Bringing Quality Education to Underserved Communities in Latin America and Pakistan
The IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices is cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including IEEE SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT, IEEE Philadelphia Section SIGHT, IEEE Bahrain Section SIGHT, IEEE Karachi SIGHT and IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter to organise this Lecture as part of a Series of Best Practice Lectures.
IEEE Members, SIGHT Members, SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to Register and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.
This Webinar will take place online at 10am Eastern Time / 3pm GMT+1 on Wednesday 20 September. Click here to convert to your local time.
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Many children and teachers in under-served communities lack access to educational resources limiting the quality of education that they receive.
Prof Pritpal Singh (Villanova University, USA) will present results from projects in Guatemala and Ecuador that are providing access to educational resources.
Prof Parkash Lohana (Usman Institute of Technology, Pakistan) will present an ongoing project that is creating an inclusive learning environment using assistive technologies in the Umerkot district of Sindh province of Pakistan.
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- Date: 20 Sep 2023
- Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- Starts 26 July 2023 01:40 PM
- Ends 20 September 2023 09:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Speakers
Prof. Pritpal Singh
Biography:
Dr. Pritpal Singh is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Villanova University. He has been teaching and performing research in solar energy for over 40 years. He also works with students on the design and application of technologies for sustainable development. He ran his own solar business in India for five years and has consulted for the US Department of Energy and three private companies on solar electric systems. He has worked with UNICEF in Nicaragua, Burundi and Zimbabwe and has recently worked on renewable energy and connectivity projects in Ecuador. He served as the IEEE SIGHT Education Subcommittee Chair from 2017 – 2019 and is presently the Vice President of the IEE Smart Village Education Committee. He served as the Technical Chair for the 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) and is the Co-Chair and host of the 2023 IEEE GHTC Conference. He was recently awarded the IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. Dr Singh is a member of the IEEE HTB Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices.
Prof. Parkash Lohana
Biography:
Parkash Lohana is an Associate Professor at the Usman Institute of Technology in Karachi, Sindh- Pakistan. He has more than 30 years of extensive experience as an engineer, as a faculty, as head of a department, and as head of an institution.
Mr. Lohana’s professional interests are Information Systems, Information System Audit, Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Electrical Power Engineering, Engineering & Technology Management, and Engineering IT Education. He has presented his research papers at local as well as international conferences held in Pakistan under Higher Education Commission and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). He has published two of his articles in the IEEE Engineering and Technology Management Review in June and September 2015 issues respectively. Mr. Lohana was inducted as a professional member of IEEE HKN in 2021.
Mr. Lohana is a very active IEEE volunteer. He has served in many different leadership roles including the chair of the IEEE Karachi Section for your years, and headed IEEE R10 HTA, MDC, and PAC in 2017-18, 2019-20, and 2021-22 respectively. Currently serving as a chair of SIGHT Karachi, and remains a member of the MGA Disaster Management Committee and HAC Assessment and Monitoring Committee. Mr Lohana is a member of the IEEE HTB Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices.
Agenda
10am - 10:40am ET / 3pm - 3:30pm GMT+1 Introduction and Presentation
10:40 - 11am ET / 3:30pm - 4pm GMT+1 Discussion, Q&A