IEEE Student Branch AcSIR-CSIO Inaugural and Interactive talk
The event was initiated by Mr. Javed Ahmad (Chair) and Ms. Anupma Thakur (Vice-Chair) Executive Committee members of IEEE Student Branch by welcomingthe invited speakers, members and the guests present at the event. Ms. Thakur invited Prof. (Dr.) H.K. Sardana, Branch Counsellor, to felicitate the speaker with bouquets. The event was started with the lightening of lamp by invited speakers and members of the executive committee. The main highlights of the event included interactive talk by the invited speakers, inaugural celebration, membership drive and Logo Design Contest for IEEE Student Branch, AcSIR-CSIO. Further the announcement of winner of Logo Design Contest along with hosting of membership drive for the attending guests was highlighted. They also informed to the attendees that the IEEE Members at AcSIR-CSIO Student Branch is increased to 34 from 12 (at the time of branch formation).
Prof. R.K. Sinha, a distinguished member of Photonics Society of IEEE and Director, CSIR-CSIO, delivered an interactive talk about the need and benefits of IEEE society along with sharing some personal experiences. Prof. Sinha also encouraged the executive committee to arrange more of such events for the benefit of student branch members. Also, Dr. Vinod Karar, coordinator of AcSIR-CSIO, delivered keynote address welcoming the new student branch into the family of AcSIR-CSIO and encouraged students to participate more and more into it. Further, The winner of the competition was announced during the event and felicitated with a certificate and IEEE souvenirs, along with other participants, by the invited speakers.
During the event, the executive committee interacted with the guests, while presenting them with the benefits of becoming an IEEE student member with the help of posters and brochures. Also, faculty members were familiarized with the benefits of senior membership etc. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by branch counsellor, Dr. Sardana. He also appreciated the efforts of event’s volunteers and presented them with IEEE souvenirs. Thereafter, he invited all the attending guest to have some snacks and light refreshment arranged by the members of the executive committee.
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- Date: 23 Apr 2019
- Time: 09:30 AM UTC to 11:00 AM UTC
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- CSIR-CSIO
- Sector 30-C
- Chandigarh, Chandigarh
- India 160030
- Building: Technology Block
- Room Number: Main Auditorium
Speakers
R.K. Sinha of CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
Interactive Talk regarding the Benefits and Use of IEEE membership
Prof. R.K. Sinha delivered an interactive talk about the need and benefits of IEEE society along with sharing some personal experiences. Prof. Sinha also encouraged the executive committee to arrange more of such events for the benefit of student branch members.
Biography:
Prof. Sinha is a Fulbright Scholar-recipient of Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship to acquire first hand knowledge of Higher Education Systems and Practices of USA covering over a dozen US universities and higher educational institutions as an International Educational Administrator in 2013. He was Keynote Speaker in International Conference-NOPT in Singapore in February 2010. He has also been awarded (i) National Science Council Taiwan Fellowship-2009 to pursue collaborative research and deliver invited talk on Photonic Crystal based Nano Photonic Devices (ii) Indo Swiss Bilateral Research fellowship-2009 to initiate collaborative research in the area of Nano Photonic Devices with EPFL Switzerland and DTU, Delhi, India (iii) Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K) Fellowship-2008 to carry out research on Photonic Crystal Waveguides and Devices at Glasgow University, UK (iv) the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invited Fellowship- 2007 to carry out research work on Multicore Photonic Crystal Fibers at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (v) Prof. Sinha is awarded UKIERI Fellowship from British Council of India to initiate collaborative research between leading universities of UK and his organization in the year 2006 (vi) He was academic visitor of Stanford University in 2002 and academic visitor of MIT, Harvard University and Boston University in 2005 (vii) ICTP-Visiting Scientist Fellowship-1991 at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, IROST Fellowship 1992 and Visiting Scientist position at University of Campinas in Brazil in 1995 (viii) a recipient of Japanese Govt. Scholarship in 1989-1991 to work at Osaka University and Kobe University in Japan.
Prof. R. K. Sinha is a Fellow of SPIE- The International Society of Optical Engineering, Fellow of the IETE, and a Fellow of Optical Society of India, a Member of The Optical Society (OSA, USA), a Member of IEEE and a Member of The Photonics Society of IEEE. Professor Sinha is also Faculty Adviser of SPIE-DCE Chapter and OSA-DCE Chapter at DTU, Delhi. Earlier, Professor Sinha has been actively involved in supervising several innovative projects on the design and development of unmanned and autonomous vehicles and in the establishment of Knowledge and Innovation Park with focus on student led innovation and product development.
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Address:Director's Residence, Sector 30-C, Chandigarh, India, 160030
Dr. V. Karar
Interactive Talk with the attendees
Also, Dr. Vinod Karar, coordinator of AcSIR-CSIO, delivered keynote address welcoming the new student branch into the family of AcSIR-CSIO and encouraged students to participate more and more into it.
Agenda
Inaugural of IEEE Student Branch at AcSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh
Interactive Talk by invited speaker Prof. R.K. Sinha and Dr. Vinod Karar
Winner announcement for LOGO contest Design
Membership Drive to encourage the guests to join IEEE student branch AcSIR-CSIO
Media
| Lamp Lightening by Invited speakers | 2.46 MiB | |
| Felicitation of the LOGO competition winners | 999.55 KiB | |
| Attending Guests | 1.33 MiB | |
| Interactive talk by Invited speaker | 2.94 MiB | |
| Interactive talk by Invited speaker | 1.30 MiB |