1. International Society of Automation Bangalore Section D 14 Meeting
12 Jan 2019

2. EC Team for 2018-19 Ram V Kerur IP President Dr. Sunil Shah President
Mr. Mallikarjun
Sajjanar
Treasurer
Mr Anil Kumar
Hon. Secretary
Dr. Jayesh Barve
President- Elect
Mr Girish Ayya
Vice President

3. Programs for 2018 Successfully Executed/ Attended: Faculty Meet
Functional Safety Certificate Course along with TUV Nord
Digital Twins IISc
ISAB EC Leadership Team
Industrial AI team- along with NASSCOM
Active Participation by ISAB members at
VIT Vellore – Standards Meet
Visits to KCT, Coimbatore and VVIET College Mysuru

4. Programs for 2019 CyberSecurity February 22/23 iACT- March 2019
Industrial AI Workshop – 29/30 March 2019 (jointly with NASSCOM)
Batch Process Automation and Alarm Management Bootcamp – April 2019
PharmaNext2019 – 24/25 May 2019
Initiatives:
SAIT District D14
Roll out Leadership Certificate Program – Support March 2019

5. Membership Update
Professional: 168 (Senior Life Member: 5, Life member: 1, Senior Member: 46 and Member: 116)  
Students: 12
Total members: 180
Members on grace period: 14 (Senior Member: 1, Member: 12, Student Member: 1)
Automation Community Subscriber: 90
Total automation professionals / students: 284
In spite of our best efforts during 2018 related to membership related activities, we could not get qualified for the USD 500 award announced by ISA HQ
Please see attached, membership statistics of 2018 provided by ISA HQ for Bangalore Section. Similar statistics of other sections in India included for comparison
While we could achieve about 42% growth in professional membership (target set by HO was 6%), we could not achieve the target membership retention rate to qualify for the award. Our retention rate was 74.56% against set target of 80% retention. Missed by few members moving to GRACE or SUSPENDED category
Comparison with other sections in India shows, our section achieved highest growth in membership during 2018 (several new members joined during 2018), while on many other criteria, we are No. 2 and Delhi or Gujarat Sections has taken No. 1 position for same
With continued support from EC team as well as Admin, we should be able to sustain membership growth and also overcome issue of membership retention in 2019
Please note that, when a member goes to GRACE period, his/her name is not counted in membership growth / retention analysis by HO. All members can log in ISA website and check their due date for renewal. Please ensure that, all EC members do his/her membership renewal, before due date and avoid moving to GRACE period or SUSPENDED category. While checking the latest roster data of EC team members of ISA Bangalore Section - as on date, no EC member is in GRACE or SUSPENDED category, no EC member is due for renewal during January Further checking of roster data on regular basis, sending reminders / calls to all section members for renewal will be done by Admin 

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Thank You