SECTION REPORT 2010: ISLAMABAD SECTION
PART A – SECTION SUMMARY
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Executive Summary:
1.
The year 2010 has been very useful year for IEEE Islamabad Section. Numerous
mega events inclusive of International Conference, seminars, workshops &
lectures programs etc were held which helped promoting the name and cause of
IEEE. In these events such as conferences & seminars etc, delegates from the
relevant public and private sector departments/institutions were invited and their
response has been very encouraging.
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List of Section Officer and Executive Committee Members
1. Chairman
Engr Saleem Tariq
Membership # 80631711
2. Secretary / Treasurer
Engr Umar Farooq
Membership # 80350585
3. Chair Membership Development
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Ch.
Membership # 4119236
4. Chair Professional & Educational Activities
Dr. Mansoor Ahmed
Membership # 40215432
5. Chair Student Activities
Dr. Arshad Ali
Membership # 41465322
6. Chair Electronic Communication
Mr. Aamir Jelani
Membership # 41484188
7. Chair GRSS Joint Chapter
Dr. Umar Khattak
Membership # 80316948
8. Chair Power Engineering / Power Electronics Joint Chapter
Dr. Azzam ul Asar
Membership # 41629355
9. Chair Consultancy Network
Prof. S M Owais
Membership # 41523108
10. Chair Women in Engineering
Mrs Durdana Habib
Membership # 90463397
11. Chair Peshawar Sub Section
Dr. Azzam ul Asar
Membership # 41629355
12 Chair Computer Society
Dr Amir Qayyum
Membership No 80194364
13 Chair AESS Chapter
Dr. Khalid Mehmood
14 Editor Newsletter
Mr Muhammad Abbasi
Membership No 90390704
Rest of Executive Committee Members
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Air Cdre (R) Mansoor Malik
Air Cdre S.N.A Hamdani
Dr. Muhammad Akbar
Dr. Haroon J Qureshi
Mr. Mubashir Hussain
Dr. Mujeeb Bin Ehsan
Financial Report:
S#
Description
Amount
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Balance in the bank on 01 Jan, 2010
Petty cash available at the beginning of 2010
Funds received during the year 2010
Expenditure during 2010
Cash available in the bank on 31 Dec, 10
Petty cash in hand on 31 Dec, 2010
TOTAL
=Rs. 625490.00
=Rs.
0.00
=Rs. 642498.00
=Rs. 253691.50
=Rs.1010837.50
=Rs.
3459.00
=Rs.1014296.50
(Matched)
PART B- ORGANIZATIONAL AVTIVITIES:
B-1:
Membership Development Programs
Total number of active members in the past 3 years
The accumulative figures of the active members in the last 03 years are given
below:-
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Year
Dec, 2008
Dec, 2009
Dec, 2010
No of Active members
438
520
537
Efforts in Membership development
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During Executive Committee meetings of IEEE Islamabad Sections, it has been a
regular feature / Agenda point to discuss the status of membership development
within the geographical territory of IEEE Islamabad Section. Based on feed back
from the Chair Membership Development detail deliberation is done for possible
measures to enhance IEEE membership. In the last Ex Com meeting it was
highlighted that IEEE members especially student members are reluctant to renew
their membership because of recent exponential rise in US dollar verse Pakistan
Rupee conversion rate, as IEEE membership fees is required to be paid in US
dollars. Much deliberations was held and it was finally decided that a committee
be formed who should meet the Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC)
in Pakistan and try to convince him to some how issue instruction to professional
universities and educational institutions, under its domain, to share the
membership fees of faculty and students desirous of taking IEEE membership
keeping in view of enormous benefits IEEE provides to individuals for their
professional and leadership growth. Subject team has been formed and they are
going to meet the Chairman HEC, shortly for afore said purpose.
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A special slot has been established for Senior Student Representative and a senior
student been nominated for the slot, primarily to give direct representation to
student members which are part of student branches available in different
educational institutions. Moreover, through him Ex Com to get feed back on
problems / issues related to student & student branches plus accordingly strategy
defined to launch membership development campaign plus measures to ensure
retentions of IEEE student membership.
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Outreach and awareness campaign have been launched especially in educational
institutions to attract faculty members/ students for joining IEEE.
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Held social gathering in the shape of dinner at the Section / student branch levels
to facilitate members / students to do networking and especially to get in touch
with the lapsed members.
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Special attention has been given to update the section website to better promote
IEEE activities. In this regard plan has been made for having a website with much
more dynamic features.
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For the mage event of ICET 2010 conference, which was co-sponsored by IEEE
Islamabad Section, invitation letters were sent to the heads of all the relevant
public and private sector educational institutions, departments and industries.
Their response was very positive and we had reasonably good gathering on the
events.
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The Chair Membership Development Activities visited different universities/
institutes and approached through emails to members who have not renewed their
membership.
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In major events like international conferences, workshops & seminars etc special
desks equipped / display with IEEE promotional materials to encourage
membership development are established plus exclusive arrangement made to
facilitate motivated faculty and student for filing IEEE joining applications
directly from the IEEE desks.
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Chapter Activities
 Details of Chapters held in the Section are given below:-.
GRSS
Joint chapter of Power Engineering & Power Electronics
AESS
Communication Society Chapter
Computer Society Chapter
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Chapter formed in the current year.
Communication Society Chapter
Computer Society Chapter
Joint Chapter of Power Engineering & Power Electronics
Video Conferences
- Video conference on Thin Film Solar Cells on 2 Nov, 2010
Seminar
- Energy Solutions for Pakistan on 04 May, 2010.
- Seminar on Abbott Accreditation on 25 May, 2010
- Seminar on distance learning Education on 22 June, 2010
Workshops
- Workshop on First Aid Safety on 3 Nov, 2010.
- Science & Engineering Week on 12 Sept, 2010
Training
- Training on First Aid Techniques on 10 & 11 Nov, 2010.
Administrative
- First meeting on International conference on Computer Networks &
information Technology on 15 Sept, 2010.
- Second meeting on International conference on Computer Networks &
information Technology on 20 Dec, 2010.
B-3:
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Professional and Continuing Educational Activities:
Professional Activities
International Conferences
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ICET-2010 Conference was organized by FAST NU in Islamabad on
18-19 Oct, 2010.
Administrative Meetings by IEEE Islamabad Section
- A Administrative meeting held by the Ex Com on 28 Jan, 2010.
- Administrative meeting held by the Ex Com on 02 Apr, 2010
- A Administrative meeting held by the Ex Com on 22 Jul, 2010
- A Administrative meeting held by the Ex Com on 08 Oct, 2010
- A Administrative meeting held by the Ex Com on 30 Dec, 2010
Administrative Activities Conducted by IEEE Peshawar Sub Section
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First meeting International Seminar on Energy Solutions for Pakistan
on 06 Jan, 2010.
Second meeting IEEE International Seminar on Energy Solutions for
Pakistan on 26 Jan, 2010.
Third meeting IEEE International Seminar on Energy Solutions for
Pakistan on 17 Feb, 2010.
First meeting on International conference on Computer Networks &
information Technology on 15 Sept, 2010.
Second meeting on International conference on Computer Networks &
information Technology on 20 Dec, 2010.
B-4: Student Activities:
Total number of Student branches in the Section:
There are 12 branches in total exist that include:
1. Bahria University, Islamabad
2. Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
3. GhulamIshaq Khan Institute of Engineering & Technology, Topi, Swabi,
KPK
4. Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad
5. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad
6. NUST College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Rawalpindi
7. NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Islamabad
8. National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, FAST, Islamabad
9. NUST Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi
10. NWFP University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar
11. Riphah International University
12. University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
Number of Student Branches formed in the current year:
2 new branches are in the process of submitting their petition for a student
branch. These include CASE and COMSATS University, Islamabad.
Number of Active Student Branches:
6 Branches have been actively organizing the Student Activities. These
include NUST-SEECS, NUST-CEME, NUST-MCS, FAST-NU, Bahria University &
GIKI.
Section level student activities:
Many of the student branches have been actively organizing Student
Activities. Almost all student activities were communicated to all student
branches as they were organized at section level. These activities are
student-branch wise summarized below:
NUST-School of Electrical Engineering &Computer Science (SEECS),
Islamabad:
1. Membership Campaign for IEEE-SEECS was held on 29th& 30th November
2010. 50 new members were inducted.
2 A quiz Competition was held by IEEE SEECS which spanned three x days
i.e., 10-12th November.
3 On 1st November 2010, IEEE-SEECS chapter organized a workshop on
“The Leadership Paradigm: BREAKING NEWS with a difference!” The
speakers were Mr. Kamran Rizvi (Founding Director, Navitus) & Mr.
Sarmad Tariq (Motivational speaker).
4 An inspirational session on “Volunteering for Pakistan” was organized by
IEEE-SEECS on 3rd November 2010. The Speaker was Mr.
MubasharRabbani, founder of the Rabbani Foundation.
5 IEEE-SEECS organized a Web Designing workshop on 23-25th November
2010 from 5:30 -7:30 PM, to give the students a foundation of web
designing tools.
6 IEEE-SEECS also organized workshop on Adobe Photoshop along with
Web designing on 23-25th November 2010 during 5:30 -7:30 PM
7 A 3 day workshop on “Network Security” was organized by IEEE-SEECS
chapter, on 8th, 10th& 11th of November, in collaboration with Corvit, a
leading institute in the field of network security.
NUST-College of Electrical &Mechanical Engineering (CEME),
Rawalpindi:
1.
The IEEE CEME branch recently organized an orientation session in
coordination with IEEE GINI Islamabad Section. The said venue was EMENUST (ECR – computer dept.); date 4th June 2010, time 11:00 am. The session
included students from UET Peshawar (for the session was originally
planned), Bahria, and SEECS.
2.
A farewell party was arranged by junior members of IEEE CEME
student branch for the Degree 28 students. It was held on 13th of July, 2010
to honor their contribution and services for the IEEE CEME Student Branch.
Counselor IEEE CEME Student Branch DrMojeeb Bin Ehsan was the chief
guest of the evening.
3.
IEEE CEME Student Branch organized a Workshop on LaTex on 29th
April 2010 (Thursday). As usual, the workshop included time for individual
one-on-one attention and students got the chance to ask all questions that
they had in mind.Dr. Kazmi Syed Muhammad Raza, Post
DoctoralResearcher,Tohoku University , Japan was the trainer for the said
workshop.
FAST-NUCES, Islamabad:
1.
A STEP talk on WIRELESS ELECTRICITY by Dr. AristiedisKaralis, Staff
Scientist and founder, WiTricity Corporation, PhD from MIT was organized
on 25th February at 6PM.
2.
A seminar on GSM Network Quality Monitoring by Mr. M. AwaisSaeed,
Sr. RAN Officer, ZONG was arranged on Thursday, 25th February, 2010 at 330PM
3.
IEEE Telecom Out of the Box workshop was arranged on 23rd and 24th
of July, 2010 in which students had hands-on practice on tools such as
Dynagen, Graphic Network Simulator, SS7 Analyser and Huawei IT2000
Manager. The workshop included many experts from the telecom industry
and local vendors and operators.
4.
IEEE Industrial Tour to Mangla Dam was arranged on 30th October for
students and was free of cost for all.
5.
A seminar on RF Optimization was arranged by IEEE-FAST along with
Alcatel on 12th October, 2010. The speaker from Alcatel briefed the audience
about how RF Network is optimized for traffic management by the operators.
Mr. ShahzadaShahrukh, IEEE GINI Coordinator for Islamabad section also
briefed the audience about on-going IEEE activities in other IEEE SBs of
Islamabad Section.
6.
IEEE FAST organized a Presentation Contest for polishing the
presentation skills of the students. The topic was “Is Telecom market over for
Pakistan?”. This contest was held on 24th November, 2010.
NUST-Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi:
1.
IEEE Member Drive (20 Sept 2010): The freshmen were given a
comprehensive introduction about IEEE. Later on a desk was arranged for
students to have them registered at IEEE.
2.
MATLAB Basic Session (23 Oct 2010): MATLAB Basics Session was
intended for freshmen as well. It was aimed at imparting them the
importance of MATLAB in the field of Telecommunication Engineering study.
It also helped them gain a basic understanding of MATLAB. The event was
attended by 70 students
3.
Audio, Video and Image Processing in MATLAB (3 Nov 2010):
Audio, Video and Image processing in MATLAB was for higher level MATLAB
users. Targeted audience was 2nd and 3rd year students of UG. The session
helped them broaden their vision of the utilization of MATLAB in their
semester (possibly final year) projects. Turnout was about 90 students
4
Workshop on Network Simulator 2 (24 Nov 2010):
In order to have a better understanding of the protocols underlying in the
Internet, 3rd year students are given a number of assignments on Network
Simulator 2. IEEE MCS SB helped students comprehend the complexities and
power of NS2. Students were able to understand the basic and advanced
working of NS2 and were able to do (optional) semester projects in the
software in addition to their assignments. Turnout was 70 students
5
Workshop on PCB Design (6 Dec 2010)
As per requests from the students, a workshop was arranged to impart them
the skills for designing and building of a PCB. Software that were used were
Proteus, Express PCB and PSPice. 120 students attended the workshop.
6
Photo Aesthetix (Workshop on Adobe Photo Shop) (30 Nov-1 Dec
2010)
A two day workshop on Adobe Photoshop was arranged by IEEE MCS SB on
an inter-institute level. The workshop started at the basic level and took the
participants at a greater level of comprehension of the software and its tools.
It was mostly attended by students of Computer Sciences Engineering, Fine
Arts and Mass Communications. There were 300 participants in the
workshop.
Bahria University, Islamabad:
1 WEBX 2010: A bloggers meetup event where bloggers form all over
Pakistan gathered together discussing different techniques through which
blogging can be made famous and successful in Pakistan.
2
IEEE career expo: A large number of companies attended this event
that was organized by the ex-com of IEEE-BUI.
3
IEEE Talk by Mr. Nofal Khan on his invention “Hyperlinks”. The talk
signified the importance of putting an idea in action and bringing out
the entrepreneurial spirit within you. It was held on 12th Oct, 2010.
GIKI:
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All Pakistan National Electronics Olympiad (4-6 February, 2011): A
large number of Electronics related events were organized in which
students from all over Pakistan participated. The event was wellattended as it featured a research symposium too where renowned
researchers presented their research-work and results.
Affinity Group Activities
It is apprised that the following Affinity Groups have been established within the
IEEE Islamabad Section:(a).
(b).
Consultancy Network
Women in Engineering (WIE).
Subject Affinity Groups have been pretty active through out the year 2009. The
details of activities generated are appended below:Consultancy Network
It is apprised that a pool of consultants have been formed, to start with, amongst
the Executive Committee members, based on their field of specialty, to provide
consultancies to different organization. Initially, the educational institutions have
been focused. Some of the activities generated in this regard are given below:-
Prof Owais, Chair Consultancy Network, provided Consultancy to the
newly established University of Gujrat to develop their Electronics,
Microprocessor & Communication Labs.
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Mr Mansoor Malik, Dr Younis and Prof Owais visited University of
Gujrat to provide consultancy on solar based power generation.
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Mr Mansoor Malik is providing Business Incubation Consultancy to
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. This is an on going project.
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Mr Mansoor Malik is compiling a book on Innovation Economy to help
the Academia in our Region. This has been based on demand of most of
the Universities located in Islamabad area.
Women in Engineering (WIE)
B-6:
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WIE Affinity Group organized a forum on Challenges and Opportunities
for Women in Technology Careers in National University of Computer &
Emerging Sciences on 4 May, 2010.
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Women in Engineering Session on the IEEE Pakistan Student Congress
(PSC) 2010 held in Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi Pakistan held
on 29 to 31 Oct, 2010.
Awards & Recognition Activities:
Details of Awards Program.
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B-7:
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To promote the students activities and generate competition amongst the student
branches, a Award (Best, Second Best and Third Best branches) has been
introduced within the Section. Based on activities generated related to IEEE in
2010, top three student branches will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee
exclusively formed for the purpose.
Communication Activities
Newsletter
The name of Newsletter being published is Newsletter IEEE Islamabad Section.
Mr Muhammad Hafiz is the Editor Newsletter and he is working to publish
subject newsletter on quarterly basis.
Section Website
The URL of the section website is www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/islamabad/;. The
Section website is regularly being updated. It has been updated with dynamic
features, and comments of the Ex Com members are taken on regular bais to
improve it to good standard website.
Means of Communication amongst section members.
Most of the communication amongst the section members is taken place through
email especially in the case of Ex Com members where, apart of meeting in Ex
Com meetings, communication is done through email which is quick and
effective.
PART C- OTHERS
C-1: Relationship with National Societies:
IEEE Islamabad Section has always strived to liaise with the national societies,
playing an active part in their areas of interest, to help them in their cause for the
great interest of national Development. Pakistan Engineering Council is one of
such societies. One of our Ex Com members, Dr Muhammad Akbar is the
member of Technical Committee of Pakistan Engineering Council, Islamabad,
and through his presence very effective coordination being taken place with them
organizing joint events of seminars & workshops etc. Moreover, inputs are also
given to PEC for framing engineering related policies which can be beneficial to
engineers and for the national development.
C-2:
Special Events
Social Events:
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C-3
The Ex Com Meeting on 2 Apr, 2010 held in a Islamabad Club, where
counselors of different Student branches were also invited. The meeting
was followed by a dinner. The occasion gave an opportunity to have an
interaction with the counselor of student branches and the problems they
were facing to enhance membership development. Moreover, at the
society / student branches level one each social functions were arranged.
Similar activity was arranged on 30 Dec, 2010 in which all Ex Com
members and other guests attended the event.
Problems to be Anticipated
Difficulties in Membership Development / Retention
It has been observed, while carrying out membership development campaigns,
that the main hurdle in new members getting on board is the high membership fee
of IEEE plus due to exponential rise in US Dollar verses Pakistan Rupees
conversion rate. Though at our section level efforts are being made to some how
influence the educational institutions through the support of Higher Education
Commission in Pakistan to share the IEEE membership fee for faculty & students,
but still study needs to be carried out at IEEE USA to possibly revise / reduce the
fee structure especially in third world countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
and Sri lanka etc where the income level of engineers is low as compared to
engineers of similar education / experience in American, European or other
advanced countries. The fee reduction will definitely help in promoting
membership drive and same will be long term beneficial for IEEE..
C-4
Best Practices
Introducing Best Section Awards
IEEE Islamabad Section has introduced Best Section Award amongst different
student branches. A part from motivating them to generate IEEE activities it
inculcate healthy competition between them. We believe that it has helped student
to actively participate in IEEE related activities.
Introduction of Senior Student Representative Slot in Ex Com
IEEE Islamabad Section has introduced recently a slot of Senior Student
Representative in Executive Committee of the Section, primarily to give direct
representation to student members which are part of student branches available in
different educational institutions. Moreover, through him Ex Com gets feed back
on problems / issues related to student & student branches plus accordingly,
strategy is defined to launch membership development campaign and measures to
ensure retentions of IEEE student membership.
PART D- GOALS AND PLANS
D-1:
GOALS:
It has been planned to at least double the IEEE membership figures, in different
categories, in the year 2010. Moreover, it has been planned to register at least 02
to 03 new Student Branches of Islamabad Section.
D-2:
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS:
Following measures have been planned for the year 2011 to achieve the goal set
by adopting a proactive approach toward membership development:-
As highlighted under subsection B-1, the Section Committee has been
formed to meet the Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) in
order to get his support to get issued directive to the educational institution
under HEC domain to share the IEEE membership fees for faculty and
students. If we some how achieve this objective then there will be
tremendous increase in membership amongst faculty & students, and we
shall be able to meet our target to double the figures of membership.
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To reach the left over public and private sector institutions to support
participation of Electronics / Electrical / Computer engineers, based on
their organizations, in IEEE related activities and taking membership.
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The section also plans on reaching out to students, from various
universities and Institutions, with the help of established student branches
to raise awareness about the benefits of registering a student branch / WIE
Affinity Group.
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To enhance the pace of generating IEEE related activities for attracting
new members. Moreover, efforts will be made to reach most of the lapsed/
inactive members, and they will be motivated to renew their membership
so that they can earn the facilities being offered by IEEE to its active
members.
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Professional members will be attracted by inviting individuals from
academia and industry to the section events and highlighting key features
such as exchange of knowledge and networking opportunities they can
avail through participating IEEE related activities.