Mr. Libin T. T.
CDAC, Trivandrum
Mr. Souvik Basu
Qualcomm India
Ms. Debanjana Dasgupta
IBM India
Dr. Lenin Raja
EMC Test & Training Center, Bangalore
IEEE India Council Industry Academia Young Professionals Committee [IAYPC] is formed for the year 2024 consisting of members from industry and academia. It is formed to streamline the Industry, Academica and Young Professionals collaboration of various sections coming under IEEE India Council. IAYPC is a dedicated body formed under the IEEE-India Council, focused on bridging the gap between industry and academia for young professionals, students, and faculty members. It aims to provide numerous opportunities for collaboration, skill development, and career enhancement, catering to the diverse needs of its members across the country. The committee plans and executes various activities in consultation with IEEE India council and various IEEE sections in India. It also acts as a central hub to support sections in fostering Industry-Academia collaboration activities, promoting innovation, and driving economic development. This year the committee envisions the following programs.
IIT GUWAHATI
Convenor
Freshers Ladder International
Co-Convenor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Co-Convenor
Chandigarh University
Secretary
HIT Kolkata
Joint Secretary
CDAC, Trivandrum
Qualcomm India
IBM India
EMC Test & Training Center, Bangalore
India Internet Foundation
PHCET, Navi Mumbai
IIT Jodhpur
JSSATE, Noida
CVRCE, Hyderabad
BCREC, Durgapur
RSET, Kochi
BTKIT, Dwarahat
SJCE, Chennai
This year, IAYPSC has outlined an ambitious plan to conduct a series of events and initiatives that foster a strong connection between the industrial sector and academic institutions. These activities include:
Organize regional Industry-Academia conclaves, bringing together industry experts, academicians, and young professionals for meaningful discussions and networking.
Conduct professional mentoring programs assigning industry mentors to students and academic mentors to young faculty, encouraging professional growth.
Launch certification courses aimed at increasing the employability of IEEE student volunteers and Young Professionals.
Arrange IEEE awareness programs in corporate houses and gather maximum presence of young professionals in pan India wide IEEE activities.
Arrange visits of industry personnel to academic campuses for invited talks, trainings, workshops, summer and winter schools, for enhancing skillset and employability of students.
To plan and execute monthly webinars by industry and academic resource persons on relevant topics for knowledge dissemination.
To streamline internships under IEEE to provide valuable hands-on experience for students and young professionals in their respective fields.
To facilitate Memorandums of Understanding and Memorandums of Cooperation with interested universities and industry houses to establish long-term partnerships.
To explore the Professor of Practice policy of AICTE with support from Industry experts, aiming to bring practical knowledge and industry experience into academia.
To conduct city wide meet up of young professionals working in industry with an aim for larger collaboration and peer group networking.
To prepare a white paper/report on state of engineering graduates to help policy makers to plan necessary course corrections for enhancing quality of employment of professionals.
IEEE, world’s largest professional organisation, works for advancing Technology for Humanity. It operates in 10 regions across the globe and IEEE India Council (IC) comes under Asia Pacific Region 10. IEEE IC acts as a consortium of 12 Sections in India which collectively have around 50000 members and this is the largest count among Asia Pacific countries. Read more
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