R10 Annual General Meeting

R10 Annual General Meeting

Name: Deepak MathurCommittee: Humanitarian Technology Activities

2 March 2013Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Highlights of 2012

Introduced the concept of Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) in Region 10.

8 SIGHT’s were formed in Region 10

SIGHT for Low Cost Remote Virtual Educational Platform (Kolkata) IEEE Teacher in Service Program, India - TISP India SIGHT (R10EAC) IEEE Bangalore Section R-10, India IEEE Sahaaya (Kerala Section) DISHA(Gujarat) NITK SIGHT- Assistive Technology for Orthopedic Applications

(Bangalore Section) IEEE HK SIGHT(Hong Kong) IEEE Madras Section SIGHT

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Highlights of 2012

Finalized first R10 conference on Humanitarian Technology : R10-HTC2013 : The conference will be held on 26th–29th August 2013 in Sendai, Japan

Conducted awareness program on HT at Tokyo Section and Kansai Section.

Invited project proposals from sections to encourage humanitarian activities in the Region: 20 proposals were received, 8 projects were selected for funding of 75% of project cost (or US$750 which ever is less) from R10 balance 25% were supported by respective sections. 7 projects were successfully completed.

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Highlights of 2012  Name of the project Coordinator/

SectionSupport by Region 10

1 Sensor column for landslide monitoring

Joel Marciano,Philippines Section

US$750

2 Remote Ophthalmic Medical Image Diagnosis for Primary Hospital

Gao Song,Beijing Section

US$741

3 Wireless Head Mounted Mouse & Keyboard for Physically Disabled Persons

Preeta Sharan,Bangalore Section

US$600

4 Sustainable Technology for empowering people

Anil Roy,Gujarat Section

US$750

5 Low cost low bandwidth virtual education platform for underserved

Iti Saha Misra,Kolkata Section

US$750

6 A Significant Scheme On Small Renewable Hybrid Stand-Alone Power Generation System

Anand B,Madras Section

US$360

7 RENEWLATOR-An Analytical Tool for conservable energy

Anne Mary SebastianKerala Section

US$104

2013 R10 HTA Committee

Chair: – Deepak Mathur

Advisor: – Amarnath Raja

Committee Members: (more members to be inducted)

– Takako Hashimoto

– Arjun Pillai

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Plan for 2013

1 New SIGHTs in sections

2 Humanitarian Technology tracks in major conferences of the Region

• Being a new concept at Section level, awareness on Humanitarian Technology Activities are required to be propagated all across the section to create interest of members to form sustainable SIGHT. It is being proposed to keep HT track in the major conferences of Region 10 including TENCONS.

3 Information about Humanitarian Technology Activities on Region 10 website

4 Planning of next Humanitarian Technology Conference in 2014

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Plan for 2013

5 Humanitarian Technology projects – 8 Projects

• To do real life projects or workshops for the visibility of IEEE and for the Humanitarian cause in the sections of Region 10. There is a plan to do minimum 8 HTA projects.

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Proposed 2013 Budget

S.No. Item Budget

1 HTA support fund for projects

6400

2 R10 Conference on HT 5000

3 Support fund for organizing HT track in conferences

1400

Budget allocation : US$12800

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Thank you