R10 Annual Meeting

Name: Dr Zia AhmedCommittee: Awards and Recognition

7 – 8 March , 2015Dhaka, Bangladesh

R10 Award & Recognition CommitteeObjectives

– 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

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R10 Distinguished Large/Medium/Small Section Awards

Selection based on review of Section reports

– 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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2013 R10 Distinguished Large Section Award

– Bangalore Section

2013 R10 Distinguished Medium Section Award

– Pune Section

2013 R10 Distinguished Small Section Award

– Northern Australia Section

2015 IEEE Region 10 Awards Winners

R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award

Recognition of R10 volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to IEEE

– 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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2014 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winners are:

– Ashok D Jagatia (Bombay Section)

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

– Graeme B. Gwilliam (New South Wales Section)

R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award

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

Other R10 Awards

2014 MGA Awards Winners from R10

2014 MGA Outstanding Large Section Award IEEE Bangalore Section

MGA Young Professionals Achievement AwardMr. 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 AwardIEEE AIYEHUM Team (All IEEE-R10 Young Engineers’ Humanitarian

Challenge), Bangalore SectionFor 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 AwardProf. Rajesh Ingle, Pune Section