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DESCRIPTION:The Executive Committee Meeting was held online via Zoom on Dec
 ember 14th\, 2020 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM IST.\n\nIEEE CIS Members Prese
 nt:\n\n- Prof. Nishchal K. Verma\n- Prof. Vrijendra Singh\n- Prof. R. K. M
 isra\n- Dr. Sujeet Mishra\n- Dr. Rahul K. Sevakula\n- Ms. Teena Sharma\n- 
 Ms. Sonal Dixit\n- Dr. Aparna Dixit\n\nNext Meeting: To be announced throu
 gh email.\n\nMinutes Prepared By: Ms. Teena Sharma and Ms. Sonal Dixit\n\n
 The meeting was adjourned with a vote of thanks at 07:00 PM IST.\n\nAgenda
 : \nWelcome and Announcements: Chairman\, Vice Chairman\, and Secretary we
 lcomed all the members present in the meeting.\n\nAgenda Item #1: Ratifica
 tion of minutes of the previous meeting.\n\nDiscussion: The minutes of the
  previous meeting were read by Ms. Teena Sharma. Chairman asked about the 
 status of communication with Prof. Bezdek. Dr. Aparna Dixit informed that 
 Prof. Bezdek has told that he will not be able to travel the next year in 
 2021 due to pandemic. Chairman suggested in this case\, we can plan to org
 anize an online event where Prof. Bezdek can be invited.\n\nAction Item: D
 r. Aparna Dixit agreed that she will draft an email for an invitation to P
 rof. Bezdek and it will be circulated among the ExCom members for their su
 ggestions. Next\, with the consent of members present in the meeting\, the
  minutes were approved.\n\nAgenda Item #2: Proposal to organize a series o
 f IEEE CIS Expert Lecture Series\n\nDiscussion: Chairman proposed to condu
 ct a series of expert lectures in the interest of promoting activities of 
 CIS. Dr. Aparna Dixit took initiative to take the responsibility of organi
 zing the lecture series. All ExCom have expressed their interest to delive
 r the lecture in their area of expertise. Dr. Aparna Dixit informed that s
 he would communicate with all members and schedule lectures. Further\, the
  discussion was held to reach wider audience by emailing and contacting lo
 cal as well as other colleges. Dr. Aparna Dixit suggested contacting local
  chapters as well as other colleges to inform about the lecture series. Vi
 ce Chairman suggested drafting an invitation page/mail with a tentative se
 ries title\, date\, and time along with Zoom link which can be circulated 
 as well as displayed on the chapter’s webpage.\n\nAction Item: Dr. Aparn
 a Dixit gave her consent to plan the event schedule and invitation email w
 ithin two days.\n\nAgenda Item #3: Discussion on Executive Office Bearer B
 ody for the year 2021.\n\nDiscussion: Few names for new office bearers wer
 e suggested by ExCom members present in the meeting. Suggested names were 
 as follows:\n\n- Chairman - Prof. Vrijendra Singh\, IIIT Allahabad\, India
 \n- Vice Chairman - Dr. Sujeet Mishra\, Indian Railways\n- Vice Chairman -
  Prof. R. K. Misra\, IIT (BHU) Varanasi\, India\n- Secretary - Prof. Nishc
 hal K. Verma\, IIT Kanpur\, India\n- Joint Secretary - (To be decided)\n- 
 Treasurer - Ms. Teena Sharma\, IIT Kanpur\, India\n- Convener\, CIS Member
 ship Activities - (To be decided)\n- Vice Convener\, CIS Membership Activi
 ties - (To be decided)\n- Convener\, CIS Student Activities - (To be decid
 ed)\n- Vice Convener\, CIS Student Activities - (To be decided)\n- Convene
 r\, CIS Professional Activities - (To be decided)\n- Vice Convener\, CIS P
 rofessional Activities - (To be decided)\n- Convener\, CIS workshop/ confe
 rence Activities - (To be decided)\n- Vice Convener\, CIS workshop/ confer
 ence Activities - (To be decided)\n\nAction Item: The office bearers for t
 he rest of the positions are to be decided by ExCom members. ExCom members
  were requested to suggest their nominations for the positions.\n\nKanpur\
 , Uttar Pradesh\, India\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/251967
LOCATION:Kanpur\, Uttar Pradesh\, India\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ie
 ee.org/m/251967
ORGANIZER:nishchal@iitk.ac.in
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
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X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Executive Committee Meeting was held o
 nline via Zoom on December 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;\, 2020 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 P
 M IST.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE CIS Members Present:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;P
 rof. Nishchal K. Verma&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Prof. Vrijendra Singh&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Prof. R. 
 K. Misra&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Dr. Sujeet Mishra&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Dr. Rahul K. Sevakula&lt;/li&gt;\
 n&lt;li&gt;Ms. Teena Sharma&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Ms. Sonal Dixit&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Dr. Aparna Dixit
 &lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next Meeting: &lt;/strong&gt;To be anno
 unced through email.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minutes Prepared By:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;M
 s. Teena Sharma and Ms. Sonal Dixit&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The meeting was adjourned with
  a vote of thanks at 07:00 PM IST.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong
 &gt;Welcome and Announcements: &lt;/strong&gt;Chairman\, Vice Chairman\, and Secret
 ary welcomed all the members present in the meeting.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agend
 a Item #1:&lt;/strong&gt; Ratification of minutes of the previous meeting.&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discussion:&lt;/strong&gt; The minutes of the previous meeting were r
 ead by Ms. Teena Sharma. Chairman asked about the status of communication 
 with Prof. Bezdek. Dr. Aparna Dixit informed that Prof. &amp;nbsp\;Bezdek has 
 told that he will not be able to travel the next year in 2021 due to pande
 mic. Chairman suggested in this case\, we can plan to organize an online e
 vent where Prof. Bezdek can be invited.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Action Item: &lt;/str
 ong&gt;Dr. Aparna Dixit agreed that she will draft an email for an invitation
  to Prof. Bezdek and it will be circulated among the ExCom members for the
 ir suggestions. Next\, with the consent of members present in the meeting\
 , the minutes were approved.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda Item #2:&lt;/strong&gt; Prop
 osal to organize a series of IEEE CIS Expert Lecture Series&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;stron
 g&gt;Discussion:&lt;/strong&gt; Chairman proposed to conduct a series of expert lec
 tures in the interest of promoting activities of CIS. Dr. Aparna Dixit too
 k initiative to take the responsibility of organizing the lecture series. 
 All ExCom have expressed their interest to deliver the lecture in their ar
 ea of expertise. Dr. Aparna Dixit informed that she would communicate with
  all members and schedule lectures. Further\, the discussion was held to r
 each wider audience by emailing and contacting local as well as other coll
 eges. Dr. Aparna Dixit suggested contacting local chapters as well as othe
 r colleges to inform about the lecture series. Vice Chairman suggested dra
 fting an invitation page/mail with a tentative series title\, date\, and t
 ime along with Zoom link which can be circulated as well as displayed on t
 he chapter&amp;rsquo\;s webpage.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Action Item:&lt;/strong&gt; Dr. Apa
 rna Dixit gave her consent to plan the event schedule and invitation email
  within two days.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda Item #3:&lt;/strong&gt; Discussion on E
 xecutive Office Bearer Body for the year 2021.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discussion:
 &lt;/strong&gt; Few names for new office bearers were suggested by ExCom members
  present in the meeting. Suggested names were as follows:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;C
 hairman - Prof. Vrijendra Singh\, &lt;em&gt;IIIT Allahabad\, India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;l
 i&gt;Vice Chairman - Dr. Sujeet Mishra\, &lt;em&gt;Indian Railways&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;V
 ice Chairman - Prof. R. K. Misra\, &lt;em&gt;IIT (BHU) Varanasi\, India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li
 &gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Secretary - Prof. Nishchal K. Verma\, &lt;em&gt;IIT Kanpur\, India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/
 li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Joint Secretary - (To be decided)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Treasurer - Ms. Teena
  Sharma\, &lt;em&gt;IIT Kanpur\, India&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Convener\, CIS Membership 
 Activities - (To be decided)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Vice Convener\, CIS Membership Acti
 vities - (To be decided)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Convener\, CIS Student Activities - (To
  be decided)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Vice Convener\, CIS Student Activities - (To be dec
 ided)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Convener\, CIS Professional Activities - (To be decided)&lt;/
 li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Vice Convener\, CIS Professional Activities - (To be decided)&lt;/li
 &gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Convener\, CIS workshop/ conference Activities - (To be decided)&lt;/l
 i&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Vice Convener\, CIS workshop/ conference Activities - (To be decid
 ed)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Action Item:&lt;/strong&gt; The office bearers for t
 he rest of the positions are to be decided by ExCom members. ExCom members
  were requested to suggest their nominations for the positions.&lt;/p&gt;
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