IEEE CALCUTTA SECTION ( R0 01 37 )

REPORT

PART A - SECTION SUMMARY:

A.1 Executive Summary:

Section successfully organized CALCON’05, the Multi-Chapter/Affinity Group Activity for the First Time during December 2-3, 2005 involving Thirteen Technical invited lectures in the areas of Superconductors/Broadband Mobile technology & wireless communication/High Voltage Engineering/Organic & Deep submicron CMOS Devices & Photonics /Optical Networks / EMI & EMC/

e-learning/Document Digitization(Bengali). The Chapters involved were AP-MTT, Computer, COMSOC, EDS, LEOS & PE together with GOLD Affinity Group. The program was a grand success.

A.2 Financial Report:

Income : Rs. 8,35,000.00

Expenses : Rs. 9,45,000.00

Opening Balance

Carried Over

From previous

Year : Rs. 13,62,000.00

Closing Balance : Rs. 12,52,000.00

A.3 List of Section Officer and Executive Committee Members:

Prof. Salil Kumar Sanyal - Chairman

Mr. Kalyan Kumar Mallik - Vice-Chairman

Prof. Kesab Bhattacharya - Vice-Chairman

Prof. Chandan Kumar Sarkar - Secretary & Chair EDS

Prof. Sujit Kumar Biswas - Treasurer

Prof. Rabindranath Nandi - Past Chairman & Chair Newsletter

Prof. Dipak Kumar Basu - Member

Mr. Satya Brata Gupta - Member

Mr. Kalyan Kumar Das Gupta - Member & Chair Awards

Prof. Nirmalendu Chatterjee - Member & Chair Membership Development

Prof. Prasanta Kumar Basu - Ex-Officio Member, Chair LEOS &

Chair Educational Activities

Prof. Pradip Kumar Saha - Ex-Officio Member & Chair AP-MTT

Prof. Sujoy Basu - Member

Prof. Mita Nasipuri - Member

Mr. Tarak Kumar Bandyopadhyay - Member

Mr. Sanjoy Kar Chowdhury - Member

Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti - Ex-Officio Member, Chair PE & Chair

Student Activities

Mr. Rabindra Nath Lahiri - Member & Chair Professional Activities

Prof. Pradip Kumar Das - Ex-Officio Member & Chair Computer

Prof. Debasis Saha - Ex-Officio Member & Chair COMSOC

Prof. Ajit Kumar Chattopadhyay - Ex-Officio Member & Chair IA

Prof. Santosh Kumar Chowdhury - Member

Dr. Jamuna Kanto Singh - Ex-Officio Member & Chair GOLD

Prof. Rana Dattagupta - Member

Prof. Alak Kumar Das - Member

Prof. Srikumar Mallik - Member

PART B – ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

B.1 Membership Development Programs:

The EXECOM members always take utmost care to increase the membership strength. In 2005 the increase was by 69. During the outreach programs taken by the Section, attempts are always made to increase the no. of members. In addition several special membership drive programs are taken by the Section. The evidence of retention of members to the maximum possible extent , could be obtained from the roaster. The GOLD Affinity Group of the Section is very active and they organize several Technical Activities through out the year. In July 2006 the GOLD Group would act as one of the Sponsors for the National Conference RETIS 2006.

B.2 Professional and Continuing Education Activities:

The Section organized 7 Technical Lectures delivered by eminent Engineers/Professors in 2005 in addition to the programs activated by Seven Chapters and One Affinity Group. In the CALCON’05 Program as reported above there were 13 Invited Lectures. The Section is highly desirous of conducting Special Training Programs in 2006.

B.3 Student Activities:

New Student Branches were opened at NIST, Berhampur, Orissa and

Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal. Very recently in 2006 another Student Branch has been opened at Calcutta University. The Student Branch at NIST organized a workshop on “ Embedded System in Electronics and Instrumentation ” while the Student Branch of Heritage Institute of Technology is organizing a seminar on April 6, 2006. The Section is always providing the necessary drive towards the increase in the no. of Student Members. With the increase in the no. of Engineering Colleges throughout the jurisdiction of the Section, special attempts are being organized to increase the no. of Student Members. It is logical to mention that One Student Member from Jadavpur University Student Branch got the Third Prize in the MV Chauhan Student Paper Contest in 2005.

B.4 e-mail and Newsletter Activities, Home Page:

The Section regularly published its newsletter “Monitor ”. Due to some reasons beyond our control, the issues could not be published in 2005.However, in 2006 attempts have already been undertaken to publish “ Monitor” immediately to highlight the activities of 2005/2006. The

“ Monitor” acts as one of the effective means of communication between the Section and its large no. of members, around 1300.

The Section has its website www. ewh.ieee.org/r10/calcutta . Special attempts have already been taken to update its content and also to make it very attractive. Links would be made to its Chapters/Affinity Group.

B.5 Awards:

Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti and Prof. Chandan Kumar Sarkar have been

awarded as Distinguished Lecturers of IEEE.

COMSOC Chapter received “ Outstanding Chapter Award ” as Second Best Chapter in Asia-Pacific Region 10 during 2005.

PE Chapter received “ High Performance Chapter Award ” in 2005.

Prof. Nikhil Ranjan Pal has become the Fellow of IEEE.

B.6 Chapter Activities:

All the Chapters of the Section namely AP-MTT, Computer, COMSOC, EDS, IA, LEOS & PE are very active while some of them are really outstanding. They organize several Technical Lectures/Conferences throughout the year, sometimes collaborating with local professional societies/educational Institutes.

PART C – GOALS AND PLANS.

C.1 Goals:

· To increase the no. of Senior Members & Members

· To increase the no. of Student Branches

· To starts up Training Courses in the state-of-the-art technologies

· To revamp the news letter & website

· To increase outreach programs outside the city of Kolkata.

C.2 Implementation Plans:

· Frequent visit to Industries/Academic Institutes to identify potential members qualified for up-gradation to Senior Grade & also to identify persons eligible to become member. Once identification is over, serious persuasion to be made to become the Senior Member/Member.

· Frequent visit to Academic Institutes to start up new Student Branches to catch the benefit of IEEE. The close interaction created by such visit with the students would increase the no. of Student members.

· To identify the needs of the students in the various Engineering Colleges/Universities and to start up the Training Courses. By organizing such Training Courses it is possible to attract and motivate the students to join IEEE

· Once the activities are increased, the contents of the Newsletter and Website would be more and more current and be very useful to the members.

· The IEEE activities are mainly centered about the city of Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta ). As a large no. of Academic Institutes have already been formed outside Kolkata and also in the neigh-bouring states, it is high time to start-up outreach activities. By doing so not only the Institutes would be benefited but also the no. of members from such Institutes would be increased.

PART D – OTHERS.

D.1 Relationship with National Societies:

The Section always works hand-in-hand with National Societies like The Institution of Engineers ( India ). In addition it has well contact with IETE.

D.2 Special Events:

The Section wants to start-up Training Courses in the areas like VHDL learning, FPGA implementation, Digital Signal Processor etc. depending on the need exercised by the students.

D.3 Concern areas and suggestions:

· To attract the students an initial start-up fund of $ 200 ( one-time) must be given to the concerned Student Branch immediately after the formation to organize Student Activities which in turn provide more Student members.

· Since many colleges have dearth of Teaching Faculty , particularly in the upcoming areas, Training Courses conducted by IEEE in these areas would provide academic benefit to the students and also to the Teachers. This activity would also boost the no. of members. To start-up such courses some special funds must be provided by Region 10 Committee. It is to be noted that there are institutes located at very remote places where such kind of Training Course is extremely necessary to upgrade the level of Technical Knowledge.