IEEE, world’s largest professional organization, 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 13 Sections in India which collectively have around 50000 members and this is the largest count among Asia Pacific countries. The council undertakes tasks that can be best done together by the Sections. It enables mechanisms to supplement initiatives and programs of these Sections. Membership development, involving students in IEEE activities, encouraging young professionals to innovate, organization of flagship conferences, etc., are some of the important activities of the Sections.
IEEE IC honors achievements of IEEE Members through Lifetime Achievement Awards, Technology Awards, Volunteer Awards, and Student Branch Awards. The following specific awards are constituted to recognize the individual or collective efforts of the membership in promoting the Mission and Vision of IEEE as reflected in the operation of the India Council and its entities.
A. Life Time Achievement Awards
B. Technology Awards
C. Volunteer Awards
The primary criterion for selection for the following five volunteer awards is enthusiastic support of volunteers to the IEEE activities. Volunteering at the Section/Chapter/IC level can be at various forums like conferences, seminars, symposiums, technical talks, etc., organized by the branch, subsection, and section. The Outstanding Volunteer Award (1st in the sequence) is for volunteers greater than 35 years of age (as on 01-12-2024).
For Volunteer Awards, contributions should have been made while working in India, preferably in the last two years.
D. Outstanding Student Branch Awards
The following two awards are for recognizing contributions made by the IEEE student branches in increasing the awareness about IEEE and the value addition the branches have brought into the campus. The award will be decided based on various factors like the current membership count, growth of members, membership retention, number of seminars/ symposiums/ colloquiums conducted, papers published/ presented in various forums by members, awards won by members, and significant value addition to the campus. For qualifying for the ‘Emerging Student Branch Award’, the Branch should not be more than three years old.
For Student Branch Awards, contributions should have been made preferably in the last one year.
Applications have to be submitted online at the Awards Management Portal of IEEE India Council: www.ieeeicawards.com
An applicant or nominee should select the most appropriate award. An IEEE Member will be considered for only one award in above categories. Details for awardees of previous years can be seen at https://site.ieee.org/indiacouncil/student-activities/awards/ When one logs into Awards Management Portal, there would be a few text boxes with limits on characters, wherein information needs to be filled in. It is suggested that information should be typed in any text editor, the number of characters should be checked, and then the information can be copy-pasted into the text boxes. Also, one pdf file containing CV and endorsements should be uploaded at the interface (size limit: 2 MB). Maximum two endorsements from professionals can be submitted. A. LTA for Sub-Section/ Section Chairs: An IEEE Senior or higher-grade Member can nominate any IEEE Member (who had been past Section Chair/ Subsection Chair of the same section) for these awards. Nominees (applicants) must be IEEE Members from India. An applicant must also upload (as a part of the same PDF file) a forwarding cover letter of the nominator on a letterhead highlighting important contributions while recommending for the award, without which the application will not be considered. Two endorsement letters from working professionals (one from outside the applicant’s organization) are desirable. B. Technology Awards: At least one endorsement letter should be from a beneficiary of the developed technology. C. Volunteer Awards: One endorsement from Section/ Sub-Section/ Chapter Chair or any responsible senior IEEE volunteer, who is aware of applicant’s volunteering work, is desirable. In case of student volunteers, an endorsement from Student Activities Chair is essential. D. Student Branch Awards: An endorsement from the Student Activities Chair is essential. Applications can be submitted online on the portal between 1st October, 2024 toCandidates should apply or be nominated only if they agree to the following:
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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