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DESCRIPTION:Members Present:\n1) Dr. R. K. Misra (on call)\n2) Mr. Sujeet M
 ishra (on Skype)\n3) Dr. Nishchal K. Verma\n4) Mr. Rahul K. Sevakula\n5) M
 r. Narendra K. Dhar\n6) Mr. Vikas Singh\n7) Ms. Teena Sharma\n8) Ms. Sonal
  Dixit\n9) Dr. Brajesh Varshney (on call)\n10) Mr. Tarun Maini (on call)\n
 Welcome and Announcements:\nChairman and Secretary both welcomed all the m
 embers present in the meeting.\nAgenda Item #1: Ratification of minutes of
  the previous meeting.\nThe minutes of previous meeting were read by the S
 ecretary and were adopted unanimously.\nAgenda Item #2: Announcement of IE
 EE WCI 2017\nSecretary announced that preparation for the IEEE WCI 2017 ha
 s been started. Tentative date for\nworkshop will be in 1st week of Decemb
 er. He requested all members to come forward for the\nevent and suggest if
  they have any good plan.\nAgenda Item #3: Announcement of upcoming IEEE C
 IS lecture\nSecretary informed that an IEEE CIS lecture will be held in Ka
 npur Institute of Technology\,\nKanpur on 23rd Feb\, 2017. The lecture wil
 l be delivered by Prof. Dr. A. K. Deb\, Dept. of EE\, IIT\nKharagpur on 
 “Virtual Labs”. He also thanked Dr. Brajesh Varshney for providing the
 ir\nresources for conducting the event. Dr. Varshney informed that he will
  provide hospitality and\ntravel facility to the experts during the event.
 \n\nAgenda Item #4: Discussion on publicity of IEEE UP Section CIS Chapter
  Awards\nSecretary asked suggestions for increasing the no. of nominations
  for the award. Mr. Rahul K.\nSevakula suggested publicizing the chapter a
 wards at large scale. It would also help to increase\nthe number of CIS me
 mberships. Secretary also suggested to not limit the award circulation onl
 y\nfor IEEE CIS members.\nAgenda Item #5: Discussion on IEEE UP Section CI
 S Chapter Awards.\nDiscussion: It was reported that no other nomination wa
 s received except the following:\n1) Distinguished Researcher in the Area 
 of CIS Award (From Academia):\nDr. Nishchal K. Verma\, Associate Professor
 \, Dept. of EE\, IIT Kanpur\nDr. Gyanendra K. Verma\, Assistant Professor\
 , Dept. of CSE\, NIT Kurukshetra\n2) Distinguished Researcher in the Area 
 of CIS Award (From Industry):\nSri Vidhu Agarwal\, President\, Synergy Sys
 tems and Solutions\n3) Young Researcher in the Area of CIS (From Student C
 ommunity):\nAbhishek\, PhD Student\, Dept. of EE\, IIT BHU\nSince two nomi
 nations were received from academia for the Distinguished Researcher Award
 \ncategory\, therefore\, to take the decision discussion was held among th
 e executive committee\nmembers. Dr. Nishchal K. Verma voluntarily left the
  meeting for the discussion as he was also\none of the nominees. On the ba
 sis of research contribution and development\, Dr. Nishchal K.\nVerma was 
 decided the awardee for Distinguished Researcher in the Area of CIS Award 
 (From\nAcademia). In rest two categories only single nominations were rece
 ived\, therefore it was\ndecided to give award to the nominees subject to 
 their CIS membership status.\nAction Item: With the consent of all executi
 ve committee members final award list is as follows.\n1) Distinguished Res
 earcher in the Area of CIS Award (From Academia):\nDr. Nishchal K. Verma\,
  Associate Professor\, Dept. of EE\, IIT Kanpur\n2) Distinguished Research
 er in the Area of CIS Award (From Industry):\nShri Vidhu Agarwal\, Preside
 nt\, Synergy Systems and Solutions\n3) Young Researcher in the Area of CIS
  Award (From Student Community):\nAbhishek\, PhD Student\, Dept. of EE\, I
 IT BHU\nIt was decided to first ensure the membership status of these nomi
 nees and they will be informed\nabout the decision of the awards. As per t
 he process\, they will be requested to send their CV and\ncontribution in 
 area of Computational Intelligence. Awards will be distributed during next
 \nupcoming.\nNext Meeting: To be announced via email.\nMinutes Prepared by
 : Sonal Dixit\nMeeting was adjourned with vote of thanks at 07:30 PM.\n\nA
 genda: \nAgenda for the meeting:\n\n1) Ratification of the minutes of last
  meeting.\n2) Discussion on IEEE UP Section CIS Chapter Awards\n3) Any oth
 er item.\n\nKanpur\, Uttar Pradesh\, India\, 208016
LOCATION:Kanpur\, Uttar Pradesh\, India\, 208016
ORGANIZER:sonaldixit07@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
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X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Members Present:&lt;br /&gt;1) Dr. R. K. Misra (
 on call)&lt;br /&gt;2) Mr. Sujeet Mishra (on Skype)&lt;br /&gt;3) Dr. Nishchal K. Verm
 a&lt;br /&gt;4) Mr. Rahul K. Sevakula&lt;br /&gt;5) Mr. Narendra K. Dhar&lt;br /&gt;6) Mr. V
 ikas Singh&lt;br /&gt;7) Ms. Teena Sharma&lt;br /&gt;8) Ms. Sonal Dixit&lt;br /&gt;9) Dr. Br
 ajesh Varshney (on call)&lt;br /&gt;10) Mr. Tarun Maini (on call)&lt;br /&gt;Welcome a
 nd Announcements:&lt;br /&gt;Chairman and Secretary both welcomed all the member
 s present in the meeting.&lt;br /&gt;Agenda Item #1: Ratification of minutes of 
 the previous meeting.&lt;br /&gt;The minutes of previous meeting were read by th
 e Secretary and were adopted unanimously.&lt;br /&gt;Agenda Item #2: Announcemen
 t of IEEE WCI 2017&lt;br /&gt;Secretary announced that preparation for the IEEE 
 WCI 2017 has been started. Tentative date for&lt;br /&gt;workshop will be in 1st
  week of December. He requested all members to come forward for the&lt;br /&gt;e
 vent and suggest if they have any good plan.&lt;br /&gt;Agenda Item #3: Announce
 ment of upcoming IEEE CIS lecture&lt;br /&gt;Secretary informed that an IEEE CIS
  lecture will be held in Kanpur Institute of Technology\,&lt;br /&gt;Kanpur on 2
 3rd Feb\, 2017. The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Dr. A. K. Deb\, Dep
 t. of EE\, IIT&lt;br /&gt;Kharagpur on &amp;ldquo\;Virtual Labs&amp;rdquo\;. He also tha
 nked Dr. Brajesh Varshney for providing their&lt;br /&gt;resources for conductin
 g the event. Dr. Varshney informed that he will provide hospitality and&lt;br
  /&gt;travel facility to the experts during the event.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Agenda Item #4
 : Discussion on publicity of IEEE UP Section CIS Chapter Awards&lt;br /&gt;Secre
 tary asked suggestions for increasing the no. of nominations for the award
 . Mr. Rahul K.&lt;br /&gt;Sevakula suggested publicizing the chapter awards at l
 arge scale. It would also help to increase&lt;br /&gt;the number of CIS membersh
 ips. Secretary also suggested to not limit the award circulation only&lt;br /
 &gt;for IEEE CIS members.&lt;br /&gt;Agenda Item #5: Discussion on IEEE UP Section 
 CIS Chapter Awards.&lt;br /&gt;Discussion: It was reported that no other nominat
 ion was received except the following:&lt;br /&gt;1) Distinguished Researcher in
  the Area of CIS Award (From Academia):&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Nishchal K. Verma\, Assoc
 iate Professor\, Dept. of EE\, IIT Kanpur&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Gyanendra K. Verma\, As
 sistant Professor\, Dept. of CSE\, NIT Kurukshetra&lt;br /&gt;2) Distinguished R
 esearcher in the Area of CIS Award (From Industry):&lt;br /&gt;Sri Vidhu Agarwal
 \, President\, Synergy Systems and Solutions&lt;br /&gt;3) Young Researcher in t
 he Area of CIS (From Student Community):&lt;br /&gt;Abhishek\, PhD Student\, Dep
 t. of EE\, IIT BHU&lt;br /&gt;Since two nominations were received from academia 
 for the Distinguished Researcher Award&lt;br /&gt;category\, therefore\, to take
  the decision discussion was held among the executive committee&lt;br /&gt;membe
 rs. Dr. Nishchal K. Verma voluntarily left the meeting for the discussion 
 as he was also&lt;br /&gt;one of the nominees. On the basis of research contribu
 tion and development\, Dr. Nishchal K.&lt;br /&gt;Verma was decided the awardee 
 for Distinguished Researcher in the Area of CIS Award (From&lt;br /&gt;Academia)
 . In rest two categories only single nominations were received\, therefore
  it was&lt;br /&gt;decided to give award to the nominees subject to their CIS me
 mbership status.&lt;br /&gt;Action Item: With the consent of all executive commi
 ttee members final award list is as follows.&lt;br /&gt;1) Distinguished Researc
 her in the Area of CIS Award (From Academia):&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Nishchal K. Verma\,
  Associate Professor\, Dept. of EE\, IIT Kanpur&lt;br /&gt;2) Distinguished Rese
 archer in the Area of CIS Award (From Industry):&lt;br /&gt;Shri Vidhu Agarwal\,
  President\, Synergy Systems and Solutions&lt;br /&gt;3) Young Researcher in the
  Area of CIS Award (From Student Community):&lt;br /&gt;Abhishek\, PhD Student\,
  Dept. of EE\, IIT BHU&lt;br /&gt;It was decided to first ensure the membership 
 status of these nominees and they will be informed&lt;br /&gt;about the decision
  of the awards. As per the process\, they will be requested to send their 
 CV and&lt;br /&gt;contribution in area of Computational Intelligence. Awards wil
 l be distributed during next&lt;br /&gt;upcoming.&lt;br /&gt;Next Meeting: To be annou
 nced via email.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes Prepared by: Sonal Dixit&lt;br /&gt;Meeting was adj
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