Executive Committee Meeting
The Executive Committee Meeting was held online via Zoom on Dec 13th, 2021 from 05:45 PM to 07:00 PM IST.
Members Present:
1) Prof. Vrijendra Singh
2) Prof. Nishchal K. Verma
3) Prof. Sonali Agrawal
4) Prof. Brajesh Varshney
5) Prof. K. P. Singh
6) Dr. Teena Sharma
Guests Present:
1) Dr. Aparna Dixit
2) Dr. Sonal Dixit
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- Date: 13 Dec 2021
- Time: 05:45 PM to 07:00 PM
- All times are (UTC+05:30) Chennai
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- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- India 208016
Agenda
Welcome and Announcements: Chairman 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 the Chairman and with the consent of members present in the meeting, the minutes were approved.
Agenda Item #2: Proposal to organize workshops/conferences/challenges
Discussion: As per the Action Item of Agenda Item #3 in the minutes of the meeting held on Dec 8th, 2021, Chairman informed the members present that a proposal via email has been received by Dr. Aparna Dixit for organizing the workshops/conferences/challenges for faculty and students. The proposal mentioned in the email is as follows:
“Being a member of CIS Chapter UP Section, IEEE, I am very happy to see that we are organizing a lecture series this week. I feel honored to put forward my suggestion on organizing student and faculty workshops in the coming future. I would like to share my suggestion to conduct some valued workshops which are very important for the career of students especially.
The objective of these workshops is to nurture engineers in such a way so that they could connect themselves with Computational Intelligence.”
Action Item: Chairman suggested the proposal received by Dr. Aparna Dixit could be taken forward further after the completion of the ongoing IEEE CIS Expert Lecture Series on Computational Intelligence.
Agenda Item #3: Proposal to organize IEEE CIS Expert Lecture Series
Discussion: As per the discussion held in Agenda item #2 of the minutes of the meeting held on Dec 8th, 2021, Chairman introduced that the first talk on Dec 13th, 2021 during IEEE CIS Expert Lectures Series on Computational Intelligence will be delivered by Prof. Brajesh Varshney, Director, KIT Kanpur, India. The title of the talk was “Understanding of Genetic Algorithm through Application”. Further, Prof. Nishchal K. Verma chaired the session of the talk by Prof. Brajesh Varshney and introduced the speaker to the members and attendees of the talk. At the end of the talk, Prof. Nishchal K. Verma concluded the session with a vote of thanks.
Action Item: The details of the talk will be made available on the chapter’s webpage and e-certificates will be issued to the attendees.
Agenda Item #4: IEEE CIS Membership Promotional Drive
Discussion: Chairman put forth a suggestion to the members present in the meeting regarding the promotional drive event for IEEE CIS. Dr. Teena Sharma added that she would share a presentation with Chairman for the promotional drive event to be held.
Action Item: With the consent of the members present in the meeting, Chairman suggested conducting an IEEE CIS membership promotional drive after the completion of the ongoing IEEE CIS Expert Lecture Series on Computational Intelligence.
The meeting was adjourned with a vote of thanks at 07:00 PM IST.
Next Meeting: To be held online on Dec 14th, 2021 05:45 PM IST and announced through email.
Minutes Prepared By: Dr. Teena Sharma
Minutes Checked By: Prof. Vrijendra Singh