Inaugural of WIE AG followed by a talk on Benefits of Women in Engineering Affinity Group

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IEEE is the world's largest technical association which consists of multiple societies and affinity groups from all over the world who contribute in the field of technology and much more for the Betterment of Humanity.  IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is one of the largest international professional organizations dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists, and inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests in a career in engineering.

In order to promote women in technology and create awareness in our community, IEEE Hyderabad Section WIE Affinity Group has taken an initiative to increase the overall number of WIE AGs in its Student Branches.

Thus, IEEE Hyderabad Section WIE AG in association with Vaagdevi Engineering College is organizing a webinar on the day of Inaugural on the topic Benefits of Women in Engineering Affinity Group on 28th of May, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.



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  • Date: 28 May 2020
  • Time: 04:30 AM UTC to 06:30 AM UTC
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  • Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
  • India

  • Contact Event Host
  • Dr.Y.Padma Sai

    Chair , WIE AG IEEE Hyderabad Section

    Mr.M.Ramu

    moola.ramu@gmail.com

    IEEE Student Branch advisor
    Vaagdevi engineering college
    Bollikunta, Warangal

  • Co-sponsored by Vaagdevi Engineering College Bollikunta, Warangal


  Speakers

Dr.Y.Padma Sai of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg and Tech

Topic:

Benefits of Women in Engineering Affinity Group

Biography:

Dr.Yarlagadda Padma Sai

PadmaSai obtained her B.Tech. Degree from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, M.E in Systems and Signal Processing and Ph.D in Bio-medical Signal processing from Osmania University, Hyderabad. She started her career as Quality Control Engineer and served for 5 years in M/S. Suchitra Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, from Feb 1991 to May 1996. Later worked as a Lecturer in the Department of ECE in Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad from January 1998 to October 1998. Then worked in the same capacity in the Department of ECE, VNRVJIET from July 1999 to 10th November 2000. She was then promoted as an Associate Professor in the same department of ECE, at VNRVJIET from 20th August. Later elevated as professor and taken charge of Head of the department from 1st Sep.2012 to till date and also assigned additional responsibilities as Dean Students Progression from 1st April 2016 to till date. She is a Senior member of IEEE, Life member of ISTE, ISOI, ASCI and Fellow of IETE, IEI, Vice-Chairman for WIE Affinity Group IEEE Hyderabad Section Slate 2019, Member Short term training program committee IETE Hyderabad(2012-2014), Member women Empowerment in engineering committee IETE(2014-2015), Execute Member ISTE AP Section from 2012-2014 and Secretary cum treasurer ISTETS Section from 2015 to 2019.  She has presented and published 80 research papers in National and International Conferences/Journals. She is presently guiding 6 research scholars. Her areas of research interest are Bio-Medical, Signal and Image Processing to create societal impact. To add feather to her cap she also received grants of worth 75 lakhs from various funding agencies like DST, DIT, UGC and AICTE and under her guidance her research scholars submitted various proposals and got grants. Received Best Teacher award from ISTE AP & TS Section ,  Short listed for Research Award (2012-14) by UGC and one of the recommended candidate for  Research award for the academic year 2014-16 by UGC, New Delhi. She was appreciated by The United Inventors Association (UIA) of the USA for her Innovative Excellence. She has received Silver Medal and Bronze Medal for the project Cough and Wheeze Analyzer from  IT Minister Mr.N.Lokesh at Indian   Innovators Association, AP & Innovation Society and International Innovation Fair Association held at Vishakhapatnam and China Association of Inventions  respectively. She was also sanctioned Travel Grants from SERB of DST and UGC to participate Int. Telemetering Conf. (ITC) held in Nevada (USA) from 2l-l0-20l3 To 24-10-2013.She was nominated as Coordinator Academics(2 years2010-12), Member of Institute Academic from 2008 to till date, Member BoS(2 years 2010-12), Member Academic Council from 2010 to till date ,Chairman BoS from 2012 to till date in VNRVJIET and as Research Committee member, BME, college of Engg. Osmania University. She involved actively in TEQIP and Autonomous works and made best efforts to achieve Accreditations like NBA, NAAC for VNRVJIET.

Co-founder of Salcit Technologies Pvt Ltd at VJ Hub .

Published two patents by Indian Patent office

One of the inventor of the patent and published by Indian Patent office Titled A Method and System for Analyzing Risk Associated With Respiratory Sounds

       Another on Brain-Computer interface based system and method for characterizing behavior state of a       

        subject”. The patent has been published on 20-12-2019

 

Awarded Gold Medal by Korea International Women Invention Exposition(KIWIE-

2019) as women entrepreneur of   SALCIT TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED.

Received “Uthama Acharya Puraskar”  National Award for impact creators in Engineering Education in commemoration 150th of Birth Anniversary Celebrations  of Mahatma Gandhi by Indian Servers at VR  Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada.

Acted as jury member for 3 rd edition of IIA International Innovation Fair (IIIF) organized in NSIC exhibition hall on 01-12-2019,Hyd.

Presently she is acting as Chair for WIE Affinity Group IEEE Hyderabad Section Slate 2020.

 

 

Email:

Address:VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engg and Tech Pragathi Nagar Nizampet -so, Nizampet, HYDERABAD, India, 500090

Dr. Harivardhagini Subhadra of CVR College of Engineering

Topic:

IEEE Membership Awareness

Biography:

Dr.S.Harivardhagini
Professor and Head
Department of EIE
CVR College of Engineering
Ibrahimpatan
 

Email:

Address:Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India