[Legacy Report] Executive Committee of IEEE Vizag Bay Sub Section
Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee IEEE Vizag Bay Sub Section on 31st January 2016 at Dharani Hall, Hotel Dasapalla, Visakhapatnam.
The following are present:
- Dr. S. Lakshminarayana, Chair
- Dr. Abraham Varghese, Vice Chair
- Dr. T.S.N. Murty, Secretary
- Dr. P. Satheesh, Treasurer
- Sri K.V. Sriram, Member
Prof K. Lakshmiprasad and Dr. N. Deepika Rani were granted leave of absence due to their preoccupied assignments.
The following attended as guests to present the proposals and views:
1. Prof. P Chandra Sekhrar, GITAM
2. Prof. P. Krisha Subba rao, GVP College of Engg.
3. Prof. Sarath Kumar, MVGR College of Engineering.
Agenda:
Item No: 1: Welcome:
Dr. S. Lakshminarayana, Chair welcomed all the members and thanked the support extended last year and requested all the members to support for this year too. Dr. Murthy mentioned the details of the events conducted last year. The committee welcomed Prof P. Satheesh as Treasurer.
Item No: 2: Elevation of IEEE Vizag Bay Sub Section to IEEE Vizag Bay Section:
Dr. Lakshminarayana mentioned the need of elevation of sub-section to section as the membership is grown and more activities are also happening in this part of the area. Sri Sriram gave his views to improve the activities and all the members discussed about the sustainability both financially and professionally for the next 3 years. A brief report is to be made for this (Action: S. Lakshminarayana)
Geographical boundaries of the proposed section:
There were two ideas about the geographical boundaries for the proposed section (i) Entire state of Andhra Pradesh (ii) Present Vizag Bay Sub Section area. Some members are in the view that limiting to Vizag Bay Sub Section area will be more beneficial and opt as of now. Views of Guntur section and Volunteers from Anantapur area is to be taken in to account before further action on this if we propose entire state of AP. The chair mentioned that a suitable decision will be taken after speaking to Guntur and Anantapur volunteers.
Item No: 3: Separate committees:
The chair mentioned that more members to be included in active volunteering and hence few more committees may be formed.
(a) Student Activities:
Dr. T.S.N. Murthy, Prof. N. Deepika Rani, Prof P. Satheesh.
Terms of Reference:
(i) Inviting proposals from institutions.
(ii)Scrutinize the application, suggest modifications and give their individual recommendations separately.
(iii) Send to Vice-Chair/Chair for approval decision.
(b) Women in Engineering:
Prof. TSN Murthy, Prof N. Deepika Rani
Terms of Reference:
(i) Visualize, Plan, Propose and organize Women in Engineering events in this subsection. Atleast four events are promised.
(c) Professional Activities:
Dr. Abraham Varugese, Sri KV Sriram.
Terms of Reference:
(i) Visualize, Plan, Propose and organize professional activities in this subsection. Atleast four such events are promised.
(d) Conference Activities:
Prof. Lakshmiprasad , Prof P. Satheesh
Terms of Reference:
(i) Invite, Visualize, Plan, Propose and Organize Conference activities in this subsection.
(ii) Observance of Financial sustainability and IEEE technical strength are guidelines for this group.
(e) Membership Development and New Student Branches:
Prof. P. KrishaSubbaRao GVP, Prof. P ChandraSekhar GITAM, Prof. Sarathkumar, MVGR.
Terms of Reference:
(i) Invite, Visualize, Guide institutions to start new student branches in this subsection.
(ii) Suggest methods to sustain student members for subsequent years.
(iii) Gold member activities, Young Professional Programs.
Prior approval of Vice-Chair/Chair is required for all financial commitments, if any.
The Chair requested Dr. P. Satheesh to enquire the funding from Hyderabad take any such decisions. Expenditure for this meeting i.e. Rs. 751-00 was recommended.
Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.
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