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:20251230T080058Z UID:D0F9600C-CD53-4F58-B373-025FBFEDCAB0 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251029T094800 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251029T174800 DESCRIPTION:Two insightful sessions were held recently under the IEEE banne r\, offering participants valuable perspectives on both the technological future of artificial intelligence and the strategic growth of IEEE student branches. The first session titled\,“Benefits\, Strategies for Effectiv e Leadership and Growth of IEEE Student Branches”\, was delivered by Dr. Venkatesha Muniswamy\, Professor and HOD at Sai Vidya Institute of Techno logy\, during a leadership development event at Aditya College\, Bangalore .The second\, titled “Agentic AI”\, was presented by Ms. Prajna Rama M urthy\, Software\nDeveloper at IBM India Software Labs\, during IEEE Day 2 025 at the IEEE BIT Student Branch. Agentic AI is an artificial intelligen ce system that can accomplish a specific goal with limited supervision. It consists of AI agents — ML models that mimic human decision-making to s olve problems in real time.\n\nSession 1: Leadership and Growth of IEEE St udent Branches.The first session\, conducted by Dr. Venkatesha Muniswamy\, shifted focus from technology to leadership. His presentation highlighted the importance of effective organization\, collaboration\, and vision in ensuring the growth and sustainability of IEEE student branches. Dr. Venka tesha began by revisiting the origins and mission of IEEE\, tracing its ev olution from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) to the global professional network it represents today. He described how IEEE now connects over 500\,000 members worldwide and serves as a central hub for research\, education\, and inno vation across diverse domains — from robotics and AI to sustainable ener gy and healthcare technology. The presentation also showcased the achievem ents of the IEEE Bangalore Section\, which stands as one of India’s most vibrant and active branches\, hosting numerous technical societies\, stud ent branches\, and professional groups. Dr. Venkatesha elaborated on the b enefits of IEEE membership\, such as access to research publications\, sch olarships\, travel grants\, and leadership opportunities. He also outlined funding opportunities available to student branches and societies\, empha sizing that with strategic planning and collaboration\, student groups can access up to $50\,000 (INR 45 lakhs) in annual funding for activities and events.\n\nSession 2: Agentic AI – The Next Step Beyond Generative Inte lligence Ms. Prajna Rama Murthy’s talk focused on the evolution of artif icial intelligence from generative models to agentic systems — a shift t hat marks the beginning of AI systems capable not only of\nresponding to p rompts but of acting autonomously to achieve defined goals. She introduced Agentic AI as a new paradigm where AI agents can plan\, make decisions\, and execute actions independently\, blending the creativity of generative AI with the precision and logic of traditional programming. The presentati on explained how AI assistants differ from AI agents: assistants are react ive\, working within user-defined boundaries\, while agents are proactive\ , capable of breaking tasks into smaller goals and learning from their exp eriences through persistent memory and adaptive feedback.Ms. Prajna also d iscussed how IBM is leading advancements in this field\, leveraging founda tion models and large language models (LLMs) to create intelligent systems that can operate dynamically in real-world environments.\n\nRoom: Seminar hall\, Bldg: Main building\, Banglore institute of tecnology\, Bangalore\ , Karnataka\, India\, 560004 LOCATION:Room: Seminar hall\, Bldg: Main building\, Banglore institute of t ecnology\, Bangalore\, Karnataka\, India\, 560004 ORGANIZER:jalajas@ieee.org SEQUENCE:61 SUMMARY:IEEE Day -2025 celebration - Advancing technology for Humanity URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/512027 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Two insightful sessions were held recently under the IEEE banner\, offering participants valuable&nbsp\;perspectives on both the technological future of artificial intelligence and the strat egic growth of IEEE&nbsp\;student branches. The first session titled\,&ldq uo\;Benefits\, Strategies for Effective Leadership and Growth of&nbsp\;IEE E Student Branches&rdquo\;\, was delivered by Dr. Venkatesha Muniswamy\, P rofessor and HOD at Sai&nbsp\;Vidya Institute of Technology\, during a lea dership development event at Aditya College\, Bangalore.The second\, title d &ldquo\;Agentic AI&rdquo\;\, was presented by Ms. Prajna Rama Murthy\, S oftware<br>Developer at IBM India Software Labs\, during IEEE Day 2025 at the IEEE BIT Student Branch. Agentic AI is an artificial intelligence syst em that can accomplish a specific goal with limited&nbsp\;supervision. It consists of AI agents &mdash\; ML models that mimic human decision-making to solve&nbsp\;problems in real time.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Sessi on 1: Leadership and Growth of IEEE Student Branches.The first session\, c onducted by Dr. Venkatesha Muniswamy\, shifted focus from technology to le adership. His presentation highlighted the importance of effective organiz ation\, collaboration\, and vision in ensuring the growth and sustainabili ty of IEEE student branches. Dr. Venkatesha began by revisiting the origin s and mission of IEEE\, tracing its evolution from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) to the global professional network it represents today. He described how I EEE now connects over 500\,000 members worldwide and serves as a central h ub for research\, education\, and innovation across diverse domains &mdash \; from robotics and AI to sustainable energy and healthcare technology. T he presentation also showcased the achievements of the IEEE Bangalore Sect ion\, which stands as one&nbsp\;of India&rsquo\;s most vibrant and active branches\, hosting&nbsp\;numerous technical societies\, student branches\, and&nbsp\;professional groups. Dr. Venkatesha elaborated on the&nbsp\;ben efits of IEEE membership\, such as access to&nbsp\;research publications\, scholarships\, travel grants\, and&nbsp\;leadership opportunities. He als o outlined funding&nbsp\;opportunities&nbsp\;available to student&nbsp\;br anches and societies\, emphasizing that with&nbsp\;strategic planning and collaboration\, student groups can access up to&nbsp\;$50\,000 (INR 45 lak hs) in annual funding for activities and events.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Session 2: Agentic AI &ndash\; The Next Step Beyond Generative Intelligence&nbsp\;Ms . Prajna Rama Murthy&rsquo\;s talk focused on the evolution of artificial intelligence from generative&nbsp\;models to agentic systems &mdash\; a sh ift that marks the beginning of AI systems capable not only of<br>respondi ng to prompts but of acting autonomously to achieve defined goals. She int roduced Agentic AI&nbsp\;as a new paradigm where AI agents can plan\, make decisions\, and execute actions independently\, blending the creativity o f generative AI with the precision and logic&nbsp\;of traditional programm ing. The presentation explained how AI assistants differ from AI agents:&n bsp\;assistants are reactive\, working within user-defined boundaries\, wh ile&nbsp\;agents are proactive\, capable of breaking tasks into smaller go als and&nbsp\;learning from their experiences through persistent memory an d&nbsp\;adaptive feedback.Ms. Prajna also discussed how IBM is leading&nbs p\;advancements in this field\, leveraging foundation models and large&nbs p\;language models (LLMs) to create intelligent systems that can&nbsp\;ope rate dynamically in real-world environments.</p>\n<p><img src="https://eve nts.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/2698f7aa-0fed-4404-949e-bda0a0 5f5b83"> <img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/ f1cad2d9-a605-4b03-a806-5909aef70ff3"></p>\n<p><img src="https://events.vt ools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/5eae5bb6-4077-4cce-95c1-9b64af57725f " width="517" height="363"></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR