field of neural chips. Prof Leon Chua from University of California, Berkeley gave an introductory message on the importance of memristors and its use in neural chip designs. A number of talks were organised over the course of the next 4 days along with presentations from industrial startups. The first day had three lectures on the new memory devices for Intelligent circuits. Dr Alon Ascoli, from TU Dresden discussed the Edge of Chaos Theory Explains Complex Phenomena in Memristor Circuits, highlighting the modeling aspects of building neural chips. The second Prof Heidemarie Schmidt, from Jena University showed recent experimental results on BFO memristors devices. Finally, Prof DhireeshaKudithipudi from University of Texas, San Antonio presented methods for designing energy efficient on-device learning.

The second day of the school was primarily on analogue circuits for neural networks. Prof Vishal Saxena from the University of Delaware presented recent advances in Spike-Based Deep Learning Algorithms. Prof Alex James from Digital University Kerala showed how memristive crossbars can be used to create analogsuperresolution

nodes. Prof ArindamBasu from City University of Hong Kong put forward the idea of Neuromorphic Engineering 2.0 and its application in AI for Edge Computing.

On the third day, the seasonal school primarily catered to sensors and optical devices. Dr Abu Sebastian from IBM presented insights on the use phase change memories for building deep learning hardware. Prof Manan Suri from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi showed the use of memory devices in a range of network implementations. Prof BhaskarChoubey, from Siegen University, Germany provided an overview of the use of sensors and near sensor intelligent computing. Prof Harish Bhaskaran, from University of Oxford, presented the implementations and experimentations on Photonic neural networks.

The fourth day of the event discussed system level challenges in AI circuits. Dr Chetan Thakur from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, showed ways to mimic neural pathways for neurochip designs. Dr Manu V Nair, from Synthera, provided a pragmatic view on the challenges of building neural networks for commercial applications. Dr. Jai N. Tripathi from the Indian Institute of Technology,

Jodhpur discussed reliability concerns and utilisation of computational intelligence for designing integrated circuits and systems.

On the final day of the event, Dr Mostafa RahimiAzghadi, from James Cook University, Australia gave an overview of Brain-inspired learning and computation using Spiking Neural Networks. Dr Jason Eshraghian from University of Michigan and University of Western Australia provided insights into algorithms for Spiking Neural Networks.Dr.Deepu John, from University College, Dublin showed the applications of neural networks in biomedical systems and classification problems. Dr. Cory Merkel, from Rochester Institute of Technology showed promising designs of neurochips using crossbar-based logic systems. The last day of the seasonal school also had a plenary presentation from Dr. Rajiv Joshi, FIEEE from IBM on predictive computing and neural chips applications. These various sessions were chaired by Prof Alex James and Prof BhaskarChoubay. The talks were complemented by panel discussions that discussed the challenges and opportunities in neurochips.

Maker Village (MV) Startup challenge (Online, Aug 1 and 4, 2021) The MV

Startup challenge was a sponsored event that ran in conjunction with ICTIC. The event was sponsored by Maker Village Kochi, which is one of the largest hardware focused incubators in India. The event was further supported by IEEE CASS Kerala Chapter, who helped reach out for CASS student members to present their productization ideas.

As part of the seasonal school, the Maker Village (MV) Startup challenge was organized to discuss productization ideas. Newer product ideas and applications drive the growth and use of intelligent chips. Often product development requires sorting out specific engineering issues which at times gets ignored by the scientific community. Hence, it was important to discuss the practical solutions and applications of neural chips through realistic case studies. The startup challenge focused on solutions making use of integrated circuits. About ten startups and student teams were selected to present their ideas over two days on 1st Aug, and 4th Aug 2021, which was judged by a panel of experts consisting of developers, investors, patent officers and scientists. The presentations showcased applications from wide domains for example, COVID19,

smart agriculture, transportation etc.

The winners were selected based on the overall innovation, relevance of the idea to the thematic topic and commercialisation potential. Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd who showcased their RF and analog chip product ideas was selected as the contest’s winner and was offered rent-free incubation for 18 months with funding support at Maker Village.

2. B. Tech Under graduate Project Awards 2021

The event aims to promote and support translation of innovative ideas and knowledge in the fields of Circuits, Systems, Signals, Modeling, Analysis, and Design. Applications were invited from Final year B.Tech students of academic year 2017-2021. Around 42 responses were obtained out of which top 10 is selected for a final presentation. All the projects are being reviewed by eminent professionals appointed by IEEECASS. The event encourages B.Tech students to undertake innovative projects, which would ultimately result in proofof-concepts, design of equipment, etc. thus having high societal and commercial impact and thereby helping in the growth of Circuits and Systems industry. The top three winning projects will get cash prize

and certificate of merit and five teams (excluding top three) will be eligible for certificates of merit from IEEE CASS KERALA Section. The winners will be declared by the last week of October. The event was coordinated by faculty members Prof.Sajeena A, Prof.Anu Assis, Prof. Vishnu D and student coordinators Arundhathy Pradeep, Abhijith R, Sofia Soni.

3. LECTURE SERIES ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS

Electronic Circuits

IEEE CASS Kerala Section in association with Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering TKM college of engineering organized an FDP on Electronic Circuits as part of Lecture Series on Circuits and Systems from 26th to 30th April 2021.The resource persons are Dr K Gopakumar, Dr KarthiBalasubramanian, Prof. Praseeda B Nair, Prof Mathew George. The participants in include Professors and Assistant professors from National Institute of Technology , University Centers, Government colleges, Aided Colleges, Semi government colleges and Self financing colleges. Of the total participants around 13 participants are IEEE Members. The programme was coordinated by Prof.Sajeena A, Prof. Reshna S and Prof. Vishnu Damodaran

of Department of Electronics and Communication TKM College of Engineering.

4. Prof. Alex P James listed in Stanford University List of top 2% scientists The founding chair of IEEE CASS Kerala section Dr. Alex P James is listed in Stanford University List of top 2% scientists in the world. Professor James is currently associated with Digital University of Kerala as Associate Dean.

5. IEEE CASS Student Branch Chapter at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam.

IEEE CASS Student branch is started at TKMCE, Kollam. The Branch student chair is Anagha Das. The branch was formed with the initative of IEEECASS faculty members of the college Prof. Sajeena A, Prof.Anu Assis and Prof.

Vishnu Damodaran. Currently the student branch has 33 student members and 3 faculty members largest of its kind in Kerala.

6. Orientation Class for B.Tech Students and Higher secondary Students

IEEE CASS organized induction program for newly joined first year students of 7 different engineering colleges. CASS Kerala Section Chair Dr. B Premlet was the resourse person. IEEE CASS Kerala section also conducted “Science and Sound” a program to trigger scientific interest in Higher Secondary Students. Dr.Premlet along with Higher Secondary physics teachers coordinated the meeting. The next level of the program is planning to implement a mobile Physics Lab.

Membership Count

E S Report

EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY

Reported by: Jithin Krishnan

The IEEE Education Society was founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest technical societies in IEEE. It is a worldwide society of professionals dedicated to ensuring high-quality education in science and engineering. Our members engage students each day, research and propose new theories in learning science, and innovate classroom practice.

On 20th of April 2021 IEEE EducationSociety Chapter, IEEE Kerala

Section got its approval from Head Quarters. First General Body meeting on May 1 ,2021 with professional members and the meeting resolved to elect the office bearers for the coming year including the execom members.

The office bearers are Er C M Varghese as Chair, Er Lisha Paul as Vice Chair, Er Jithin Krishnan as Secretary and Dr. Usha Devi as the treasurer.

The Inauguration of IEEE Education Society Kerala Chapter was held on

14th of July 2021 by Prof Edmundo

Tovar, Global president IEEE Education Society. The meeting was presided over by MsSaradaJayakrishnan, Chair of IEEE Kerala Section and Er. Deepak

Mathur, IEEE Regional Director delivered the keynote address and the website launch of the society .The meeting also honored Dr. K.P.P Pillai –the senior most IEEE Senior Life

Member of IEEE Kerala Section who is being a member of IEEE for last 57 years. Following, Dr V K Mathews –Founder and executive Chairman, IBS Software delivered a distinguished talk on “Industry Expectations” and Dr. Rajashree M S –Vice Chancellor, APJAK Kerala Technological University delivered a distinguished talk on “Academia Industry Linking”.

Prof Rosa Maria,Global Vice President IEEE Education Society , Dr. Suresh Nair –IEEE India Council Chair , Dr. S.M Sameer –IEEE Regional Secretary offered the felicitations. Dr Leesha Paul talked about the Women in Education .

The event was well received and attended by 100+ IEEE members and other guests.

The Highlights of the Year in terms of Membership growth and events are in table below.

Currently IEEE Edsoc Kerala Chapter is ranked #1 in Region 10 and #3 around the world among all Chapters.

Event Reports

1. IEEE Education Society Kerala Chapter invite you to a webinar titled “Covid 19: A Review of the Recent Epidemiology & Advances in Diagnosis and Control Measures”

Resource person: DrDinoop ,Asst Professor ,SCTIMST

Date : 5th June 2021

2. Webinar: Security for Remote Workspace Mrs. Jyothi Ramaswamy Security Process & Policy Lead, TCS 23rd June 2021 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an

insight into the security aspects that need to be addressed while working remotely and about the creation of a cyber-secure home and the methodologies to follow.

3. Inauguration Ceremony

Chief Guest: Dr. Edmundo Tovar, President of IEEE Education Society

Guests: Prof. Rosa Maria Vasconcelos,

Vice President MGA IEEE Education Society, Mr. Deepak Mathur, Director IEEE R10, Dr. Sameer SM, Secretary IEEE R10, Dr. VK Mathews, Founder & Executive Chairman of IBS Software, Dr. KR Suresh Nair, Chair IEEE India Council, Mrs. SaradaJayakrishnan, Chair of IEEE Kerala Section, Dr. KPP Pillai, Life Senior Member of IEEE Kerala Section and Dr. Rajasree MS, Vice-Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam

Technological University 14th July 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The main agenda of the event was to inaugurate the Education Society Kerala Chapter, launch the website of EdSoc Kerala Chapter, and honor Dr. KPP Pillai, most senior Life Senior Member of IEEE Kerala Section.

4. Webinar: E-Delivery of EMR for a Value-Based Health Care Dr. Geetha

Kerala Section

Govindan, IEEE Senior Member, Scientist ‘G’ Computer Division, SCTIMST 18th September 2021 at 7:30

PM - 8:30 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the strategic framework of E-Delivery of EMR for Value-Based Health Care. As part of it, she gave an insight into the system of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) and EHR (Electronic Health Record).

5. Tri-Webinar Series: Various Aspects of Research

Part 1: Choosing your Guide and Topic

Dr. Manoj BS Professor, IIST Trivandrum 28th August 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The objective of this session was to act as an introductory course, addressing the strategies for the selection of

guide and a viable research project. This webinar series was particularly useful for potential researchers as well faculty members, those who are pursuing doctoral research right now under universities like KTU.

6. Webinar: Smart Power Grid Technologies and Educational Approaches

SukumarKamalasadan

Duke Distinguished Professor at University of North Carolina Charlotte 3rd September 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the Technology of Smart Power Grids and their scope in the field of education.

7. Webinar: Grid Flexibility to Enable Renewable Energy Integration

Er. M Anil

IEEE Senior Member & Deputy Chief Engineer (Retd) KSEB Ltd.

11th September 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the grid technologies for enabling the integration of renewable energy.

8. Tri-Webinar Series: Various Aspects of Research

Part 2: Strategies for High-Quality Research

Dr. Manoj BS

Professor, IIST Trivandrum

19th September 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the strategies for improving the quality of academic research. This webinar series was particularly useful for potential researchers as well faculty members, those who are pursuing doctoral research right now under universities like KTU.

9. IDEATHON: Idea Pitching

Competition

‘Post-Covid

Higher Education: Innovations for the Way Forward’

In the first phase of the competition, abstracts were called from all over India. Out of them, 5 abstracts were selected for the second phase after thorough analysis. The second phase of the competition was organized on October 20, 2021. It was under the governance of a panel of experts from the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter. The panel consisted of Dr. K Kesavasamy, Advisor of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter, Er. NP Subheesh, Educational Activities

Chair of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter and Er. Shyam Pradeep Alil, Jt. Secretary of IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter.

10. IEEE Day 2021 Celebration

Special Guests: Dr. Gomathy K, Mr. N T Nair, Prof V K Damodaran, and Mr. A G Hareendralal, and the National Award Winner, Dr. ChimoySaha.

5th October 2021 at 5:00 PM IST

The main agenda of the event was to celebrate IEEE Day by honoring the prominent members within the organization and to hold a distinguished talk on the topic ‘Role of Energy Management during Pandemic’

by Er. DharesanUnnithan, Sr. Member of IEEE and Director (Retd) of EMC, Kerala.

11.

Panel Discussion: Career Guidance for Engineering Students

Moderator: Dr. Chithra Prasad, Former Professor & Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

Panelists: Er. Satish Rao, Retired Engineer from Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Er. Shinto Joseph Director, South East Asia Operations, LDRA India and Er. Saj Kapoor, Senior Director (Engg.), Wireless Communication Chip Development, Analog Devices, Bangalore 9th October 2021 at 4:30 PM IST

12. Tri-Webinar Series: Various Aspects of Research

Part 3: ‘PPP: Publish Patent and Prosper Strategy’ Dr. Manoj BS Professor, IIST Trivandrum 24th October 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the strategies for ensuring the best output from research. This webinar series was particularly useful for potential researchers as well faculty members, those who are pursuing doctoral research right now under universities like KTU.

13. IEEE EdSoc KC Gateway to Infosys Springboard

Guests: Dr. MS Rajasree, ViceChancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Mr. ThirumalaArohi, Vice President at

Infosys Head of Education, Training and Assessment, Mrs. SujaWariar, Corporate Diversity, and Inclusion HRD at Infosys limited, Mr. Kiran NG, Principal Architecture Track & Program Manager at Digital Literacy Initiative, Infosys CSR and Mr. Deepak Mathur, Director of IEEE R-10 (Asia-Pacific)

23rd October 2021 at 6:30 PM IST

The main agenda of the event was to

inaugurate the collaboration of the IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter with Infosys in the initiative of Springboard.

14. R-STEP: Rural Student Technical Enhancement Program

October 5, 2021 to November 28, 2021

R-STEP was a free innovative advanced technical training session for the higher secondary students in the rural outskirts of Kerala. Through R-STEP,

IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter provided free of cost hands-on training sessions in C Programming, Arduino, Internet of Things (IoT), and Web Development. With the help of this initiative, the participants were able to achieve early technical expertise in the in-demand skills of the industry.

15. Webinar: Advanced Virtual Learning Tools for Blended Learning

Er. Naushaad V Moosa

Lecturer, Yanbu Industrial College Saudi Arabia

13th November, 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the virtual resources available to ensure a blended learning culture within the society.

16. Webinar: Artificial Intelligence

Dr. KarthikeyanChittayil, Scientist-E (Retd.)

18th November, 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to give an insight into the possibilities and aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the modern era.

17. Webinar: Difference between Course-Based Education and Research

Mr. ShreepadKarmalkar

Professor of EEE and Teaching Learning Centre IIT Madras.

28th November 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The session was intended to provide a clear-cut difference between coursebased education and research.

18. R-STEP Closing Ceremony

Guests: Mr. Kai Pan Mark, Co-Chair of Chapters Committee, IEEE Education Society

Mr. Burt Dicht, Director of Student and Academic Program, IEEE 29th November 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The sessions as organized to mark the closing of the R-STEP program and to announce the winners of the R-STEP Project Competition.

19. Webinar: Outcome- Based Education: The underlying threads

Mr. Suresh Namboothiri

COO, Tata Motors & Director of Espoir Technologies

4th December 2021 at 7:00 PM IST

The specific objective of this session is to empower kindred spirits about the ideology of OBE and to give a deep insight into the concept of OBE.

20 .Ekites2021

December 24 to December 27th 2021

IEEE Education Society Kerala Chapter in association with Out of the Box (OFB)

organised the first offline technical skill development programme for Engineering Students - EdSoc Kerala Integrated Training for Engineering Students (e-KITES) at LEAD College of Management, Palakkad. It was a four -day hands-on training programme for selected engineering students to upskill and enrich their technical expertise.

Educational Activities

Reported by: Dr Bijoy A Jose, Secretary

Cyber Suraksha Cyber Awareness National training program for WIE volunteers from all sections in India.

• Inaugurated by Deepika Suri IPS who gave

• Training done by computer scientists, lawyers, Academics, etc.

• 11 WIE volunteers gave training to their

• Communities across India.

1. July 3 (6-8 pm) Police Making Cyber Spaces Safe for Women - Deepika Suri , IPS (IG Crime against women, MP)

2. July 4 (4-6 pm)Cyber Space –Emerging issues and Threats Prof. Binu A

3. July 5 (7.30- 8.30 pm )Keeping Safe Online- Legal Protection, Vaishali Bhagawat, Advocate (Cyber Law)

4. July 6 (7.30 - 8.30pm)Security in Social Media - Mr. Shahul Hameed, CTO

5. July 7 (7.30 - 8.30)pm Detecting the Fake News - Prof. G. Santhosh Kumar Chrysalis

Chrysalis envisaged as a foundation programme to induct pre-university students into the culture of Innovation based Learning. The programme objective is to empower teachers and students in CBSE schools associated with ATAL Tinkering Lab (ATL). ATL is an initiative of NITI Aayog, Govt. of India to foster curiosity, creativity, and imagination in young minds; and teach skills such as design mindset,

computational thinking, adaptive LearningLearning, physical computing, etc.

The programme was planned to organize in association with Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (RSET), Kochi (https://www. rajagiritech.ac.in/), and Two schools under Bhavans Kochi Kendra (https:// bhavanskochikendra.com/). Bhavans Kochi Kendra is a center under BharatiyaVidya Bhavan Educational Trust, Headquartered in Mumbai, India. The centre operates several primary and secondary institutes in Ernakulam District, Kerala Bhavans Kochi Kendra organizes and runs seven senior secondary schools and two

colleges. ATAL Tinkering Lab is available in most of the schools under Bhavans Kochi Kendra.

The programme planned is as a Multisession program, focussing on the following topics.

• Introduction to Scratch Programming

• Basics of Tinkercad

• Basics of Python

• Introduction of Sensors

• Introduction to Arduino

• Design Thinking

• 3D Printing Basics

• Mini Project

The programme planned is a hands–on online workshop with the help of tools like tinkercad, Google Co-lab, and Scratch Programming online editor.

Each session was supported by one Faculty Trainer from Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology and six volunteers as teaching assistants from RSET IEDC Cell. The mode of delivery was “Do It Yourself” approach by forming participants groups. After the informative session for each topic by Faculty Trainer, the group was divided into break-out rooms. Each break-out room will have a teaching assistant to guide the activities.Each student in the group will have to implement class assignments and home assignments. The programme was executed with the support of MOOC platforms employing a Flipped Learning approach using Moodle Learning Management System.

The programme was scheduled as follows:

● 11th September & 2nd October 2021- Basics of Python

● 3rd October 2021 - Design Thinking

● 9th & 10th October 2021Introduction to Scratch

● 20th & 21st November 2021- Basics of Tinkercad

● 27th & 28th November 2021- 3D Printing Basics

● 4th & 5th December 2021Introduction to Arduino

The total registration of the programme was around 120, including students and teachers.

Feedback collected from the participants concludes that the session conducted so far has successfully enriched the students with the fundamental but core concepts of the topics, including- Basics of Python, Design Thinking, and Scratch. The Learning further stepped up a notch higher by including live demonstrations of all the taught concepts with real-life relatable examples, thereby making the concepts easy to follow. Each session recorded actively participating and responding participants, indicating the depth to which they understood the concepts.

“Your 5 Steps to U. S. Study”

15th June by Shanthi Mohan of

EducationUSA.

Talk on Fulbright fellowships and how to Pursue education in USA for professional members. Mrs. Shanthi Mohan explained process of applying to colleges, how to get visa for education, funding opportunities, etc. This was followed by a Q&A session for graduate education aspirants.

• “Digital Tools for Research”- 18th May by Dr Lini Varghese, Information Scientist (Higher Education and Research)

“Computer Education for school students” -

Three sessions held for Govt School students on Computer education in Q1 2021.

Educational Activities Committee volunteered to organize for SRV High School Ernakulam and Govt HSS Kuttamassery a series of computer education classes. Here we in association with Rotary brought together high school and middle school students who are interested in programming. One class introduced students to basic programming and another gave them an idea into Python programming. Third class was about giving them a high level picture of latest trends in computing such as AI, Machine learning etc.

EMBS News Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

Reported by: Biju N.B.

Highlights 2021

Webinar series 4 Talks 11

Workshops 1 Panel discussion 2 Industrial Visit 1 Student Activities 50 +

Intersociety weekly webinar series 52

Distinguished Lecture Series

#1 : ‘Smart Healthcare with Telemedicine, EMR and Biomedical Systems’ by Mr. P J Binu, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with Telemedicine Society of India, Kerala Chapter conducted on March 5

2021, EMBS Day

#2 : ‘Biology in Space: Challenges and Opportunities for Engineers’ by Prof. KG. Sreejalekshmi, IIST on 15th July 2021

#3 : ‘Emerging Trends in Wearable Electrochemical Sensors’ by Dr. Vinu Mohan A M, DST INSPIRE Faculty, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, TN on 26th July 2021. Jointly organized by IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter, Telemedicine Society of India, Kerala Chapter and Digital Health India Association

#4 : ‘Cardiovascular disease burden and priorities for prevention’ by Dr. Jeemon P, Associate Professor, SCTIMST, Trivandrum on December 16. 2021

Webinar/ Technical Talks

#1: “Harnessing Ultrasound and Microbubbles for Next Generation Imaging and Therapy” by Dr. Himanshu Shekhar, Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar. Organized by Ultrasound Imaging at Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad in Collaboration with EMBS Kerala Chapter on 28-012021

#2: “Calibration and its Role in Biomedical Engineering” by Ms

Leena Joseph, Engineer F, BMT Wing, SCTIMST Organized by IEEE TKMIT Student Branch in Collaboration with EMBS Kerala Chapter on 16-02-2021

#3: ‘Chitra Heart Valve Prosthesis Development’ by Dr. G S Bhuvaneswar, Former Head, BMT Wing, SCTIMST on 20-02-2021

#4: ‘Early Detection on Autism and Recovery’ by Dr. Reshmi Pramod, founder and MD of Jeevaniyam Ayurveda Hospital on 02-04-2021

#5: “ROLE OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IN MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT”, by Mr. Rethna Gireeshwar R, Quality Lead, UST Global, Bengaluru on :5th May 2021

#6: “COVID-19 Second Wave, the Indian Variant of Concern and the General Impact of Vaccination’ by Dr. Mehetab Nasreen Nawab, Medical Officer with ESIC, Ministry of Labour, Delhi on 1st July 2021, the Doctors Day

#7: ‘E-Delivery of EMR for a valuebased Health Care’ by Dr. Geetha Govindan, IEEE Senior Member, Sc-G, Computer Division, SCTIMST on 18th

July Jointly organized by IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter and IEEE Education Society Kerala Chapter

#8: ‘My Tryst with Blood Vessels, their Diseases and Biomedical Substitutes’ by Dr. M. Unnikrishnan, Head of Dept. of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, SUT Hospital, Pattom on July 29 & Aug 9Jointly organized by IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter and IEEE LMAG Kerala Section

#9: ‘Steps Towards a Healthy Vision’ by Dr. Sharika E M, Ophthalmologist

#10: “Medical Device Evluation: From bench side to bed sie” by Mr. Vinod Kumar V, Sc-G, SCTIMST & Treasurer, IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter on 28th December 2021

#11: “Healthcare Interoperability: Challenges and Opportunities” by Mr. Renjith Nair, Chief Technology Officer,

Cohere Med on 29th December 2021

Panel Discussions

#1: Panel Discussion on “Changes in Medical Device Industry and Regulations in the Last Five Years” 14th January 2021 organized by Dept. of Biomedical Engg. Sahrdaya College of Eng & Tech Thrissur

Panalists 1. Mr. D S Nagesh Scientist ‘G’ (Senior Grade) & Scientist-in-Charge

at SCTIMST Tvpm 2. Dr. Unnikrishnan P.V ● Strategy advisor at K-DISC (Kerala Development and innovation Strategic Council) ● Independent Director in charge of IT, Kerala State Financial Enterprises Ltd ● Joint Director, C-DIT 3. Mr. Suresh K.S Technical coordinator of R&D at C-DIT, Tvpm 4. Mr. Sarun Mani Designation: State president of BETAK (Biomedical Engineers and Technical Association, Kerala) 5. Name: Mr. Koruthu P Varghese Chairman, IEEE EMBS Kerala Section 6. Mr. Einstein Albert Daredevil - Building Business

#2: Panel Discussion on “IEEE’s role in India’s R&D Growth” on 5/10/2021, jointly organized with IIST IEEE Student

Branch, IEEE GRSS Kerala Chapter, IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter, IEEE IA/IE/PELT Joint Chapters, and IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter for IEEE Day 2021 Industrial Visit

#1: INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY on 8th April 2021. The final year students and EMBS members of Biomedical Department visited SCTIMST for a one day Industrial visit under the guidance of Dr.Nitha V Panicker, Asst.Professor, TKMIT. The students were able to acquire practical knowledge interacting with various professional working under different laboratories and also

learnt about the various ongoing researches and the machineries and equipments used in the researches.

Other events

• MoU with Telemedicine Society of India Kerala Chapter, and Digital Healthcare India Association for conducting Mutually beneficial events

• Step towards “IEEE EMBS Kerala 2021 Directory of Bio-medical Engineers and Telemedicine Professionals

• SYNAPSIS’21 : The 4 days programme Jointly organized by the Department of Biomedical Engineering Association, IEEE EMBS SBC TKMIT in Collaboration Telemedicine Society of India, Kerala Chapter, and Digital Health

India Association focusing on the theme “Telemedicine and E-health”

• Ignium 2021 : The two days programme consists of Raspberry Pi Workshop, Webinars, Quiz event, dea Pitching competition and SBC Advisor’s Meet Up

• BME QUIZ: IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter conducted a Biomedical quiz Competition in which Febi M Chandy,S8 of TKMIT won third Prize.

• EPIGNOSIS Talk series; Episode 1 MENTAL HEALTH DURING PANDEMIC. IEEE EMBS SB SCET in connection with the campaign CovAXON; Reunite to Recreate! Organized a talk series EPIGNOSIS

during June 2021

• IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter AGM 2021 on 20th February 2021 and Honouring the Pioneer in Biomedical Technology, Dr. G S Bhuvaneswar, Former Head, BMT Wing, SCTIMST by IEEE EMBS Kerala Chapter

• Essay Writing Competitions, poster making completions for EMBS Student Members

• Conducted a series of 12 PULSE talks by EMBS student members

• Joint Webinars in Association with Telemedicine Society of India Kerala Chapter

GRSS News

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

Reported by: Dr. Rama Rao Nidamanuri

Event # 1: National workshop on earth observation for earth system studies

Date: 22 July 2021

Host venue: Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

A one-day national workshop was held on 22 July 2021 with several thematic talks from the eminent scientists who have guided the evolution of Indian remote sensing program from the applications perspective.

Number of participants: 253 The following scientific talks were held.

1. Recent advances in earth observations

Dr. R RNavalgund

Former Director, SAC & NRSC– ISRO

2. Importance of earth system studies and the way ahead

Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies &Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

3. Perspectives of earth observation as ascientist, an administrator & an academician

Dr V K Dadhwal, Director, IIST&Former Director, NRSC & IIRS - ISRO

4. Presidential Address - Dr B N Suresh, Chancellor, IIST, Founder Director, IIST & Former Director, VSSC

Event #3: 2ndVirtual Conference on Geospatial Start-ups - Academia

Date: 10th September 2021

Venue: Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology In continuation of the initiative taken up during 2020, this event was organized a focused thematic online conference on the networks of universities and start up companies in geospatial technology arena.

Based on the response and perception obtained from first version of the event held in 2020, there were structural changes introduced in this version. Several participants led micro-talks were held with contents such as sharing experiences as young

entrepreneurs, financingchallenges, commercial software accessibility and trained students’ availability etc.

Because maintaining a two-way communication with participants in

online events is challenging, we limited the number of participants by allowing registrations from the people who are very much relevant to the theme of the event.

Keynote speakers: There were four sessions led by a keynote lecture in each session.

Keynote lectures:

1. Linking university incubation hubs and geospatial start-ups Dr YVN Krishna Murthy, Registrar, IISTThiruvananthapuram.

2. Industry internships and students mentoring, Prof. Rama Rao, Chair, GRSS Kerala Chapter

3. Open source geospatial software

tools: status and challenges, Shri PrateepBasu, CEO, Satsure Ltd, Bangalore.

4. Soft-infrastructure and hard limits: planning, financing, and scaling up geospatial start-ups, Prof. Bharat Lohani, Chairman, GeoKnow India Ltd.

Number of participants (minimum 80% attendance): 105

Event #4: Virtual Conference on theEffect of COVID-19 Lockdown - a Geographical Context

Date: 20th December 2021

Venue: Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

This event was aimed at highlighting the potential of remote sensing and GIS tools for qualitative assessment of impact of lockdowns in India on the environment and ecosystem. The event was a platform for sharing the recentdevelopments and literature review presentations by young geospatial researchers in India.

Numbers of oral presentations (by selection): 15

Event 4: Meeting

Annual general body meeting of the GRSS Kerala Chapter

Date: 11th December 2021

Online: Microsoft TEAMS time: 3pm

An all-members annual general meeting was held on with the agenda of reviewing the activities undertaken, activities planning for 2022 and election of new Chapter volunteers.

The members expressed satisfaction on the growth of the Chapter and have re-iterated the resolve for increasing the reach and diversity of activities in 2022.

The members have thanked the volunteers of the maiden executive council for helping the growth of the Chapter and for forming a Student Chapter at IIST.

The members have unanimously elected a new volunteer for the Chapter Executive Council for the year 2022.

IA IE PELS News IA IE PELS Jt.Chapter

Reported by: Prabin James, Secretary

1. AGM

The AGM of IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala was organized on 14th January 2021 in the online mode. The meeting commenced by 6:30 pm. Dr. Tony Sebastian, Immediate Past President of IEEE Industry Applications Society inaugurated the meeting.The Chief Guest for the meeting was Dr. Akshya Kumar Rathore, Chair, IEEE IAS Awards Dept. All the guests commended on the vibrant activities of the chapter and demanded to keep alive the vibrancy throughout the coming years too. The newly elected executive committee

of the chapter was introduced to the gathering. The meeting also witnessed the envisioning of some of the upcoming events to be conducted. The meeting was well organized which was possible only because of the collective effort of each and every volunteer which again, is the sole reason behind the success of IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. The meeting ended by 8:00 pm.

2. F2F Meeting

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala conducted the first Face to Face Meeting of the year on 31st January 2021 in hybrid mode providing a platform for the members of Student Excom of 2020 and 2021 to interact with each other amidst the covid pandemic. The meeting was held at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and was live-streamed through Zoom with a total of 28 attendees.

3. `Execom Training

The training for the newly inducted Executive Committee of IEEE IA/IE/ PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala was organized on 8th February 2021. Dr. Biju K, Treasurer, IEEE Kerala Section handled

the first session describing the duties and responsibilities of the Execom members. The session was framed inorder to instill a sense of leadership and teamwork into the new volunteers. This was followed by the session on IEEE Vtools Overview by Ruben Mathew, Student Representative IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala 2020.He illustrated the uses and advantages of Vtools. He also gave a live demonstration on how to report events at Vtools.

Eldho Babu, Technical Coordinator IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala 2020 handled the session on OU Analytics, in which he gave a clear picture of the

activities that can be done through OU. The training session ended with the talk on IEEE IAS, IES, PELS awards by Dr. Prabin James. A total of 21 members attended the session including 15 student members and 4 professional members.

4. Webinar on “ Overview of EV Components and Systems”

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala in association with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited (RBEI) organised a Webinar on “Overview of EV Components and Systems” on 21st of February 2021 from 7:00 - 8:00

PM IST. The Webinar was handled by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Keloth, General Manager, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, India who is a pioneer in Automotive and NonAutomotive industry for over 3 decades.

5. Webinar on “ EV and renewable energy “

On behalf of this wider array of relevant ideas IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organized a webinar themed “The present status and future prospect of EV and Renewable Energy” on 28th February 2021. The session commenced from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM with 47 attendees. The

session was handled by the eminent speaker, Dr Abhijit Choudhary, who is a Researcher with the Drive System Control Research Department, CTIControls, Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd. He is also holding a position as Associate Editor in the IEEE Transaction on Transportation Electrification (IEEE TTE).

6.

Plugging into the future IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala in collaboration with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Ltd. (RBEI) organized a webinar on Electric Vehicle - Plugging into the Future on 6th March 2021. The

speaker for the session was Ms. LathaChembrakalam, Vice President, Powertrain and Electrification at RBEI.

7. Webinar on HILS Testing of EV Drive Train

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organized a webinar on HILS Testing of EV Drive Train on 20th March 2021. The session was handled by Ms. Sajitha Andrews, Specialist at Test System Design Engineering Division, TATA Elxsi. The session started by 7:00 pm

Women in Engineering on 27th March 2021 at 7:00 PM IST. The speaker for the webinar was Ms. Lekha Balachandran. She is the Managing Partner of Resitech Electricals with 28 years of experience

with over 30 participants. This webinar was quite demanding at the current scenario where Electric Vehicles are considered a potential field in the present as well as the future.

8. Webinar on “ What’s Wrong in Being Confident”

“What’s Wrong in Being Confident” was a Webinar organized by IEEE IA/ IE/PELS Jt Chapter Kerala along with

in Heavy Engineering. “RESITECH” manufactures 11 KV distribution Transformers and HT Panels, Current/ Potential Transformers. The webinar was conducted on the idea of learning to succeed from a successful businesswoman, who started a venture on her own and turned it into a prosperous company. Ms.Lekha Balachandran stood true to that notion throughout the webinar by sharing her life experience, starting from a mere B. Tech student to the present position and achieving many milestones on the way.

9. Execom meeting

The first official Execom Meeting of IA/ IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala of the year 2021 was organized on 28th March in online mode. The main agenda of the meeting was to create a clear roadmap for the upcoming events to be conducted by the joint chapter. The meeting commenced at 11:15 AM with a participation of 19 members. First came up the discussion regarding the coordination of the Electric Vehicle Hackathon to be conducted in association with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited (RBEI). Several opinions arose regarding the dates of the first online phase and the final phase of the event. The online phase was decided to be held on April 24-25 and May 6-7 were the dates finalized by the committee for the second phase (offline hackathon). Also, the online workshop prior to the EV hackathon was decided to be conducted on 1718th of April.

IES Expo was next in the line of events to be structured out. The meeting helped in shaping a framework for the event and Maker Village, Kochi was confirmed as the venue. Further in the meeting, several plans were devised to publicize the upcoming award submission deadlines, which included the CMD Awards, PELS Best Student

Branch Chapter Award, and IES SBCLA Awards.

10. Student Branch Chapter Chairs

Meet

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organized a meeting with Chairs of different IAS/IES/PELS Student Branch Chapters along with members of professional and Student executive committee. It was organized on 2nd, May 2021 at 7-8.30pm on Google meet with a participation of 41 members. The meeting started with a welcome address delivered by Sooraj V. Namboothiri (Student Representative

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala).

Dr. VasanthiV (Vice Chair IEEE IA/IE/ PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala) addressed the gathering and she stressed on the importance of timely v-tools reporting. The meeting included the discussion of activities by each IAS/IES/PELS Student Branch Chapters and their future plans which was followed by a brief training session on Vtools and OU Analytics by Govindaraman S (Kochi Hub Student Representative). We witnessed a remarkable participation of all the Chairpersons from each SBC’s during the Meet which provides promise of a vibrant year ahead.

11. EV Hack bootcamp

EV Hack is a Hackathon on Electric Vehicles organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS

Jt. Chapter Kerala in collaboration with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited (RBEI). Prior to the hackathon, an online bootcamp was organized on 15th May to educate the participants about designing Electric Vehicles and to provide them with a clear idea regarding the hackathon. The session was handled by industrial experts from RBEI.

12. IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala Execom Meeting

The execom meeting between Student Leadership Team and Professional Members of IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala took place on 30th May 2021 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. A total of 17 members were present

in the meeting, of which 4 were from the Professional team and 13 from the Student team. The meeting started with a welcome note from Sooraj V Namboothiri, Student Representative of IEEE IA/IE/ PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala.The immediate topic of discussion was on PELS DAY Celebration 2021 in the month of June. Haritha M E, Malabar HSR of IEEE IA/ IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala provided the updates on the number of events reported for PELS DAY. Clarifications regarding the poster design and participation for the photo and video contest were also discussed with the Professional Members. Next the team discussed the event EV Hack, a Electric Vehicle Hackathon conducted

by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala in collaboration with RBEI. The concern regarding the queries of participants were talked about and later decided to release a google form with them to collect the queries and conduct another meeting with BOSCH to clarify the same. Dr. Biju K, Treasurer of IEEE Kerala Section informed about the postponement of H4H, an IEEE HACK funded event organised by IEEE IA/IE/ PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala, to the month of August. Then we considered the events to be conducted as part of Environmental Day, June 5 and decided to conduct a Live JAM competition for IEEE Kerala Section Members. After that Govindaraman S, Kochi HSR of

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala presented the planning of IV Tech 2.0. The meeting ended with a group photo at 7:00 PM.

13.IEEE WIE Day 2021

14. As a part of International Women in Engineering Day IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organized a session dedicated to the women members of the Executive Committee on 23rd June 2021. Women members of both the professional and student Execom team shared the stories of women personalities who inspired them. The session was attended by 16 members.

15. INFONAUTS

As a part of IEEE Day 2021 Celebrations, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organized a session titled InfonautsHear,Learn, Share. The session was intended to provide the audience an in-depth knowledge into the benefits of IAS, IES and PELS memberships. It was organized on 6th October 2021. The session was handled by Mr. Sooraj V. Namboothiri (Student Representative IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala) and Ms. Haritha M.E. (Malabar Hub Student Representative, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala). The talk started by 07:00 PM on the online platform with a participation of 34 members. Mr. Sooraj started off the session with the description of Industry Applications Society. He illustrated the various avenues provided by the society for the technical and overall development of the student members. It was followed by the talk on Industrial Electronics Society and Power Electronics Society by Ms. Haritha M. E. She provided a clear picture regarding the activities of these societies and the ways to reap the maximum membership benefits, to the audience.

16. IEEE PELS DLP on Power Electronics for Precision Farming with Sustainable and Cleaner Environment

As a part of the PELS Day Celebration,

IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organised a Distinguished Lecturer Program on Power Electronics for Precision Farming with Sustainable and Cleaner Environment on 20th June 2021. The session was handled by Dr. Brij N Singh who is the Technical Fellow in Power Electronics Engineering at John Deere Inc., USA.

The session started by 8:00 PM, with a participation of over 40 members. The speaker walked the audience through the applications of Power electronics in farming through his well structured

presentation. He explained the topic in a brief pace and kept it interactive throughout. The evolution of farming techniques were at a rapid progress since the advent of power electronics and it was clearly depicted through his presentation. He also introduced some of the latest innovations at John Deere Inc. He urged the young engineers attending the session to inculcate knowledge and skills that would help solve the existing problems in the world. It was evident from the feedback that the session was truly beneficial for the attendees. The talk ended with a Q&A session at 9:30 PM. 17. Ecospeak IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala organised a live JAM (Just A Minute) competition on 5th June 2021 celebrating the World Environment Day. The event was organisedinorder to instill a spirit of social responsibility towards Mother Nature in the participants. The topic for the talk was “Stand for nature, Speak in future” Each participant was given one minute to describe the importance of environment protection. 18 students took part in the event. They were evaluated on their content quality and presentation skills. During the current scenario where the climate issues are pacing forward, an event of this genre

was socially relevant and was the need of the hour. The participants put forward many innovative solutions and ideas to create a better tomorrow. The students exhibited immense interest in the event and prepared thoroughly giving the judging panel a tough time to determine the winner.

Ms. Joe Abel Vincent, RIT Kottayam bagged the first place and Ms. Meghana N.V., GCE Kannur received the second prize. The competition was successful in spreading awareness regarding the ongoing climatic changes among the future

18. H4H - Hack 4 Humanity

H4H - Hack 4 Humanity is an IEEE HAC

(Humanitarian Activities Committee) funded event organised by the IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. The event mainly focuses on the global humanitarian problems for which a solution or set of solutions are necessary for a sustainable development of mankind. This hackathon provided a platform for the students to think about a sustainable future and come up with some creative solutions for the present issues concerning this planet.

Phase 1

The phase 1 of the H4H was an idea pitching event which was conducted individually where in a set of problem statements (which were taken from the Sustainable Development Goals(SDG), an initiative by the United Nations) were given to think out of the box. A website was made specially for this event in order to help the participants to submit their solutions.

Phase 1 was completed by 31st January 2021 with a participation of 119 students. After thorough evaluation, 52 students were shortlisted from a huge number of submissions based on their innovative ideas presented for each problem statement.

Phase 2

The phase 2 of the Hack 4 Humanity was a team based idea pitching round.

All the selected participants were grouped into 13 teams. Each team selected a leader within the team and all the communications were done through the team leader. The problem statements were given to the teams and each team worked on the given statement and brought out innovative solutions. The problem statement was released on 8th Feb. Each team was provided 100 hours to generate an innovative idea. The participants submitted their abstract and later a presentation contest where they could explain the ideas was organized on 13th February, 2021. Results were declared on 15th February. Out of 13 teams ,5 teams were selected to the final phase of the Hack 4 Humanity which will be conducted in offline mode once the pandemic situation lightens.

19. H4H Consolidated report

H4H - Hack 4 Humanity is an IEEE HAC (Humanitarian Activities Committee) funded event organised by the IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. The event mainly focuses on the global humanitarian problems for which a solution or set of solutions are necessary for the sustainable development of mankind. This hackathon provided a platform for the students to think about a sustainable

future and come up with some creative solutions for the present issues concerning this planet. It was conducted in three stages. The primary stage of the event was an online idea pitching competition which was attended by a total of 119 students from colleges across Kerala, out of which 77 were IEEE members and the rest were non-IEEE. After a thorough evaluation, 52 students were shortlisted to the 2nd phase Phase 2 was team-based ideation.

All the selected participants were grouped into 13 teams. The problem statements were given to the teams and each team worked on the given

statement and brought out innovative solutions. The participants submitted their abstract and later a presentation contest where they could explain the ideas were organized.

The final phase was conducted in the offline mode at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi on

the 17th,18th and 19th of September 2021. 3 teams were selected into the final phase based on their idea presentation. It was a three-day event with a participation of 33 attendees which included 9 delegates, 20 IEEE student volunteers and 4 IEEE professional members. H4H Final phase

Inauguration

The inaugural ceremony of this grand finale started at 10:15 am with the Code of Ethics by Ruben Mathew, Student Representative, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Student Leadership Team 2020. Dr VasanthiV, vice-chairperson of IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala welcomed the gathering. It was followed by the Presidential Address by Dr Bijuna k, Chair, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. She explained the hard work put forward by each one of the volunteers to make this great event a reality.

The lamp lighting ceremony marked it as one of the first offline events after the pandemic. Next was the muchawaited inaugural Address by Dr Suresh Nair, the Chair of IEEE India Council. He illustrated the importance of IEEE and the role it plays in a student’s life. Later he shared his experience at work during the pandemic and how the entire world was affected by it. He also appreciated the chapter for having the courage to conduct these large scale events. The annual newsletter of the joint chapter, ‘Industria’ was launched by giving its first copy to Dr Suresh Nair by the then Newsletter Editor George Puthanangadi.

Dr P. S Sreejith, Principal of Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology

delivered the keynote address. He mentioned the IEEE activities at his college and how it helps for the comprehensive development of a student. An overview of the entire event was shared with the audience by Dr Biju K, The Treasurer of IEEE Kerala Section, Immediate past- Vice-chair of the IEEE IA/IE/PELS Joint Chapter Kerala. The inaugural ceremony came to an end with the vote of thanks which was proposed by Dr Elizabeth Rita SamuelBranch Counsellor of IEEE SB CET.

STEAG Training Session

After the inaugural session, the students were given comprehensive training on hardware and software project development. STEAG Centre for Smart City enriched the students with the final touch of technical expertise and provided them with all the facilities for developing their final prototype. Each team was allotted 1 hour of training at the centre by experts. The facilities at the STEAG including the 3D printer helped the students complete their projects with much ease.

Hackathon

The Hackathon began soon after the training session, by noon on 17th September.

The 36-hour hackathon was stretched

across three days from 17th to 19th September. The students were to develop the ideas they presented during the 2nd phase of H4H. The volunteers made sure that the students were provided with the proper atmosphere for the development of their projects. The students came up with some novel ideas and solutions to the existing problems. The delegates worked diligently towards the accomplishment of their project.

Special session

A technical session on Digital Signal Processing was organized on 18th September. The session was handled by Dr M.V.Rajesh, Vice-Chair IEEE Kochi Section. It started at 5:00 pm, with the explanation of basic terms in Signal Processing and the session went into depth at a slow pace making sure the entire audience could comprehend. The resource person was quite interactive and was successful in keeping sessions interesting throughout. The session was helpful and informative to all the delegates. The session ended with a Q&A session by 6:15 pm.

20. EV Hack consolidated report

EV Hack (Bosch – IEEE Hackathon) is an Electric Vehicles Online Hackathon organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala, in association with

Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions India. This hackathon is exclusively for 3rd year undergraduate engineering students around PAN India. EV Hack provides ample opportunity for students to get industry exposure and to do projects that are of industry level with mentoring from experts of the Electric Vehicle Industry. The winning teams of the Hackathon granted a 6-month internship, partly in RBEI and their Parent institute after meeting the BOSCH interview process.

Third Year B. Tech Students spanning all over engineering colleges across South India who match the following criterias were eligible to participate : Pursuing B. Tech in EEE/Mechatronics/ Instrumentation Engineering, do not have any present backlogs, have their 10th, 12th and BTech till date with more than 70% or CGPA of 7 and above. A team of 4 members who match all the above mentioned criteria are eligible to participate.

The EVHack ignited with a webinar series starting with a webinar on Overview of EV Components by Mr. Pradeep Kumar Keloth, Head of Engineering Electrification , RBEI followed by some more webinars which were on electric vehicles etc. As the event is mainly focused on the technological aspects of electric

vehicles, the webinars and all the mentoring sessions were based on the same.

A Bootcamp was organised on 15th May 2021 to educate the participants about designing Electric Vehicles and to provide them with a clear idea regarding the hackathon. The session was handled by industrial experts from RBEI. The bootcamp commenced by 10:00 am with the participation of more than 500 students from colleges all over South India. The session started with a brief overview about Bosch, regardings its objectives and services was shared by Er. Karthik Rajapaul, Deputy Manager HR at RBEI. Then, the problem statement was released by Er. Prasanth Pathiyil, Lead of CoE Electrification at RBEI. The problem statement was framed in such a way that it could test the critical thinking and knowledge of the participants in an effective manner. The technical session on System Engineering was handled by Er. PradeepkumarKeloth, Head of Electrification at RBEI. He started off with the fundamentals of designing electric vehicles and later on explained each and every design aspect including the various control systems. The speaker also discussed the modelling and simulation of EV. His session was well detailed and effectively delivered.

At the end, there was a Q&A session in which the participants raised several questions pertaining to the designing constraints,simulation and the problem statement. This bootcamp had definitely helped the participants to boost their knowledge and bring out their best at the hackathon.

The problem statement for the Hackathon was on the topic : Battery Electric Vehicle Powertrain Dimensioning.

There was a total registration of 232 teams. Based on the eligibility criteria, 109 teams were shortlisted for the next round. Qualified Teams were requested to submit a manuscript based on the given Problem statement. 48 teams submitted their manuscript, out of which 25 teams were shortlisted for the final round. Selected Teams were requested to submit their presentation for the final round. The teams were evaluated based on their final presentation on 17th & 18th July 2021.

The final phase commenced on 17th July 2021 with an inauguration ceremony.The chief guest for the ceremony was Mr. Deepak Mathur, Director IEEE R10 and Mr. Vadiraj K, VP and CTO , RBEI. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. K R Suresh Nair, Chair, IEEE India Council.

A Special Address was delivered by Mr. PradeepkumarKeloth, head of Engineering, Electrification, RBEI. The session covered most of the parts of the event as well as the problem statement. Other guests for the ceremony were Mr. Mohan Bellur, Mr. Prasanth Pathiyil, Dr. Bijunu Kunju, Dr. Biju K and Dr. Vasanthi V.

After the inauguration ceremony, the presentation round started .A total of 22 teams presented their solution on 17th and 18th July. The final results were declared in the Closing Ceremony, for which the Chief Guest was Mr. R K Shenoy, Senior Vice President, Mobility Engineering, RBEI. Other guests for the ceremony were Ms. Sarada Jayakrishnan, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Keloth, Prof. Prabin James and Mr. Mohan Bellur. The top 3 teams were announced as winners. The first and second prize was bagged by the teams from MA College of Engineering Kothamangalam and the team from VIT, Chennai secured the third prize. The winning teams were granted a 6-month internship, partly in RBEI and their Parent institute after meeting the BOSCH interview process.

21. NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

The National Symposium and Research

Colloquium was held from 11th - 12th of September 2021. It was organized by IEEE SB Government College of Engineering, Kannur in collaboration with IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala, IEEE LINK and IEEE Kerala Section. Consisting of five tracks in total, it was focused on promoting the research work of Master’s students and Ph.D. scholars. The tracks were PhD EEE, PhD ECE & CSE, M.tech EEE, M.tech ECE & ICE, and M.tech CS & IT. The emphasized area was anything related to recent trends in Electrical, Electronics, and Computer science engineering. The registrations were opened on July 22, 2021 until Aug 11, 2021. Out of 67 participants registered for the event, through various shortlisting processes 34 of them presented in the final presentation. Prior to every presentation track beginning, keynote sessions were given on recent technologies by eminent people working in various research fields. The event commenced with the PhD EEE track on 11 of September at 10:00 AM followed by PhD ECE & CSE track. The Keynote session for the first track was by Prof. Pajof Prabhakaran, Assistant Professor, NIT Surathkal on ‘Research scope and challenges in EV’ and for the second track it was by Dr. Deeepthi P P, NIT Calicut on ‘Privacy-preserving

machine learning’. The inauguration ceremony was held on the same day at 6:00 PM. The chief guest for the event was Dr. Shalij PR, (Research Dean, KTU). The second day was commenced by the M.tech EEE track followed by M.tech ECE & ICE, and M.tech CSE & IT. The keynote session for the first track was given by Dr. Jishnu KK, IIT Roorkee, on ‘An approach towards mitigation of torsional interaction effects in electro-mechanical systems.’ The second keynote session was given by Dr. Shajee Mohan B S, GEC Kozhikode on ‘Machine learning techniques for image analysis.’ The third keynote session was given by Dr. Lijiya, NIT Calicut on ‘It’s getting hard to detect deep fakes - a general awareness.’ The closing ceremony was held at 7:30 PM on the same day. The chief guest for the ceremony was Dr. Sadiq A, Dean, Academic, APJAKTU, Kerala. The event overall provided a better insight towards research in various areas and gave an opportunity for students to showcase their works.

22. .STARC Expo

Starc Expo – Startup, Technology and Research Conclave & Expo was a one of a kind Industrial Exhibition organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. It was an IES funded event which provided a platform for the students

to interact with industrialists to gain a better understanding of the electronic advancements in the industry. This spectacular event was a combination of industrial exhibitions, start-up talks and various other tracks providing a unique opportunity for both the delegates and industrialists to gain knowledge and network for career advancements. It was organized at Nippon Kerala Centre, Kochi on 3rd to 5th of December 2021. The event was open for all undergraduates, graduates and research scholars and it showcased industrial relevance and advancements in the field of Electronics. The

exhibition revolved around electronic industries based in Kerala and served as a great platform for students, young professionals, blooming industries, startups and professional industrialists to attain greater exposure to their respective fields.

The event started by 4:00 PM on 3rd December 2021 with a talk by Prof. Yousef Ibrahim on IES Membership benefits. He is the vice-president of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society for Conferences and the Chair of the standing committee on Education. He joined the audience virtually through Google Meet. The speaker provided a brief idea of Industrial Electronics Society membership and how it helps the students to grow into a professional. He illustrated the wide opportunities presented by IES memberships and asked the students to use it to their best advantage. It was followed by a Panel Discussion on Entrepreneurship by three vibrant leaders, Dr. Bijoy A Jose, who is an associate professor at CUSAT and senior member of IEEE, Mr. Suraj Moothedath,Co-Founder of Qrio Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Safil Sunny who is the CEO and founder of Tranzmeo. They talked about the importance of mistakes and how

we should turn our lowest points to the greatest learning moments. The session was quite interactive and the speakers were able to establish a good connection with the delegates.

The next session was a talk on Mega Trends in Automotive World handled by Mr. PradeepkumarKeloth, Electric Vehicle Expert. This session was organized in collaboration with the Energy Management Centre. It started by 5:00 PM. The speaker started off by briefing the importance of shifting the current automotive trends to Electric Vehicles. He gave a vivid idea into the working of EV, its propulsion system and battery requirements. The session was informative and it ended with a Q&A session.

The Inauguration Ceremony of STARC Expo commenced by 6:00 pm with the welcome address delivered by Dr. Biju K, Treasurer, IEEE Kerala Section. Dr. Bijuna Kunju delivered the Presidential Address. The ceremony was honored by the presence of Shri. P. Rajeev, Minister for Law, Industries and Coir as the Chief Guest. He inaugurated the 3-Day Mega Event, STARC Expo and provided the inaugural address. He urged the students to be socially responsible engineers so that we could build a better future together.

Dr. Suresh Nair, the Chair of IEEE India Council and the cofounder of Design Alpha delivered the Keynote Address. He appreciated IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala for the commendable efforts put into organizing an event of this scale. Mr. PradeepkumarKeloth, Chair Industry- Academia Relations, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. Felicitated the gathering. As a token of gratitude mementos were presented to the guests. The inaugural ceremony came to an end with the vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Vasanthi V., Vice Chair, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala. The Inaugural Ceremony was followed by a talk on the Need for AcademiaIndustry Collaboration & Success story of Bosch by Mr. Prasanth Pathiyil, Technical Expert, Electric Vehicles, RBEI. He discussed the importance of being industry ready after the professional course and put forward some suggestions that could be adopted by the students to keep themselves updated of the current trends. He further discussed the strategies adopted by RBEI to engage with students and the career opportunities provided by them. The session was lively and ended by 7:30 PM. Around 120 delegates attended the Day 1 of STARC Expo.

Day 2 started by 9:00 AM on 4th December 2021 with the Industrial Exhibition. Various companies set up their stalls early that morning and the stalls were opened for the delegates by 9:15 AM. A total of 8 startup companies exhibited their products. Some well established startups like Moopens Solutions, EGET, C Electric, Zoid Labs, Maklabs and Green Turn provided the delegates with a spectacular feast on the current electronic trends and gadgets. Tech giants like CDAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) and TATA Power also collaborated with us in setting up stalls and they awed the delegates with the advanced technology and services they provide. There were exhibits related to solar panels, inverters, EV Charging Equipments, power electronic devices and switches. It created a pathway for the students to take a peek at the working of industries, startup companies and their products. The exhibition was closed by 6:00 pm. More than 300 delegates from colleges across Kerala participated. Along with the exhibitions an internship drive was also provided for the delegates by one of the companies. Day 2 was attended by more than 300 delegates. SPAx Track was organized in parallel

with the exhibition to provide the students a chance to network with professionals. It started by 3:00 pm with the talk by Mr. Nitheesh Kurian, Staff Advisor IEEE IAS SBC RSET. He delivered a talk on Entrepreneurship Opportunities. He engaged the audience in a very interactive way by explaining to them his entrepreneurial venture and how he landed on that idea. The second session of SPAx Track was handled by Mr. Eldho Babu, ECC at IEEE EdSoc Kerala Chapter. He spoke on the Opportunities and leadership in IEEE. This talk helped students to gain more insights into the benefits of IEEE and how it could impact their professional career. This was followed by a Talk on Skill Development by Mr. George Puthanangadi, Data Research Technical Analyst at MixRank. He dealt with the topic of developing both hard and soft skills to have a successful career. SPAx track came to an end by 6:00 PM marking the end of Day 2. Day 3 commenced by 9:00 PM with the Industrial Exhibition. Along with the exhibition a Project Demonstration Contest was organized, in which around 10 teams from various colleges in Kerala competed. Each team came up with a unique project which made the evaluation process a lot more

difficult. The third day was attended by more than 100 delegates.

STARC Expo ended with the grand Closing Ceremony with G Santhosh Kumar, Chair, Kochi Subsection as the Chief Guest. He expressed his happiness to witness one of the first offline events after the pandemic, and also commended on the well organized manner in which the Expo was conducted. He congratulated the team who worked behind to make this event a great success. The prizes for the Project Demonstration Contest were announced during the valedictory function. Abdul Hafiz, Salmanul and Leo Paul from KMEA College of Engineering and Jerin Peter of Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology bagged the First and Second Prize respectively. STARC Expo came to an end on 5th December by 1:30 pm. The event on the whole witnessed a participation of more than 600 delegates.

Starc Expo was designed with the aim of linking academia with the industry. From the response from the delegates and the startup companies, it is clear that the event has fulfilled its motive. Feedback from the delegates was positive and high spirited. This event was a result of sheer hard work and

planning of both the professional and student volunteers and its success turned out to be the greatest gift.

22.IndiComm

IndiComm was a 3-Day Technical Conclave jointly organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala and IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter. The event was organized on 8th, 9th and 10th of October. The event was linked in such a way that it linked the Industrial sector and Communication sector together and brought forth the technical aspects and trends to the audience of IndiComm. Over the span of three days, several features of the Industrial sector and Communication sector were covered through technical talks and sessions.

The event was kickstarted with a Keynote Session by Dr. Jobin Francis, Assistant professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. His talk was based on wireless communication and 5G cellular networks in which he holds a PhD from IISc Bangalore. The session was attended by over 40 students and was held from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 8th January 2021. The session was soon followed by the grand Inaugural Ceremony. Mr. Amarnath Raja, Chair, Admissions and

Advancements Committee, IEEE MGA honoured the gathering as the Chief Guest. The Ceremony was enriched by the presence of Dr. Bijuna Kunju, Chair,IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala and Dr. Gopakumar A, Chair, IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter.

Keynote Note Session by Ms. Sarada Jaykrishnan , Chair IEEE Kerala Section ( DGM) started by 7:00 pm after the Inauguration. Day 2 of Indicomm witnessed the workshop on ASIC and FPGA Design Flow. The session was handled by Mr. Sreejesh S G, Senior Technical Officer, NIELT, Calicut from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Another Workshop on RTL Verification was organized on 10th October, the 3rd day of Indicomm. The session started by 11:00 am and Dr. Jayaraj U Kidav, Scientist at NIELT Calicut was the resource person. Both the workshops were well attend and a total of 56 students attended the same. Indicomm was also packed with some Society tracks and Panel discussion on Post Covid Job Prospects.On the whole, it was one of a kind of virtual event with many technical sessions and interactive tracks which helped the participants gain a good knowledge into the latest technical fields.

LMAG News Life Member Affinity Group

Reported by: Koruthu P. Varughese

Activities ofLMAG Chapter of Kerala Section count the highest among all LMAG chapters in IEEE worldwide.

Specialities of LMAG Kerala:

· The total membership count is 25.

· All LMAG members are Life Senior Members.

· Organize planned meetings regularly.

· Exclusive programs organised with family members.

DETAILS OF TOP 3 EVENTS OF 2021

Joint programs with other sister professional organizations in Trivandrum and with IEEE Kerala

Section and other IEEE Chapters.

A special online meeting was arranged on September 1st to felicitate Prof. V K Damodaran for receiving the R 10 Outstanding Volunteers award.

New initiative

As a new initiative, apart from the regular continuing activities for the benefit of LMAG members, other echelons of IEEE members, and Community focused programs, IEEE Kerala LMAG proposes to undertake five numbers of new initiatives - jointly with the guidance and support of R10 LMAC and MGA LMC - during the year 2021

Sl.No Description of Activities

1 Training to School Students on Gaps in STEM learning during COVID time online studies.[Finishing Lessons to equip for the next level study]

2 Course Content and Delivery for Online Training and Certification of Differentlyabled students and other print disabled on Science, Technical and Management topics. Tests and Certificates Online.

Other Assoc. Entities

School Outreach programs of VMF Trust Trivandrum

Chakshumathi Inclusive Academy, Bookshare International, IIT-D Assistech& the willing Universities

3 Training to the elders on use of online platforms, online financial operations, and medical self-test devices

4 Training of 21C Wiremen (in Vernacular)

5 Green Auditing of Heritage Higher Education Institutions in the State

IEEE Kerala: Execom, Computer Society, EMBS, Consultants Network, WIE and YPs & Students

Refresher training to Electricians and Wiremen, imparting Basics of Solar PV, Battery Storage Systems and other 21 century gadgets, statute amendments.

EMC, ANERT support.

Oldest higher education institutions selected and green audit them (to NAAC norms) through training of own students teams and guided by NGGFn; Release printed Reports

Total US

LMAG organized67 programs in 2021, including 32 Technical, 18 Professional, 6 Administrative and11 non-technical.

Title

Prof Elias Towe PhD of Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University

7-Jan-21

06 Jan 2021. 2 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Annual General Meeting of LMAG Kerala. The new office bearers for2021 were elected.Koruthu C Varghese - Chair, S GopakumarVice Chair

Prof. K.N. Ninan PhD of Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology

27-Jan-21

Dr. Himanshu Shekhar. Asst. professor, IIT Gandhinagar. Date: 28 Jan 2021

Prof. K. P Mohandas, Life member, Date: 28 Jan 2021

13 “MISSION CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY”

Mrs.Shanthi Ravindra 03 Mar 2021 14 “SPACE EXPLORATION - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES”

Dr. V.R. Lalithambika Distinguished Scientist, and Director, Directorate of Human Space Program ISRO

10 March 2021 15 “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECH STARTUPS WHY, INDUSTRY USE CASES, GETTING STARTED”

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IEEE Kerala Section

MTTS News

MTT-S Activities

Reported by: Dr. Chinmoy Saha

MTT-S Kerala chapter

2021 Report for Section Newsletter

1. Distinguished Microwave Lecture Series - Terahertz Communications at 300 GHz: Devices, Packages and System

Speaker: Dr.Ho- Jin Song, MTT-S DL Speaker Date: April30, 2021 No. of Participants: 300

• IEEE: 170

• Non-IEEE: 130

SUMMARY: The Distinguished Microwave Lecture, (DML) was

organized by IEEE MTT-S Kerala Section along with IEEE MTT-S IIST in association with IEEEMTT-S APS SBC GECBH on April 30, 2021. The speaker, Dr. Song, enlightened the audience on ‘Terahertz Communications at 300 GHz: Devices, Packages and System. The event was conducted online and hosted through Cisco WebEx Platform. The event was also live streamed on the MTT-S Kerala YouTube channel. The inaugural address was delivered by Prof. B S Manoj, IEEE IIST Student Branch Counsellorfollowed by

speech delivered by Dr.ChinmoySaha ,Chairman, IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter. The event witnessed 300 participants from all over the globe which includes young students, research scholars, scientists, engineers and academicians. Prof.AnuMohammad,IEEE APS MTT-S Chapter Advisor delivered the Gratitude Speech for the event. All the active participants were provided with participation certificates along with the recorded session of the event.

Fig. 1: Screenshot and flyer of the DML talk by Dr. Song

2. L4 Talk: Recent Developments

In The Science Of Metamaterials and Navigating The Metamaterials Landscape

Speaker: Prof.Ashwin K. Iyer, University of Alberta, Canada

Date: May 21, 2021 No. of Participants: 285

• IEEE: 145

• Non-IEEE: 140

SUMMARY: The “Learn from Leaders and Learn from Legends (L4)” talk on “Recent Developments In The Science Of Metamaterials and Navigating the Metamaterials Landscape” by Prof.A. K Iyer by IEEE MTTS KERALA SECTION and IEEE APS & MTT-S SBC of GECBH.

The session started with welcome address by Sri ArijithMitra’s (Scientist at VSSC and Secretary of APS Kerala Section) followed by Dr.ChinmoySaha’s(Chair of MTT-S Kerala Section) talk on the previous activities and achievements of IEEE MTTS Kerala Chapter. Prof. Jawad Siddiqui delivered a brief memorial speech on Prof.Tapan Kumar Sarkar, past president of AP society & a great friend and guide of AP-S and MTT-S Kerala chapter, who has left for heaven on 12, 2021. The technical session was

chaired by Dr.Debdeep, IISC Bangalore.

Prof .A K Iyerenlightened the audience on various aspects and applications of metamaterials and metasurfaces.

The L4 webinar was attended by 285 participants which includes young students, research scholars, scientists, engineers and academicians. Ms Mehar S (Chairperson, IEEE MTT-S SBC GECBH) delivered the vote of thanks. Fig. 2: Screenshot and flyer of the L4 talk of Dr.Iyer.

3.L4 Talk:Recent Development of Advanced Antenna Products for Space & Ground Applications, L4, Papers/ Patents and Reflections of my Career Speaker: Dr.Sudhakar Rao, Northrop Grumann Aerospace, USA

Date: May 28, 2021

No. of Participants: 295

• IEEE: 120

• Non-IEEE: 175

SUMMARY: The talk on “Recent Development of Advanced Antenna Products for Space & Ground Applications, L4, Papers/Patents and Reflections of my Career” by Dr.SudhakarRao, wasjointly organized by IEEE MTT-S Kerala Section, IEEE MTT-S SBC IIST and IEEE APS & MTT-S SBC GECBH co-sponsored by IEEE Future Directions LEO SatS Projectas part of Learn from Leaders, Learn from Legends (L4) initiative of MTT-S Kerala chapter.

The inaugural address was delivered by Prof. B S Manoj, IEEE IIST Student Branch Counselor, followed by Dr.ChinmoySaha’s(Chair of MTT-S

Kerala Section

Kerala Section) speech about the previous activities and achievements of IEEE MTTS Kerala Chapter. This was followed by address of Dr.AndingZhu ,IEEE Future Directions Committee on Low Earth Orbital Satellites and System. The technical session was chaired by Dr..SubhaShini ofNIT Rourkela. The talk was very informative and motivating as the speaker shared his life experience,hurdles he faced in his career and about his journey to success. The talk was attended by participants all over the world that included scientists/ engineers from reputed labs & industries, young researchers and academicians. Dr.DebratiGanguly, RMC Canada moderated the L4 Series which was followed by vote of thanks by Prof.Anu Mohammad.

Fig. 3: Screenshot and flyer of the L4 talk by Dr.Iyer.

4. Event Name: IEEE MTTSWomen in Microwaves Virtual Colloquium on Recent Trends, Techniques and Career Opportunities on Microwave and Millimetrewave Technologies, Antennas and Applications.

Date: July 17-18, 2021 No. of Participants: 180

• IEEE: 85

•

Non-IEEE: 95

Fig. 4 :The speakers of the colloquium: (From Top left) Ms. Kim Eilert, Dr.ZlaticaMarinkovic, Ms. Sadia Farjana, Dr. Sofia Rahiminejad, Dr. K S Beenamole, Dr.AsiminaKiourti SUMMARY:A woman bringing forth an innovation, has always made far-reaching impact by building a spectacular world for generations ahead, thereby maintaining sustainability. IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques society (MTT-S) has been on the forefront in increasing the visibility of women scientists and engineers within the microwave community since its inception in July 2019 [1]. The society has always played a crucial role in nurturing them and mentoring new talents within the community.

After successful launch of a new L4 talk series [2] during the ongoing covidenforced lockdown and challenging time, IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter, India has come up with another new initiative, ‘IEEE MTT-S WiM Virtual International Colloquium’ in July, 2021. The unique initiative with theme ‘Recent Trends, Techniques and Career Opportunities on Microwave &Millimeter-Wave Technologies,

Antennas and Applications’ was conceived with a broader goal of promoting the microwave engineering/ education and research amongst young scholars, especially women, by providing them an opportunity and platform to network with established women in microwave (WiM) from both industry and academia. The event was held online during July 17-18, 2021 in association with IEEE MTT-S WiM affinity group, IEEE AP-S SIGHT & YP committees and IEEE MTT-S & AP-S SB Chapters of GEC, Barton Hill. It was technically sponsored by IMaRC-2021 committee.

Dr.ChinmoySaha (Chairperson, IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter) delivered the

welcome address and presented various dynamicand innovative activities of IEEE MTT-S Kerala chapter. Following the welcome address, Dr. Gregory Lyons (President, IEEE MTT-S) andDr.Antar(President, IEEE AP-S) delivered the keynote address. They highlighted the relevance of the event and the contributions of women scientists/engineers to the field of microwave engineering. Dr Rashaunda (President-Elect, IEEE MTT-S), along with Dr ShibanKoul, Dr. C. J. Reddy, Dr Sudhakar Rao, Ms. Sherry Hess and Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui, greeted and addressed the community.

The inaugural ceremony was followed by a series of lectures over two days:

i) ‘Developing an intuitive understanding of E&M: RF Filters’by Ms. Kim Eilert (IEEE MTT-S WiM Coordinator): The speaker presented an overview of the theoretical basics required to understand RF filters and made a brief demonstration of the simulation aspect.

Youtube link: Click Here for the MTT-S Kerala WiM Lecture

ii) ‘ANN applications in small-signal modelling of advanced microwave FETs’ by Dr.ZlaticaMarinkovic (University of Nis, Serbia): The speaker provided an insight into various ANN models employed for neural modelling of S-parameters.

Youtube link: Click here for the MTT-S

Kerala WiM Lecture

iii) ‘Micromachining of Gap Waveguide Components for mm Wave and sub-mm Wave Applications’ by Ms. Sadia Farjana (Chalmers University, Sweden): The speaker discussed the concept of gap waveguides employed at mmWave frequencies and precision micromachining for such gap waveguide components.

Youtube link: Click Here for the MTT-S Kerala WiM Lecture

iv) ‘Silicon RF-MEMS for THz Space Applications’ by Dr. Sofia Rahiminejad (JPL NASA, USA): The speaker discussed the challenges in implementing MEMS technology at THz frequencies and discussed some of the MEMS systems

employed in space applications.

Youtube link: Click Here for the MTT-S Kerala WiM Lecture

v) ‘Recent Trends in Radar Antenna Technology’ by Dr. K S Beenamole (LRDE, DRDO, Bangalore, India): The resource person gave an insight into types of radar antennas, phased array systems, beam forming and recent trends in antenna technology for defence applications.

Youtube link: Click Here for the MTT-S Kerala WiM Lecture

vi) ‘Wearable and Implantable Applications of Electromagnetics’ by Dr.AsiminaKiourti (Ohio State University, USA): The speaker discussed latest trends in bio electromagnetics, including wearable and implantable sensors, sensors to monitor deep brain activity and into-body radiating antennas.

Youtube link: Click Here for the MTT-S Kerala WiM Lecture

At the end of the lecture series, the chief guests of the ceremony, Dr NunoCarvalho and Dr Maurizio Bozzi addressed the global community. Dr Ramesh Gupta, Dr M J Akhtar, Dr Gautam Chattopadhyay, Dr ChinmoySaha, Dr. J. Y. Siddiqui and

Dr Debdeep Sarkar also delivered their addresses during valedictory ceremony. The event was attended by around 500 registrants across the globe, including professional MTT-S members, academicians and students from various universities and colleges. All the sessions were streamed live on YouTube. The overall feedback Fig. 5: Screenshot during the valedictory session of the WiM was positive. The event was highly successful in fostering excellent interaction among the participants, speakers and other dignitaries.

[1] C. Saha, “Report From MTT-S Kerala Chapter and IIST Student Chapter [Society News],” in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 120-121, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1109/ MMM.2019.2941569.

[2] C. Saha, “Inauguration of GECBH Student Chapter and L4 Talk Series [MTT-S Society News],” in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 76-77, March 2021, doi: 10.1109/ MMM.2020.3042047.

[3] D. Sarkar, “Antenna Learning And Research For Students And Young Professionals In The Post-COVID-19 Era [Young Professionals],” in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine,

vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 146-148, June 2021, doi: 10.1109/MAP.2021.3070740.

5. Event Name: L4 Series Talk on “The Importance of Antenna Characterization for Practical Applications: A Tribute to Prof. Tapan Sarkar and his Multi-faceted Contributions to the Field of Antennas and Propagation”

Speaker: Prof.MahtaMoghaddam, Prof.University of Southern California, LA, USA & PastPreident IEEE AP Society.

Date: August 04, 2021 No. of Participants: 250

• IEEE: 115

• Non-IEEE: 135

SUMMARY: Prof.Mahta, past president of AP society (2020) delivered the L4 talk on“The Importance of Antenna Characterization for Practical Applications: A Tribute to Prof. Tapan Sarkar and his Multi-faceted Contributions to the Field of Antennas and Propagation” on Aug 04, 2021. The webinar, under the ongoing series of L4 (Learn from Legends& Learn from Legends) was jointly organized by MTT-S Kerala chapter and MTT-S GECBH SBC. The event was dedicated in the memory of Prof.Tapan Sarkar

(Aug 02,1948-Mar 12, 2021), a legend known for his contributions in the field of RF, microwave and antennas. Prof. Mahtaenlightened various aspects of antenna characterization for practical applications and talked on various contributions of Prof.Tapan Sarkar in his legendary career.The talk was attended by participants all over the world that included scientists/ engineers from reputed labs & industries, young researchers and academicians.

Fig. 6: Speaker and other dignitaries on the virtual podium

6. Event Name: L4 Series talk on Surface Electromagnetics: Physics Exploration and Engineering Applications

Speaker: Prof Fan Yan, Professor, Microwave and Antenna Institute Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Date: September 25, 2021 No. of Participants: 150

• IEEE: 60

• Non-IEEE: 90

SUMMARY:The talk on “Surface Electromagnetics: Physics Exploration and Engineering Applications” by Prof. Fan was conducted as a part of the ongoing L4 Talk Series“Learn from

Leaders, Learn from Legends(L4)” by IEEE MTTS Kerala Section. The event was technically co-sponsored by IEEE APS Kerala Section along with IEEE APS and MTTS student branch chapters of GEC Barton Hill.

Prof Fan Yang, a distinguished personality who has published six books, seven book chapters, and over 400 journal articles and conference papers in his illustrious career enlightened the audience with the physics of surface Electromagnetics and its diversified applications. Various dignitaries like Dr.SudhakarRao , Dr Debdeep Sarkar , Dr. Jawad Sidhiqui and Dr ChinmoySaha interacted with the speaker. The talk was attended by 150 participants all over the world that included scientists/ engineers

from reputed labs & industries, young researchers and academicians.

Fig. 7: Speaker and participants on the virtual podium

7. Event Name: Distinguished Lecture series (DL) on the topic “History and Future of Implantable Antennas”

Speaker: Prof.Cynthia Furse, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah, USA

Date: November 23, 2021 No.of participants: 100

Summary:

IEEE MTT-S Kerala Section and IEEE MTT-S SBC IIST in association with IEEE MTT-S & AP-S SBC’s of GECBH jointly organized Distinguished Lecture

series (DL) on the topic “History and Future of Implantable Antennas” delivered by Prof. Cynthia Furse, Prof, Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah, USA. The lecture was live casted on the YouTube channel of IEEE MTT-S Kerala. The session was followed by a Q&A session at the end. The event witnessed over

Andriulli, Professor, Ordinario di CampiElettromagneticiPolitecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. Date: October 23, 2021 No. of participants: 80 Summary:

IEEE MTT-S and IEEE AP-S KERALA

CHAPTER in association with IEEE APS & MTT-S Student Branch Chapters of GEC Barton Hill organized Lecture on the topic “ Trends and Grand Challenges in Computational Electromagnetics for High-Resolution Functional Neuroimaging “ by Prof. Francesco P. Andriulli, Full Professor - Ordinario di CampiElettromagneticiPolitecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. The event was organized as part of the ongoing L4 series. The lecture was live casted on the YouTube channel of IEEE MTT-S Kerala. The

event witnessed over 100 participants from all around the world.

9. Event Name: Webinar on ‘Promise of Plasmonics: From Communication to Renewable Energy’

Speaker: Dr Muhammed ZulfikarAlam, Assistant Professor from Queen’s University, Canada

Date: 21 December, 2021

No.of participants: 100 Summary:

IEEE MTT-S Kerala section and AP-S and MTT-S Student Branch Chapters of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology jointly organized a technical webinar on ‘Promise of Plasmonics: From communication to renewable energy’ by .DrAlam, Queens U niversity, Kingston, Canada on December 21, 2021. Dr BS Manoj, IEEE IIST Branch Counselor delivered

the welcome address followed by a brief address by DrChinmoySaha, IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chair on the chapter activities. Prof. Raju K George, Dean R&D IIST and Dr J. Y. Siddiqui, IEEE APS SIGHT Committee, Chair also addressed the audience. The talk focused on the applications of the technology along with the existing problems and potential solutions. The event was chaired and moderated by DrSaha. Ms Elizabeth George, APS IIST SBC delivered the vote of thanks. The event was attended by 100 participants.

Fig. 9: Speaker (Dr.Alam), organizers and the participants on the virtual podium

10. Event Name: IEEE Space Antenna Workshop (ISAW-2021)

Date: December 23-24, 2021

Speakers: Dr. Sudhakar Rao, Northrop Grumann, USA

Dr. Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency, Italy

Dr. NacerChahat, JPL, NASA

Dr. DC Pande, DRDO, India

Dr. ChinmoySaha, IIST, Trivandrum

Dr. JY Siddiqui, University of Calcutta, India Shri SandipSankar Roy, NRSC, Hyderabad, India

No.of participants: 160

Fig. 10: Speakers of ISAW-2021.

Summary:

IEEE MTT-S Kerala Section Chapter in association with IEEE AP-S and MTT-S SBC of GECBHorganized 4th IEEE Space Antenna Workshop (ISAW-2021) during December 23-24, 2021. Theme of ISAW-2021 was “Advanced Antennas for Space and Industrial Applications: Design, Modeling, Hardware and Test”. ISAW 2021 was a spectacular event that brought attendees from all around the world, including students, industry leaders, academicians, and scientists. A number of noteworthy personalities presented talks over the course of the two-day event. After the welcome and inaugural speeches by Dr. BS Manoj and Dr. ChinmoySaha, Prof.YahiaM M Antar (Royal Military College, Canada; IEEE APS President

2021) delivered the keynote speech. Shri Somanth, Director, VSSC and IIST graced the occasion with his message sent to the organizers which was read by Dr. Chinmoysaha. The workshop featured one keynote and six technical talksas follows Fig. 11: Screen-shot during ISAW 2021 Event 11: Supporting Local Schools from IEEE AP-S COPE for Societal Developments

IEEE MTT-S Kerala Chapter in association with IEEE IIST AP-S & MTT-S SBCs have submitted two proposals for supporting two local schools under IEEE AP-S COPE (Committee for promotion of equality). The proposal involves supporting two schools namely, i)

Govt: UP School at Ponmudi and ii) GTLPS, Thalathoothakavu, Vithua by developing smart class rooms at the

school premises and conducting online sessions for the school students.

Fig. 12: The two schools to be supported under AP-S COPE: (a) Govt: UP School at Ponmudi and ii) GTLPS, Thalathoothakavu, Vithua

Event 12: Distribution of MTT-S mask and broaches to the volunteers MTT-S Kerala chapter has taken a

promotional initiative to distribute MTT-S logo embedded masks and broaches to all the members. The same is being currently distributed to all the members.

Fig. 13: MTT-S pandemic initiative to support the member with MTT-S maks

Power & Energy Society

Reported by: Bobby Philip

The activities of IEEE PES Kerala Chapter for the year 2021 kicked off with a meet-up and farewell organized for the student team of 2020. The student team of 2021, the YP team and senior ExeCom members attended the meet-up.

IEEE PES KC launched the second edition of Women of Wisdom (WOW 2.0), a talk series as part of PES Day 2021

activities. A total of seven sessions were held. Ms. ChaitaliNaik - Chair, IEEE PES Day 2021, Ms. LathaChembrakalam - Vice-President, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Ltd, Mrs. Gita Ramachandran, Adjunct Faculty at vidya academy of science and technology, Ex DGM IIS at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Dr. B.G Sreedevi, Top level expert at WAPCOS, Former Director and Chief Scientist

NATPAC, Dr. Shay Bahramirad, Vice President of Climate and Resilience, Quanta Technology, USA, Ms. SreepriyaRadhakrishnan, Co-founder/ Director - Pehia foundation and Parent Happiness Associate at Toto Learning and Ms. AnithaKasim, Deputy Project Manager, Specon Group, UAE were the speakers respectively. A student and YP meetup organized on 11th May 2021 in presence of Senior ExeCom members.

The WiP community of IEEE PES Kerala Chaptertriumphantly organized ‘Orion 2.0’, the second edition of our signature event Orion, exclusively

for all the IEEE and IEEE PES student members across IEEE Kerala Section. The six - day virtual technical extravaganza was scheduled from 27th May 2021 -1st June 2021and aimed to provide a platform for the students to exhibit their technical, leadership, and soft skills among the members within every IEEE student branch.

IEEE PES KC organized PES One-onOne and a Hub wise meet up on 3rd and 4th July 2021 as volunteer training for the newly appointed PES SBC leaders. The event was graced by the presence of IEEE PES Kerala Chapter ExeCom, members of the Student

Activities Subcommittee, the Student Leadership Team, and the faculty advisors, & chairs of the various PES SBCs across Kerala.

IEEE PES KC, IEEE CS KC, and IEEE ComSoc KC jointly organized the magnificent second edition of the technical event, TRIAC 2.0 (Technical Revamping Initiative Aspired Concourse), co-hosted by IEEE SB CEK.

The two-day event was conducted virtually on 2nd and 3rd October 2021. The event consisted of a oneday workshop covering the basics, followed by a hackathon to assess the learning process of the past day. Prof. V K Damodaran, Fellow, IE (India); Life Senior Member, IEEE (NY), was the Chief Guest of inaugurated the event in the presence of the ExeCom members of all the 3 chapters. The workshops

organized were Power System Analysis and Simulation using Python, Game Development, and 2D to 3D ICChanging trends in Semiconductor IC Design. The resource person for the above workshops cum hackathons were Er. Hari Prasad (Co-Founder and CTO of Zellab Dynamics Pvt. Ltd), Vishnu V (Technical and Operations Support Officer, GADS LLP), and Mr. Radeep Krishna R (Former Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Tamil Nadu) respectively.

IEEE PES KC together with IEEE PES WiP community organized Power Talkz 2.0, an initiative to empower the female PES student members of Kerala section. The speaker for the session was Ms. Sruthy S Nair (NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad). She began the session with a short introduction on energy sources and the importance of renewable energy.

As part of IEEE Day, the student team of the chapter organized an IEEE Day Quiz exclusively for the IEEE student members of the IEEE Kerala Section on 9th October 2021.

IEEE PES KC launched its membership development initiative, LEAP. As common events, we had sessions on ‘How PES helps B.Tech Final Years’,

Microsoft Powerpoint& Microsoft Excel handled respectively by Ms. Sherin Cherian, MDC, IEEE PES YP Kerala, Mr. Vyshakh T, Content Creator, IEEE PES KC & Mr. Navaneeth Krishna E S, Webmaster, IEEE PES KC.

The prestigious 13th IEEE PES AsiaPacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference 2021 (APPEEC 2021) was hosted virtually by IEEE PES Kerala Chapter from 20th – 23rd November 2021, with the theme Power and Energy for a Greener World. The first day of the conference kicked off with the Student Professional Awareness Activities (SPAA) Track 1 titled Project to Product coming under the general track, jointly organized by IEEE PES Kerala Chapter and IEEE SB SreeChitraThirunal College of Engineering. SPAA Track 2: Power Up!, a Step Panel discussion including PES YP members too was organized. This was succeeded by the talk sessions on the topic “Role of AI for Clean Energy and other WiP YP initiatives to Enhance Member Elevation” organized under WiP Track. Following this were two tutorial sessions on “The Evolution of Li-Ion Battery Solutions for Renewable Energy Applications” and “The Role of Wind Energy in Energy Transition”. Thereafter, a panel discussion on “Youth Contribution in

Power and Energy Sector for Green World” was held. This was followed by the WiP Track 2 – a Panel Discussion on “The Beginning of a New Era: From a Fresher to Leadership Excellence”.

The second day began with the inaugural ceremony of APPEEC ‘21. The ceremony was graced by the presence of our honorable chief

guests- Saifur Rahman (2022 IEEE President-Elect), Dean Sharafi (Region Representative, Asia-Pacific, IEEE PES Governing Board), SurekhaDeshmukh (Chair, PES India Chapters Council), SaradaJayakrishnan (Chair, IEEE Kerala Section), and APPEEC organizing committee members. Keynote sessions were held throughout and were handled by Mr. Saifur

Rahman, Mr.SukumarKamalasadan, Mr.TapanSaha, Dr. SurekhaDeshmukh, Mr. RanjeetVaishnav, Bikash Pal and Mr. Sheldon Williamson. The fourth paper presentation session & the function of the event was also organized on the final day. The YP community of the chapter also organized an Idea Pitching & Quiz competition as a part of the preevents for APPEEC 2021.

As part of the IEEE Pre-University STEM Grant Program, IEEE PES Kerala Chapter organized STEM-Ed (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Education) - a four-month-long project development cum mentoring program planned to organize from August till November 2021. The program focused on school teachers and students of eighth, ninth, and tenth grades across Kerala, to learn, develop and implement the STEM academic disciplines. STEM-Ed was jointly organized by IEEE PES Kerala Chapter and ten different colleges across Kerala that acted as co-hosts.

APPEEC had participation from 21 countries. 61 researchers presented their pathbreaking works.

IEEE PES YP Activities

IEEE PES YP Kerala organized a virtual IV to Innoses. Ms. SimayAkar - Chief Commercial Officer & Co-founder, Innoses, jointly with Mr. Tim LuiCTO,Innoses, led the IV. IEEE PES YP hosted the IEEE PES HAC HTPDC 2021 R10 Local Round and a special talk on

the topic ’Picking tools for tackling Humanitarian Challenges: Some Field Experiences’ handled by Prof. V.K. Damodharan - Advisor & Mentor, IEEE PES Kerala Chapter. They also organized a Malayalam webinar on energy conservation, titled UrjaNidhi 2.0, on 18th July 2021. With a motto to help students understand the importance of

elevating their membership IEEE, PES YP Kerala collaborated with 4 PES SBCs across Kerala to organize STEP from 31st July 2021-1st August 2021. The event marked the presence of various esteemed guests across the world. An HPSBCP ‘21 Guidance Program was conducted on 14th July 2021. They also organized various events as a part of the IEEE Day celebrations such as ‘ShowTheProject-STP’ and a series of experience sharing sessions titled

Awards and Accolades:

IEEE PES Kerala Chapter is proud to share that we have crossed 4,500+ members with around 4,100+ student members. IEEE PES KC secured the second position in the Global Rankings for IEEE PES High Performing Chapter Program. The chapter was also ranked second in the 2021 PES Chapters Social Media Contest. IEEE PES Kerala Chapter was also awarded USD 2000

We are elated to announce that 28 PES SBC’s across Kerala received a total funding of $6050 as a part of IEEE PES HPSBCP.

PA News

Professional Activities

Reported by: Ganesh Sekhar, Secretary

Introduction

IEEE Professional Activities Committee, in association with IEEE Kerala Section, organised an event series named ‘Volunteer Induction Programme (VIP), For Execom Members: Phase 1’ to introduce the newly appointed office bearers to the structure and operations of IEEE, and IEEE Kerala Section, to enable them to execute their roles efficiently and thereby bring great laurels to the Section. The first event of the series was held on 6th February 2021 from 7:00 PM, which dealt with the introduction to IEEE Kerala Section and its structure.

Event Report

The first event of the series commenced with an introduction by Prof. Sunitha Beevi, Chair, Professional Activities. She explained briefly about the structure of the programme and welcomed the Section leads, life members and the office bearers who joined the event. Her introduction was followed by a motivational address by Ms Sarada Jayakrishnan, Chair, IEEE Kerala Section. Ms Sarada gave a brief

idea about what Kerala Section stands for and aims at, what IEEE’s plans are for the next 5 years, and about their most prestigious initiatives. She concluded her address by wishing the office bearers a fruitful year and gave them a note of inspiration to execute their roles with zeal. The next part of the event was handled by Mr Unnikrishnan, Past Chair, IEEE Kerala Section. He began his presentation by paying respects to the leaders who initiated an independent OU that is Kerala Section and describing the evolution of the Section through the years. He went on to explain in detail, how Kerala Section stands apart in the Region through the impacts it has made and the ecosystem of various organizations within the section. He concluded his part by talking about the Section’s future plans ahead.

Up next was a session about the structure of IEEE Kerala Section, handled by Dr S M Sameer, Immediate Past Chair, IEEE Kerala Section and Secretary, R10. He described the membership statistics of Kerala Section, the general structure of the

Section and all its constituent bodies such as the Student Branches, Society Chapters, Affinity Groups and much more in detail. The final session for the day was handled by Dr Mini Ullanat, Chair, Educational Activities, IEEE Kerala Section, and Prof. Nandan S, Chair, IEEE Young Professionals Kerala Section. They presented the geographic unit structure of a Section, its organizational governance, and the guidelines to follow for the smooth functioning of an OU. Prof. Nandan explained the workings of the Section management, nomination committees, constituent chapters, and the roles of various office bearers. The session concluded with Dr Mini explaining about IEEE MGA Volunteer

Leadership Training (VoLT) programme. VoLT is a 14-week online training programme that gives an overview of the MGA, IEEE conferences, the Standards Association, ByLaws and much more. She strongly recommended the office bearers sign up for the programme to shape themselves into resourceful leaders in IEEE.

Ultimately, the first event of the Volunteer Induction Programme was a very informative one and succeeded in familiarising the participant office bearers with the nuances of IEEE Kerala Section. The event motivated the attendees to give their best to their assigned roles and truly find ‘the joy of volunteering’.

Introduction

IEEE Professional Activities Committee, in association with IEEE Kerala Section, organised an event named ‘Volunteer Induction Programme (VIP), For Execom Members: Phase 1’ to introduce the newly appointed office bearers to the structure and operations of IEEE, and IEEE Kerala Section, to enable them to execute their roles efficiently and thereby bring great laurels to the Section. The second event of the series, conducted on 7th February 2021 from 7:00 PM, acquainted the participants with the history, global structuring and code of conduct of IEEE.

Event Report

The second event of Phase 1 started with Prof. Sunitha Beevi’s introduction of the speakers, and a brief description of the sessions planned for the day. The first session of the day was handled by Mr. A K Suhair, Chair, IEEE PES Kerala Chapter. He gave a brief overview of IEEE as a global organization. He went into detail about the origins and evolution of IEEE right from the founding fathers, Norvin Green, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell and others, to the current influence of IEEE in the modern technical world. The next session was about the organisation structure of IEEE, handled by Mr Amarnath Raja, Past Chair,

IEEE Kerala Section. He explained the typical hierarchy of office bearers in an IEEE organisational unit. He also described the geographical structuring of IEEE including the different regions, sections and subsections and the various committees and boards governed by IEEE.

The succeeding session discussed in detail about the IEEE Code of Ethics, Norms and Guidelines, handled by Prof. V K Damodaran, Past Chair, IEEE Kerala Section. He elaborated the importance of following a professional code of conduct to avoid engineering failures, and why every IEEE member is sworn by oath to uphold the code of ethics. He also talked about the standards and guidelines an office bearer should keep in mind to excel in their role. The final session of the second event was handled by Mr. Satish Babu, Past Chair, IEEE Kerala Section, about various IEEE Etiquettes, Conflicts of Interest and Norms. He listed out various scenarios and cases where ethics and etiquettes should guide a professional. He also introduced the office bearers to the IEEE’s list of conflicts of interest, and what to do when presented with such a scenario. The newly appointed office bearers had much to learn and take away from the sessions of the event, and it was an absolute success in conduction.

Training on vTools & OUAnalytics

Introduction

IEEE Professional Activities Committee, in association with IEEE Kerala Section, organised an event named ‘Volunteer Induction Programme (VIP), For Execom Members: Phase 1’ to introduce the newly appointed office bearers to the structure and operations of IEEE, and IEEE Kerala Section, to enable them to execute their roles efficiently and thereby bring great laurels to the Section. The final event of Phase 1 was organised on 27th February 2021 from 7:30 PM and acquainted its participants with the usage of vital IEEE tools like vTools and OUAnalytics.

Event Report

The third event of Phase 1 began with an introduction of the speakers, and

a brief description of the sessions planned for the day by Prof. Sunitha Beevi. The first session of the day was on the usage of vTools. It was handled by Dr Gilesh M P, Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section. He gave a brief overview of the various features of vTools from drafting and publishing e-notices and events to the usage of vTools for registration of various events held by IEEE. He also mentioned the usage of vTools in conducting ballots to take important decisions democratically and the addition of new officers of current Execom via VTools.

The next session on OU Analytics was handled by Mr Thomas Sabu, Membership Development Chair, IEEE Kerala Section. He spoke about the importance of keeping the data of our members safe. He also provided instructions to make the usage of

OUAnalytics easier for the new members. He gave them an idea about how to get hold of various statistics and filter the data on hand using the OU Analytics tool provided by IEEE. He also mentioned the different formats in which we can download the filtered data which include excel as well as CSV format. He explained all the features of OU Analytics using examples and a

real account linked to OU Analytics for better understanding.

The third event of the Phase 1 Volunteer Induction Program was successfully conducted and brought to a close with a group photograph. The members were delighted to gain information about the usage of important tools provided by IEEE such as VTools and OU Analytics.

Get Linkedin - Build your profile

Speaker

- Ms. Amalu Susan Santhosh

The event focused on profile building through Linkedin and also on how to connect with people. The session was attended by 24 participants mainly in their final year of graduation. Ms. Amalu highlighted the various features of Linkedin , from how to put a proper profile pic and banner for your Linkedin page to how to get connections through group, company and university.

She also provided links to on how to build our profile and get opportunities: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wonsulting-wendy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/soundarya-balasubramani/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chellaniroshni/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-wonsulting/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehakjerrylee/ https://www.wonsulting.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jonathanwordsofwisdom/ https://www.instagram.com/jerryjhlee/ https://www.instagram.com/wonsulting/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1erfXWJVicYY-QQfkBuJXCtyDBaqmuh8ZNLT3yD-eak /edit#gid=0 https://content.app-us1.com/0Na7l/2021/11/05/5db43ec6-45c9-4eb3-997a2a92c0934cb7.pdf

Robotics & Automation Society

Reported by: Sandhya L

Event Date No of participants Reported 1. F2F - First meeting with the SBC studentleads across Kerala 06 February 2021 40 done 2. .RALS- Robotics and Automation Leaders Symposium Session # 1 by Dr.Roshy John, Global Head, Robotics and Cognitive Systems, TCS

15th Feb 2021 105 done 3. Funding opportunities in IEEE and its technical societies by Dr.Biju K, Treasurer, IEEE Kerala Section

25th February 2021 150 done 4. Role of Robotics & AI in lives of people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by ReshmiRavindranathan and Athira Krishnan R , Rapid Labs, TCS R&I on world Autism awareness day

Execom Meeting

2nd April 2021 62 done

April 2021

April 2021 7. A project presentation competition, Esplora, as a part of the “ARDUINO DAY 2021”, jointly with IEEE Robotics and Automation society of Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology

Student Execom meeting

21st to 27th March 2021 32 done

8. RALS- Robotics and Automation Leaders Symposium Session # 2 by Er. Robin Tommy Vice chair RAS and head, Rapid Labs, TCS

9. Robo Tech Tales #1 by Rahul Balachandran, Founder of Inker Robotics

10. Workshop on Robot Operating System, Level-1 by Sanjuna Mariam Mathews, Rapid Labs, TCS

30th April 2021 125 done

07 May 2021 100 done

10th to 19th May 2021

41

11. R2R: Roadway to Robotics May 15th & 16th 409

12. RALS- Robotics and Automation Leaders Symposium Session # 3 byDr. B. Vinod, Head-Robotics and Automation Engg PSG College of Engineering

13 Robo Tech Tales #2 by Nikhil NP, Cofounder and CTO of GEN Robotic Innovations Ltd

14 R-Yantra:Ignite the Interests by IEEE RAS SBC LBSITW in association with IEEE RAS Kerala Chapter

15 ARTE- Amateur Robo Talent Exhibit, Robotics project competition by RAS SCT SB in association with IEEE RAS Kerala Chapter

26th May 2021

23rd June 2021

21st to 25th May 2021

242

120

394

May 2021 11

16 Women in Engineering Day celebration Dr Mini C Saaj, Global Chair in Robotic Engineering at the university of Lincoln and Head of Industrial Digitalisation and System Intelligence Research groupWomen Engineers” Career in Space and Robotics

17 Tech Talk 'VLSI Verification: What the Industry Wants?'* by Er. SweetyPinjani, INTEL Bangalore

18 Webinar- ‘Basic Metrology and Standards used in Electrical Calibration by Mr.Rajashekar Sankesha,Fluke technologies

23rd June 2021

100

19/06/2021 102

24/06/2021 63

19 Webinar 'Cybersecurity and Resilience' by Dr. Mini Ulanat 23/06/2021 64

20 RALS- Robotics and utomation Leaders Symposium Session # 4 by Mr. Jayakrishnan, Founder and CEO of Asimov Robotics

21 Robo Tech Tales #3 by Ani Sam Varghese, Founder and CEO, AiDronePvt. Ltd. and Joji John Varghese Cofounder and CTO AiDrone.

22 Publishing a research paper in IEEE jointly with GEC Barton Hill

26/06/2021

10/09/2021 40

17/9/21 60

23 Co-Innovate #1 by Dr.Jisha V R_MD Session at IEEE SB CEA 21/09/2021 40 24 RALS #5 Er. Apurba Das. 24/09/2021 52

25 Coppelia Sim Workshop In association with IEEE RAS SBC GEC Barton Hill

27/09/2021 and 28/09/2021

51

RFID News

RFID Council Activities

Reported by: Megna Sudeep

Event

:General meeting

Date :15/05/2021

Venue :Google meet

Duration :1 hour

Number of attendees :15

Program Agenda

Welcome address: Megna Sudeep,Secretary

Speaker 1 : Thomas Babu,vice chair

Speaker 2 : Dr.Bijoy Jose,chair

Roles

and responsibilities :Hadi Abdulla,joint secretary

The general meeting began with the welcome address by Megna Sudeep, secretary,RFID council. The idea of RFID technology and the history of the RFID committee was shared by Thomas Babu,Vice chair.The talk was well executed with a powerpoint presentation which can be used for MD session, planned to conduct soon. After that the student leadership team’ 21 was enlightened with the

events conducted earlier to spread the RFID technology by Dr.Bijoy Jose,chair. Global challenge and embedded challenge were the events and also he added that this time too we have to come up with similar events.He wished everyone to have a wonderful time together enjoying the works and getting into every works without confining into our designation.

The main part of the meeting, discussion of roles and responsibility of all selected volunteers was done by Hadi Abdulla,joint secretary. Duties of each one, for the coming week was also specified. HSRs should make a point of contact with every college in our hub.MDC have to prepare a good presentation for RFID Membership purpose. Media Manager and Design Head has to create social media accounts in all platforms. The WIE Team should discuss and bring initiatives or suggestions for events. Content Head and Documentation Head prepare the Content for social media and also for web page. Also write the reports after every event and meetings. Technical Head and Event Manager have to bring out new initiatives or events focusing on the technology. The session was wrapped up with a photo session. Megna Sudeep

delivered the vote of thanks and the meeting officially ended.

2.RFID 2021 -MD SESSION

Event :Membership Development session

Date :28/05/2021

Venue :Zoom Duration :30 Minutes Number of attendees :70 Program Agenda

Welcome address :Gopika,WiE Team Member

Speaker :Megna sudeep,Secretary Introducing the execom :All members of RFID council

To increase awareness on RFID membership, its perks and the opportunities available, IEEE RFID council Kerala Chapter in association with IEEE LINK conducted a membership development session virtually on 28th May ,2021 from 7:00PM-7:30PM.

The session began with the welcome address by Gopika,WiE team,IEEE RFID council. The keynote speaker was Megna Sudeep,Secretary, IEEE RFID council. The MD session was organized for the chairs and the elected representatives of RFID from each student branch all over the kerala.

The session was kick started with

the question of what is RFID and received so many responses which clearly conveys their idea about RFID. Megna Sudeep explained why the RFID technology takes its importance and also why all of us should be a part of such a council. She shared her

experience as an ieee volunteer which she considers to be the best part of her life.RFID in our day to day life was very well expressed with images that all of us are familiar with. RFID membership was free of cost,which was mentioned along with the fact that to join RFID it is not necessary to be an IEEE member. A feedback form was circulated at the end of the session along with the form for conducting a membership drive in their college if needed. The session was wrapped up with a thanking note for all participants.

3.Webinar-RFID Solutions For The Industry

Sudeep,

4.Embedded Challenge 2021

With an aim to encourage the creativity of students to apply their skills to bring about viable and efficient solutions to the problems at hand , IEEE RFID Council Kerala Chapter in collaboration with IEEE LINK as part of Techsortium conducted Embedded Challenge 2.0. This year the IEEE RFID Council secured ties with the National RFID Challenge 2021 so that the skills of our students could be displayed on a national platform. The top performing teams in the Embedded Challenge got direct entry to the National RFID Challenge where they get a chance to win a cash

Secretary

A

talk on

RFID solutions for the industry by T.S.Rangarajan, vice president, IEEE council of RFID 2021 was held on June 7 at 6:00 PM through the Zoom platform. Around 90 participants joined from all over Kerala.

The event received 96 registrations from students in different engineering colleges across Kerala. An information session to clear the doubts of the participants and regarding the rules of the competition were conducted on 29th June, 2021 at 7pm. Dr. Bijoy Jose gave a brief overview of what embedded challenge is and the Student Team explained the documents that had to be filled for entries to be validated. Prof. Shankar J, Chair , Student Activities Committee, IEEE Kerala Section shared his views on the embedded challenge and extended his support for the same. He

had encouraged his students to take up the challenge as their semester assignment so that students could get practical experience in this online scenario.

The deadline for submission of projects was declared as 4th July, 2021. The students were required to submit an abstract as well as videos and simulations to support their project.

The top teams were selected by an expert panel and sent to the National RFID Challenge 2021.

WINNERS:

TOC H Institute of Science and Technology

Adharsh Antony Arun Rajeev

Mubeena Kabir Abhishek K B

Teams qualified to national RFID challenge

1. Govt model engineering college,kochi

2. Govt engineering college, thrissur

3. TKM college of engineering

4. UKF college of engineering and technology

5. Muthoot institute of technology and science

5.Conscribo

IEEE RFID COUNCIL,Kerala Chapter conducted Conscribo, a week-long article writing competition to share their insights and opinions with the world. The event focussed on their creative writing skills. Topic for the

competition was online education. Event was scheduled from the 21st of August. Later on the date was extended to 23rd August by inviting more entries. Event was conducted through online mode where the entries were collected through google forms. Event was successful with 15 number

of registrations.The best entries were published through our instagram page.

WINNERS:

Aswathy Mohan-Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technolgy Parvathy Anil-Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science

Gina Mariam Joseph-Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science

6.NATIONAL RFID CHALLENGE

National RFID challenge was conducted by IEEE RFID TA in collaboration with CRFID,IEEE YP India council,and IEEE RFID Council Kerala section during the month of September,2021. Considering the current situation of our world ,a project relating to COVID-19 was accepted with strict use of RFID technology.

30 teams from all over India participated in the event which was conducted in 3 phases. Among the 30 teams 7 were from the kerala section who qualified the embedded challenge’21 and the rest 23 teams participated directly by filling the interest form.

An information session to clear the doubts of the participants and regarding the rules of the competition

were conducted on 2nd September, 2021 at 7pm. Dr.Malay Tripathy,general chair RFID TA,chair RFID Delhi chapter initiated the beginning of RFID Challenge’21 and Dr. Bijoy Jose gave a brief overview of the National RFID challenge’21.

completion of these rounds the winners were declared.

SDLP News

Section Distinguished Lecture Programme (SDLP)

Reported by: Dr. Vinita C

Section Distinguished Lecture Program (SDLP) is an initiative of IEEE Kerala Section to support the student branches and other IEEE subunits in Kerala in terms of technical expertise for talks, workshops, tutorials, seminars and conferences. The objective of SDLP is to increase the outreach of the Section and update members and student members on technologies. It acts as a platform to provide resource persons to various student branches based on requests.

The Third National Level Internship Programme, INTERNZONE#3‘Introduction to Machine Learning’ was organised by Section distinguished lecture programme (SDLP) of IEEE Kerala Section in collaboration with Student Activities Committee, (IEEE

LINK) IEEE Kerala Section & IEEE SB Government Engineering College Palakkad in association with IEEE Strategic Initiatives for Academic Engagements started on July 31, 2021. The programme was approved by Kerala Technological University.

As a first step , we conducted an orientation programme and a brief

introduction about the course . The orientation programme, an initiative to academic engagements was officially inaugurated by Ms. SaradaJayakrishna, Chair IEEE kerala section on 10thJuly .DrSameer.S.M, secretary, IEEE Region 10 (Asia Pacific) addressed the session and Dr. P.C. Reghu Raj, principal, Government Engineering College Palakkad was presided over. The programme was offered as an online program. The programme touches upon the fundamentals theoretical areas in Machine Learning with a blend of industrial applications. Projects and online hands-on sessions were provided for fruitful learning.

The session was handled by Ms. Shabana K M, Research scholar Computer Science and Engineering IIT Palakkad and Mr. Sibin Sam, Development Engineer, Siemens. A total of 120 students registered for the course. The participants were divided into 12 group mentors assigned for each group. There were three core mentors to guide both students and mentors. Midhun.M, Data analyst at Hardware Technology, Member of

IEEE Professionals ,RakshitSatheesh, Research scholar at IIT Kharagpur and Hemang Mohan, Intern at Tech

Mahindra. The session is ongoing and will wind up in January 2022 after a project presentation by the students.

SPS News

Signal Processing Society

Reported by: Dr. M V Rajesh Maliyeckal

The IEEE’s first society, the Signal Processing Society, has been the world’s premier professional society for signal processing scientists and professionals since 1948. Signal processing is the enabling technology for the generation, transformation, and interpretation of information. SPS serves its members through highquality publications, conferences, technical and educational activities, and leadership opportunities. Its goal is to keep members abreast of the latest information and to serve the public at large.

Professional Team

IEEE Signal Processing Society Kerala Chapter is proud to introduce its Professional Team 2021-22. Something incredible happens when teamwork happens the way it’s supposed to happen. Things change when everyone on the team is equally invested in the overall purpose and goal. May your leadership bring about a prosperous future to this society.

Student Leadership Team

IEEE Signal Processing Society Kerala Chapter is proud to introduce its Student Leadership Team 2021 - ‘22.

Stepping into a new position is an exciting feat, the talented young volunteers are ready to showcase their abilities throughout their journey as a team. May your leadership bring about a prosperous future to this society.

SIGNIA

Signals in Industrial Applications (SIGNIA) was the flagship hybrid event hosted by IEEE Signal Processing Society - Kerala Section. SIGNIA

visioned to bring out quality engineers in the domain of Signal Processing from the UG/PG students of India. The event helped the participants to gain knowledge and experience in the vast field of Signal Processing and its future. SIGNIA is a month-long event started on 25th November 2021. The event was divided into 2 levels and 4 stages. SIGNIA promises a prize pool of ₹45,000/- with admissible

reimbursement of project cost, goodies and complementary SPS membership for the teams in the final stage.

Inaugural Address by Dr. K Biju, Treasurer , IEEE Kerala Section

Group Photo with Participants and Volunteers

The hackathon Kickstarter with the inauguration ceremony on 18th December at 10.30 am. Franco Joe

M, Technical Coordinator at IEEE Signal Processing Society, Kerala Chapter, welcomed the gathering and participants. Dr M V Rajesh, Chairman at IEEE Signal Processing Society, Kerala Chapter and Vice Chairman at IEEE Kochi Subsection, gave the Presidential Address. The event was inaugurated by Dr K Biju, Treasurer at IEEE Kerala Section. Prof. Reshna S, Vice Chairperson at IEEE

Signal Processing Society, carried out the Felicitation Ceremony. For his esteemed presence, Dr K Bijuwas presented with a memento as a token of love and gratitude. NasnyNazeer, Student Representative of IEEE Signal Processing Society, Kerala Chapter, marked the vote of thanks. The ceremony concluded with a photo session with the Chief Guests, participants, and volunteers.

The hackathon concluded on 19th December 2021, at 11:00 am. The project presentation started at 11:15 am. Ten minutes of time was given to each team for presentations. The presentations ended at 12:40 pm, followed by the demonstrations of the

projects, which started at 12:45 pm and ended at 1:05 pm. The judges for the final round were DrBijoyA Jose, Mr Mohammed Zamrood and MrAbhijith C R.

The closing ceremony started with the judges sharing their feedback and impressions on the event and about specific projects presented. After the feedback, the judges announced the most anticipated results. Team Hope came in First Place, Team Impulse as the second and Team Bravo Six in the third position. After the prize distribution, Mr. Mukund C Menon, Chairman SPS IEEE MEC SB and event proposer of SIGNIA shared his thoughts and congratulated the winners. For their

graceful presence, Mr. Mohammed Zamrood and Mr. Abhijit C R were given mementos. Which was followed by the time to share the experience and feedback from teams. By the Vote

of Thanks by Dr. MV Rajesh, Chairman at IEEE Signal Processing Society, Kerala Chapter and Vice Chairman at IEEE Kochi Subsection, SIGNIA came to a gracious ending.

Team Hope , 1st Prize Winners

Team Impulse , 2nd Prize Winners

Team BravoSix, 3rd Prize Winners

Presentation of Memento to Mr. Mohammed Zamrood

FORUM

The FORUM-2021 was a really successful event and had a participation of 50+ every day, and a total of 125+ registrations, ranging from freshmen to Professionals and

Industry experts. Thus it was held in hybrid mode with a set of volunteers at College of Engineering Chengannur, Alappuzha, some at the IEEE Kochi Subsection office and many at their residences connected through Zoom. It was an exciting moment to have a

semi-physical event with networking, knowledge transfer and food together with Covid protocols followed well, after a long break. This event went on to become one of the best events in the Kerala section this year. Every esteemed guest had such high words

about this event. The visibility of SPS is getting very good momentum with the activities of this kind with the SPS

Certified Chapter 2020 Membership Growth Award being given to us. The number of Student’s Branch Chapters are also showing good signs of growth and the technical quality of the programs are appreciated well by everybody. The event was inaugurated by Prof. K V S Hari, vice president, membership development, IEEE SPS, in the function presided over by DrSaradaJayakrishnan, the Chairperson of IEEE Kerala Section.

Day Keynote Address: Panel Discussion 15,December 2021

Prof. KVS Hari, Vice President,

Membership, IEEE Signal Processing Society and Professor at IISc Bangalore Topic: Trends and approaches in the processing of Bio-signal Opening: Dr K Biju. Moderator: DrPadmanabhanRajan Panellists: Dr Jude Hemanth , Dr Erwin Fuhrer, DrAnubha Gupta

16 December 2021

Topic: Sparse signal decomposition of Biosignal Processing: Noise suppression and event detection algorithms.

Speaker: Dr. SabarimalaiManikantan

Topic: Start-up ecosystem in Biomedical Engineering Opening: Dr K Suresh

Moderator: Dr. Ramkumar

Panellists: DrRenu John, MrRajaneeshKini and Mr Robin Tommy

17 December 2021

Topic: Learning-based beamforming algorithms for ultrasound imaging

Speaker: Dr Mahesh R Panicker

Topic: Trends in Human-Machine interface in the context of Biomedical Instrumentation.

Opening: DrGilesh M P Moderator: DrBijoyA Jose Panelists: Dr. Yuvaraj V, Dr. Manoj

Mathew and Dr. SujeshSreedharan

18 December 2021

Topic: Sensor signals based early dementia detection system using travel pattern classification.

Speaker: Dr Hari Prabhat Gupta

Topic: Recent trends, challenges and opportunities in Biomedical Instrumentation

Opening: Dr. K C Raveendranathan

Moderator: Dr Varun G Menon

Panellists: ErNagesh D S, ErBinu Augustine and Dr Varun P Gopi

Day Keynote Address: Panel Discussion 15,December 2021 Prof. KVS Hari, Vice President, Membership, IEEE Signal Processing Society and Professor at IISc Bangalore

Topic: Trends and approaches in the processing of Bio-signal Opening: Dr K Biju. Moderator: DrPadmanabhanRajan Panellists: Dr Jude Hemanth , Dr Erwin Fuhrer, DrAnubha Gupta

16 December 2021

Topic: Sparse signal decomposition of Biosignal Processing: Noise suppression and event detection algorithms. Speaker: Dr. SabarimalaiManikantan

Topic: Start-up ecosystem in Biomedical Engineering

Opening: Dr K Suresh

Moderator: Dr. Ramkumar Panellists: DrRenu John, MrRajaneeshKini and Mr Robin Tommy

17 December 2021

Topic: Learning-based beamforming algorithms for ultrasound imaging

Speaker: Dr Mahesh R Panicker

Topic: Trends in HumanMachine interface in the context of Biomedical Instrumentation.

Opening: DrGilesh M P

Moderator: DrBijoyA Jose Panelists: Dr. Yuvaraj V, Dr. Manoj Mathew and Dr. SujeshSreedharan

18 December 2021

Topic: Sensor signals based early dementia detection system using travel pattern classification.

Speaker: Dr Hari Prabhat Gupta

Topic: Recent trends, challenges and opportunities in Biomedical Instrumentation

Opening: Dr. K C Raveendranathan

Moderator: Dr Varun G Menon Panellists: ErNagesh D S, ErBinu Augustine and Dr Varun P Gopi

Intensive Mentoring Program for Upcoming Leaders in Signal procEssing conducted from 19th May 2021 to 30th May 2021, was a 10- day mentoring programme to provide upcoming engineers with a peek into state-ofthe-art research and industry practices and to direct them towards it. The participants were given guidance in

the fields of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV) by field experts, and a hackathon, in the end, to offer them the experience of getting their hands on a real-world challenge. Participants were also introduced to the different challenges of IEEE SPS and IEEE CS like ICASSP, ICIP, CVPR and ECCV.

Prior to the commencement of the mentoring programme two pre-events were conducted: a quiz on 3rd May 2021 and a webinar on undergraduate research on 7th May 2021. Later on, the enrolled students were added to a WhatsApp group and Google Classroom where IMPULSE coordinators took ownership of updating them with the progress of the event and attending to their queries. Tool-kits on all the topics with, materials covering the entire route map of the subjects were handed out to ensure a smooth learning experience throughout the programme and guidance to take it forward from there.

The sessions were effectively organised and supplied with introductory sessions on the basics of python first and then proceeding to more advanced sessions; OpenCV, DSP and Machine learning, on the following days. Equally relevant and experiential domains; Research Methodologies, CVPR, ECCV and the journey of Vidyut in IEEE Signal Processing Cup 2016, were covered on the rest of the days.

The lectures were tailored to be beginner-friendly with elaborative and practical content, and an open end to questions. And each lecture ended with a guided project on the corresponding domain.

A hackathon called off the event, completing the experience of realworld tech challenges. Participants had to enrol separately as teams, for the challenge. On the release of problem statements, the countdown started for the submissions. After reviewing and shortlisting the best of the submissions, the winners were decided. The event ended with announcing the winners and handing out the prizes.

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ORIGO

ORIGO, a seven-day hands-on training programme on the topic of Natural Language Processing was conducted by IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of IEEE SB ASIET, from 24th to 30th May 2021. The event was mentored by Mr Justin Joseph, AI Research Engineer at Siemens.

The first day of the event focussed on the introduction to Natural Language Processing, in which topics such as models and their different types (subjective, multiple choice etc) were covered. Also, a clear idea about the working of chatbots and bulk invoice data extraction using image processing was given to the students.

Hands-on sessions started off from the second day. Prior to the actual

section, the speaker gave a brief idea of working on Google Collab as further implementations were done using collab. He also made students do some basic code using Natural Language Toolkit on Jupiter Notebook. The session went on in detail about methods to import different packages like MAT Plot. Topics such as functions of NLTK and its specifications ie, the corpus of data was looked into. Following that a detailed note on preprocessing tasks was provided. Day three was a continuation of the hands-on session part of day two. Topics such as embeddings and their

disadvantages were covered. They were also made to do coding on the declaration part, analysis and generation of embeddings by the mentor.

A walk in through previously covered topics marked the beginning of the fourth day. Popular python package spacing, its capabilities and various tasks using spacing was looked upon. Students did also get familiarised with different tasks such as tokenization and named entity recognition using spacing.

On the last day of the hands-on training, the speaker taught students

about transformers, which was an advanced package compared to all other packages dealt with a date. After the hands-on training, the speaker initiated an interactive Q&A session in which students asked questions about topics and further career opportunities. Finally, the speaker gave challenges to the students, based on which the upcoming competition would be held. MsJaimy James, Chapter Advisor, Signal Processing Society Chapter of IEEE SB ASIET rendered the vote of thanks. Origo was successful in enlightening the participants on the relevance of Natural Language Processing. One of

the major highlights of the event was the competition held after handson training. This ensured that the participants were fully capable of applying the knowledge gained in the sessions into practice. Origo witnessed a total of 185 participants. Out of which, a handsome number of students participated in the competition which was conducted after the training. The best entries from the submissions were evaluated and prizes were announced accordingly.

Membership Development Session

A membership development session was conducted on 05th October 2021 at 8:30 pm for all IEEE SB office

bearers of the IEEE Kerala Section. The event was organized by the SPS Kerala Chapter. The session elaborated on the benefits of taking SPS membership, funding opportunities, scope and benefits of volunteering, guidance to conduct events etc. It also cleared participants doubts about joining SPS. The session was handled by MV Rajesh

Maliyeckal, Chair of the SPS Kerala Chapter. The overall feedback of the participants was positive. Through this event, the participants were able to get a clear view of SPS and its benefits.

Signal Processing Aspects of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

The IEEE SPS Kerala Section in its executive committee has decided to

Kerala Section

conduct the event in association with IEEE MEC SB in an all-Online mode using the Zoom platform(Due to the existing COVID-19 pandemic) from the 18th to 21st of February 2021

Dr M. V. Rajesh, MrMukund C Menon (Chairperson, SPS Chapter, IEEE MEC

SB), and Mr Franco Joe M(Secretary, SPS Chapter, IEEE MEC SB) were entrusted to coordinate the event.

The event was inaugurated by Dr K.R Suresh Nair, in the function presided over by DrSaradaJayakrishnan, the

Topics for panel discussion

1. Panel on Computer Vision Methods for CAVs & Safer System Design

2. Panel on Green Vehicles and Energy Management

3. Panel on Opportunities, Challenges

and Ethical aspects of CAVs

The future of transportation technology is already upon us with tangible examples of futuristic travel options increasing each year. Significant investments from public,

private and institutional parties have developed systems and technology to mitigate the user errors that result in loss of life on the transportation network. Wireless communication devices have been developed for vehicles to communicate operational conditions between and among each other, as well as with the adjacent infrastructure, to perform automated driving functions. Safety is the paramount objective of he developing technologies that would navigate the transportation network, reducing human errors. These technological advances will also greatly enhance the mobility of people and goods. Our future transportation networks must evolve and transform to adopt this technology into the planning, design and construction of transportation projects. The challenges for our industry are to formulate the publicprivate partnerships that will be critical to the successful integration and implementation of these technologies into our everyday world of transportation services and facilities. Understanding the scope of new technologies is the first step. This Forum addressed the various aspects associated with the development of Connected and

Autonomous Vehicles(CAV)

ORESIGHT Ideathon

An Ideathon which was a post-event for the “FORUM on Signal Processing Aspects of Connected and Automated Vehicles(CAV)”organised by the IEEE SPS Chapter- Kerala Section and cohosted by the IEEE MEC SB. The event was organised by the SPS Chapter of IEEE MEC SB. The event comprised two rounds. An Abstract Submission round and a Final Presentation Round.

Date(1st Round): 22nd-25th February 2021 Date(Final Round): 28th February 2021

No. of participants: 20 participants

Type of the event (Hackathon, workshop, webinar, etc..): Ideathon

A total of 5 participants had been shortlisted to the final round of the Ideathon.

The 2nd round of the event was an Idea Presentation Round, where the participants has to detail out their ideas to a panel of judges. It was conducted on the 28th of February,2021 on the Google Meet platform.

The judges for the Final Round were Dr. K Biju(Treasurer, IEEE Kerala Section), Prof.Reshna S(Vice-Chair, IEEE SPS Chapter-Kerala Section), and Dr. Varun

G Menon(Senior

Member, IEEE and Associate Professor, Department of CSE, SCMS College of Engineering and Technology).

Team Kerala Ninjas bagged the 1st

prize and Team The Impostors bagged the 2nd prize for the event. The overall feedback of the participants was positive. Through this event the participants got to work on ideas

on Connected and Automated Vehicles(CAV). The participants were really enthusiastic and was able to pitch some really innovative solutions on the problem domains listed out by the organisers.

A Technical Workshop On Guidelines For IEEE Conference Paper Presentation

ICMSS 2021 and IEEE SPS Student Chapter jointly organised a technical workshop on Guidelines for IEEE Conference Paper Presentation. The session was introduced to the participants by Dr B.S. Manoj, ICMSS TPC Chair, also serves as a Professor in the Department of Avionics, IIST, Trivandrum. Further, the session was handled by Dr Suresh. K, Professor, Department of ECE, GEC, Wayanad and Dr M.V. Rajesh, Professor, Department of ECE, MEC, Thrikakara. The workshop highlighted the importance of IEEE conference paper presentation guidelines, formatting, embedding IEEE conference numbers, PDFExpress checking, copyrights. Participants’ doubts were well attended to by the professors hence offering an insightful workshop. The session concluded with a Vote of Thanks presented by DrAnzar. S.M, Head of SPS IEEE SB TKMCE as

well as Professor, Department of ECE, TKMCE, Kollam. Matrica’21 Matrica’21 is a MATLAB workshop conducted by the SPS IEEE SB TKMCE. The session was handled by Shafi. M.N, Assistant Professor of ECE department of TKMCE. The workshop commenced with a welcome speech by Prof. Reshna.S.Ayoob, SPS Kerala Section Vice-Chair. As Shafi sir took over the session, he began with the basics of MATLAB and familiarised the tools with the students. He proceeded to the various basic image processing techniques that could be accessed using this platform. A hands-on project was already informed to the students. So towards the end of the session, he showed a simple project in the field of image processing. The session concluded with a talk from DrAnzar SM, Head of SPS IEEE SB TKMCE. It was followed by the Vote of Thanks by Anagha PM, SPS Chairperson.

New Student Branch Chapter

IEEE Signal Processing Society Kerala Section welcomes our new SPS Student Branch Chapter, IEEE SPS SB Government Engineering College Thrissur. We congratulate and wish you good luck with all your future endeavours and plans!

SIGHT Camp

Reported by: Dr. Bindima T, Vice Chair

IEEE KERALA SECTION SIGHT organized a SIGHT CAMP’21 to the tribal villages of Begur and Bavali in Wayanad district from 18th to 19th of December 2021, to identify the problems of the tribal community and arrive at creative technical solutions. The event was cohosted by Government Engineering College Wayanad (GECW). A group of 30 volunteers, from different SIGHT groups under the leadership of Mr.Jayakrishnan M C, Chair, IEEE KERALA SECTION SIGHT, Dr. Bindima

T, Vice Chair IEEE KERALA SECTION SIGHT, and Prof. Anas M M, SIGHT Chapter Advisor GEC Wayanad, attended the camp. The registration for the camp started at 3.00 pm and a registration kit of essentials including mask, sanitizer, IDs were provided for the registrants. The camp was inaugurated by Dr. Anitha V S the Principal, GECW, in the presence of faculty members and student volunteers.

On 18/12/2021 morning, the volunteers assembled for a session by Mr. Jayakrishnan M C on Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Logical framework approach (LFA). Volunteers were divided into 5 teams and each team was assigned particular topics such as power and communication, waste management, education, sanitation and basic amenities. A team of volunteers were assigned for mapping. Each team was supervised by Mr. Jayakrishnan and Dr. Bindima on the points to focus on while surveying, how to deal with the colony inhabitants in a pleasing and productive manner and how to analyse at their problems effectively.

Volunteers traveled to Begur tribal village 7km away from the camping station at Kattikulam. On reaching Begur forest area, two representatives from the forest department guided us into the tribal colonies. The team

members approached the tribal houses and the volunteers enquired about their culture, food habits, how they manage waste, other issues that they face in their daily lives, their

educational needs, and healthcare facilities. Campers explored the tribal lifestyle and natural beauty of the Kalindi river and Kabini river . Mapping team hunted for landmarks, numbered buildings and marked the directions. In the afternoon session, the volunteers visited another tribal village at Bavali 7 km away from Kattikulam, and proceeded in the same manner as they did in the morning session. The survey inspired volunteers to understand the real-life problems faced by these communities despite the availability of different government schemes to uplift them. The tribal kids welcomed volunteers with charming smiles and folk songs and they were gifted with pens. The elders of the tribal community were enthusiastic to share their experience .

Most of the tribal population work under (Thozhilurappu Padhathi) National rural employment guarantee act 2005, and very few farm in their own land. Dairy farming, coffee planting, honey collection are other sources of livelihood in their community. Wild animal attack on their fields and domestic animals are another serious issue that they are facing. Primary education is very effective among the children, but only a small percentage of them in the

new generation have opt for higher studies. But there are students who discontinued their education after 12th due to lack of motivation and awareness about the schemes and scholarships available to them. Proper career guidance must be provided for uplifting them and inspiring them to keep momentum in their studies. Health facilities are available in nearby health centers for emergency medicine. Health services for severe health issues treatment is done at Mananthavady Medical college. Colonies are fully vaccinated for corona and monkey fever, the latter which is prevalent in the area. Eventhough, they are aware of the importance of preention mechanisms for health hazards, they lack proper understanding about the health hazards due to improper waste management including littering of plastic wastes which are burnt in the colony.

Drinking water facility is arranged from panchayat pipes ,community wells and rivers near by. But in summer acute shortage of water is a real problem. Eventhough Kalindi can be considered as a good source of sustainable water river, as it is highly polluted due to littering by the tourists visiting the forest and Thirunelli temple. This causes a serious threat

for the source of sustainable clean water. Basic amenities and sanitation is maintained under the panchayats. All houses are electrified. Technology has a space to innovate to make the power usage efficient. Begur is poor in communication infrastructure whereas Bavali has sufficient infrastructure for network coverage. After completing the survey the campers engaged themselves in defining problems in terms of its cause and effect. A brief guidance about the LFA approach was explained to the students by Mr. Jayakrishnan M. C. Based on this the team members addressed the problems identified by

their team with the cause and effect.

The problems were categorised into 5 groups such as wildlife attacks, waste management, unavailability of clean water, ,communication and network. After this session of problem analysis, a short christmas celebration was arranged with a cake cutting ceremony and carol.

The second day of the camp began with the presentation sessions by different teams at 8 am till 10 am. Different teams after analysis and discussions presented their solutions for problems. The visit and LFA workshops have given a clear insight into the requirements of the population in these tribal villages. The next step is to see as engineers we can help these people with technology based solutions.

At 10:30 am the team revisited the learning center at Begur village and donated about 100 books (science and literary) for the library for students there. A team of 5 student volunteers from IEEE SB GECW performed scientific experiments that invited the curiosity of tribal students and inspired them to learn new things. Demonstrations from science lab experiments, arduino controlled cars, volcanic eruption demonstration, etc blew up their minds and was a motivating session. Volunteers

enjoyed the tribal music performances that surprised them with the rhythm of nature.

SIGHT CAMP’21 gave us the insight that every technology must keep up that rhythm with nature and humanity in order to gain sustainability. The 3 days gifted the volunteers with an experience to tribal life and cultivated a mindset of a social responsibility being a SIGHT volunteer. It has helped them in identifying problems and to think on creating sustainable technical

solutions for it.

SSIT Activities

Reported by: Aravind P Unnithan, Secretary

SSIT News

Membership Statistics as on 31/12/2021

Life Senior 3 Senior Member 9 Member 7 Graduate Student Member 1 Student Member 36 Total 56

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter is happy to share the increase in the membership count during 2021. Chapter saw an increase of 3.5 times, in terms of membership during last year. A total of 11 events were conducted this year. SSIT chapter witnessed exponential growth in terms of student membership and many studentoriented events were organized this year. A major student-oriented event, “Technology & Society Colloquium”, with support and collaboration of IEEE SSIT SAC and IEEE LINK is planned to be conducted in the first quarter of 2022.

Event Statistics - 2021

Professional 1 Technical 4 Non-technical 5 Administrative 1

Total 11 Events conducted during 2021 are listed below.

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter General Meeting 27th February 2021 General Meeting of IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter was held virtually over Google Meet on 27th February 2021, 6:00 PM IST. The main agenda of the meeting was to develop an action plan for the year 2021. Chair, Mr. S Gopakumar presented the status of the chapter. Distinguished Lecture Webinar (Joint Chapter Event) 23rd May 2021

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter in association with IEEE UK & Ireland SSIT Chapter, IEEE Madras Section SSIT Chapter, IEEE Bangladesh SSIT Chapter, and SSIT ISTAfrica SIGHT hosted a Distinguished

Lecture on “Co-designing Ethical Interventions in Resource Constrained Environments” by Prof. Paul M Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham of IST-Africa Institute, as a joint chapter webinar on 23rd May 2021, 07:00 PM IST.

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter Student Members Meeting 29th May 2021

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter conducted a virtual meeting of Student Members on 29th May 2021, 4:00 PM IST. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss and develop a working plan for student activities.

Membership Development Webinar

4th June 2021

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter organized a webinar on “The Great Reset: Pandemic, Society and IEEE SSIT” by Mr. Satish Babu, President of InApp Infotech, as a membership development initiative on 4th June 2021, 7:00 PM IST.

IEEE SSIT SAC - SSIT Kerala Chapter Meeting 14th June 2021

IEEE SSIT Student Activities and Kerala Chapter had a virtual meeting on 14th June 2021 at 7:30 PM IST. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss student activities within Kerala.

IEEE SSIT Professional Chapters Chairs

- SSIT SAC Meetup 19th June 2021

IEEE SSIT Professional Chapter Chairs across the globe and SSIT Student Activities Committee had a virtual meeting on 19th June 2021, 8:30 PM IST. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss student activities and give professional guidance to the newly formed Student Activities Committee.

Webinar - SSIT Student Essay ContestWhat, How, Why? 14th August 2021

IEEE SSIT Kerala Chapter in association with IEEE SSIT Student Activities Committee organized a webinar on the Student Essay Contest running in parallel with the SSIT’s flagship conference ISTAS’21, on 14th of August 2021 at 8:00 PM IST. Pre-events as part of Technology & Society Colloquium Four pre-events were conducted as pre-events of TSC’21, at four different student branches.

IMPACTO, a PowerPoint presentation competition with the theme “The Future Societal Impact of Technological Advances”, at GEC Kozhikode on 10th October 2021.

AION, a Tech Hunt, at College of Engineering Kidangoor on 13th October 2021.

T-QUEST, a crossword puzzle contest,

at College of Engineering Attingal on 16th October 2021.

TECHNO QUIZ, a quiz competition, at Mangalam College of Engineering on 22nd October 2021. ***

SB News Students Activities

Reported

by: Dr. Vinita Chellappan, SB Councelor

Student Branch Government Engineering College Pal akkad, Sreekrishnapuram

IEEE

IEEE SB GEC Palakkad has conducted a total of 80 events inclusive of 48 nonwebinars and 32 webinars. This report consists of the details of major events only.

SB EVENTS

E-Spacer Quiz: Espacer quiz was a quiz competition for KTU students on behalf of International science week.The topic of the quiz was “Space mission”.

Execom Training: This program was to give awareness about their duties and

Web & Design Team Training: This training session was to give mentoring

ethics they want to follow to the newly formed Execom members of IEEE SB GEC Palakkad.

and proper instructions to develop a webpage and to share better knowl edge about the design tools for poster designing and so on. U in D - Unity in Diversity: Interdepart mental quiz, only for the students of

GEC Palakkad, covered all the aspects of diversity incorporating 25 ques tions. Certificates were awarded to those who secured above 75%.

IEEE Xplore Library - Online Training Session: The online training program on IEEE Xplore digital library which was

on Linkedin profile building and job hunting, session was handled by Mr. Vishnu Prasad.

OTP - Online Training Programme: Op timization Techniques in Technology, a 3 month duration online course was handled by Ms. Gopika Rajagopal, Re

handled by Mr. Nanda Lal T S was held on 11th May 2021 at 2 pm. Two more training sessions were conducted lat er during August 2021 and October 2021.

Workshop on Linkedin profile build ing and job hunting: IEEE SB GEC Pal akkad conducted an online Workshop

search Scholar, Dept of Civil Engg, IIT Palakkad.

Figma-Design Workshop: The first pre - event, ExLaunch of Excelsior 21, Fig ma - Design workshop was conducted.

EXCELSIOR’21: Excelsior 2021, was the third iteration of the flagship

HIGHLIGHTS

OF THE EVENT 1. Ex Learn (Technical workshops)

personalities)

Section Distinguished Lecture Pro gramme: Third edition of National Level Internship Programme, INTERN ZONE#3 organised by Section Distin guished Lecture Programme (SDLP) of IEEE Kerala Section in collaboration

Kerala Section

with Student Activities Committee (IEEE LINK), IEEE Kerala Section & IEEE SB GEC Palakkad in association with IEEE Strategic Initiatives for Academic Engagement was officially inaugurated

by Ms. Sarada Jayakrishnan, Chairper son IEEE Kerala Section on 10th July, 2021 at 03:30 PM. Upscale’21: Upscale is one of the flag ship events of IEEE Student Branch GEC Palakkad, mainly focused on ex posing the participants to multi fac eted dimensions of entrepreneurship. UpScale’21 in collaboration with IEEE PIE Kerala Section, IEDC GEC Palakkad and TBI GEC Palakkad is the second iteration flagship event which will be flagged off on 7th December 2021. Kerala startup mission had also offi-

cially agreed for the incubation of the best 3 teams. The one week long top notch event was inaugurated by Dr. A P Jayaraman, Rtd. Nuclear Scientist at BARC on De cember 7th, 2021 WIE

EVENTS

WIE Debate: The WIE ExeCom online debate competition on the topic “Are women and men treated equally in the technological field?”. Best Speaker from the audience was Deepak D Pai, Student, GEC Palakkad. App Dev Workshop: The five day pro gram started on April 2, 2021. As the program offered paid internships for top performers.

Cazadora - Online treasure hunt: Inter

Kerala Section

college treasure hunt organized by the joint efforts of WIE AG of IEEE GEC Pal akkad, College of engineering, Kottara kara and MBCCET in collaboration with WIEvacity: WIE week 2021. Discussex - Group Discussion: As part of WIE week collaboration, IEEE SB Mar Baselious Christian College of En

organised a group discussion named “ Discussex”.

She Tech - Video competition: As part of women in engineering week, IEEE SB college of engineering Kottarakara, GEC Palakkad and MBCCET in collabo

gineering and technology, College of engineering Kottarakara, Govt. Engi neering college, Palakkad and in collaboration with with WIE activity has

ration with WIEvacity on the theme “Women and Technology” conducted a video competition.

IAS EVENTS

IAS Orientation: Orientation pro gramme was handled by Dr. Bijuna Kunju (Chair of IE, IA and PEL societies chapter).

Get Set Pitch: With regards to science week, IAS SBC of IEEE SB GEC Palakkad conducted an Idea pitching competition on the topic “Possibilities of mod ern technology in agriculture”.

Arduino and IoT Internship: Arduino and IoT Internship - 5 days virtual internship provided by TechOne Tech nologies.

Speak the future: In this era of boom ing technology, speak the future is a platform for volunteers to share their view on what the future of technology would turn out to be. The launch of “Speak the Future” was conducted on

24 May 2021. The launch was conduct ed as an IGTV video in the SBC’s Insta gram handle. Prof. Muhammed Kasim S, Chairman, IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Kerala Chapter inaugrated the series.

Article Writing Competition: Article writing competition on the topic “Electric - vehicle adoption and air quality” was conducted in the month of July. CS EVENTS

Django Bootcamp: A bootcamp series was handled by Aravind Hari, Vice Chair of IEEE SB GEC Palakkad.

B.log(): A Technical Blogging Competi tion was conducted by CS SBC. Workshop on Cyber Security and Ethi cal Hacking: The 5 day event went through the various aspects of cyber security, from basic concepts to social engineering and to provide a hands-on session for participants to try out what they have learnt.

COMSOC EVENTS

Inauguration: Inaugural ceremony of IEEE- ComSoc Chapter was organized on 9th July 2021 at 3:30pm in WebEx

platform. Chief guest Prof. Ana Garcia Armada, Director of online content for IEEE ComSoc talked about women in communication, thus inaugurating the Chapter.

IMPEDIO: The Kahoot competition was organised by Women in Communica tion Engineering(WICE) IEEE ComSoc SBC GEC PKD in association with WICE IEEE ComSoc Kerala Chapter, WIE AG IEEE SB GEC PKD and WIC IEEE CS SBC GEC PKD as a part of the Women in En gineering day.

Women in Engineering

Reported by: Dr. K. Meenakshy

1. Basics of Ansys Software

A session on the Basics of Ansys Software was conducted in association with IEEE WIE AG JCET on 18th Oct 2021. The session was handled by Mr. Gokul Raj, Mechanical Software Engineer, Entruple Technologies and Mr. Sathish G, Application Engineer, Entuple Technologies. The session focused on the application of Ansys Software in the Mechanical Engineering domain and how students can make a career in the same. The

event saw participation from colleges across Kerala and received insightful feedback.

2. Journey through Final Year Project

A session on ‘Journey through Final Year Project ’ was conducted by IEEE WIE Travancore Hub on 29th October 2021. The session was handled by Er. Nanma Gireesh (Co-founder, Nestabide) and Mr. Sanju Mathew

(CEO, Code Of Duty Innovations).

The session discussed methods to approach the final year project for engineering undergraduates and took the participants through the steps from getting a project idea to the implementation and execution stage. The session was well received especially by final year engineering students and attracted insightful feedbacks.

3. She Leads 2021 #2

The second session of She Leads 2021 was conducted on 28th November 2021 with Dr. Meenakshy K ( WIE Chair, IEEE Kerala Section ) in conversation with Dr. Mini Ulanat ( Vice-Chair, WIE India Council and Member of WIE Committee Global ).

The session discussed the new policies of IEEE regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion without any discrimination and the importance of the same in

the current scenario. The session took the participants through the transformation that has taken place in IEEE regarding the issue and the possible effects of the same in the future. The event saw participation from across Kerala and was well received.

4. Panel Discussion - WIE: A Journey Through Generations ( AISYWLC 2021 )

A panel discussion on the journey of WIE through generations was conducted as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 11th December 2021. The panellists included Ms. Indu Narasimhan (Retd. Gen. Manager, Tata Power Company),

Ms Jyothi Ramaswamy (Security Process and Policy Lead, TCS) and Ms. Preethy V. Warrier (Siting Engineer at Vestas Wind Technology India Pvt. Ltd.). The session was moderated by Ms. Arundhathi Krishna (WIE Coordinator, IEEE Travancore Hub) and discussed the transformation of WIE, our goals and our activities over generations and society’s approach towards women in the industry and other domains. With the amazing experiences from three eminent women, the session proved to be very insightful and engaging.

5. Industry 4.0 : Scope and Opportunities ( AISYWLC 2021)

A session on the scope and opportunities of Industry 4.0 was conducted as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 11th December 2021 handled by

Mr. Shyam Pradeep Alil (Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer of Infusory Tech Pvt. Ltd.). The session familiarised the delegates with the rising technological advancements, their scope and the opportunities that will be of great importance in Industry 4.0. The session also included an overview of the projects developed by Infusory Tech and also a live demonstration of AR assisted learning.

6. Panel Discussion - Avenues for working together with LMAG (AISYWLC 2021 )

A Panel Discussion on the avenues for working together with LMAG was oranized as part of AISYWLC 2021 on 11th December 2021 with representatives from the Student, WIE and YP communities. The session

was in the form of an interactive discussion on the expectations on working together with LMAG, where one representative each from the Student, WIE and YP communities were invited to present their views on the same, from the perspective of the respective community. Dr. Mini Ulanat ( Vice-Chair, WIE India Council and Member of WIE Committee Global ) represented WIE community in the discussion and put forward new ideas and suggestions for utilising the resources provided by LMAG for the members of the WIE Community.

7. THINKPAD: Idea Pitching Competition ( AISYWLC 2021 )

An Idea Pitching Competition was conducted in 2 phases as part of AISYWLC 2021 for the registrants.

The first phase was abstract submission, based on any one of the provided themes, followed by a round of shortlisting. The shortlisted teams were qualified for the final presentation round in which the teams had to elaborate on their chosen idea and discuss the relevance and the execution methodology of the same with the help of a Presentation, which will be evaluated by an expert panel of judges. The judging panel included Dr, Nithyavathy N (WIE Chair, IEEE Madras Section ) and Dr. Swetha Tripathi (WIE Chair, IEEE UP Section). The winners were awarded cash prizes worth 10,000 rupees.

8. She Speaks Panel Discussion

VENUS Campaign in collaboration with WIE Kerala Section hosted She Speaks Panel Discussion series, on the theme Product Management. The participants took part as 3 teams competing in between, with the best performers being selected for the final round, which was conducted on 12th December 2021. The event saw active participation from WIE members from various colleges across Kerala and were enlightened on the various aspects of Product Management. The winners were awarded cash prizes worth Rs. 15,000.

December 2021 with panellists from the Student, WIE and YP communities. The discussion focused on giving the students better clarity about the career they want to choose and selecting a suitable career for their interests. Ms. Sapna Giddegowda, Software Professional at VMWare represented the WIE community as the invited speaker, and talked about her journey to the industry after a career break. She also discussed the various methods and opportunities for women to return to work after career breaks and the necessity of the same.

Young Professionals

Reported by: Aoop Mathew, Secretary

IEEE Kerala has a large population of Young professionals representing Academia, Industry and individual entrepreneurs. Following are the events organized by IKYP during the fourth quarter of 2021.

1.IEEE DAY CELEBRATION

The 137th IEEE Day was celebrated by IEEE Kerala Section together with the leadership team. The celebration took place in a hybrid mode at Trivandrum Office/Kochi Office and in the online platform on October 10th, 2021. The event featured some of the brightest contemporary leaders of the Section and beyond. The event was organized by IEEE YP Kerala section.

Program

The event began with Welcome by Prof. Muhammed Kasim, ViceChair, IEEE Kerala Section which was followed by the Presidential Address by Ms. Sarada Jayakrishnan, Chair, IEEE Kerala Section.Ms. Nita Patel, 2022 IEEE CS President-Elect had joined for the inaugural session followed by presentation of 2020 MGA Achievement award to Dr. Suresh Nair Sir. Mr. Deepak Mathur, R10 Director delivered the keynote address followed by an award presentation which included 2021 Region 10 Best Membership Growth Large Section Award to Kerala and 2 Individual

R10 awardees which were 2021 R10 Life Member Outstanding Volunteer Award to Prof. V. K. Damodaran and 2020 R10 Outstanding Young Professional Volunteer in Academic to Mr. Shankar J. This was followed by the virtual presentation of the 2021 WIE Inspiring Member Award to Prof. Sunitha Beevi by Prof. VKD Sir. We also honoured Dr. Chinmoy Saha and Dr. Madhu S Nair for being the recipients of AICTEVisveswaraya Best Teacher Award 2021.

The IEEE day celebration was marked by a cake cutting function from both the IEEE offices parallelly which was

followed by a video presentation by the past chairs of Kerala Sections where we got to listen to the leaders of Kerala Section.

Then we had the launch of revamped official website of the IEEE Kerala Section which was done by the Kerala Section Interns Team and was launched by Ms.Sarada Jayakrishnan. This was followed by a very interesting Talk Session on Importance of IEEE for Career Moulding, by Mr. Antony Satyadas, CEO, Innovation Incubator Holding which was very interactive and engaging. Finally, the event was wrapped up by Dr. Gilesh M. P., Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section with the

2.YP Talks

YP Talks is an initiative program led by the Kerala Section Young Professionals Team. The main intention of this program is to share the knowledge and cross-train student members/YPs to different domains. As the name of the program implies “YP Talks”, this is a platform where YP members will be taking virtual sessions on various domains - technical topics as well as managerial. This gives an extensive opportunity for everyone to connect virtually and share and grab knowledge from experienced people.

We were able to conduct 7 more YP talks during this quarter.Following are the key descriptions about those events.

YP Talks on Electric Vehicle

Technologies (IEEE SB CCE)

IEEE SB CCE in association with IEEE Kerala YP organized a YP talk session on Electric Vehicle Technologies on 03/10/2021. The speaker for the session was Mr. Ramakrishnan CS.

The session covered all the basic topics of Electric Vehicle Technologies like different types of EV’s, charging stations, and a lot more. A Q&A session was conducted to the end of the meet, where several students got the opportunity to raise their doubts to the resource person regarding the field.

YP Talks on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE Photonics Society SBC of Mangalam College Of Engineering )

IEEE Photonics Society SBC of Mangalam College Of Engineering

in collaboration with IEEE Young Professionals Kerala Section organized YP talks on 05/10/21.The session was taken by Mr. Karthik K, Engineering Manager at Innovation Incubator Advisory. It was a live teaching session where he taught about artificial intelligence and he explained deeply about machine learning and the section that comes under artificial intelligence.

Workshop on Open Source Computer Vision Library ( IEEE IAS SBC CETkr)

IEEE IAS SBC CETkr in association with IEEE Kerala Young Professionals conducted two days’ workshop in accordance with the event ‘TECZIAS -Lets Thrive the Future’ on one of the most demanding topic - “Open Source Computer Vision Library”. The session was held on 6th and 7th of October 2021 on Google Meet. The workshop was handled by Mr. Karthik K, Engineering Manager Innovation Incubator Advisory.

Kerala Section

YP Talks on Industrial AutomationPLC SCADA (IEEE SB SNIT)

IEEE SB SNIT in association with IEEE Kerala Young Professionals has organized a vibrant YP Talk on the topic: Industrial Automation- PLC SCADA. This was conducted on 16/10/2021. The speaker for the session was Mr. Jacob Thomas Puthukeril, Engineer (Robotics & FA), Hikvision.

The main topics discussed in the session were about automation, evolution of control system, types, model and architecture of control system. The session was found incredibly good as it gained lots of positive feedback and appreciation.

YP Talks on Project Ideation and Development (IEEE SB GECI )

IEEE SB GECI in collaboration with IEEE Kerala Young Professionals organized a YP Talk, on the topic - Project Ideation & Development.This was held on 23/10/2021.The resource person for the session was Mr. Shyam Pradeep Alil, Co-founder and COO, Infusory Future Tech Labs Pvt Ltd. The main motive of the talk session was to build up final years and pre-final years project ideation skills. Through the session, the participants got a better insight into project development and how to start a project by finding a problem and solving it through our ideation mind.

YP Talks on Career in Software Field without Programming ( IEEE SB MCE and MACS)

IEEE SB MCE and MACS in association

with IEEE Kerala YP organized a YP talk on “Career in Software Field without Programming” on 21/12/2021. The speaker for the session was Ms. Swathy Lajapathy. The session was open to all students.The speaker gave a clear picture on the career path 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 and informative for all.

YP Talks on Industrial Automation –PLC SCADA ( IEEE IAS SBC CEK)

IEEE IAS SBC CEK in association with IEEE Kerala YP has organized a YP Talk on the topic Industrial Automation - PLC SCADA on 12/12/2021 at 7 PM. The speaker for the session was Mr. Jacob Thomas Puthukeril, Engineer (Robotics & FA), Hikvision.

The main topics discussed in the session were automation, control systems, architecture, standards, and programming.

3.ReverSpace Hackathon

Revertech IT Solutions in collaboration

with IEEE Kerala Young Professionals, IEEE India Council YP Coordination team and ICDSS (Interdisciplinary Centre for Distinguished Space Studies) conducted a hackathon named’ Rever Space Hackathon ‘.

Kerala Section and Subsection Office Bearers for 2022

Kerala Section

Chair Mini Ulanat Vice Chair Muhammad Kasim S Treasurer Biju K Secretary Bijoy Jose

Kerala Sub Sections

Kochi Sub Section

Chair M V Rajesh Maliyeckal Vice Chair Paul Ansel Secretary Binu A Treasurer Tripti Warrier

Malabar Sub Section

Chair Sabiq PV Vice Chair Bindima T Secretary Shihabudheen K V Treasurer Thasleema T M

Affinity Groups

Life Member Affinity Group

Chair Koruthu Varughese Vice Chair S Gopakumar

Women In Engineering Affinity Group

Chair Meenakshy K Vice Chair Deepa AK

Young Professionals Affinity Group

Chair Nandan S Vice Chair Neeraj Ipe Secretary Anoop Uluvathu Treasurer Jacob Puthukeril

Consultants Network Affinity Group

Chair Narayanan AM

IEEE Kerala Section Society Chapters

Power Engineering Society Chapter

Chair Ajith Gopi Vice Chair Bobby Philip Secretary Hari K P Treasurer Sibu M S

Antennas and Propagation Society Chapter

Chair Deepti Krishna Vice Chair Anu Mohamed Abdul Salam Secretary Debarati Ganguly

Circuits and Systems Society Chapter

Chair Sreelal Pillai

Computer Society Chapter

Chair Vishnukumar S Vice Chair Deepthi Sasidharan Secretary Sarju S Treasurer Anu Joykutty

Communications Society Chapter

Chair Shamna H R Vice Chair Jobin Francis Secretary Job Chunkath Treasurer Siddharth Shelly

Joint Chapter (IAS/IES/PELS)

Chair Bijuna Kunju K Vice Chair Vasanthi V Secretary/Treasurer Prabin James

Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Chapter

Chair Apren T J Vice Chair Sukomal Dey Secretary Arijit Mitra

Robotics and Automation Society Chapter

RAS Chair Nandakumar R

RAS Vice Chair Robin Tommy RAS Secretary Sandhya L. RAS Treasurer Athira Krishnan R

Kerala Section

Signal Processing Society Chapter

SPS Chair M V Rajesh Maliyeckal SPS Vice Chair Reshna Ayoob

Society on Social Implications of Technology Chapter

Chair S Gopakumar Secretary/Treasurer Aravind P Unnithan

Education Society Chapter

Chair C M Varughese Vice Chair Leesha Paul Secretary Jithin Krishnan Treasurer Ushadevi C

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter

Chair Manoj BS Vice Chair Byju N B Secretary Vinodkumar Viswanathan Pillai Treasurer Sudalaimani C

Council on RFID Chapter

Chair ** No Nominations Vice Chair No Nominations Secretary Megna Sudeep RFID Joint Secretary Hadi Abdulla N

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Chapter

** No Nominations for any position

** Will be Appointed by the incoming Chair in consultation with the senior members in the Society Chapter

IEEE Kerala Section

AGM – 2021

It is proposed to hold the Annual General Meeting of IEEE Kerala Section on Saturday, 8th January 2022 at KPM Tripenta Hotel, Swapnanagari, Opp: Sarovaram Park, Calicut - 673006. You are cordially invited, along with your spouse, to attend the Annual General Meeting and Dinner after that.

Date : 8 January 2022

Time : 4.30 PM - 08.30 PM

Agenda 04.30 PM : 05.00 PM: Registration 05.00 PM : 07.30 PM: Annual General Meeting

Call to order and Self Introduction

Welcome : Vice Chair

Pledge : Code of ethics

Annual Report : Secretary

Financial Report : Treasurer

Student Branch Reports : Student Activities Chair

Announcement of Office Bearers for 2022

Address : Outgoing Chair

Address : Newly Elected Chair

General Discussion on Future Activities

Vote of Thanks : Newly Elected Secretary 07.30 PM - 08.30 PM : Networking Dinner

Yours sincerely, Dr.Gilesh M P

Secretary, IEEE Kerala Section

25 Years!

Wow! Silver Jubilee of an eventful career! It was twenty-five years ago; I was put on the throne of editorship of the Newsletter of IEEE Kerala Chapter. (This silver seems more lustrous than gold)

When I look back, I feel that it was a momentous quarter century, dreamlike and amazing.

There might have been moments of agony and ecstasy.

I am indebted to a great number of my very sincere and illustrious friends for making this most magnificent period in my lifetime worthwhile to remember.

No metaphor could express my feelings towards them fully well. With a deep sense of gratitude, I accept the honour of being the editor of the Newsletter for the twenty sixth consecutive year.

I am sure the dynamism and vibrancy of the new generation leaders would ignite exuberance and enthusiasm among all members of OUR ieee’ian SOCIETY.

I expect the unstinted cooperation of my colleagues to continue this year as well.

I WISH MYSELF BEST OF LUCK

Prof (Dr.) K.Gopalan Nair Editor of Newsletter & Chair Publications

Printed & Published by Prof. (Dr.) K. Gopalan Nair, ‘Surabhi’, Temple Road, Ambalamukku, Tvm-695 003 on behalf of IEEE Kerala Section. Printing: Srishti.net, Tvpm-695 003

Kerala Section Annual 2021

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