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:20251216T170952Z UID:7ECAA648-A8E3-4BC4-937A-9FE32B3631C0 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250312T093000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250312T120000 DESCRIPTION:As part of the IEEE ComSoc WICE ‘International Women’s Day 2025 Exemplary Contest’\, the IEEE ComSoc SCT SBC conducted a School STE M Outreach Program for young girls who had freshly entered Class 10. It wa s conducted at L’ecole Chempaka School - Silver Rocks. As with all field s\, women are severely underrepresented in STEM (Science\, Technology\, En gineering\, and Mathematics) and this discourages young girls from pursuin g STEM careers. Despite the significant contributions women have brought o ver the years\, there continues to be a lack of acknowledgement of the sam e. Through this STEM Outreach Program\, speakers were able to explain what STEM exactly is and why\, specifically female students\, must choose STEM . The age group chosen for this session is one that is at a crucial step o f choosing which path to follow.\n\nThe session was led by a team of IEEE members - Alfy Joseph Kunjumon\, Arun Aravindakshan\, Meghna J Pai\, Aakas h Anand\, Fathima Meera\, and Mahreen Zuraiq. All the 6 speakers were ComS oc members. The speakers gave various talks regarding STEM with a focus on Women in STEM. The program was attended by 65 young girl students.\n\nThe re was an engaging and interactive session with a project demonstration of a drone made by Arun. There was an engaging session of IoT (Internet of T hings) where the students were given microprocessors\, sensors etc. and we re familiarized with their uses. A few other projects were also displayed. The students were asked various questions during each session\, and rewar ded for the same.\n\nIt was a wonderful program with active participation by the students throughout. By the end of the program\, the students were highly motivated to take up STEM career paths.\n\nSpeaker(s): Alfy\, Mahre en\, Fathima\, Aakash\, Arun\, Meghna\n\nAgenda: \nA School STEM Outreach Program to motivate and inspire young female students to get involved in S TEM and pursue STEM careers.\n\nBldg: Mango \, TC 9/2170 - 1\, Silver Rock s\, Sreekariyam\, Edavacode Rd\, Edavacode\, Thiruvananthapuram\,\, Kerala \, India\, 695017 LOCATION:Bldg: Mango \, TC 9/2170 - 1\, Silver Rocks\, Sreekariyam\, Edavac ode Rd\, Edavacode\, Thiruvananthapuram\,\, Kerala\, India\, 695017 ORGANIZER:mailtoieeesctsb@gmail.com SEQUENCE:103 SUMMARY:STEM School Outreach Program URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/476114 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -.25 pt\;"><!-- [if gte vml 1]><o:wrapblock><v:shapetype\n id="_x0000_t75" coo rdsize="21600\,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t"\n path="m@4@5l@4@11 @9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">\n <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>\n < v:formulas>\n <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/>\n <v:f eqn="s um @0 1 0"/>\n <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/>\n <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/>\n <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/>\n <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHei ght"/>\n <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/>\n <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/>\n <v:f e qn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/>\n <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/>\n <v:f e qn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/>\n <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/>\n </v:f ormulas>\n <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="r ect"/>\n <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/>\n </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_12" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75"\n style='p osition:absolute\;left:0\;text-align:left\;margin-left:1in\;margin-top:72. 9pt\;\n width:77.25pt\;height:35.25pt\;z-index:251658240\;visibility:visi ble\;\n mso-wrap-style:square\;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt\;mso-wrap-dista nce-top:0\;\n mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt\;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0\;\n mso-position-horizontal:absolute\;mso-position-horizontal-relative:page\ ;\n mso-position-vertical:absolute\;mso-position-vertical-relative:page'\ n o:allowoverlap="f">\n <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/mahre/AppData /Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.png"\n o:title=""/>\n <w:wrap type="topAndBottom" anchorx="page" anchory="page"/>\n </v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_16" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75"\n style='p osition:absolute\;left:0\;text-align:left\;margin-left:233pt\;\n margin-t op:65.55pt\;width:129pt\;height:49.5pt\;z-index:251660288\;visibility:visi ble\;\n mso-wrap-style:square\;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt\;mso-wrap-dista nce-top:0\;\n mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt\;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0\;\n mso-position-horizontal:absolute\;mso-position-horizontal-relative:page\ ;\n mso-position-vertical:absolute\;mso-position-vertical-relative:page'\ n o:allowoverlap="f">\n <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/mahre/AppData /Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg"\n o:title=""/>\n <w:wrap type="topAndBottom" anchorx="page" anchory="page"/>\n </v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_14" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75"\n style='p osition:absolute\;left:0\;text-align:left\;margin-left:420.8pt\;\n margin -top:79.5pt\;width:96.75pt\;height:28.5pt\;z-index:251659264\;visibility:v isible\;\n mso-wrap-style:square\;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt\;mso-wrap-di stance-top:0\;\n mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt\;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0\ ;\n mso-position-horizontal:absolute\;mso-position-horizontal-relative:pa ge\;\n mso-position-vertical:absolute\;mso-position-vertical-relative:pag e'\n o:allowoverlap="f">\n <v:imagedata src="file:///C:/Users/mahre/AppD ata/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.png"\n o:title=""/>\n <w:w rap type="topAndBottom" anchorx="page" anchory="page"/>\n </v:shape><![end if]--><!-- [if !vml]--></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -.25 pt\;"><!--[endif]--><!-- [if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br styl e="mso-ignore: vglayout\;" clear="ALL">As part of the IEEE ComSoc WICE &ls quo\;International Women&rsquo\;s Day 2025 Exemplary Contest&rsquo\;\, the IEEE ComSoc SCT SBC conducted a School STEM Outreach Program for young gi rls who had freshly entered Class 10. It was conducted at L&rsquo\;ecole C hempaka School - Silver Rocks. As with all fields\, women are severely und errepresented in STEM (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mathematic s) and this discourages young girls from pursuing STEM careers. Despite th e significant contributions women have brought over the years\, there cont inues to be a lack of acknowledgement of the same. Through this STEM Outre ach Program\, speakers were able to explain what STEM exactly is and why\, specifically female students\, must choose STEM. The age group chosen for this session is one that is at a crucial step of choosing which path to f ollow.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in .4pt -.25pt\;">The session was led by a team of IEEE members -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes \;">&nbsp\; </span>Alfy Joseph Kunjumon\, <span style="color: black\; text -decoration: none\; text-underline: none\;">Arun Aravindakshan</span>\,&nb sp\;Meghna J Pai\, Aakash Anand\, Fathima Meera\, and Mahreen Zuraiq. All the 6 speakers were ComSoc members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp \; </span>The speakers gave various talks regarding STEM with a focus on W omen in STEM. The program was attended by 65 young girl students.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -.25pt\;">There was an engaging and interactive session with a project demonstration of a drone made by Arun. There was an engaging session of IoT (Internet of Things) where the studen ts were given microprocessors\, sensors etc. and were familiarized with th eir uses. A few other projects were also displayed. The students were aske d various questions during each session\, and rewarded for the same.</p>\n <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 110%\; font-family: 'Cali bri'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; color: black\; mso-a nsi-language: EN-IN\; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN\; mso-bidi-language: AR- SA\;">It was a wonderful program with active participation by the students throughout. By the end of the program\, the students were highly motivate d to take up STEM career paths.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p cla ss="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 25.4pt -.25pt\;">A School STEM Outre ach Program to motivate and inspire young female students to get involved in STEM and pursue STEM careers.&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR