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DESCRIPTION:The key objective of the orientation program was:\n\n-To make t
 he transition from school to university smooth for new students.\n\n-Enabl
 e them to get to know different societies under IEEE SB VIT Chennai and th
 eir student and faculty coordinators.\n\n-Expose them to ways of gainfully
  using their new found opportunities.\n\nThe orientation program for the n
 ewly admitted undergraduate students was organized on 24th July\, 2019.\n\
 nThe Chief Guest of the program Prasanth Mohan\, the founding Chair of IEE
 EXtreme Public Relation Committee addressed the newly joined students. In 
 his address to the freshers\, he emphasized on the importance of being par
 t of a club in college life. He explained the students about his journey t
 hrough IEEE from cluelessly getting his student membership to what he is n
 ow and about the many benefits of being a part of a society.\n\nA quick su
 mmary of the events organized in the academic year 2017-18 was presented b
 y the chair of the student branch\, Rakesh Acharya which was continued by 
 the student branch counsellor Dr.Vydeki.D . Refreshments were arranged for
  all the students who turned up for the session. All the societies were gi
 ven 10 minutes to present their report for the freshers to understand thei
 r area of work and culture. They also shared their event calendar for the 
 academic year.\n\nStudents who came up with doubts and queries were given 
 attractive IEEE goodies in order to make the session more interactive.\n\n
 Power electronics society was introduced by Prof.Sridevi . She gave a roug
 h idea about the plan for the academic year and her expectations from the 
 society’s members.\n\nParul\, Chair -Women in engineering VIT Chennai ma
 de the session more interesting by having small activities during her pres
 entation. She also shared her experience of attending a conference in Nepa
 l.\n\nThe faculty and the student coordinator of Robotics and automation s
 ociety Prof.Suchetha and Siva Shankar respectively briefed the students ab
 out the projects they have been working on and the activities and contests
  they have taken part in.\n\nStudents of signal processing society had a v
 ideo presentation of their research work and the conferences they have att
 ended so far.\n\nLast but not the least\, Computer societies work was pres
 ented by its general secretary Adithya Narayanan. He also explained the th
 ree projects they were working on bone conduction\, brain computer interfa
 ce and pizza vending machine.\n\nBefore winding up\, students were asked t
 o fill a google form stating which society they were willing to join in or
 der to get a rough count of interested students and the list was forwarded
  to the respective societies.\n\nThe intense and precisely-planned orienta
 tion program ended at 1:30pm on the same day.\n\nVIT Chennai\, Chennai\, T
 amil Nadu\, India\, 600127
LOCATION:VIT Chennai\, Chennai\, Tamil Nadu\, India\, 600127
ORGANIZER:vydeki.vijayakumar.1976@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of IEEE Activities
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/242617
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The key objective of the o
 rientation program was:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;-To make the transition from school to uni
 versity smooth for new students.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;-Enable them to get to know diffe
 rent societies under IEEE SB VIT Chennai and their student and faculty coo
 rdinators.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;-Expose them to ways of gainfully using their new found
  opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The orientation program for the ne
 wly admitted undergraduate students was organized on 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; July\
 , 2019.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The Chief Guest of the program Prasanth Mohan\, the foundi
 ng Chair of IEEEXtreme Public Relation Committee addressed the newly joine
 d students. In his address to the freshers\, he emphasized on the importan
 ce of being part of a club in college life. He explained the students abou
 t his journey through IEEE from cluelessly getting his student membership 
 to what he is now and about the many benefits of being a part of a society
 .&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;A quick summary of the events organized in the academic year 201
 7-18 was presented by the chair of the student branch\, Rakesh Acharya whi
 ch was continued by the student branch counsellor Dr.Vydeki.D . Refreshmen
 ts were arranged for all the students who turned up for the session. All t
 he societies were given 10 minutes to present their report for the fresher
 s to understand their area of work and culture. They also shared their eve
 nt calendar for the academic year.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Students who came up with doubt
 s and queries were given attractive IEEE goodies in order to make the sess
 ion more interactive.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Power electronics society was introduced by 
 Prof.Sridevi . She gave a rough idea about the plan for the academic year 
 and her expectations from the society&amp;rsquo\;s members.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Parul\, Chair -Women in engineering VIT Chennai made the session mor
 e interesting by having small activities during her presentation. She also
  shared her experience of attending a conference in Nepal.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The faculty and the student coordinator of Robotics and automatio
 n society Prof.Suchetha and Siva Shankar respectively briefed the students
  about the projects they have been working on and the activities and conte
 sts they have taken part in.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Students of signal pr
 ocessing society had a video presentation of their research work and the c
 onferences they have attended so far.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Last but not
  the least\, Computer societies work was presented by its general secretar
 y Adithya Narayanan. He also explained the three projects they were workin
 g on bone conduction\, brain computer interface and pizza vending machine.
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Before winding up\, students were asked to fill a
  google form stating which society they were willing to join in order to g
 et a rough count of interested students and the list was forwarded to the 
 respective societies.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The intense and precisely-pl
 anned orientation program ended at 1:30pm on the same day.&lt;/p&gt;
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