1. R 10 Student Activities: Report & Vision 2007-08 Mini S. Thomas, R 10 Student Activities Coordinator 2007-08 Prof. & Head, Department of EE, JMI, New Delhi, India & Kazuyuki and Gopal, RSRs

2. 2 Organization of the Talk l Introductory Remarks l Vision/Programs 2007-08 Strengthening Existing Branches l Regular SAC activities

3. 3 Status of Student activities in R10 Positive Notes l Largest number of Student branches l Enthusiastic Branch counselors l Vibrant student branches l Many sections with more student members than full members

4. 4 Student members Dec 2006 20062005Change R14,187 4,0261614.0% R23,761 3,763-2-0.1% R34,767 4,5632044.5% R43,886 4,070-184-4.5% R54,036 4,292-256-6.0% R66,469 6,668-199-3.0% R73,587 3,3542336.9% R816,439 14,8951,54410.4% R97,253 7,396-143-1.9% R1026,106 20,8435,26325.3% R10 %32.43% 28.2%79.5% Total80,491 73,8706,6219.0%

5. 5 No of Branches Dec 2006 Region Student branches (1526) Branch Chapters WIE R183411 R275200 R394331 R460261 R584310 R675350 R757206 R82573628 R925711924 R10 484 (32%) 4918

6. 6 Top 14 student branches: 6 from R10 R10MADRASCRESCENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE693 R3ATLANTAGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY610 R8EGYPTALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY472 R10BOMBAY MAHARASHTRA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING455 R10MADRASVELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE430 R5CENTRAL TEXASUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN426 R4CENTRAL ILLINOISUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - URBANA412 R9 WESTERN PUERTO RICO UNIVERSITY OF-PUERTO RICO - MAYAGUEZ377 R10BOMBAYSSGM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING376 R6 METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELESUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA339 R6 SANTA CLARA VALLEYSTANFORD UNIVERSITY336 R8LEBANONAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT335 R10BOMBAY THADOMAL SHAHANI ENGINEERING COLLEGE322 R10BOMBAY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - PUNE319

7. 7 Status Student activities in R10 Alarming facts l Maximum number of dormant student branches l Student membership fluctuations l Minimal Reporting by student branches (30%) 1 st May & 1 st November l Lack of networking among student members

8. 8 R10 Student Branch Statistics Dec 2006 Total Student Branches: 484 Inactive student Branches: 146 (zero membership) Student Branches in India: 366 (120 Inactive) Student branches In Pakistan: 25 (16 Inactive)

9. 9 Inactive Branches Dec 2006 (Zero) Section Student Branches Inactive Branches Student Membership BANGALORE 3413 38% 1321 BOMBAY 7824 31% 4203 CALCUTTA 104 40% 398 DELHI 237 30% 989 HYDERABAD 5216 30% 1786 KERALA 354 11% 1250 MADRAS 11950 42% 3799 KARACHI 98 89% 73 LAHORE 96 67% 94

10. 10 Vision 2007-08 Strengthening of Existing Student Branches 1.Enhance Networking Among Branches 2.Empower the Branch Counselor 3.IEEE Alumni Groups 4.Branch Operations Guide/ News letter

11. 11 1. Emphasize on the network Student Branch Networking (section level) Healthy competition among branches Section level Biannual student meets, Annual Council & Regional level student meets E groups at section level Update of emails & addresses of branch officers –started already

12. 12 2. Empowering the Branch Counselor Student branch challenges: l Ever changing student leadership l Not able to successfully transfer the experience base l The Branch Counselor: The Vital Link Activities  Start Branch Counselor’s congress at section level and at Council level. Call for the first congress given in January  Counselor Awards at R10 level (The same format as the RAB award, deadline 30th May 2007)

13. 13 Objectives: l To empower and motivate the Branch counselors who are the vital link between the changing student leadership of a branch. Activity: l Branch Counselor’s Congress: at section level, council level with all /partial expenses paid by R10. l More outstanding Branch Counselor awards: 3 new awards for Region 10,

14. 14 l Make the counselor aware of the possibilities in front of them l Make a manual of activities that can be planned (Technical, Professional, Social etc) for the branch l The importance of the branch counselor during the infancy of the student branch l Financial management of the branch l Liaison with the local section Branch Counselors congress: Motivating the Branch Counselor

15. 15 l Fund raising tips l Conduct of effective meetings l Resolving a crisis, election process of the branch l Calendar of events for the student branch l Awards and recognition for the branches, students & counselors Motivating the Branch Counselor (contd…)

16. 16 Three Applications received Council level l Japan Council: October 2007 l India Council: October 2007 Section level l Hyderabad section: April 2007 The SAC committee approved all the three proposals Branch Counselor’s Congress: Pilot Project

17. 17 3. IEEE ALUMNI Groups Form IEEE student branch ALUMNI Groups l Keep in constant touch with IEEE student Branch Alumni wherever they are! l Call an IEEE Alumni meet every year (SB level /Section) l Make senior members talk to alumni for membership retention/benefits l Call prominent IEEE Alumni from Academics& Industry for interaction: mentoring l Big boost for GOLD l 4 meetings planned in 2007 l Announcement to be made in April 2007

18. 18 IEEE ALUMNI Meet 2007 The first IEEE SB Alumni Meet l At Jamia Millia Islamia on 7 th January ’07 l Registration: 10 IEEE Alumni and 40 Current IEEE students l GD, Pledge, Mentoring etc l A Big boost to GOLD affinity Group l The Alumni renewing the IEEE membership

19. 19 4. Branch Operations Guide A Guide for the student branch officers Available on-line and hard copy to branches Contents: Organization, Branch administration, Activities, Awards, Library, Rebate Schedule, Calendar, Forms, etc Contents: Suggestions are welcome Addresses of current branch officers??

20. 20 Regular activities of SAC ( 15 th March 2007) l Student Paper Contests 2007 (23 submissions) l Student Branch Website Contest 2007(30 Submissions) (28 th Feb 2007) l Outstanding Student Branch Award 2007 l Exemplary Student Branch Certificate 2007 l Larry K. Wilson Award 2007 l Outstanding Branch Counselor and Advisor Award 2007

21. 21 R10 Outstanding Student Branch Award 2006 l Certificate + US$250 l 3 Nominations (only!) l Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, Bombay section wins the award!! l 70 activities in 2007, more than many sections! Congratulations!

22. 22 R10 Exemplary Student Branch Certificate 2006 l Certificate + US$250 l 2 Nominations: Incomplete forms, not recommended

23. 23 Larry K Wilson Award 2006 (for Best Student Volunteer 2006) 6 Nominations: Winner: Mr. Mohit Malhan from UVPC Gujarat for PROJECT LEADER IEEE penpal club Founder Chair of the student branch Plaque +3 year free Membership Special commendation: Muhammad Rafael Akbar Chaudhary, NUCES Lahore

24. 24 Proposals for R10 SC/GOLD Congress2008 Call for proposals: Madras Section short listed for holding the congress Explore the possibility of holding a Joint R10, R8 student congress in Dubai! Final decision in May after getting detailed proposals from Madras and Dubai

25. 25 Regular activities of SAC S-PAC: Student Professional Awareness Conference S-PAVe: Student Professional Awareness Ventures S-TAC: Student Technical Awareness Conference Leadership Workshops IEEEXtreme Programming Contest Student Enterprise Award : BUET Bangladesh US$ 1500 Congratulations! More Details, refer to student concourse: (http:// www.ieee.org/students)

26. 26 R10 Student-GOLD Congress 2006 HOST: l BEIJING, CHINA 13 th -17 th July 2006 Hosted by 4 Beijing SBs l Beijing Univ. of Post & Tech. l Beijing JiaoTong Univ. l Peking University l Tsing Hua University A Big Thank You to Beijing Section

27. 27 Budget allocation for Activities 2007 IEEE Branch counselor’s Meet pilot project One per year in any one section/ council (new) US$ 3800 IEEE Alumni Meet Pilot project (three to four per year) Branch/ Section level (new) US$ 1000 Branch Operations Guide around 1000 copies (hard) and update on the website (new) US$ 2500 R 10 Outstanding Branch Counselor award Three awards per year US$ 250 each to the branch counselor and US $ 100 to the student branch ( new) US$ 1050 Student congress Council/section level One per year and innovative projects (new) US$ 800 Website contest Travel expenses to Graduate student to attend TENCON (paper contest winner) US$ 1050 US$ 1000 SAC expenses attending SAC meetings, Alumini and Branch Counselor’s meet US$ 3800 Operational ExpensesUS$ 3000 RSR expensesUS$ 5500

28. 28 R10 SAC Committee 2007 l Mr. Marc Apter, IEEE Presidential candidate l Dr. Aki Nishihara, Past RSAC l Dr. Marzuki, Past RSAC l Dr. M.M. Shah, past IC SAC l Mr. Yasuhara Ohgoe, GOLD l Mr. Kazukuki Sodoh, RSR l Ms. Helene Fung, GOLD l Mr. Gopal Balakrishnan, RSR l Dr. Mini S. Thomas, R10SAC Thank you members!

29. 29 Suggestions are welcome Thank You !!!!!