Ramakrishna Kappagantu R10 Director Address Ramakrishna Kappagantu 5th March 2016, Bangkok , Thailand

STATISTICS – R10 Total membership   IEEE Membership - January 2016 REGION Higher-Grade w/o GSM Graduate Students Undergraduate Students TOTAL MEMBERS 2016 2015 Change # % 1 28,230 28,844 (614) -2.1% 2,080 2,147 (67) -3.1% 2,601 2,606 (5) -0.2% 32,911 33,597 (686) -2.0% 2 24,671 25,427 (756) -3.0% 1,861 2,082 (221) -10.6% 1,887 2,100 (213) -10.1% 28,419 29,609 (1,190) -4.0% 3 23,929 24,291 (362) -1.5% 2,345 2,506 (161) -6.4% 3,339 3,744 (405) -10.8% 29,613 30,541 (928) 4 17,561 18,222 (661) -3.6% 1,991 2,152 -7.5% 2,116 2,304 (188) -8.2% 21,668 22,678 (1,010) -4.5% 5 23,537 23,749 (212) -0.9% 1,928 2,121 (193) -9.1% 3,001 3,016 (15) -0.5% 28,466 28,886 (420) 6 47,398 47,846 (448) 3,292 3,198 94 2.9% 4,464 4,900 (436) -8.9% 55,154 55,944 (790) -1.4% R 1-6 165,326 168,379 (3,053) -1.8% 13,497 14,206 (709) -5.0% 17,408 18,670 (1,262) -6.8% 196,231 201,255 (5,024) -2.5% 7 13,418 13,818 (400) -2.9% 2,143 2,256 (113) 1,837 2,013 (176) -8.7% 17,398 18,087 (689) -3.8% 8 55,411 56,121 (710) -1.3% 12,083 12,183 (100) -0.8% 11,692 11,210 482 4.3% 79,186 79,514 (328) -0.4% 9 10,383 10,605 (222) 1,396 1,574 (178) -11.3% 7,034 6,964 70 1.0% 18,813 19,143 (330) -1.7% 10 64,022 62,128 1,894 3.0% 15,910 17,527 (1,617) -9.2% 36,375 35,919 456 1.3% 116,307 115,574 733 0.6% R 7-10 143,234 142,672 562 0.4% 31,532 33,540 (2,008) -6.0% 56,938 56,106 832 1.5% 231,704 232,318 -0.3% TOTAL 308,560 311,051 (2,491) 45,029 47,746 (2,717) -5.7% 74,346 74,776 (430) -0.6% 427,935 433,573 (5,638) % R7-10 45% 44% 50% 52% 64% 4/8/2019

STATISTICS – Region 10 4/8/2019

2015 : R10 year of value creation [1] R10 took the lead in promoting CollabraTec in sections across region 10. Several sections were pilot communities and now it is widely adopted. Industry engagement was addressed through the various outreach by IEEE President, IEEE Board and R10 Director across Japan, China and India Metro Area Workshop (SmartTech Workshop) was successfully conducted in Bangalore and in Tokyo. Several programs were conducted for increasing the awareness of Entrepreneurship across sections in India as part of India Strategy Initiative. Internship & Entrepreneurship Programs: 2400 participants, 30 speakers across 11 cities.

2015 : R10 year of value creation [2] AIYEHUM 2015, the humanitarian idea and project contest was a success with engagement across regions (6-10). In 2016 its being made a truly global event with support across IEEE Regions (1-10) . Humanitarian support project for Earthquake relief in Nepal was approved by IEEE board with a grant of $60k and the work is being executed by team of volunteers from local and IEEE R10. Discussions were initiated with EAB Vice President for introducing IEEE MOOCs in India and across R10. New Petition approval process was put in place and over 325 student branch applications were processed "Skill Connect" Initiative for developing a model for employable skills in India and was driven under educational activities.

2015 : R10 year of value creation [3] New Mobile App strategy to engage the new generation of members was conceptualized and executed with app ready for final deployment. The strategy is to make the app as the platform where members / non members can discover local events and engage with volunteers. The plan is to leverage this across MGA in future Webinars were conducted across R10 on both technical and management topics to engage members / non members via online meeting rooms. There was a huge response with several hundred participant’s in every webinar. Proposal is to scale it up with paid webinars. R10 website consolidation exercise launched with various websites under R10-subdomains like sac.ieeer10.org, yp.ieeer10.org, wie.ieeer10.org etc. New initiative of engaging directly with members via Twitter called #ASKIEEER10 was conducted with a good participation across R10

2015 : Actions from R10 Meet at Dhaka Bangladesh [AdHoc 1] Amendment of R10 By Law Committee headed by Dr. Janina Mazierska [AdHoc 2] Studying new activities matching the goals of IEEE in 2030 and the additional financial requirements, if any for achieving these goals. headed by Dr. Y J Park [AdHoc 3] TENSYMP 2015 - Committee headed by Dr. S N Singh to ensure successful handling of the R10 Flagship conferences in 2015

2016 R10 Strategic Initiatives To achieve the stated goals, the following initiates will be the focus for 2016 Adhoc Committees formed for 2016 50 Year celebration committee Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Internship initiative R10 50 year celebrations start in Aug 2016 at Bangalore and conclude in Aug 2017 at Sydney 24th Aug 2016 - WIE Leadership congress and 50 year grand event, 25th to 27th Aug 2016 - R10 SYWL Congress Financial self sufficiency in all R10 activities Through industry and academia partnerships Paid webinars / Advertisements Leadership training for section and chapter volunteers Awards streamlining and consolidation across all activities Engage members through digital and social media advances Launch of new R10 mobile app in Aug 2016 4/8/2019

IEEE in 2030 Key for all volunteer leaders to discuss and understand the work under “IEEE in 2030 “ http://theinstitute.ieee.org/briefings/business/the-ieee-of-2030-begins-now

Reminder : Important Dates Section Reports and Rebates 2015 Annual Reporting Reporting due by 15 March 2016 Additional information can be found at http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/geo_activities/requir ed_reporting/rebate_schedule.html 2016 VOLT Program Call for Participation and Program Mentors Visit: www.facebook.com/ieee.volt or contact Maria Schneider at m.t.schneider@ieee.org 4/8/2019

Lets make it a productive R10 meeting Thanks Lets make it a productive R10 meeting 5th march 2016, Bangkok, Thailand 4/8/2019