
Chairman’s Message

The rise of disruptive technologies in various departments of engineering is set to

dominate the industries in the upcoming years. Focus is being emerged to provide the latest

development of cutting edge technologies that have immense applications in various fields of

engineering sciences such as electrical, electronics, information and communication technologies.

MASCON-2021 is the flagship international conference series of the IEEE Madras section to be held

on 27th and 28th of August 2021. The submission system is now open for submission of papers, I

kindly request the authors to upload their papers via Microsoft CMT submission system. Please

visit the website: www.ieeemascon.in .

As a first time initiative of IEEE Madras Section, the awards and recognition committee

finalized the awards for 2020. Three senior members were awarded the life time achievement

award. Three best student volunteer, four best student branch, two best student councilors, two

best researcher award in the age group below 40, one in the age group 40 -50 and one in the age

group above 50, two best WIE volunteers, three best society chapter and one best affinity group

were awarded at the annual meet held in February 2021. 40 student branches were awarded

certificate of appreciation and incentive.14 society chapters including 2 affinity groups were also

awarded certificate of appreciation and incentive.

50% discount on student membership subscription is extended, so student branches kindly

utilize this golden opportunity. SAC Chair virtual meet organized by India Council was held on

22.02.202; IEEE Madras section participated and presented the event proposal for 2021. Some of

the volunteers from Madras section were endorsed for the Student and Young profession

Coordination Committee of India Council. IEEE R10 General Meeting was held on 6th and 7th March

2021, the virtual meeting was attended by the Chair. The highlights of the meeting are:

Three president elect Contestants candidates presented their views.

All conference report of 2020 and proposal of 2021 and 2022 were presented.


Madras section received many proposals from different corners of Tamilnadu for the IEEE HAC

SIGHT project, the screening committee scrutinized and selected 4 proposals and were endorsed.

VIT Vellore SB Chapter received the EMBS funding for ISC 2021. IEEE Madras section and SIGHT

sponsored technical solution for Government school to fight against COVID 19 was inaugurated at

Government higher secondary school Annagaputhur and Lady Willingdon higher secondary school

Triplicane Chennai on 11.03.2021. A SAC sponsored webinar was organised at NIT Trichy on 29th

January, three technically cosponsored international conferences were inaugurated at SSN College

of Engineering and Francis Xavier College of Engineering. SRM TRP Engineering College

inaugurated their new SB on 3rd March 2021. St Mother Theresa College of Engineering got the

approval for new SB from the HQ.

Tamilnadu Society registration renewal was successfully completed. A new initiative approved

by the EXECOM is Special Call for PG and PhD student project funding for the year 2021. This

announcement appears in this newsletter.

We are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Stay Safe Stay Healthy.

Dr. N. Kumarappan M.E., Ph.D., Chairman, IEEE Madras Section


Message from Editor

Greetings!

At the outset I thank the editorial team, Chairman – IEEE MAS, Office bearers and ExeCom

members of IEEE MAS and volunteers for the support in compiling the IEEE MASLINK Newsletter.

The January – February 2021 edition is available online.

More events happening now are online and I wish to state that the college can organise events

that will enhance skills besides conceptual understanding. Events that would enhance student’s

skills, leadership qualities, interpersonal behaviour, critical thinking in addition to theoretical

concepts has greater impact on employability. There are more potential advantages and

opportunities with IEEE and let us get the full benefits of IEEE.

At section level, there are plans to coordinate events to enhance awareness on the benefits of

IEEE to students and faculty members. The guidelines for reporting events have already been

circulated in previous newsletters and also by mail. All are requested to kindly adhere to the new

norms for timely release of Newsletters. It shall be noted that inclusion of topics into Newsletter is

at the discretion of the Editorial team.

At this juncture, I wish to state that Dr. R. G. Sangeetha, ExeCom member of IEEE MAS and

member of Editorial will be the editor of future editions of IEEE MASLINK. I thank all members of

IEEE MAS for your support and request you to join me in welcoming Dr. R. G. Sangeetha who will

be the editor of IEEE MASLINK.

Dr. S. Joseph Gladwin M.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor, ECE Department, SSN College of Engineering Treasurer and Editor – IEEE MAS Newsletter, IEEE Madras Section.


Section Activities

IEEE Madras Section Annual Meet

The Annual General Meet of IEEE Madras Section 2020 was held on February 20, 2021, between 12.30-5.00 PM. After

the devoted invocation, IEEE Madras Section Chair - Dr. N. Kumarappan greeted everyone flipped through the activities

and valuable events that happened in 2020, honored the funds raised by the Madras section, Student Branches, and

appreciated section students, ExCom members, professional members student branches, who worked hard and secured

the awards.

He mentioned the unique endeavor of section rebate was inaugurated and allotted to 43 IEEE student branches during

AGM which has held on December 19, 2020. Also, the approval received from HQ for organizing ‘Inspire 2020’ by IEEE

MAS and YP. He mentioned that the section has selected 40 Student Branches and 14 section societies and chapters for

the incentive awards based on the activities conducted in the year 2020.

IEEE Madras Section distributed Publication award during AGM to 44 authors who have published papers in IEEE

Journals/Transactions. For the first time, IEEE Madras Section has recognized three doyen members of the IEEE Madras

section by awarding a lifetime achievement award.

Our Secretary Dr. D. Devaraj presented the Minutes of the Annual General Meet held on 7th March 2020 through virtual

mode. Later, the Secretary glanced at the IEEE Madras Section “Secretary Report of 2020”. In the Secretary report, it was

pointed out that, IEEE Madras Section received Out-standing Membership Retention Award for this year added that

Madras Section got 3rd place on membership count in India, and Madras Section is one among the top 5 sections in R10.

Followed by, Treasurer – Dr. Joseph Gladwin presented the “Financial Report of 2020”.

As a new initiative, IEEE Madras Section presented the awards for the members who have significantly contributed to

the Madras Section. This was facilitated by Dr. D. Nirmal – Chair of Awards & Recognition Committee. Certificate of

Appreciation & Recognitions were given to the active student branches, SB counsellors, best student volunteers, top

three researchers, section society chapters, Young Professionals, WIE and the ex-com members of IEEE Madras Section.

Office staffs were recognized and admired for their valuable contribution.

At last, Dr. Thangaprakash Ex-com member of the IEEE Madras Section gave a brief introduction about the Madras

section's upcoming event IEEE MASCON 2021. Followed by Dr. D. Devaraj – Secretary presented the vote of thanks and

the momento was given to the attendees. The meeting ended with networking tea and snacks followed by National

Anthem.


Technology Solutions for Government Schools to Fight against Covid 19

IEEE HAC funded project titled “Technology Solution for Government Schools to Fight against Covid 19” was

implemented by the Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore and ERNET India, under MeitY, Government of

India for the following schools.

1. TNGR Higher secondary school, Coimbatore

2. Lady Willingdon Higher secondary school, Triplicane, Chennai

3. Government Higher secondary school, Anakapathur, Chengalpet.

Under this project, the integrated solution to screen the temperature of the student through the automated thermal

camera, the automated hand sanitizing to provide hygiene and to create the awareness to the students on Covid 19,

as well as social distancing by the PA system, was implemented. The technology-based integrated solution of Covid 19

is very helpful for the teachers to monitor the temperature of the student. Earlier, at least 4 teachers were involved

for manual screening and hand sanitizing of the students. The process is now completely automated which has

reduced the burden on the teachers and web-based monitoring of the student temperature helps to record and

retrieve the data from anywhere. The Added feature of face recognition can be used for student and teacher’s

attendance system post-Covid 19. The project was inaugurated by Dr.C. Usharani, Joint Director, Department of

Education, Government of Tamilnadu and it is handed over to the government schools by the Our honourable

chairman Dr. N. Kumarappan, IEEE Madras section on 11.03.2021.


Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch Activities at NIT Trichy

The inaugural ceremony of IEEE SB activities for the year 2021 was conducted on 28th January 2021. The Chief Guest

was Mr. Aravind Raj A, R&D Engineer, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, Chennai. Dr. N. Kumaresan gave the presidential

address. The activities of SB 2020 were summarized by Mr. Kannadasan K, Chairman & Secretary, SB 2020, and its office

bearers were felicitated by Dr. M. P. Selvan, SB Counsellor who also introduced the new office bearers of SB 2021. The

Chief Guest then gave the inaugural address, after which the action plan for 2021 was presented by

Mr. K. Kannadasan, Chairman, SB 2021. The ceremony was concluded with the vote of thanks was given by Mr. Alok

Kumar, Vice-Chairman, SB 2021. A series of technical talks were also included during the inauguration. Mr. Aravind Raj A,

R&D Engineer, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, Chennai. Mr. Raj covered different topics like introduction to FACTS technology,

series compensation using series capacitors and TCSC, shunt compensation using SVC and STATCOM, and the recent

trends in this field like hybrid solutions. A technical talk on “Science Behind Engineering Materials” was delivered by Dr.

V. S. Srinivasan, Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute and Head, LIMS, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Dr. Kumarappan,

Chairman, IEEE MAS introduced the speaker. Another technical talk on “Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant” was delivered by

Mr. Shino Shibu, Deputy Executive Engineer, Solar Projects, NLC India Ltd.


Student Branch Activities Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam

“Tech Talks - Technical Debate” IEEE SB organized a national level Technical debate “TECH TALKS” on 27-12-2020. Virtual debate has been conducted on art. Best speakers have been shortlisted with the help of Faculty members. Mr.S.Sundar – Branch Counselor coordinated the event. Mr. Harinath N , II Year /EEE and Ms. Sri Rakshitha A K , II Year /EIE coordinated the event. 56 participants from various Institutions across the country have participated.

Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli

“International Conference on “Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks” ECE dept. and IEEE SB organized three days IEEE “International

conference on Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual

Mobile Networks (ICICV 2021)” on 4.2.2021 to 06.02.2021. Keynote

speakers were Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section

and Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of

Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India,

Dr. Joy Iong-Zong Chen, Dayeh University, Taiwan, Dr. Nirmal D,

Executive Committee Member, IEEE Madras Section and Associate

Professor and Head, Department of ECE, Karunya Institute of

Technology & Sciences, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, TamilNadu, India

and Mr. R. Valanarasu, Senior Consultant, Enterprise Application

Services, Infosys Ltd. A total of more than 200 participants attend the

event and benefited.

Webinar on “Expert Clouds and Applications” CSE dept. and IEEE SB organized Webinar on “Expert Clouds and Applications” on 18.02.2021. The Resource person was Dr. Joy Iong-Zong Chen, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Dayeh University, Taiwan. Various topics related to expert clouds and its applications were discussed and implemented the several exercises for the students. Students have gained the consequent mentoring in Expert Clouds and Applications.


Hindusthan Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

“Webinar on Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics” ECE Dept. and IEEE SB organized one day Webinar on “Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics” on 29.1.2021 for the ECE department of UG students and PG students. The resource person was Dr. R. Kanthavel, Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of more than 75 students attended this webinar and gained their knowledge in mobile computing and sustainable informatics.

Report by: Dr. S. Kavitha, [email protected]

JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore

“Webinar on Inventive Systems and Control” EEE dept. and IEEE SB organized one day “Webinar on Inventive Systems and Control” on 07.01.2021 for final and third year students. The resource person is Dr. Wang Haoxiang, Go Perception Laboratory, Cornell University, USA. All the students get benefited and gained their knowledge in applications of Inventive Systems and Control. The function was concluded with the valedictory function.

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Report by: Dr. K.Geetha, [email protected]

Jeppiaar Engineering college, Chennai

“A day in an orphanage” The event revolves around engaging the children in an orphanage in fun activities and cheering them up during the New Year time. As a part of contributing to the event from various places, the volunteers requested the members of our student branch to share a particular sum. Few volunteers from the locality visited the orphanage to interact with the children. Due to the inability of other students in attending the event, a google meet was arranged so that the children interacted with them too. At the conclusion of the event, gifts and chocolates were distributed to them as a part of celebrating New Year.

“CAP- (Cover a Page)” The event has commenced as planned on 10th Jan 2021 between 4-5 PM. Participants were asked to create contents either based on Blockchain Opportunities in Healthcare, Next Generation – HR, Mining of Cryptocurrency or Aspects of Social Media Marketing. The top 3 winners are R Krishna Prasanth from Panimalar Institute of Technology, Thamarai A R K from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Challa Sri Gouri from Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology.

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“PREZENTO” To develop the presentation skills, we IEEE SB conducted an event called “PREZENTO”. Prezento is a virtual paper submission competition. The event was conducted between 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm on 9th January 2021. The given topics were “View about online classes”, ” Future Election “, “ Rise of OTT'S in pandemic” , “Implementation of 5G technology”. Participants were asked to select any one of the given topics and create their presentation with at least ten slides. The top 3 winners are Vikram Krishnakumar - Sastra University, Mahadev K - Government Engineering College Thrissur, G S Preethi Gandhi - Panimalar Institute of Technology.

“Webinar on How To Enhance Your Public Speaking Skills” IEEE SB organized a webinar on “How to enhance your public speaking skills” on 24 September 2020. This webinar was organized to understand more about the strategies of improving communication skills. The session was handled by Mr ASHVANTH. The webinar started around 5:30 PM, the speaker encouraged the participants to introduce themselves which gave the session an instant boost up. He took the session forward by explaining various techniques that involve excellent communication skills, enthusiasm, and the ability to engage with an audience. Moreover, public speaking is a kind of performance and as such, requires practice and preparation which was well explained by the speaker to us. He emphasized about how prominent it is to use presentation styles such as vocal tone, body language, facial expression, and timing.

“Tinker CAD” IEEE SB organized a Tinker CAD event an online virtual circuit simulation competition held on 12th January 2021 between 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Anyone with basic knowledge of electronic components, sensors, Arduino, circuit design and simulation were asked to participate. Participants were given a set of three problem statements related to Arduino and basic electric circuits, for which they had to construct and simulate a circuit in www.tinkercad.com. After the simulation, they were said to submit their work in google form. The correct simulation of the circuit tops the competition.Thejus P Adithya grabbed the first prize, Vaishakh MM in second place, Yash Tonger and Arpit Sharma shared the third Prize.

“Webinar on Why Python for Machine Learning” IEEE SB organized a webinar titled “Why Python for Machine Learning” on 13th Jan 2021. The speaker Mr Satwik Muthappa. Speaker started session by stating "why python for ML" and why not other programming languages. Then he gave a detailed remark about Machine Learning and it's application. The speaker has advised not to fall into a trap of organization who's misusing students' life in terms of getting placed as an ML engineer. The speaker made the session very interactive and mind-blowing.

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“Contenido (Content Writing Competition)” Contenido is an online content writing competition that commenced on 18thJanuary 2021 at 4:00 PM. The participants were given topics based on recent technologies which comprises Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things(IoT), 5G Network and Robotic Process Automation. The participants were instructed to write contents without exceeding 500 words. Based on various qualities final winners were selected 1. Nila from Jeppiaar Engineering College 2. Monika K from Sri Sairam Engineering College 3. Dheeraj Raju Kachi from Dr D Y Patil School of Engineering

“SPEECHIFIER” IEEE SB conducted an online event “SPEECHIFIER” (Just A Minute) on 19th January 2021. Students were asked to deliver a speech within a minute with the provided topics. The event consists of three rounds. Apart from the talk, for the profound analysis of subject knowledge judges raised questions from their content. Nearly 40+ students have participated in which more than 75% were from IEEE. Based on Fluency, spontaneity, subject knowledge, and content the top 3 winners have been selected and provided with merit certificates.The following students who bagged up the winning are, Yameen Khan – DY Patil University, Challa Sri Gouri – Srinidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Aryan – J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology.

“Video Autopsy” IEEE SB conducted an event on 22nd Jan 2021 titled "Video Autopsy". The motto of this session is to upskill the observation ability of the participants. The partakers were provided with a TedX video via Google Meet. Then we have sent a quiz link, which consists of certain questions which are mainly focused on the video streamed in the meeting. Finally, the top 3 individuals who have countered the right answers were offered a certificate. The top three places are bagged up by 1. Aaminah Rabaab G, Arjun Krishna JG, Karthik Pradeep P, 2. Anagha Jayaraj, Asiya S, Aryan, Dheeraj R, Kach, 3. Ria Patel.

“Flick-A-Clip” IEEE SB conducted 'Flick-a-Clip ', a visual content competition. The event took place between 04.00 PM to 06.00 PM on 24th January 2021. Participants were allowed to choose any one topic to create a video and they are also allowed to use any editing app. Around 10 students participated in this session. They were asked to upload it in google drive and submit the video link via google form. Merit certificates were provided for the top three participants.


“Hands on Workshop on Web Designing” IEEE SB organized an “Hands on workshop on Web Designing” on 27th January 2021 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM . Firstly, the Welcome speech was delivered by student member Poongkuzhali. Then, the speaker introduced himself to the delegates and started to teach the basics of Web Designing, moving on to live hosting on the website using azure. The workshop aimed at teaching how to build our own website and how to design a good UX to add great impact on the website. It was full and full live hands on session. Finally the doubt clearance session was held. It was a very useful event to delegates who attended the event. Certificates were provided to all participants who attended. “Rec-Mo (Just A Minute)” Rec-Mo is an Online speaking competition held on January 28th of 2021 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M . The participants were asked to record a speech in video format about the topic shared to them. They were given 2 hours to prepare and record their speech and were asked to submit their speeches by 6:00 P.M. Topics were given based on current affairs. The topics were 1) Farm Bills 202 – Pros , Cons & Challenges 2) E-learning – Pros and Challenges 3) Lessons for the world from COVID-19 Pandemic 4) Ban of Chinese Apps in India. Reshma.B took 1st place, followed by Karthikeyan A at 2nd. AnaghaJayaraj and Akash Raj secured 3rd place in the event. The event was well organized and was a successful one.

Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Chennai

“Report on Webinar on Nanoelectronics” IEEE SB organized Webinar on “Nanoelectronics” on 25.02.2021. The event was organized in virtual mode. Chief guest Ms. Tamilarasi Rasarasan, Design Engineer, Wafer Metrology and reticles D & E, Netherland has given a wonderful talk on Nano Electronics. Followed by the presentation she clarified the queries and motivated the students. The event was concluded with a Vote of thanks.

“Photography Contest” IEEE SB conducted “Photography Contest” on behalf of Pongal. We Published our event poster and registration process starts on 05-01-2021 and ends on 12-01-2021. We got a response from a lot of students from various colleges from various streams have been registered for this event. Winners were announced on 13-01-2021. Ll the participants and winners were given with participation 7 merit certificates respectively.


“Her Event” IEEE SB organised the HER event, on 21-01-2021 at Government middle school, Kadamanguzhi, Karungal range, Kanyakumari district this is the special virtual event conducted to old-age people . There were nearly 30 people. The Section started at 11 AM of which one was handled by Ajay .A . The session was started with importance of Health by Maharajan.K ,2nd year ,ECE followed by ice breaking interactive session. Environment topic was explained by Bhuvaneshwari.G and little games were conducted by Ajay .A. Followed by the topic complete description about Road safety conducted by Rakesh .S, II year ECE.Some of the them were shared there medical tips with us.The session ended with a motivational talk given by Principal Mrs.Vijayalakshmi , S.S.K.V school, Kanchipuram. “CONNECTION 2.0” IEEE SB organized “Connection 2.0(start music)” on 28 Feb 2021. We took 20 songs in first round we share the screen the participants are requested to text that song, In second round we show some songs lyrics and also we played that songs and we request the participants to find the musical director of that song. We monitored the chat box the participants who answered more questions is announced as winner at that meeting.

“Webinar on Startup Entrepreneurship” IEEE SB conducted Webinar on “Startup Entrepreneurship” on 07-03-2021. Speaker elobrated about Entrepreneurship & How to start Entrepreneurship. Speaker motivated students to become Entrepreneurship.

”Webinar On 10 Soft Skills For Every Engineer” IEEE SB and Placment cell joinly organized Webinar on “10 Soft Skills For Every Engineer” on 08-01-2021. Mr. Aravindhan Anbahagan, Chairman IEEE Madras Young Professional delivered the talk. Speker elobrated the key Soft Skills that are required for students to compete for Placement. The session was very informative.

Report by : Mrs.M.Benisha, [email protected]


K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli

IEEE Spectrum Analysis IEEE SB and EEE dept. jointly organized IEEE spectrum analysis on the title “The Body is the Network” on 6th January 2021. The session was handled by Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy. Around 75 students of IEEE and non IEEE benefitted through this seminar.

Workshop on “My Story – Motivational Session By Successful Entrepreneurs And Startup Founder” IEEE SB, Institution Innovation Council and EEE dept. jointly organized workshop on “My Story – Motivational Session by Successful Entrepreneurs and Startup Founder” on 8th January 2021. The chief guest and the resource person for the workshop was Mr. N. Kanagasabapathi, Immediate past president of TIDITSSIA, Director of R.K. Group of Companies, Managing trustee of R.K. Charitable trust. He delivered his experience and struggles to be faced in becoming an entrepreneur. Nearly 170 students of all dept. made use of this workshop and got benefitted. The event was organized by Dr. S. Titus, Professor, Dept. of EEE.

“Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development Phases And Schemes” IEEE SB, Institution Innovation Council and EEE dept. jointly organized workshop on “Entrepreneurship development Phases and Schemes” on 9th January 2021. The chief guest and the resource person for the workshop was Dr. Bindhu Balakrishnan, Assistant General Manager, TREC-STEP, Regional Engineering College, Science & Technology Entrepreneurs park, Trichy. She delivered lecture in various phases and schemes for becoming an entrepreneur. Nearly 120 students of all dept. made use of this workshop and got benefitted. The event was organized by Dr. S. Titus, Professor, Dept. of EEE.

“IEEE Spectrum Analysis” IEEE SB and EEE dept. jointly organized IEEE spectrum analysis on the title “Good grid make good neighbors” on 11th January 2021. The session was handled by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor and Head, Dept. of EEE, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy. Around 65 students of IEEE and non IEEE benefitted through this seminar.


“Workshop on Entrepreneurship And Innovation As Career Opportunity” IEEE SB, Institution Innovation Council and EEE dept. jointly organized workshop on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as career opportunity” on 12th January 2021. The chief guest and the resource person for the workshop was Mr. Mohammed Nayeem, Founder, Figtech Private Limited, Trichy. He delivered various innovations which can be introduced in and how to become an entrepreneur. Nearly 100 students of all dept. made use of this workshop and got benefitted. The event was organized by Dr. S. Titus, Professor, Dept. of EEE.

“Technical Quiz” IEEE SB and dept. of EEE jointly organized Technical quiz for students on 12th January 2021. Nearly 320 students of all dept. and IEEE and non IEEE students participated in the quiz.

“Workshop on Design Thinking, Critical Thinking And Innovation”

IEEE SB, Institution Innovation Council and EEE dept. jointly organized workshop on “Design thinking, critical thinking and innovation design” on 19th January 2021. The chief guest and the resource person for the workshop was Dr.S. Arul Daniel, Professor, Dept. of EEE, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He delivered various innovations in engineering domain and explained the importance of design and critical thinking. Nearly 190 students of all dept. made use of this workshop and got benefitted. The event was organized by Dr. S. Titus, Professor, Dept. of EEE.

“Project Discussion” IEEE SB and dept. of EEE jointly organized project discussion on 20 January 2021. Students presented their project ideas and explained the details regarding the project. Nearly 120 students participated in the discussion and presented their new innovative project ideas.

“Mega Tree Plantation” IEEE SB, Dept. of chemistry jointly organized mega tree plantation ceremony on 21st January 2021. Nearly around 70 samplings were planted in various places in the college campus. Nearly 40 students involved in the process of tree plantation with faculty support. The entire event was coordinated by Mrs. Y. Thamaraiselvi, assistant Professor and Head, Dept. of chemistry


“Workshop on Identifying Intellectual Property Component at The Early Stage of Innovation” IEEE SB, Institution Innovation Council and EEE dept. jointly organized workshop on “Identifying Intellectual Property component at the early stage of Innovation” on 22nd January 2021. The chief guest and the resource person for the workshop was Mr. A. Albert Francis, IPR Coordinator, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy. He delivered various innovations, the process and means of patenting a protect or innovation. Nearly 80 students of all dept. made use of this workshop and got benefitted. The event was organized by Dr. S. Titus, Professor, Dept. of EEE.

“FDP on Robotics And Industrial Automation” IEEE SB and dept. of EEE jointly organized Faculty development programme on Robotics and Industrial Automation during 18th to 22nd January 2021. The programme had 14 sessions and various resource persons addressed each session. The resourse persons are Nearly 142 faculty members from all over India participated in the faculty development programme. “Video Making Competition IEEE SB and dept. of chemistry jointly organized video making competition on the topic corona virus pandemic is a boon for nature or biodiversity or making any type of organic compost pit. Nearly 240 students registered till date. The evaluation process to made and certificate and cash prize to be awarded.

“FDP” IEEE SB and dept. of ECE jointly organized Two weeks faculty development program on the title “Design challenges and machine learning techniques in cyber physical systems” during 25th January 2021 to 8th February 2021. Nearly 50 faculty members participated. The faculty development programme was coordinated by Dr. M. Maheswari, Professor & Head, Deparment of ECE, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering.

“Slogan & Poetry Competition” IEEE SB, Dept. of chemistry jointly organized Slogan And Poetry Competition on the Topic a GREEN Planet on 6th February 2021. Nearly around 150 student participated in the competition. The winners and the participant were rewarded with cash awards and certificates. The entire event was coordinated by Mrs. Y. Thamaraiselvi, assistant Professor and Head, Dept. of chemistry.

“Seminar on Conversion of Ideas into Patent” IEEE SB, dept. of EEE and Mechanical Engineering jointly organized seminar on “Conversion of ideas into patent” on 10th February 2021. The resourse person was Mr. A. Albert Francis, IPR Coordinator, K. Ramakrishnan Group of Institutions. Nearly 150 students and faculty members of all dept. made use of this seminar and got benefitted. The event was organized by Mr. H. Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical.

“Seminar on “Turning your ideas into valuable IPR” IEEE SB, dept. of ECE and CSE jointly organized seminar on “Turning your ideas into valuable IPR on 11th February 2021. The resourse person was Mr. A. Albert Francis, IPR Coordinator, K. Ramakrishnan Group of Institutions. Nearly 170 students of all dept. made use of this seminar and got benefitted. The event was organized by Mr. H. Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical.


“Webinar on “How to Apply for the Innovation Vouchure Program Grant” IEEE SB and Internal Assurance Quality Cell jointly organized webinar on “ How to apply for the innovation voucher programe grant? – A practical guide from the successful beneficiaries” on 12th February 2021. The session was handled by Mr. N. Dinesh Babu, Assistant Professor ECE dept. , ED cell coordinator, Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. Around 65 students and faculty of the college benefitted through this seminar. The event was organized by Dr. K. Priyadharshini, Professor, Dept. of ECE.

“Webinar on Quality of Work Life” IEEE SB, Dept. of MBA jointly organized webinar on “Quality of work life” on 13th February 2021. The resourse person was Dr. G. Kanaga, Dean of Alumnae relations, Professor, Dept. of social work, Cauvery College for Woomen (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli. Around 150 students and staff of various dept.s participated in the webinar. The entire event was coordinated by Mrs. R. Premavasumathi, Assitant Professor, Dept. of MBA.

“Course on “An Overview of Python” IEEE SB and EncriptHeureka students club jointly organized a course on “An overview of python” during 6th to 14th February 2021. Nearly 320 students of all dept. participated in the course.

“Inaugural of IEEE SB Activities” The activities of the IEEE SB of K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering for the year 2021 was inaugurated on 17 February 2021 with 52 student members and 10 professional members. The KRCE- IEEE SB was inaugurated by Dr. Hari prakash, Vice Chair IEEE Madras Section & Assistant Registrar Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai. He inaugurated the SB for the year 2021 and delivered the inaugural address. In his address he briefed the importance of IEEE membership and various opportunities in IEEE. Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor, Dept. of EEE and IEEE SB counselor welcomed the gathering of faculty and student members. Dr. D. Srinivasan, Principal presided over the function and addressed the gathering regarding the importance of professional society membership.

Office bearers and executive committee members of IEEE SB for the year 2021 were introduced by faculty advisors. The entire programme was organized by SB counselor Dr. K. Dhayalini and SB advisor Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE.

“National Level Technical Symposium” IEEE SB and EEE Dept. organized IEEE sponsored National level technical symposium “KRYPTO-21” on 18 and 19 February 2021. The welcome address was given by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, Dept. of EEE. The technical symposium was sponsored by IEEE Madras section and was inaugurated by the guest of honour Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras section, Professor, Dept. of EEE, Annamalai University. He delivered the inaugural address and presented a seminar on the topic “ Intelligent unit commitment with vehicle to grid using hybrid optimization techniques”. On the second day on 19th March 2021, the event started with the welcome address by Dr. K. Dhayalini, Professor & Head, Dept. of EEE and the guest of honour was Dr. D. Devaraj, Secretary IEEE Madras section, Dean, School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil.

He delivered the seminar on the topic ”Machine learning techniques in smart grid systems”. Dr. D. Srinivasan, Principal, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering presided over the function and addressed the gathering regarding the importance of participating in technical events. There are various technical and non technical events such as paper presentation, Quiz, connexions, treasure hunt, short film and live photography was conducted. Around 210 students from various Engineering colleges actively participated in various events and won prizes worth Rs.10,000. The symposium was coordinated by Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan and Mr. T.M Navin Kumar, Assistant Professors, Dept. of EEE. The function was well organised by Dr. K. Dhayalini, SBC, Professor & Head, Dept. of EEE.


“Snap And Share Competition” IEEE SB and chemistry dept.s environmental science club jointly organized “Snap and share competition” for students. The event was organized with the theme of Upload a selfie with your home planet and share two ideas for sustainable agriculture in 2050. Nearly 80 students participated in the event. Winners were rewarded with certificates and cash prizes and participants were also rewarded with participation certificate. The event was organized by Mrs. Thamaraiselvi, Assistant Professor and head, Dept. of Chemistry.

“Virtual Power Seminar on Blockchain Technology” IEEE SB, Dept. of computer science jointly organized virtual power seminar on “ Blockchain Technology” on 25th February 2021. The resourse person was Mr. Vimal Aka Itamizhan, Developer, Streamer, Engineer, iTamizhan Tech Support. 170 students of various dept.s participated in the seminar talk. The entire event was coordinated by Mrs. R. Sumathi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE.

Faculty Development Training Programme on Data Science IEEE SB and Dept. of computer science jointly organized FDP on Data Science on 13th February 2021. The resource person was Dr. SrinivasanAnantharaman, Patent Specialist at Ashland, inc., Registered Indian Patent Agent, Hyderabad, Telangana. Nearly 120 students of various dept.s participated in the seminar talk. The entire event was coordinated by Mrs. R. Sumathi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE.

“Project Making Competition” IEEE SB and chemistry dept. environmental science club jointly organized “Project making competition” for students. Nearly 120 students participated in the event. Winners were rewarded with certificates and cash prizes and participants were also rewarded with participation certificate. The event was organized by Mrs. Thamaraiselvi, Assistant Professor and head, Dept. of Chemistry.

Report by: Dr. K. Dhayalini, [email protected]

K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode

“Orientation Program on “Benefits of IEEE Membership” IEEE SB organized an awareness program on “Benefits of IEEE Membership” on 23.12.2020. There are around 66 participants from second year ECE were participated in this program. Dr.C.Rajasekaran, IEEE Student Counselor,KSRCT addressed the gathering. He narrated that IEEE membership has benefits include venues and tools for members to network, build valuable professional connections, and hone leadership skills. Also, through IEEE, students can find the ultimate collection of technical periodicals and conference publications at no additional cost and also aware of latest innovations and industry trends .He helped the students to explore various societies of IEEE, where they can shine with innovative ideas, projects & conferences and are allowed to participate in activities by Section and Chapters, through meetings with members and business professionals to discuss technical and professional issues.

Report by: Dr. C. Rajasekaran,[email protected]


Kings College of Engineering, Pudukkottai 1. “Webinar Report”

Research and Development section, with IEEE STB IIC organised a National Webinar on “Patents and Trademarks” on 19 January, 2021.The objective of this webinaris to impart in depth knowledgeon Patents, trademarks and copyrights. Dr. M. Meenalochani, AP/ EEE, welcomed the participants and introduced the Resource person. Dr. A. Balaji Ganesh, Dean Research, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai was the resource person.In his lecture, he clearly explained about patent, types of patent and the difference between patent and copyright. His lecture clearly depicted how to identify problems, idea/solution for a problem and the methodology of developing a product/service for the problem. He also explained how to patent the developed product/service.In this webinar, 200 participants registered from various Institutions all over India. Participants had their queries answered by the resource person at the end of the session. Dr.P.P.Shantharaman, R&D coordinator proposed Vote of Thanks. Dr.M.Meenalochani, AP/EEE & Mr. J. Niranjan Samuel, JRF/R&D coordinated the event.

2. “Staff Seminar –Report” ECE dept. organized a Staff seminar on 29.01.2021. Mrs.N.Mangaiyarkarasi, HOD/ECE welcomed the faculties. Mr.T.Pasupathi, AP/ECE presented a topic “Research Paper writing: Preparation to Publication. The content delivered during his lecture is summarized below.Significance and impact of Journal/Conference publication in reputed journals.The strategies to be followed while writing the manuscript.Writing Manuscript- Do’s and Dont’s.Selecting a journal for publication.Different Indexing of journals and its significance.Journal citation factors and metrics (Impact Factor, SNIF, h-index, i10 index).

3. “Seminar on Demystifying Block Chain Hype”

CSE dept. & IEEE SB jointly organized a Seminar on Demystifying Block Chain Hype on 29.01.2021. Ms.J.Chandrpriya, Assistant Professor / CSE delivered lecture. In her lecture, she briefed on the basic concepts of Blockchain Technology, working mechanism of Blockchain Technology and applications of Blockchain Technology.

4. “Seminar Research Paper writing: Preparation to Publication”

ECE dept. & IEEE SB jointly organized a seminar Research Paper writing: Preparation to Publication on 29.01.2021. Mrs.N.Mangaiyarkarasi, HOD/ECE welcomed the faculties. Mr.T.Pasupathi, Assistant Professor /ECE delivered lecture. In his lecture, he briefed Significance and impact of Journal/Conference publication in reputed journals, strategies to be followed while writing the manuscript, Writing Manuscript- Do’s and Dont’s, Selecting a journal for publication, Different Indexing of journals and its significance and Journal citation factors and metrics (Impact Factor, SNIF, h-index, i10 index).

5. “Seminar Evolution of Multilevel Inverters”

EEE dept. & IEEE SB jointly organized a seminar on Evolution of Multilevel Inverters on 27.01.2021. Dr.P.Narasimman, Assistant Professor / EEE delivered lecture. In his lecture, he briefed on inverter, the need for multilevel inverter, operation of multilevel inverter and its types. He provided a detailed presentation on some of the newly proposed multilevel inverter topologies which focus on reducing the power semiconductor device count, gate drivers and isolated DC sources. He discussed on the methods of reducing harmonic distortion in multilevel inverter for improving its efficiency. Also, he simulated the different levels in multilevel inverters.

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10. “Seminar on “Developing a gaming application using SCRATCH” CSE dept. & IEEE SB jointly organized a Seminar on “Developing a gaming application using SCRATCH” on 17.2.2021. Ms. R. Suganthalakshmi, Assistant Professor / CSE delivered lecture. In her lecture, she provided an overview of controls used to create a gaming application.

11. Seminar “Researches in Agriculture” ECE dept. & IEEE SB jointly organized a seminar “Researches in Agriculture” on 15.02.2021. Mr.P.Rajapirian, Assistant Professor /ECE delivered lecture. In his lecture, he briefed the difficulties faced by the farmers during the framing, impact of recent developments in farming.

Seminar “An Intelligent Irrigation Scheduling System for Precision Agriculture” EEE dept. & IEEE SB jointly organized a seminar “An Intelligent Irrigation Scheduling System for Precision Agriculture” on 22.02.2021. Dr.M.Meenalochani, AP/EEE delivered lecture. In her lecture, she explained Precision Agriculture (PA), necessity of PA, current scenario of PA and its implementation. Also she explained the structure of Wireless Sensor Network and the integration of different sensors for collecting plant and soil data from the farm. She discussed about fuzzy logic, input and output membership functions, fuzzy rule base and its use in decision support systems.

“National Science Day – 2021” National Science Day – 2021 was observed on 28th February, 2020. Department of Science & Humanities & IEEE Student Branch STB 16621 jointly organized Online Contest. In this event 20 MCQ questions regarding Science & Technology were asked. Totally 150 responses are made and E -certificates are issued for students who got more than 50 % in quiz. Ms. M.Karthika, I YEAR/CSE secured first position and Ms. E.Sneha, I YEAR/CSE secured second position. The event was coordinated by Dr. R. Suresh, AP/Mathematics and Mr. J.Niranjan Samuel, JRF/ECE-R&D.

Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy

“STTP on Research Challenges and Applications of Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Agriculture” ECE Dept. & IEEE SB organized STTP on “Research Challenges and Applications of Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Agriculture” on 14.12.2020 to 19.12.2020 for Faculty, Research Scholar and PG Students The sessions were handled by experts from Industries, Leading Research & Academic organizations. A total of more than 80participants attend the online STTP and gets benefited.


M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur

“Alumni Interaction Program ” IEEE SB organized Alumni Ineraction programme. The session was started at 10.00AM with introduction from Dr.K.Sundararaju HOD /EEE. Followed by the key note address and alumni profile given by Mr.GN. Sachinamreiss, Assistant professor/EEE. And then the session was carried over to Mr.Mohanram Selvaraj , Cloud Integration Consultant,Capgemeni India Ltd BATCH:(2013-2017). The session ended well with loads of ideas gathered by students. “Energy Conservation Week Celebration” Energy Conservation Week Celebration was celerated during 14-12-2020-18-12-2020. Topic included during the celebration are Solar Power Plant and PV Panels Industrial Scenario,Conservation of Energy,School Students Awareness Sessions, Energy Conservation Quiz. Speakers of the session are Dr.D.Somasundareswari, Principal, Aditya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Dr.K.Palanisamy,Mechanical, MKCE, Dr.M.Vijayakumar, Mechanical, MKCE, Mr.T. Nithyanandam, Mechanical, MKCE,Dr. M.Venkatakirthiga, Associate Professor, NIT, Trichy, Mr. M. Kishanth,Technical Head, Cyra Energy Solutions,Dr.J.Uma,Eee Department, MKCE,Dr. L. Ramesh,Founder And Chairman - Energy Efficiency Research Group Additional Dean - Faculty Of Engineering And Technology, Dr.M.G.R Educational And Research Institute (University).

“Alumni Interaction Program ”

IEEE SB organized Alumni Ineraction programme on 18th Jan 2021. The session was started at 11.30AM with introduction from Dr.C.Kumar, HOD /EEE.Followed by the key note address and alumni profile given by Mr.S.Dineshkumar HoD/EEE. And then the session was carried over to Ms.P.Vidhya,Software Engineer HCL Technologies, BATCH:(2015-2019). The session ended well with loads of ideas gathered by students.

Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology, Pudukkottai TECH TALK’2K21”

ECE Dept. & IEEE SB has organized a Paper Presentation Contest – “TECH TALK’2K21” for I year ECE, EEE and CSE students on 15.02.2021. Mr. K. Ramachandran, Assistant Professor/ECE and IEEE SBC delivered the Inaugural address. Dr. S. Robinson, Associate Professor and Head of the Department/ECE delivered the welcome address. Totally around 30 students from I year ECE, EEE and CSE presented their papers from latest technology. Dr. V. Kavitha, Associate Professor/ECE and Mrs. A. Taksala Devapriya, Associate Professor/ECE was the panel members for Paper Presentation and announced the winners. Dr. G. Jegajothi, Prof./ECE delivered the vote of thanks to staff and students for their support to make the event successful.

Report by: Kalyana Sundaram Chandran


National Engineering College, Kovilpatti “Webinar on 5G Technologies”

IEEE SB organized a Distinguished Lecture Talk (Webinar) on February 15,

2021 at 06:30 pm on the topic of “5G Technologies”. The main objective

of this webinar is to make students learn recent technology in

communication field. Dr. M. Surendar, Assistant professor, Department of

ECE, National Institute of Technology, Puducherry acted as Resource

Person and delivered the lecture on basics of wireless communication

and practical aspects of 5G technologies. More than 100 students have

attended this event and gained knowledge in 5G technology and its

applications.

Report by: Dr.T.S.Arun Samuel

Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai

“Training Programme” IEEE SB in association with IT dept has organized One day Online training Programme on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on 11.01.2021 with 48 students. Resource persons from Prag Robotic delivered the topic on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning . Speaker tained students with few real time case studies. He also spoke on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Mr.R.Vinston Raja, AP,IT Dept, coordinated the event.

Report by: Arun M, [email protected] RVS Technical Campus, Coimbatore

“6th International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT 2021)” CSE Dept. & IEEE SB organized three days “6th International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT 2021)” during 20.1.2021 to 22.1.2021. Keynote speakers are Dr. D. Nirmal, IEEE ExeCom Member, Madras Section and IEEE ED past Chair, Associate Professor, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India and Mr. S. Ayyappan, Senior Manager - Avionics Design, HAL, Bangalore, India. A total of more than 210 participants attend this conference, exchanged information between the researchers and benefited.

“Recent Advances on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion” CSE Dept. & IEEE SB organized one day “Webinar on Recent Advances on Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion” on 22.1.2021 for the UG and PG students of RVS Technical Campus. The resource person is Dr. M V Reddy, Institute of Research Hydro Quebec, Canada. A total of 50 students attended this webinar and gained their knowledge in the respective field.

Report by: Dr.S.Smys,[email protected]


SCAD College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli.

“Intelligent Greenhouses”

CSE dept. & IEEE SB organized Technical Webinar on “Intelligent Greenhouses” on 26.02.2021. Dr. Valentina Emilia Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania is the resource person for this program. She addressed the importance of the intelligent greenhouses. Final year Students from CSE, ECE and EEE were participated in this program.

Report by: Prof. P. Ebby Darney, [email protected]

SCAD Institute of Technology, Palladam

“Security and Privacy in Social Networks” CSE dept. & IEEE SB organized a Webinar on “Security and Privacy in Social Networks” on 25.11.2020 for CSE and ECE students. The resource person was Dr. Jennifer S. Raj, Professor, Gnanmani College of Engineering and Technology, India. The presided over by Dr. A Ramesh, Principal, SCAD IT. The webinar ended with a valedictory and vote of thanks.

“Webinar on Intelligent IoT (IIOT)” CSE dept. & IEEE SB organized a Webinar on “Webinar on Intelligent IoT (IIOT)” on 14.12.2020 for CSE and ECE students of SCAD Institute of Technology. The resource person was Prof. Sathish, Department of EEE, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Eritrea. The presided over by Dr. A Ramesh, Principal, SCAD IT. The webinar ended with a valedictory and vote of thanks.

“Intelligent Search and Optimization Techniques” CSE dept. & IEEE SB organized a Webinar on “Intelligent Search and Optimization Techniques” on 20.1.2021 for CSE and ECE students of SCAD Institute of Technology. The resource person was Dr. T. Vijayakumar, Professor, Department of ECE, GNIT, Hyderabad, India. The presided over by Dr. A Ramesh, Principal, SCAD IT. The webinar ended with a valedictory and vote of thanks

“IoT and Big Data based Sustainable Computing Architectures” CSE dept. & IEEE SB organized a Webinar on “IoT and Big Data based Sustainable Computing Architectures” on 01.02.2021 for CSE and ECE students of SCAD Institute of Technology. The resource person was Dr. R. Dhaya, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The presided over by Dr. A Ramesh, Principal, SCAD IT. The webinar ended with a valedictory and vote of thanks.

Report by: Ms. V. Sudha, [email protected]


Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore “IEEE Spectrum Tech Talk “

IEEE SB organized a “IEEE Spectrum Tech Talk - Nuclear Power Rockets &

Vaccinate the World From COVID - 19” on (11.01.2021) through online.

Around 20 IEEE student members and 40 students of SECE were attended

the event, the event was resourced by Mr.Vignesh G Final ECE. The event

was organized by Mr.E.Venugopal, AP-ECE -IEEE STB Counselor.

“IEEE Spectrum Tech Talk”

IEEE SB organized a IEEE Spectrum Tech Talk - Apple AR Glasses & Lithium

ION Battery Recycling on (30.01.2021) around 28 IEEE student members

and 54 students of SECE were attended the event through online. The

event was resourced by Mr.Sowndar K and Ms.Disha D of II ECE. The

event was organized by Mr.E.Venugopal, AP-ECE -IEEE STB Counselor,

and coordinated by Ms.Raghabharathi A-II-ECE. “Discussion on COBOT”

IEEE SB & Robotics Club of SECE organized a Discussion on COBOT on

(30.01.2021) around 23 IEEE student members and 25 students of SECE

were attended the event, the event was resourced and Coordinated by

Mr.A.Ramesh, AP-ECE and Mr.E.Venugopal, AP-ECE -IEEE STB Counselor

SECE.

Report by: E.Venugopal

Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore “Webinar on Industrial Internet of Things with Artificial Intelligence” IEEE SB organized a webinar on Industrial Internet of Things with Artificial Intelligence for II Year and III Year ECE Students on 20.01.2021. Dr.V.Nandalal, Associate Professor, ECE delivered the welcome address. The Resource person, Mr. Palanivel, Technical Manager, NoviTech R&D Pvt Ltd., Coimbatore, gave insights about the important applications of Internet of Things with Artificial Intelligence in the Manufacturing Industry. He enlightens the requirements of internet of things and artificial intelligence in real time applications. He demonstrated the various algorithms of machine learning and deep learning to acquire information from images through statistical model algorithms to detect the respective image. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.B.Maruthi Shankar, Associate Professor, ECE-SKCET.


“Webinar on How to crack CAT or GATE Exams” IEEE SB organized a webinar on “How to crack CAT or GATE Exams” for II Year and III Year ECE Students on 23.01.2021. Ms.C.Bagavathi, Assistant Professor, ECE delivered the welcome address. The Resource person, Mr. N V Subrahmanyam,Director, T.I.M.E. Coimbatore has highlighted the importance of appearing CAT and GATE exams for studying master degrees in Management and Engineering in IIMs and IITs respectively. He enlightens the skill requirements for cracking the CAT and GATE examinations. He also elaborated the application procedures, tuition fees and placement details of the MBA/M.Tech in IIMs and IITs. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.R.Senthil Ganesh, Assistant Professor, ECE-SKCET. “Webinar on Scopes to Study Aboard” IEEE SB organized a webinar on “Scopes to Study Aboard” for II Year and III Year ECE Students on 30.01.2021. Dr.R.Senthil Ganesh, Assistant Professor, ECE delivered the welcome address. The Resource person, Mr. N V Subrahmanyam, Director, T.I.M.E. Coimbatore, Coimbatore, has highlighted the opportunities for studying master degrees in Management and Engineering in aboard. He enlightens the various MIM/MS courses in reputed Universities around the globe. He also elaborated the application procedures, tuition fees and placement details of the top Universities and also explained the VISA procedures. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.V. Nandalal, Associate Professor, ECE-SKCET.

“Webinar on Cloud Hosting - Industry Perspective” IEEE SB organized a webinar on “Cloud Hosting - Industry Perspective” for II and III Year ECE Students on 13.02.2021. Dr.D.Mohanageetha, Professor, ECE, delivered the welcome address. The Resource person, Ms. Vijayalakshmi Ragothaman, IT Business Leader, Shell India Markets Private Limited, Bangalore, has highlighted the importance of the cloud computing techniques in industry perspective. She enlightens the various types of cloud computing techniques that are used in top companies around the world. She also elaborated the real time applications and opportunities in the field of cloud computing. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.R.Senthil Ganesh, Assistant Professor, ECE-SKCET.

Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering,Kalavakkam “Data Utopia” Data Utopia was a two round technical event which aimed to test the data analytics and machine learning skills of the participants. The first round was a test of their statistical and data interpretation skills in 20 mins by solving multiple choice questions in an online quiz portal. Each team was put in a breakout room along with a volunteer to monitor them. A total of 12 teams participated in this round. After the rapid-fire round, the top five teams with the best quiz score were selected for the second round. This round tested the knowledge of exploratory data analysis (coding) and deriving insights. Being 1.5 hours round, it had two stages.

In the first stage, the participants were asked to find the dataset themselves by cracking few puzzles. After finding the features, each team was given a drive link which had the dataset and the access to a coding platform for the remaining duration. It was then a rigorous session of carefully exploring the data and understanding to derive the best insights in the end. After 1.5 hours, the access to the platform was withdrawn and the coded notebooks of the teams were collected and scrutinized and the two winning teams with the best code and insights was declared.


“Junkyard Jumble” Round 1: (Duration: 25 minutes) The first round involved puzzles, scrambled words and references from fandoms. Teams used them to crack the physics concepts. This round required quick thinking skills, analytical and mental ability. Basic concepts of physics were tested. (class 11 and 12 physics concepts). Completeness of each answer mattered to score high points in round 1. Five teams were selected for the final round. Round 2: (Duration: 3 minutes per team). This was the Dumb Charades round. Participants had to act out a basic technical (physics) question to their teammates. The team which guessed the maximum number of questions and also answered them correctly won the competition. The event was held on 22nd Jan 2021.

“Paper Presentation” Round 1: Submission of abstract,The abstract of the paper from the given domains was sent through mail by 17th January, 2021. 10 teams were selected for the second round based on the abstract.Round 2: Live Presentation of the shortlisted papers from Round 1 .The selected teams from round 1 were given 5 – 10 minutes to explain their paper and present their idea to the panel of judges. 2 teams were announced as winners by the judges. “Virtual 7th International conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES – 2021)” The 7th Virtual International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES – 2021) was conducted by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai,in association with Renewable Energy Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Madras Section. Dr. V. Kamaraj, Prof and Head, Department of EEE, SSNCE and Dr. Umashankar Subramaniam, Associate Professor, Prince Sultan University were the Chair and Co-chair for the conference respectively. Dr. N.B Muthu Selvan, Dr. V. Thiyagarajan and Dr. M. Devesh Raj, Associate Professors from Department of EEE were the conveners for ICEES-2021.

Dr. Ned Mohan, Fellow IEEE and Regents Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA as the chief guest and the guest of honors are Dr. Umashankar Subramaniam, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy Lab, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. N. Kumarappan, Professor, Annamalai University and Chairman, IEEE Madras Section. The following are the key note speakers: Dr. Ned Mohan, Fellow IEEE and Regents Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA. Dr. Umashankar Subramaniam, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy Lab, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Jahangir Hossain, Associate Professor, University of Technology - Sydney, Australia, Dr. Mohsen Sheikholeslami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran.Paper Submission & Selection Details: Number of submitted papers: 360, Number of accepted papers: 150, Number of registered papers: 134, Paper Presentation Sessions: 134 papers were presented in 14 Sessions spread over three days. In each session, maximum of 10 research papers were presented by the authors. The session chairs were subject experts from reputed Government Educational Institution and leading private institution.

Report by: Dr. S. Pravin Kumar


St. Josephs College of Engineering, Chennai

“Muthamizh” IEEE SB has successfully conducted an online event named “Muthamizh” on 22nd Feb 2021 under WIE Affinity Group. Nearly 50 participants from various colleges made the event a great success amidst lockdown. The event was about writing a Tamil poem on behalf of Language day. The motto of the event was to prevent the extinction of Tamil literature from the young minds of today’s world. “Awareness program” IEEE SB has conducted an Awareness program for the new IEEE Student members of Computer Society on 18/02/2021 with Mr. Vijay Kumar as the Key Speaker. The newly joined members were given a one-hour lecture about the benefits of activities of IEEE such as IEEE Xtreme and so on. The Speaker gave a brief information about the resources that an IEEE Student member can access. The session was winded up by asking queries and feedback from the newly joined members. Nearly 75 non-IEEE members got benefited from this session.

“Quiz” IEEE SB has organized a quiz named “Health is wealth” conducted by Industrial Application Society on 4-2-2021. Around 50 students took part in this event enthusiastically. On behalf of World Cancer Day, the quiz is related to health and science. The event was a great success. The event was organised by Arvind GK, Praneet S and Sharon R.

“Report for Industrial Application Society” IEEE SB has organized an event named “Science Storm” conducted by Industrial Application Society on 26-2-2021. Around 50 students took part in this event enthusiastically. On behalf of National science Day, the quiz is related to new science technologies. The event was a great success. The event was organised by Arvind GK, Praneet S and Sharon R. About 40 students attended the event and got benefited from it.

“Orientation program”

IEEE SB conducted an orientation program for the 1st year on 15th Feb 2021. The SB Counsellor and SB Advisor were the speakers of our orientation. They gave a brief introduction to IEEE and the benefits of IEEE. Also, the past committee members shared their experience and motivated the young minds. This event is conducted to bring positive thoughts and awareness on the young minds of our nation. Students gained lots of information about IEEE Volunteering and IEEE funding. Other department students were very much interested in joining IEEE after his speech was over. Student Coordinators Kumaran MS, Swathish G, Arangan Rishikesh T, Bavithra Rajan R, Sharan R coordinated the event with Mr. R. Sreekanth, IEEE SB Counselor. Nearly 100 students got benefited from it. Report by: Mr. R. Sreekanth,


SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai

“Guest Lecture on Micro & Nano Technology – An Introduction” EEE dept. and IEEE SB conducted International Guest Lecture on the topic of “Micro & Nano Technology– An Introduction and MEMS & Commercial Micro Sensors in Novel Applications” on 18th February 2021 presented by Dr. J. JAYAPANDIAN, Head & Scientific Officer–H(Rtd), Electronics & Instrumentation Section, Surface & Nano Science Division, Materials Science Group, IGCAR, KALPAKKAM through the MS Team (Online Mode). Who conveyed the basic introduction of Micro and Nano technology and its importance in Digital world. He discussed about the Micro & nano area, tiny devices offer giant opportunities for technology, consumer products, energy saving systems, environmental, Healthcare, bio medical and more. He briefed about procedures and classifications in Micro and Nano technology. He shared his working experience of making up very small nano mechanical transducers. At the end of the session, the students interacted with the resource person and cleared their doubts. The participants felt Guest Lecture was very informative and had exposure in Micro and Nano Technology. The lecture was attended by EEE students of II, III, IV years and faculty members along with Head of the Department Prof. Dr.K.Elango.


Student Branch & Society Chapter Activities Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam

“Cyber Catchy – Hackathon Series 2020 Event III” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Power and Energy organized a national level hackathon based on Coding “Cyber Catchy” on 05-12-2020. Virtual Hackathon has been conducted on the topic of coding. Best coding have been shortlisted with the help of Faculty members. Mr.S.Sundar – Branch Counselor coordinated the event. Mr. Inesh Murugan P – II year/EEE and Ms.K Surthi – II year/EEE are acted as Student Coordinators. 72 participants from various Institutions across the country have participated.

“FRESCO - Idea Presentation” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PELS,IES, PES, WIE organized a national level Art competition “FRESCO” on 20-12-2020. Virtual competition has been conducted on art. Best arts have been shortlisted with the help of Faculty. Mr.S.Sundar – Branch Counselor coordinated the event. Mr. Surya A – II year/EEE and Mr. Inesh Murugan P – II year/EEE are acted as Student Coordinators. 62 participants from various Institutions across the country have participated.

“QUADRO” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Student Branch-Women In Engineering organized the National level Art Competition – QUADRO on 10th January, 2021. 124 participants have been participated from various institutions across country. Ms.Sneha K B-201CS295, Ms. Sangeetha K S- 192FT126, Ms.Deepika M R -202IT125, Ms.Tharaniya S-201EI141, Ms.Ezhilarasi S- 201CS156, Ms.Swetha-182FT135 emerged as the winners. Ms.Harshavarthini C , II Year / IT and Ms. Heeba Sathya A- II Year /EIE coordinated the event. “POSTYER - Poster Presentation Event” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PELS,WIE,IES,PES organized the National level Poster Presentation – POSTYER on 12th January, 2021. 41 participants have been participated from various institutions across country. Mr. Rishekesh R – 191AE133 – II year / Aero is emerged as the winner. Ms. Lavanya K , II Year / EEE and Mr. Nikesh S - II Year / BME coordinated the event.


“PREZENTOUS ’21 – Paper Presentation Event” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PELS,WIE,IES,PES organized the National level Paper Presentation – PREZENTOUS’21 on 30th January, 2021. 112 participants have been participated from various institutions across country. Mr. Krishnapriyan M S – 201MC512 – II year / MTRS, Mr. Ramsundhar R – 201MC516 – II year / MTRS, Ms.Divyasri U – 181CS146 – III Year/CSE, Mr.Praveenkumar J – 181CS244 – III Year/CSE , Ms.Swetha R – 182IT232 – III Year/CSE , Mr.Sriram M – 181IT227 – III Year/CSE are emerged as winners. Mr.PRAGADHEESAN K – II Year / EEE and Ms.VYSHNAVI K – II Year / FD coordinated the event.

K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode

“Webinar on Biomedical Engineering Innovation Generation For Healthcare Democratization” IEEE-EMB Society of Madras section in association with KSRCT IEEE student chapter jointly organized a webinar on “Biomedical Engineering Innovation Generation for Healthcare Democratization” on 28.12.2020. There were around 130 participants from various colleges and organizations. The inaugural function was began with a prayer song. Dr.C.Rajasekaran, IEEE SBC, welcomed the gathering. Dr.K.Thyagarajah, Chief Executive Officer of KSR institutions, felicitated the gathering and remarked health care democratization is characterized by two major factors: the distribution of data and the ability to generate and apply insights at scale.

Dr.R.Gopalakrishnan, Principal in his address, noted that the healthcare is a need of the hour and biomedical engineering cum IoT has made health care and diagnosis smarter one & lot of researches are going on and many projects has to be done for the wealth fare of society. Dr.K.B.Jayanthi, Chair, IEEE EMBS Madras section gave abstract of the webinar. Dr.B.Banu Rekha, Secretary, IEEE EMBS Madras Section, felicitated the gathering with her fabulous words.Key note address was given by Prof.Micheal Friebe,Ph.D, Otto-Von-Guericke University, Germany. He addressed the changes, challenges, and opportunities of global healthcare and also stated that the 4 P’s (Predict, Prevent, Personalize, Participate) in combination with the quadruple aim of future health related innovations will drive biomedical engineering developments. He also explained the level of digitalization by industry and hale status comparison of other countries with India. He briefed on the essential modules to be present in a health care truck. He explained the paradigm shift in healthcare delivery from treating sick to preventing from sick, value based, and patient centric and personalized health care with exponential technologies changing with Healthcare delivery. He added that education and training of Biomedical Engineers needs to be adjusted to the developments focusing on solving unmet clinical needs, which requires a solid understanding of current health problems (regional, global), future technologies, economic realities and global health markets and the potential to educate future health innovators that follow the I3-EME formula, of IDENTIFYING clinical problems, INVENT / IDEATE solutions, iterate them and subsequently IMPLEMENT them by using the expertise of Engineers, Medical stakeholders, and Economists.Followed his address the participants clarified their doubts with the speaker. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms.C.Dharnya, student/ECE.

Report by: Dr. C. Rajasekaran,[email protected]


Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai

“STTP on Machine Vision for Entrepreneurs Launching Startups With Low Seed Fund” IEEE TEMS Madras Chapter & IEEE SB, IIC , EDC Panimalar Institute of Technology organized STTP ON MACHINE VISION FOR ENTREPRENEURS LAUNCHING STARTUPS WITH LOW SEED FUND during 04.01.21 to 09.01.21 (6 Days). STTP covered following topics Machine Vision Medical Imaging Concepts for Startup, Medical Imaging Disease Identification Implementation Aspects & Procedure, Video Processing - Enhancement Implementation Aspects & Procedure, Machine Vision Aspects in Object recognition and its allied applications in Startup, Electronic Component Analysis in Startups via Machine Vision. Training Session for Machine Vision Aspects in Object recognition and its allied applications in Startup, Exploration of Indian Government Startup Schemes, Incubation Centre, Entrepreneur Professionals, Machine Vision for Wireless Systems Startups, Machine vision effects in AI and its Challenges, Training Session for Video Processing with Machine Vision, Machine Vision aspects in Video Processing and its analysis in Industrial Startup Sector and Machine Vision Aspects in Pattern recognition and its allied applications in Startup were introduced to participants. Speakers of the sessions are Dr. N R SHANKER, CEO, Chase Technologies, Chennai Dr. P.S. RAMAPRABA, HOD/EEE, Panimalar Institute of Technology,Chennai Mr. T. VIGNESH PRABHU, System & Solution Architect, ABE Semiconductor Designs Mr. SABARINATH PREMLAL, CEO, Respro Lab, Chennai Mr. JISHNU, Project Engineer, Pantech E learning, Chennai Dr. M. PREMKUMAR, Professor ECE Dept, Panimalar Institute ofTechnology, Chennai Dr. ATHIF SHAH, Chairman, ABE Semiconductor Designs,Chennai Dr. S.VENKATA LAKSHMI, Professor, CSE, Sri Krishna college of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore

”National Youth Day Quiz” IEEE SB in association with IEEE CS, PES, WIE SBC’s organized “National youth day quiz” on the occasion of National Youth Day from 12 January 2021(3PM IST) to 15 January, 2021(3pm IST). In this event, Participants were asked to answer the questions regarding the theme of youth day and Swami Vivekananda given in the Google form. Nearly 35 participants from various institutions participated in this quiz. Student Coordinator Shaveetha, Subhashini, Preethi, Naveen, Mithresh Coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SB Counselor. ”Online Workshop on Sequel App” IEEE SB, IEEETEMS Madras Chapter & IETE Chennai Centre in collaboration with IIC, IETE, IEEE EDS, TEMS, PHOTONICS SBC’s organized an online workshop on “Sequel app” on 6th February, 2021. The speaker was Dr. M. B. Patil, Department of Electrical engineering, IIT Bombay, Powal. The speaker initiated the workshop by giving a brief introduction about Sequel app and how the app helps the teachers to teach Electronics related subjects through online. He explained about the working and how to use the app. Dr. Patil covered the examples of Network theorems and Digital circuits. He also listed the topics currently covered in this app that is Network theorems, Diode circuits, Common-Emitter Amplifier, Op-amp Linear circuits, Schmitt Trigger, Oscillator based on Schmitt Trigger and digital circuits. Around 72 participants from various educational institutions across india attended the workshop. Student Coordinators Anishka, Mithresh, Preethi, Indhumathi coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SB Counsellor.


”Word Search” IEEE SB in association with PELS, CS, WIE SBC’s organized an online event “Word search” on 27th February, 2021 on the occasion on National NGO Day from 10AM to 5PM(IST). It was a crossword event in which questions were asked about the Non-Governmental Organizations. 35 participants from various educational institutions participated in this contest. Student Coordinators Subhashini V, Aparna G, Naveen, Krishna Coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

”Don’t Blink” IEEE SB in association with IEEE IAS, PHOTONICS, EDS SBC’s organized an online event “Don’t blink” on 28th February, 2021 from 5PM to 6PM (IST). In this event, Participants were given with 15 seconds of time to observe the pictures shown to them and then they should tell the things that they have observed. Nearly 11 participants from various colleges participated in this contest. V.Pooja Devi from Panimalar Institute of Technology secured 1st place, Dhanya.R from Rajiv Gandhi Arts and Science College secured 2nd place and Godavarthi Sri Sai Vikas from Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College secured 3rd place. Student Coordinators Subhashini V, Aparna G, Naveen, Krishna Coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“Tech Fest” IEEE SB in association with IEEE SPS, PES, CS SBC’s organized “Tech Fest” Contest on the occasion of National Science Day on 28th February, 2021 from 10AM to 5PM (IST). In this event, Participants were asked to answer choice-based questions regarding science and technology given in the google form. Nearly 15 participants participated in this contest. Student Coordinators Subhashini V, Aparna G, Naveen, Krishna Coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

“Who am I?” IEEE SB in association with IEEE PELS, PHOTONICS, EDS SBC’s organized “Who am i?” Contest on 28th February, 2021 from 9AM to 8PM (IST). In this event, Participants were asked to find the name of the apps and technologies with introduction those were given in the Google form. Nearly 26 participants participated in this contest. R.Dhanusya from Cauvery College for Women secured 1st place, Anantha Krishna.T from Matha College of Science And Technology secured 2nd place and Kanigha A.K from Jaivins Academy secured 3rdplace. Student Coordinators Subhashini V, Aparna G, Naveen, Krishna Coordinated the event with Mr. M. Arun, IEEE SB Counselor.

Report by: Arun M, [email protected]


PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

“IEEE EMBS Sponsored Webinar” IEEE – EMBS Madras Section in association with PSGTech EMBS SB Chapter, Coimbatore conducted a Webinar on "Current Trends In Medical Imaging" on 26.12.2020. The Conveners were Dr. K. B. Jayanthi, Chairman, IEEE EMBS Madras Section and Dr. R. Vidhyapriya, Professor & Head, Biomedical Engineering, PSG College of Technology. The Co-convenors were Dr. B. Banu Rekha, Secretary, IEEE EMBS Madras Section and Mr. K. Umesh, Faculty Advisor, BMEA.The resource person was Dr. Vimal Chandran, Advanced Technology Engineer, GE Healthcare, Austria. The participants were 92 in number and included UG / PG students and Research Scholars from Biomedical stream.The speaker presented the current research trends in brain imaging, bone imaging and eye imaging and motivated participants to pursue research in these areas.

Report by: Dr. B. Banu Rekha, [email protected] Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering,Kalavakkam

“Space Biology Workshop” The Workshop on Space Biology was organised by the student body of IEEE EMBS in association with the Association of Biomedical Engineers for Invente 5.0, SSN’s inter college tech fest. The participants were from SSN as well as other colleges. The workshop started at 1:00 pm and went till 4:00 pm. The speaker was Mr. Aviseka Acharya, Stem Cell Biologist at University of Cologne. He has also worked as a molecular biologist and has biotechnology research experience in the field of molecular cell biology. He explained stem-cells and gene-editing to the participants. He spoke about genetic engineering and it’s applications in space. A hands-on session on genetic engineering through online tools was also conducted.

Finally, he gave an overview of the equipment used in space. The participants enthusiastically interacted with the speaker throughout the workshop. They actively asked questions and cleared their doubts. Overall, it was a great workshop. The participants feedback gained knowledge about genetic engineering, tools used for gene-editing and space biology. Their feedback was also overwhelmingly positive.

“Webinar on Industrial Expectations” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter organized a webinar on “Industrial Expectations” by Mr. R. Bhaskar, Business Partner – SAICAD Centre. The speaker gave a very interesting talk on how to prepare the students for getting job as well as higher studies and explaining about service and product-oriented companies. The event had an active participation of approximately 32 students from different departments. The event was coordinated by Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, SSN IEEE SB Counselor and Mr. Micheal Sugunakumar, Student coordinator.


“Workshop on Know breath, Know life” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter organized an online workshop on “Know breath, Know Life” on 04 January, 2021 by Ms. Suchithra, Trainee, Art of living. This event would help the students in giving awareness about the effective ways of handling our body, mind, emotions and any issues faced by the youth at the current time. Also, simple and effective few breathing techniques are demonstrated for them to know the importance of breath in handling the day to day life, in a better way. The event was coordinated by Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, SSN IEEE SB Counselor.

“Webinar on Why blockchain will matter in 2021 and beyond?” IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter in association with IEEE SB organized a webinar on “Why blockchain will matter in 2021 and beyond?” on 13 February 2021. The speakers were Manish Shukla, Consultant, Blockchain – Grant Thornton & Deepak Mohanty, Vice President, HSBC. About 33 students had attended the meeting. The main objective of the webinar is to motivate the students to learn and practice more about blockchain. The event was coordinated by Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, SSN IEEE SB Counselor and Mr. Aadhithya Kailash, and Mr. V. Michael Suguna Kumar are student co-ordinators.

Interactive Session with Successful Start-up Founder” IEEE Communication society SB chapter organized an interactive session with Mr. Thirukumaran Saravanan a Student Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and COO at XR labs. He elaborated the application of emerging mixed reality technologies - Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality to the enterprise segment and solve real problems faced by the Industries. The session provided a road map to initiate a start-up and also insights into the factors required for building a successful start-up. The participates were expected to understand the importance of fund raising and networking in initiating a start-up and in addition, the techniques to take the product to the masses.

“Brainstorming Session” "Brainstorming Session" was an interactive and knowledgeable event organized by the student branch chapter of IEEE EMBS for the first year BME students of SSN College of Engineering. The session began with an introduction to the different domains of biomedical engineering. The participants were quite interactive and came up with interesting questions. There was some discussion about the fields of “Telemedicine” and “Robotics in surgery”. A brief insight was given about the identification of real-world problem statements and the problems that may arise post COVID. The session was held on 6th February 2021 from 5pm to 6pm involving 22 actively- participating SSN BME freshers and was conducted through Zoom. We also received positive feedback from the participants. These sessions are planned to be held on a regular basis


“Webinar on IEEE CS membership benefits” Online webinar on the benefits of IEEE Computer Society conducted by the student body of IEEE-Computer Society for the students of Department of Information Technology, SSN College of Engineering on 21 February, 2021. It was a one-hour webinar with Mr. Aravindhan Anbazhagan, Chair, IEEE MAS YP addressing the students. Students were briefed about the benefits of the membership such as IEEE Richard E Merwin scholarship, IEEE CS Digital Library, IEEE Xtreme, IEEE Congress, and IEEE MADC. He also shared his valuable experiences with IEEE Madras Section and IEEE Region-10. The students were motivated, and their feedback was that the webinar was very useful to get to know about the IEEE CS membership. “Online SB Meeting” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter, COMSOC SB chapter and EMBS student branch chapter organized an online SAC meeting on 20 February 2021. About 13 students had attended the meeting. The main objective of the meeting was to plan the event IEEE Conclave (ICON) to be held in 25-27 March 2021. There was a discussion on technical and non-technical events which are to be organized, committee members, event chairs and prepare schedule. The event was coordinated by Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, SSN IEEE SB Counsellor and Mr. Hariharan, Chair, SSN IEEE SB. “Online SB Meeting” IEEE SB in association with IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter organized an online SB meeting on 03 February 2021. About 17 students had attended the meeting. The main objective of the meeting was to plan the events to be held in the year 2021. There was a discussion on technical and non-technical events which are to be organized this year. The event was coordinated by Dr. T. Sree Sharmila, SSN IEEE SB Counsellor and Mr. Hariharan, Chair, SSN IEEE SB.

Report by: Dr. S. Pravin Kumar

St. Josephs College of Engineering, Chennai

“Guest Lecture conducted by PELS society on IOT based industrial drives” IEEE SB has organized a Guest Lecture conducted by PELS society on “IOT based industrial drives” on 1/2/2021 About 100 students actively engaged with enthusiasm in this event. The whole session was very interactive. This lecture motivated many students to create innovative ideas. He gave a brief introduction about the recent trends in E vehicles. He sowed the seeds by encouraging the students to do a lot of research and projects which is useful to the Electronics and its Automation.

Report by: Mr. R. Sreekanth,


Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai

“Report on SIEED TO LEAD programme” IEEE Computer Society- Student Branch chapter conducted a webinar on SIEED to lead on 23-01-21 . The aim of this webinar was to provide students with valuable information on opportunities at IEEE. The event kicked off with welcome address by Ms. Brinda followed by a speech by our principal, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.The event continued with our student members of each society, Mr. Leoram Siddharth, Ms. Monika Mohan, Ms. Monisha K, Ms. Akshaya B, Mr. Saiganesh, Mr. Rahul Narayan L briefing about their journey in IEEE so far. The keynote speaker of the day was Mr. Aravindan Anbazhagan, chair, IEEE Madras Young Professionals. Mr. Aravindan’s speech was mainly centered around various IEEE chapters available and the pros and cons of each chapter and the methods to reap the Utmost benefits from these chapters. He also talked about his experience so far as an IEEE member. This was followed by an interactive Q&A session.The event concluded with a vote of thanks by, Dr. Soma Prathiba.

“5th Anniversary Celebration of IEEE CS SB Chapter” IEEE Computer Society SB chapter Conducted Webinar on “SQUEEZE YOUR STRESS, HAVE A QUEST” on 21-2-2021.The Aim of this Webinar was to provide students with valuable information on Stress Management. The Event Kick started With a welcome address by Dr.Soma Pratiba, IEEE CS SB Chapter Advisor.This was followed by a keynote address by Ms.Suganya Raman , a passionate Workforce Excellence Manager,Flex India. Her talk is mainly centered around Stress Management.She gave Healthy ideas for our daily routines,how to keep ourselves stress free,ways to do our work without stress. The event concluded with Vote of Thanks by Ms.Akshaya, vice chairman,IEEE CS SB.The main objective of this event was to provide Students with valuable information on stress management.

“Poster Design Competition on International Childhood Cancer Day- 15-02-2021” IEEE Computer Society- Student Branch Chapter organized a Poster Design Competition with the theme “Cancer Awareness” for College Students on International Childhood Cancer Day - 15-02-2021. This event was co-ordinated by the student co-ordinators Sowmyaa V R, Medha M and Pavithra S. under the support of our Chapter Advisor Dr.Soma Prathibha. The registrations were open from Feb 2,2021 and the students were allowed to participate and mail their Posters on or before 14/2/2021 to the provided mail id. We received around 30 different submissions among which Top two posters were selected and rewarded and their posters were posted in the social media sites of IEEE SSEC SBC on 15/2/2021.


VIT, Chennai

Webinar on “Optical Sensors and Applications” Report IEEE Photonics Society SBC organised webinar on Optical Sensors and applications on 13.02.21 through online mode. The invited speaker was Dr. Preeta Sharan, Professor & Research Head, Oxford College of Engineering Bangalore. She is an active volunteer and IEEE Executive member in IEEE Bangalore section. The faculty coordinator Dr. Sangeetha R.G initiated the event and introduced the guest speaker to the participants. Dr. Preeta Sharan explained about the projects she is undertaking and motivated the students. She has elaborated about optical sensors and its healthcare applications. About 50 participants attended the event. Dr. Chitra. K, gave the vote of thanks to the gathering. The session was an eye opening to the researchers and students who work in this domain. The student coordinators Mr.Priyeash.B and Mr.Arjun Sharma coordinated the event.


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