BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20231215T060832Z UID:3107311E-18A1-4869-B632-8636D99D9D42 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20231020T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20231020T123000 DESCRIPTION:Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham\, Chennai Campus inaugurated IEEE St udent Branch on October 20\, 2023 at a fully-packed Amritamayi Auditorium. Dr.K. Porkumaran\, Chair\, IEEE Madras Section & Principal\, Sairam Engin eering College\, Chennai addressed the gathering online and Dr. Srikanth S \, Chief Knowledge Officer\, Nano Cell Networks Pvt Ltd was present on the Dias. The inaugural event was attended by all the IEEE Student Branch mem bers\, students and faculty from all branches of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetha m\, Chennai.\n\nThe event commenced with an address from Dr. V. JayaKumar\ , Principal\, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham\, Chennai who underscored the sig nificance of IEEE membership in his speech. He said about the two aspects of learning that are Knowledge and Skill. He highlighted that Knowledge ca n be readily acquired within the confines of a classroom whereas Skill can be acquired by transforming Knowledge learnt in the classroom into real l ife situations through Heackathons\, Projects with soceital-impact\, parti cipation in National and international conferences etc. He reiterated that IEEE is a wonderful platform which provides all these opportunities and m ore to the students. He announced the Office Bearers of the IEEE Student B ranch of the campus as follows. Dr Sita Devi Bharatula (Assistant Professo r(SG) & Chairperson i/c of ECE Department) as the SB Counselor\, Korada Ka lyan Varun Kumar(3rd Year ECE) as Chair\, Kanwaljeet Kaur (3rd Year CCE) a s Vice Chair\, P.Yashaswini (2nd Year CCE) as Secretary\, Doddi Sreenija R eddy (2nd Year CSE) as Treasurer\, Ch. Meghan Sai (2nd Year CCE) as Web Ma ster.\n\nDr.K.Porkumaran who joined the event through online\, explained a bout the activities going on in different regions of the globe. He discuss ed about the student funding opportunities for international conferences.H e also presented at length about the prestigious awards and scholarships o ffered by IEEE to a mesmerised audience. He encouraged the students to uti lize the chance to connect with societies chapters\, and industries.\n\nDr .Srikanth S of NanoCell Networks Pvt Ltd shared his experience on being an IEEE chair 35 years ago and also member till now. He shared his experienc es regarding collaborative projects involving IIT Palakkad and IIT Madras and emphasized the significance of 5G technology in relation to the device s currently in use. He inquired about the relevance of 2G technology in In dia and highlighted that its cost and affordability have a substantial imp act\, particularly with the prevalence of 5G applications\, which expedite various tasks. At last he emphasized on the crucial aspects of the wirele ss spectrum. It was a thought provoking interactive session by Dr. Srikant h with highly energetic and immersed audience.\n\nSpeaker(s): Jaya Kumar\, Maran\, Srikanth\n\nBldg: Amritamayi hall\, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham-Ch ennai Campus\, Vengal Village\, Thiruvallur district-601103\, Thiruvallur\ , Tamil Nadu\, India\, 601103 LOCATION:Bldg: Amritamayi hall\, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham-Chennai Campus\ , Vengal Village\, Thiruvallur district-601103\, Thiruvallur\, Tamil Nadu\ , India\, 601103 ORGANIZER:b_sitadevi@ch.amrita.edu SEQUENCE:31 SUMMARY:Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham-Chennai IEEE Student Branch Inaugration URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/390999 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="western" style="line-height: 108%\; margin-bottom: 0.11in\;" align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">Amrita Vishwa Vidya peetham\, Chennai Campus inaugurated IEEE Student Branch on October 20\, 2 023 at a fully-packed Amritamayi Auditorium. Dr.K. Porkumaran\, Chair\, IE EE Madras Section &amp\; Principal\, Sairam Engineering College\, Chennai addressed the gathering online and Dr. Srikanth S\, Chief Knowledge Office r\, Nano Cell Networks Pvt Ltd was present on the Dias. The inaugural even t was attended by all the IEEE Student Branch members\, students and facul ty from all branches of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham\, Chennai.</span></span ></p>\n<p class="western" style="line-height: 108%\; margin-bottom: 0.11in \;" align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;">< span style="font-size: medium\;">The event commenced with an address from Dr. V. JayaKumar\, Principal\, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham\, Chennai who un derscored the significance of IEEE membership in his speech. He said about the two aspects of learning that are Knowledge and Skill. He highlighted that Knowledge can be readily acquired within the confines of a classroom whereas Skill can be acquired by transforming Knowledge learnt in the clas sroom into real life situations through Heackathons\, Projects with soceit al-impact\, participation in National and international conferences etc. H e reiterated that IEEE is a wonderful platform which provides all these op portunities and more to the students. He announced the Office Bearers of t he IEEE Student Branch of the campus as follows. Dr Sita Devi Bharatula (A ssistant Professor(SG) &amp\; Chairperson i/c of ECE Department) as the SB Counselor\, Korada Kalyan Varun Kumar(</span></span><span style="font-fam ily: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">3rd</spa n></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style= "font-size: medium\;"> Year ECE) as Chair\, Kanwaljeet Kaur (</span></span ><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-si ze: medium\;">3rd</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;"> Year CCE) as Vice Chair\, P.Y ashaswini (2</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">nd</span></span></sup><span st yle="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: mediu m\;"> Year CCE) as Secretary\, Doddi Sreenija Reddy (2</span></span><sup>< span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size : medium\;">nd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roma n\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;"> Year CSE) as Treasurer\, C h. Meghan Sai (2</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Rom an\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">nd</span></span></sup><spa n style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: m edium\;"> Year CCE) as Web Master.</span></span></p>\n<p class="western" s tyle="line-height: 108%\; margin-bottom: 0.11in\;" align="justify"><span s tyle="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medi um\;">Dr.K.Porkumaran who joined the event through online\, explained abou t the activities going on in different regions of the globe.</span></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-si ze: medium\;">He discussed about the student funding opportunities for int ernational conferences.He also presented at length about the prestigious a wards and scholarships offered by IEEE to a mesmerised audience.</span></s pan> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="fon t-size: medium\;">He encouraged the students to utilize the chance to conn ect with societies chapters\, and industries.</span></span></p>\n<p class= "western" style="line-height: 108%\; margin-bottom: 0.11in\;" align="justi fy"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font -size: medium\;">Dr.Srikanth S of NanoCell Networks Pvt Ltd shared his exp erience on being an IEEE chair 35 years ago and also member till now. He s hared his experiences regarding collaborative projects involving IIT Palak kad and IIT Madras and emphasized the significance of 5G technology in rel ation to the devices currently in use.</span></span> <span style="font-fam ily: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: medium\;">He inqui red about the relevance of 2G technology in India and highlighted that its cost and affordability have a substantial impact\, particularly with the prevalence of 5G applications\, which expedite various tasks.</span></span > <span style="font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;"><span style="font-s ize: medium\;">At last he emphasized on the crucial aspects of the wireles s spectrum. It was a thought provoking interactive session by Dr. Srikanth with highly energetic and immersed audience.</span></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR