Executive Committee Meeting
The Executive Committee Meeting was held online via Zoom on December 6th, 2021 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM IST.
IEEE CIS Members Present:
- Vrijendra Singh
- Nishchal K. Verma
- Sujeet Mishra
- R. K. Misra
- Sonali Agarwal
- Krishna Pratap Singh
- Brajesh Varshney
- Sonal Dixit
- Teena Sharma
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- Date: 06 Dec 2021
- Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
- All times are (GMT+05:30) Asia/Calcutta
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- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- India 211015
Agenda
Welcome and Announcements: Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary welcomed all the members present in the meeting.
Agenda Item #1: Ratification of minutes of the previous meeting.
Discussion: The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Chairman, CIS Chapter, IEEE UP Section (CIS11) and with the consent of members present in the meeting, minutes were approved.
Agenda Item #2: Proposal to organize IEEE CIS Expert Lecture Series
Discussion: Chairman proposed to conduct a series of expert lectures in the interest of promoting activities of CIS and benefit towards students and researchers. Prof. K. P. Singh and Prof. Brajesh Varshney took initiative to take the responsibility of scheduling and organizing the lecture series. All ExCom members have expressed their interest to deliver the lectures in their area of expertise.
Prof. K. P. Singh informed that he would communicate with all members and schedule lectures. Further, the discussion was held to reach a wider audience by emailing and contacting local as well as other colleges. Prof. Brajesh Varshney took initiative for contacting local chapters as well as other colleges to inform about the lecture series.
Chairman suggested drafting an invitation page/mail/e-banner with a tentative series title, date, and time which can be circulated as well as displayed on the chapter’s webpage. The tentative timeline for conducting the lectures series was proposed from December 13th, 2021 to December 19th, 2021.
Action Item: The lecture schedules will be communicated and shared by Prof. K. P. Singh. Prof. Brajesh Varshney gave his consent to draft and advertise the e-banner to reach a wider audience.
Agenda Item #3: Proposal to organize ICONIP-2022 conference to be held in December 2022 under the banner of CIS Chapter, IEEE UP Section (CIS11)
Discussion: Chairman introduced Prof. Sonali Agrawal, General Chair, ICONIP-2022 and requested her to provide a brief introduction of the conference and proposal. Prof. Agrawal introduced the ICONIP-2022, a 29th edition conference to be held in December 2022 which is hosted by IIIT Allahabad and IIT Indore. As per the insights received from the financial committee of ICONIP-2022, Prof. Agrawal proposed to organize the conference under the banner of CIS Chapter, IEEE UP Section (CIS11) and utilizing CIS11 for finance management of ICONIP-2022 to be held in India. Prof. Agrawal further added in her proposal that the members of CIS11 can contribute as well towards organizing the ICONIP-2022. In addition to the proposal mentioned by Prof. Agrawal, Chairman and Secretary encouraged the members present in the meeting to take part in organizing the event successfully.
Action Item: The further details regarding the event to be held will be shared by Prof. Agrawal in the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned with a vote of thanks at 07:00 PM IST.
Next Meeting: To be held online via Zoom December 8th, 2021 06:00 PM IST and announced through email.
Minutes Prepared By: Teena Sharma