R10 Annual Meeting

Name: Dr Zia Ahmed Committee: Awards and Recognition 7 – 8 March , 2015 Dhaka, Bangladesh

R10 Award & Recognition Committee

Objectives

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Recognize Sections and volunteers for contribution to IEEE by granting awards Encourage Sections for further enhancement in membership and activities Committee Members

– – – – – – – Zia Ahmed (Chair) Darrel Chong Elmer Dadios Nirmal Kumar Nair Lalit Goel and Satish Babu Assisted by SAC, WIE, EAC, YP and Section & Chapters Coordinators 2

R10 Distinguished Large/Medium/Small Section Awards

Selection based on review of Section reports

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membership growth & retention, chapter activities, Section activities in support of IEEE and R10 objectives Three Award Categories

Small Section (Membership: 1~500) Medium Section (Membership: 501 ~ 1500) and Large Section (Membership: >1500)

USD 1,000 Cash Prize for each of winners with wonderful certificate Deadline of annual Section report: R10 Annual Meeting date Notification of result: End of July 30, 2015 Winners of last 3 years are not qualified

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2015 IEEE Region 10 Awards Winners

2013 R10 Distinguished Large Section Award

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Bangalore Section 2013 R10 Distinguished Medium Section Award

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Pune Section 2013 R10 Distinguished Small Section Award

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Northern Australia Section

R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award

Recognition of R10 volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to IEEE

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Benefit to Section, length of services, leadership ability, collaboration with Section EXCOM, match with the objectives of IEEE & R10 No fixed number of winners in any one year Call for nomination: June 1, 2015 Deadline of nomination: August 31, 2015 Notification of result: November 30, 2015 Winners of last 3 years are not qualified

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R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award 2014 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winners are:

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Ashok D Jagatia (Bombay Section)

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Nirmal-Kumar C. Nair (New Zealand North Section)

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Graeme B. Gwilliam (New South Wales Section)

Other R10 Awards

Students Activities Awards – R10 Exemplary Student Branch Award plus various contests Women-in-Engineering Awards – – – – R10 WIE Section Affinity Group Award R10 WIE Student Branch Affinity Group Award R10 WIE Professional Volunteer Award and R10 WIE Student Volunteer Award Education Activities Awards – R10 EA Award for Major Educational Innovation – R10 EA Award for Continuing Education Young Professional Awards

2014 MGA Awards Winners from R10

2014 MGA Outstanding Large Section Award IEEE Bangalore Section MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award

Mr. Ahsan Saeed, Karachi Section

For exemplary contributions to IEEE Young Professionals in Region 10 and for continuous support to the IEEE Academic project .

MGA Innovation Award IEEE AIYEHUM Team (All IEEE-R10 Young Engineers’ Humanitarian Challenge), Bangalore Section

For inspiring, enabling, and connecting young scientists and engineers to solve real-world challenges, applying science and technology, and building relationships between industry and academia.

MGA Outstanding Branch Counsellor Award Prof. Rajesh Ingle, Pune Section