Newsletter May-Aug 2014

IETE HQs, New Delhi

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers

Dear Members

Festive Greetings to one and all. With the festival season almost arrived, I extend my bestwishes to you and your families!

With this newsletter, I will be bidding adieu to you as President of this great institution: TheInstitution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India.

The last two years have been quite challenging on account of MHRD order resulting in tostudents' uneasiness & unrest. Thankfully MHRD has re-iterated its stand that the recognition of all IETE

stcourses is valid for all the students who have been on rolls of IETE as on 31 May, 2013. The stay granted byhonourable Delhi High Court, on our petition against the MHRD order for ceasing recognition to IETEcourses for future students, is still in effect. The recent student agitation was a natural consequence of the MHRD Dec. 2012 order. Thanks to the Governing Council and various senior members of IETE forshowing their solidarity and commitment with the students. Their agitation was by and large peaceful. Forthe benefit of our students, we had approached a large number of organisations (Govt. Departments, PSUs,Universities etc.) requesting to keep their acceptance for our courses intact. I am happy to say that we havereceived positive and encouraging responses regarding IETE courses recognition. The list is displayed onour website. We have also signed MOAs with a couple of universities for lateral entry to our Dip-IETEstudent for BE admission and awarding BE to our AMIETE pass outs on credit transfer basis, aftercompleting essential requirements of the universities and by taking prescribed credit courses as regularstudents. Students may have to do one semester bridge course of prescribed credit values, mostly consistingof projects, practicals, practices and one or two theory papers. This is of course subject to the approval andweighting by IETE & respective University Governing Councils. This is likely to be implemented fromJanuary semester itself. Our efforts on starting IETE University of Technology at Imphal, are stillcontinuing and the Govt. of Manipur is sympathetically considering the IETE request.

Our commitment for Human Resource Development through examination system and Skilldevelopment has always been on the top agenda. We have explored various avenues of skill development &training and have entered in to a number of MOUs/MOAs with Govt. and Private designated agencies.Hopefully with our continued efforts in this direction, we may bring some favourable results that determinethe future pace of the Institution. Our determined efforts for increasing our infrastructure by updating the laboratories, libraries, plans for online courses & other related aspects are being pursued. Keeping this inmind, IETE Kakardooma building is coming up & a new multi-storey building at IETE Kakinada Centre hasbeen built.

The two years period has been satisfying and extremely fulfilling with the works/jobs undertaken and accomplished. IETE's distinctive logo has undergone some changes and an improved & bold IETELogo has been introduced. I am happy to inform that the Governing Council and Centre Exe Com electionswere successfully conducted through complete online voting. We were able to organize number of functionsthroughout the country under the Diamond JubileeYear celebrations of the Institution, which concluded lastyear. We unveiled few Diamond Jubilee souvenirs/ medal and one First Day Cover during the year. The newupdated syllabi for AMIETE and Dip-IETE were implemented from June 2014 examination. IETEConvocation was organised in Dec-2013 with Prof BN Jain, VC BITS as Chief Guest. During this period wealso conducted a number of ESDM (Electronic System Design & Manufacturing) Workshops of Govt byvarious IETE Centres across the country.

Friends, the last two years period has also been a growth oriented one, where we increased thevisibility of the institution by conducting quality functions, increasing the corporate and ISF membership

stbase. Under ISF activities, the 1 All India IETE Student Forum Congress was held at BIT Mesra(Ranchi) ona grand scale. We introduced a New Committee: Committee for Empowerment of Women in Engineering

FROM PRESIDENT’S DESK

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From President’s Desk 1

President Elect 2014-15 2

Newly Elected IETE 3Distinguished Fellow

News from Headquarters 3

Newly Elected IETE 6-8Governing Council Members& Ex-officio Members

IETE Annual Awards for the 8Year 2014

News from Centres 11

ISFs Activities 21

Celebrating IETE 25Achievers

Newly Elected Office 26-28Bearers of IETE Centres/Sub-Centres (2014-16)

57th ATC Invitation 28

Notice for IETE 29-31AGM/SGM

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and instituted two awards for woman engineers under its aegis. IETE Pune Centre successfully brought out three issues of the IETE Journalof Innovation and Research & initiated activities for online international publication. Last year has also seen increased recognition ofcredibility of IETE publications in the international technological arena, after switch over to Scholar-One Manuscripts that has expeditedthe review process and shortened the time between manuscript submission and publication. The peer review process is much faster and more streamlined. The IETE publications are now available online and every effort is being made to make them world class. Thanks to theinsights of the Editorial teams of IETE publications. In last two years IETE has honoured well known academicians, technocrats &researchers by way of conferring its prestigious awards in recognition of their valuable contributions. The number of IETE main AnnualAwards has increased.

I will be handing over the baton to Mrs Smriti Dagur, a veteran IETEian. I am confident that under her President-ship IETE willincrease its pace of progress. I wish her and new Governing Council all the best. At this juncture I wish to express my heartfelt thanks toGoverning Council Members of the two Councils-2012-13 & 2013-14, the two Past Presidents, Vice Presidents, Honorary Treasurers, allChairpersons of various committees & Secretary General for reposing faith & trust in me. I also wish to thank the entire staff of IETE forsupporting and many times even working after the office hours. My thanks are to all IETE Centre Chairpersons and their ExeComs for keeping the IETE flag flying high from Srinagar to Sivakasi and Imphal to Rajkot. Thanks to some of the senior members for always being

thavailable to guide me with their wisdom and insight. The list includes Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, HFIETE & the 11 President of Republic ofIndia; Dr R Chidambaram, HFIETE & Principal ScientificAdviser to GOI; Dr Kasturirangan, DFIETE & Member, Planning Commission;Prof D P Agarwal, HFIETE & Former Chairman UPSC; Dr Ashok K Chauhan, Founder Amity University; Shri G Roychowdhury,Chancellor/ Chairman, Techno India Group; Shri K L Thakral, Chancellor, Oriental University, Indore; all Past Presidents andDistinguished Fellows of IETE.

Once again I thank the entire IETE fraternity for their support and cooperation.

S Pal

Smt Smriti Dagurr is MS in Comp Engg from Rutger's University, NJ, USA; BE in Electronics Engg (Hons),BITS, Pilani, and a senior Fellow of IETE. Smriti Dagur started her career as a faculty of LD College of

stEngineering, Ahmedabad, where she taught the first batch of Electronics students and set up 1 MicrowaveLaboratory in LD College of Engg,Ahmedabad.

She has been a Visiting Faculty for MIS & Business Development Technology in various post graduate courses. Shestarted an EDP centre & developed softwares for various banks & industries. She organized & conducted variousprograms for women entrepreneurs; basic computer courses in schools and delivered keynote addresses at variousManagement Associations, ISRO Ahmedabad etc. She has also conducted PG Programmes of All IndiaManagement Association. Smt Dagur has more than 35 years of rich and varied experience in Academics &

Industry in India, US and WestAfrica.

Smt Smriti Dagur has a long association with IETE in various capacities. She was the Chairperson of IETE Ahmedabad Centre in2001-03, and Council Member for 2001-02; 2003-04; 2005-08; 2009-12;, 2013-16. She headed various committees of IETE as aGoverning Council member. She has been the West Zone coordinator for IETE and was instrumental in acquiring premises in West ZoneCentres/Sub-Centres likeAhmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot,Amravati, Bhopal and Mumbai.

thShe was the Convenor for 47th Annual Technical Convention held in 2004 and 54 ATC in 2011 at Ahmedabad, where ShriNarendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, was the Chief Guest. She organized very successful exhibitions at these Annual Conventions.

She has been an entrepreneur and the recipient of the best Entrepreneur'sAward from Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industryand GIDC.

Smt Smriti Dagur has been an active member of Computer Society of India (CSI) and has served as an Executive CommitteeMember inAhmedabad ManagementAssociation, the old Xavierites'Association and otherAssociations. She has published variouspapers and written technical columns in vernacular weekly.

IETE fraternity would like to extend sincere congratulations to her as newly electedPresident of IETE and wish her the best of success in discharging the duties of her position.

President Elect 2014-15Smt Smriti Dagur, FIETE

Newly Elected IETE Distinguished Fellow

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Lt Gen (Dr) AKS Chandele, PVSM, AVSM(Retd) (F-113460LL) has been elected asDistinguished Fellow of IETE for 2013-14 for hisexceptional contribution, dedication &involvement in IETE activities. Lt Gen Chandelehas had a brilliant career in the Indian Army

spanning over four decades. He is an expert on radars and missilesystems. He is a post graduate in Bio Medical Engg, IIT Roorkee;MSc (Defence Studies), Madras University; holds MPhil, fromDAV, Indore; as well as a Dip in Business Mgmt. He is a PhD inDefence Science and Mgmt from Meerut University. He is agraduate of Defence Services Staff College and has attended theHigher Command Course and the National Defence CollegeCourse. The general officer’s career comprises of a variety ofinstructional regimental, staff and command appointments. He wasCommandant of the Army Base Workshop at Agra. He spearheadedthe Based Workshop Group at Meerut before taking over as theDirector General of the Corps. For distinguished service of the mostexceptional order he was awarded the prestigious Ati Vishist Sewa Medal (AVSM) in 2007 and the Param Vishist Sewa Medal (PVSM)in 2010 by the President of India.

He has been a member of the IETE for over 25 years and has served on the Governing Council for five years. He has been acouncil member of the Institution of Engineers (IE) and an activesenior member of the Computer Society of India and the All IndiaManagement Association. He is the recepient of Eminent EngineerAward by the IE and the Distinguished Alumni Award by IITRoorkee. Presently, he is the Managing Editor of‘Geointelligence’, a prestigious publication of Geospatial Media &Communications. and an Advisor Conferences worldwide. He iscurrently an Independent Director with the Heavy EngineeringBoard of L&T and a member of the Raksha Rajya Mantri’s DefenceInformation Technology Consultative Committee. He is a keengolfer, and a Governing Council member of the Indian Golf Union.

Congratulations to Lt Gen (Dr) AKS Chandele for beingelected a Distinguished Fellow of the Institution of Electronics& Telecommunication Engineers!

The IETE Distinguished Fellowship will be confer red atththe inaugural session of 57 Annual Technical Convention

thscheduled to be held at New Delhi on 27 -28 Sept 2014.

News from Headquar ters

nd rd thThe 2 , 3 and 4 Apex forums for the year 2013-14 were heldon very topical subjects and were great success. These Forumsrespectively were on :

“Geo Spatial Technologies”,, which was organized atthMekaster Auditorium, Hyderabad on 25 May 2014, graced by

Shr i P Sudhakarr , Chairman & MD, ECIL, Hyderabad, theChief Guest; Dr Surendra Pall, President IETE; Smt SmritiDagurr , Chairman Industrial Coordination & ConsultancyCommittee IETE; Shr i K Subbi Reddyy, Chairman and Shr i KGnaneshwar Raoo, Hony Secy, IETE Hyderabad Centre.TheChief Guest Shr i P Sudhakar,, CMD, ECIL, appreciated thesignificant role played by IETE in the field of electronics andtelecommunication. Smt Smriti Dagurr , Chairperson, IC&CC,presented the overview of the theme whereas the welcomeaddress was delivered by Shr i K Subbi Reddyy, CentreChairman. The session was moderated by Dr Surendra Pall,President, IETE. The expert panelists were: Prof B L

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IETE Apex Fora is a platform for exchange of meaningful ideas on cur rent state-of-the-ar t technologies and regulatory issues of national interest. It is one of IETE main technical events, presided over by President IETE and its overview is presented by theChairperson Industr ial Coordination & Consultancy Committee IETE.

Felicitations dur ing the Apex Forum on " Geo Spatial Technologies" at Hyderabad

Deekshatuluu, Former Director, NRSC, Hyderabad andDistinguished Fellow, IETE; Shr i G Satheesh Reddyy,Outstanding Scientist & Director, RCI, Hyderabad; Prof A D Sarmaa, Former Director, Research & Training Unit for

Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, Hyderabad;Dr K Venugopal Raoo, Group Head, Geoinformatics Group,NRSC, Hyderabad; Dr A Vinay Babuu, Intergraph,Hyderabad. During the occasion the Centre felicitated- Shr i GSatheesh Reddyy, Outstanding Scientist & Director, RCI,Hyderabad, for receiving the Homi Bhabha Memorial Awardof Indian Science CongressAssociation 2013-14. The meetingconcluded with the vote of thanks by Shri K Gnaneshwar Rao,Hony Secretary of the Centre.

rd“Smar t Cities”-- The 3 Apex Forum of the year wasthorganized at India International Centre, New Delhi on 26 July

20144 and graced by number of distinguished speakers. SmtSmriti Dagurr , Chairperson, IC&CC and President Elect 2014-15, presented her views on smart cities, how it gathers datafrom smar t devices and sensorss in its roadways, power grids,buildings and other assets and shares that data via smar tcommunications systemm to create valuable information anddigitally enhanced servicess. She pointed out the Hon’blePrime Minister’s future plan on Smar t Citiess in India in whicharound 100 smart cities are being thought to be outfitted with high-tech communication capabilities across the country withthe investment of $1.2 billion over the next year. She appealedto the speakers for feasible initiatives to be able to worktowards the mission.

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The expert panelists present were: Dr Biplav Sr ivastavaa, Sr Researcher & Master Inventor, IBM Research, ACM SeniorMember from IBM ; Dr Rajeev Shorey,, Programme Directorin IT Research Academy, Dept of Elec & IT, GOI; DrMuzaffar Ahmadd, Member, National Disaster ManagementAuthority New Delhi; Mrs Smita Singhh, Dy Commissioner,Income Tax, Noida; Shr i Amit Bhatnagarr , Asstt Director,Faculty Marketing & Controller of Examination, AIMA–Centre for Management Association, New Delhi; MrShammim Khan,, Jt Dir (Systems) NIELIT, New Delhi; MrsTulika Pandey,, Sci ‘F’ Dept of Elec & IT, MCIT, GOI; Shr iReji Kumar Pillai,, President, India Smart Grid Forum, NewDelhi and Shr i R K Vermaa, Dean, Sharda University, Noida.

Dr Rajeev Shoreyy pinpointed the looming key challenges inenabling ‘Smart Cities’, including some technical challenges.He called for a close collaboration between Government,private sectors and research labs. Dr Biplav Sr ivastavastressed on the need for data management, pattern analyzationand optimization of outcomes for integrated serviceinformation so as to improve department operations. DrAhmadd gave an alarming statics on increase in population andurban development that has expanded the already existing gapin demands and supply of necessary infrastructure services. Hementioned about Emer gency Management Exercise

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Apex Forum on " Smar t Cities" at New Delhi

((EMEx), for coordinated, timely and adequate response toknown and unforeseen disasters. Mrs Smita Singhh, was of theview that a concerted, cohesive, integrated and scalableapproach should be adapted instead of importing the worldwidesolutions of Smart cities to Indian scenario. Shr i AmitBhatnagarr felt that the rural areas needs to be developed;political system to be made accountable through E-Governance; mentality of common man needs to be changed forbringing in the feeling of security. Shr i R K Vermaa said thateach city should have their own vision for the type of smartercity, it wishes to become. He stressed on having a singleemergency number for all the emergency services. Shr i RejiKumar Pillai,, President, India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), shedlight on how Smart grid assets can be leveraged to build smartercities. He informed in detail about the ideal features for a smartcity like building integrated GIS data for all infrastructure &services; smart electricity grids to ensure 24x7 stable electricityto all citizens; high levels of distributed renewable energyintegrated with the grid; green public transport, Integratedbilling systems for a variety of service; Digital securitysurveillance systems; Intelligent building with integratedbuilding managements, etc. The key to the Smart cityestablishments according to Dr Tulika Pandeyy were theinvestments made in human, social and transport. Emphasizingon the role of the IT, she said that IT- should be allowed tointervene but it should not command our lives. She highlightedthe need of enhancement for infrastructure, governance,citizen, education, healthcare, mobility, security, energy,technologies as smart cities requirements. She said India shouldstart with smart buildings with Indian thinking, Initially there should be integration of city data & processes with commercialapplications and services.

During the closing discussions it became clear that in India thecases for Smart Cities are still vague and greatly vary dependingon the objective. Commonality does however exist in theapplication domains that are to be integrated. All agreed that toensure success, a political, regulatory and legal support withrespect to security and data protection are important as well asthere should be sustainability of the solutions.

th“E-Services”-- The 4th Apex Forum of the year was held on 9Aug 20144, organized by IETE Mumbai Centre. Dignitaries ondais were: Dr S Pall President IETE; Smt Smriti Dagurr ,Chairperson IC&CC and the expert panelists were : Shr i G STutejaa, Chief Signal & Telecomm. Engineer-Western Railway;Shr i Deepak Mukher jeee, GM (Planning) MTNL, Mumbai;

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Shr i Sanjay Kumarr , Jt GM- TCIL, Mumbai; Prof N B Patill,Officer on Special Duty– DTE Maharashtra; and Shr i KiranDoshii, Sr Consultant, TCS Ltd. Dr S Pal, President IETEpresided over and emphasized on the importance of the ‘e-services’ in day to day life. Shri G S Tuteja’s presentation wason “E-Services Initiatives by Indian Railways”,, wherein hediscussed various e-services offered by Indian Railways inticket reservation systems, freight management, employeesand internal management. Shri Deepak Mukherjee, spoke on“E-Services in MTNL”” and gave details on e-services offeredto public, employees of MTNL, Govt, and Police departments,i.e., SMS based service “Travel Safe When Alone”, launchedby MTNL and Mumbai Police for safety of women whentraveling alone or during odd hours. Shri Sanjay Kumar, talkedon the topic of “E-Service: Government Initiatives”.. Hispresentations gave insight into various initiatives and schemesoffered by government in the area of ‘e-services” implementedthrough TCIL. Prof N B Patil presented details on e-inter facesoffered by DTE for admission procedure for diploma, UG/PGengineering etc. in Maharashtra while handling very largenumbers of students every year. Shri Kiran Doshi, talked indepth on the front end and backend technology used indevelopment of e-services for small scale enterprises based onthe TCS ‘iON’platform.

All the speakers explained excellently how “E Services” havechanged the whole system and made the work easier and faster in their respective fields. Issue of cyber-threats, hacking and securityconcerns were deliberated. Each of the presentation was followedby questions/ doubts rose by the audience. The event was graced byIETE Distinguished Fellows and eminent Governing CouncilMembers. The event ended with summing up by the PresidentIETE.

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Apex Forum on E-Services in progress at Mumbai

Newly Elected IETE Governing Council Members (2014-17)Congratulations to our newly elected Governing Council Members

Prof C Murali (F-090040L)), is BE (Electronics) fromBangalore University and ME (Electronics) fromBITS, Pilani. He is an academician with thirty nineyears of experience and has authored books on

Computer Communication Networks, Data Communications &Computer Networks. His areas of interest are Microwave Engg,Computer Networks, Wireless & Mobile Networks. He has beenattached to IETE Bangalore Centre for a long time and servedIETE as its Council member and Chairman Academic Committeeduring 2006-09, 2010-13.Under his guidance, various activitieslike syllabus revision, introduction of CGPA system, publicationof lab manuals and learning materials, dual programs wereinitiated. He is actively engaged in the preparation for the proposedIETE University and accreditation of IETE programs.

Lt Gen (Dr) Rajesh Pant, AVSM, VSM (Retd) (F-177312L),, holds PhD in Information Security, MTechfrom IIT Kharagpur, Master of Management Studiesfrom Osmania, Hyderabad and MPhil from Chennai

University. After over forty years of unblemished and disciplinedservice to the Nation as a Leader and Mentor in the glorious IndianArmy, he superannuated after reaching highest rank of LieutenantGeneral in Signals on 30 June 2014. He is a renowned techno-scholar-warrior with experience of Sri Lanka & Kargil operations,Winner of 2013 IETE Baliga Award, he incubated three patents inprevious establishment through visionary and innovativeleadership.

Prof K Raja Rajeswar i (F-116012L),, obtained hergraduation, post graduation and doctoral degrees inElectronics and Communication Engineering fromAndhra University, Visakhapatnam. She served at

Andhra University in various capacities during 1982-2013. She isauthor of four text books published by Pearson, PHI, IKInternational and published about three hundred research papers innational, international conference proceedings and journals.Twenty Students have received their PhDs under her guidance andhas guided about ten scholars. She is recipient of many prestigiousawards. Served as Chairperson for IETE Visakhapatnam Centrefor two consecutive terms 2006-2010. During her previous tenureshe served as South Zone Coordinator and Chairperson TPC.Presently, she is working as Principal of Viswanadha Institute ofTechnology and Management (VITAM), Visakhapatnam.

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Prof D Narayana Rao (F-135193L),, worked as Prof atS V University, Tirupati and as Director, NARL/ISRO.28 students have received their PhD degrees under hisguidance. Published 121 papers in international

journals. Presently working as Director-Research at SRMUniversity. Overviewed development and launch of the satelliteSRMSAT built by the students of SRM University. Convener ofIndian Science Congress at SRM in 2011. Was the founderChairman of IETE Tirupati Centre, member of GoverningCouncil, Chairman, BORE and Co-Chairman, TPC. Fellow ofNational Academy of Sciences. Received several awardsincluding Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Award (ISCA) presented bythe Hon'ble Prime Minister of India.

Shr i K S Prakash Rao (F-113444ll), is BE, MBA andpresently MD of M/s Snehal Powertel Solution,Hyderabd. He has rich and varied professionalexperience of more than forty years in telecom sector.

He served as Chief Engineer in charge of Telecommunication inAPTRANCO for more than eight years. He is actively associatedwith activities of IETE from four decades in various capacities.Served as Governing Council Member during 2004-2007 & 2009-2012; as Zonal coordinator South & Vice-President IETE. ShriRao has been instrumental in the upgradation of many Sub-Centres and establishment of new Sub-Centres.

Prof (Dr) B Visvesvara Rao (F-133078L),, retired asAssociate Professor, after over thirty seven years ofservice from Dept of Electronics & CommunicationsEngineering, JNTU College, Kakinada. Presently, he is

the Professor & HOD, ECE, Mahaveer Institute of Science &Technology, Hyderabad. He holds BE (Telecommunications,Andhra Univ), ME (Instrumentation & Controls Systems, JNTU)& PhD from Andhra University. He has authored six ECE bookson Electronics with Pearson Publication. Prof Rao is also theDirector of Neo Silica Technologies Ltd, Hyderabad.

Prof (Dr) A K Saini (F-101917L), is PhD from Delhi University and Postgraduate in Physics and Computers& Management. He has served Industry for about six years and IETE as its Governing Council Member

during 2009-12; as Hony Treasurer and Chairman- Board ofExaminations during 2010-12, as Hony Secretary in 2004-2005 &Chairman 2006-08 for IETE Delhi Centre. He is currentlyProfessor (IT) at GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi, also the

Director of Industry Interaction Cell and Convenor of CareerGuidance and Placement Cell of the University.

Casual Vacancy (2014-15)

Prof (Wg Cdr (Retd)) Pradeep Prabhakar (F-030017L),, joined Indian Air Force in 1975 and tookpremature retirement as Wg Cdr in 1997. Since then as

Director Principal, he has established about six engineeringcolleges, two technical universities. He has been associated with

IETE for more than thirty five years, He was the Centre Chairmanof Chandigarh Centre and Governing Council Member, (2004-06)and Elected Member (2010-13). As Chairman Chandigarh Centre,he ensured construction of seminar hall, established five ISFs andconducted two national seminars. In Governing Council meetings,he takes keen interest in solving various issues and promoting thecause of IETE. He has served various Committee(s), as Chairman,Co-Chairman or as member. He is actively pursuing the cause ofIETE Technology University.

Ex-Officio IETE Governing Council Members ( 2014-16)

Dr D C Pande (F-126202L),, is an OutstandingScientist at Electronics & Radar DevelopmentEstablishment, Bangalore. Holds Bachelor and MasterDegrees in Electronics from Garhwal Univ, PhD in

Applied Physics from Univ of Allahabad. He is one of the pioneerscientists who had started research activities in the field of NuclearElectromagnetic Pulse and High Power Electromagnetics in India.Besides, he is involved in the Electromagnetic Design of variousRadar Systems, Combat Aircraft and other Combat Vehicles of thecountry. He is also involved in design, development and evaluationof various types of antennas for all Radar programs of DRDO.Member of many professional societies, recipient of manyprestigious awards, has authored more than hundred & fiftytechnical papers published in various journals and conferences andmore than fifty technical reports. He is the Chairman IETEBangalore Centre.

Gp Capt KP Gowd (F-183790L),, obtained his BTechin ECE with distinction from S V University, Tirupatiand ME with specialization in Microwaves and Radarfrom IIT, Roorkee. He has varied experience in siting,

installation and commissioning of Radars and Communications.He was with DRDO for eight years. He has fifty four researchpublications and five technical reports with a copy right to hiscredit. He is a Life Member of All India Management Association,Aeronautical Society of India and Fellow of IETE. He had authoreda book on Stealth Aircraft Technology in Hindi and English.Presently, he is Director (Ground Segment) at Dedicated SatelliteControl Centre, Bhopal and the Chairman, IETE Bhopal Centre.

Shr i S K Angra (F-116278L),, Chairman of IETEChandigarh Centre, iss B Sc Hons in Physics & MScPhysics from Punjabi University, Patiala and MTechfrom IIT Delhi. He has thirty three years experience in

R&D of instruments in CSIO, Chandigarh, a sister concern ofCSIR, New Delhi. He retired as Scientist ‘G’in 2009. Has expertisein development of plasma based dry etching equipment for

processing of VLSI circuitry and spectrophotometric equipmentfor trace analysis based on UV-Vis-IR region. Developed fivetechnologies and transferred two for commercial exploitation toindustries. Shri Angra has published 23 research papers ininternational/national journals/symposia. Many MTech studentsand two PhD students have completed their thesis work onindigenously developed technologies under his leadership. Lifemember IETE, CSI, OSI and ISI.

Shr i S Ramaswamy (F-011794LL), belongs to 1971batch of Indian Broadcasting (Engineers) Service and isan IETE graduate. During his thirty six years of servicein AIR & Doordarshan, he established large number of

AIR & TV stations, served as Engineering Head at major DDKendras. He was the head for TV coverage by Doordarshan formega sports event of National Games in 2002 & for 1st AFROAsian Games in 2003 and has lead the technical team to Athens (Greece) Olympic Games in 2004 for extensive coverage. ShriRamaswamy has received Akashwani Awards thrice for technicalexcellence. After retirement as the Chief Engineer in 2007, heserved as the Chief Project Consultant to Tamil Nadu Govt forabout 2 yrs where he received, designed and established DigitalCable TV Network for the state. He has served as Central CouncilMember & Chairman of Chennai Chapter of BES(I)and asExeCom member at IETE Chennai Centre. He is the ChairmanIETE Chennai Centre for the term 2014-16.

Maj I M Kapoor (F-141737L),, is a retired HODElectrical Engg, Pusa Polytecnnic and Ex Major NCC Signals. He is a FIE, FIETE, LM-ISTE, NAFEN,Member Press Club of India, & Central Secretariat

Club, Delhi and Guest Faculty for more than a decade at top EnggColleges of Delhi, like IP University Campus, Delhi College ofEngg, NSIT and Hotel Mgmt Institute. He was the ExecutiveCommittee Member Delhi Centre for three terms.

With his capabilities and experience we look forward to himfor the uplift of Delhi Centre & IETE fraternity.

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IETE Annual Awards for the Year 2014(IETE Congratulates all the Awardees)

Prof K Jaya Sankar (F-174479L),, received BTech inECE from NBKR Institute of Science & Technology,Vidya Nagar, AP; ME and PhD degrees from the Dept of ECE, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is

working as Prof and HOD of ECE at Vasavi College ofEngineering, Hyderabad. He has twenty four years of teachingexperience in Electromagnetics, Antennas, DigitalCommunication and Microwave and Radar Systems. His researchareas of interest are in Coding Theory, RF & WirelessCommunications and GeneticAlgorithm based antenna design. Hehas published more than twelve papers in national andinternational journals and more than twenty papers in national andinternational conferences. He is a Member of IEEE, Fellow ofIETE and IE (I).He is the Chairman, IETE Hyderabad Centre.

Shr i R N Lahir i (F-160464L),, Chairman IETEKolkata Centre,, holds degrees in Science and ElectricalEngineering (Honours), and a post-graduate diploma inComputer and Control Engineering. He has over thirty

three years of professional experience in Information Technology,Energy and Utilities Sector. As Principal Consultant, currently heheads the Group of Energy and Utilities Practice in TCS, India.Prior to joining TCS, worked as systems professional in National Thermal Power Corporation (6 years), Larsen & Toubro (3 years)and Regional Computer Centre, Calcutta (3 years). Has led severalsuccessful business initiatives with overseas consulting companiesas well as large domestic clients for partnerships and projectawards. He is a certified Quality Analyst (Quality AssuranceInstitute, USA), a Tata Business Excellence Model InternalExaminer (Tata Quality Management Services, India), SEI-CMMcertified professional and assessor.

Prof S S Thale (F-190620L),, BE in ElectricalEngineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering,Mumbai, ME in Control Systems from VJTI and aCertified Energy Auditor (CEA). He worked with

Siemens Ltd. Thane before joining Fr C Rodrigues Institute ofTechnology, Navi Mumbai, where currently he is working as anAssociate Professor in Dept of Electrical Engineering. He is also aFellow of Indian Society of Lighting Engineers, AssociateMember of Indian Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE). His research interests arePower Electronics, Renewable Energy, Microgrids andSmartgrids. He is the Chairman, IETE Mumbai Centre.

C ol S P Sin gh (R et d ) (F -156348L ),, wascommissioned in the Corps of Signals of the Army inAug 1964. His career comprises of a variety ofinstructional regimental, staff appointments. He has

been instructor at MCTE Mhow. He specializes in ElectronicWarfare. He commanded an EW Unit and retired after about 35years service in uniform in Jan 1989. He has been Hony Treasurerof IETE Noida Centre since 2012 and is now the Chairman for theterm 2014-16.

Prof S K Khedkar (F-050956L)), Chairman PuneCentre, is MSc, ME (Tel). He is a Fellow of IE, Lifemember of MISTE, C Engr. Earlier, he was theProfessor COEP and Principal DYPIET Pune. He has

authored fifteen electronics text books. He has served as anElectronics expert for UPSC and MPSC, Project guide for ME at Pune and Marathwada Universities. Prof Khedkar has been HonyTreasurer, Pune for 2012-2014, Editor for IETE local news-bulletin and is concurrently the Managing Editor for IETE onlinejournal for Innovation and Research.

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IETE MAINAWARDSIETE recognizes outstanding achievements of individuals in the fieldof Electronics, Telecom, IT and related areas through its variousawards. The IETE Board of Recognition of Excellence (BoRE)finalized the awardees for the year 2014, which are as follows:-IETE - Ram Lal WadhwaAwardAwardee: Dr Lalit Kumar, DRDO, BangaloreIETE - Hari Ramji ToshniwalAwardAwardee: Dr Sanjeev Kumar, CSIO, ChandigarhIETE - Lal C VermanAwardAwardee: Shr i Pranav Prakash Singh, SAC, ISRO,AhmedbadIETE –IRSI (83) (Main &Young ScientistAward)The name of theAwardees are awaitedIETE - Prof S N Mitra MemorialAward

Awardee: Dr Goutam Chattopadhyay, NASA, USAIETE - B V Baliga MemorialAwardAwardee: Dr Vijay Tulashiram Ingole, Prof Ram Meghe

Institute of Technology & Research,AmravatiIETE - N V Gadadhar MemorialAwardAwardee: Dr Kandarpa Kumar Sarma, Guwahati UniversityIETE – CEOT (94)Award (Biennial)Awardee: Dr Ram Sevak Singh, NIT, KurukshetraIETE – Brig M LAnandAwardAwardee: Dr M S Ali, Prof Ram Meghe College of Engg and

Management,AmravatiIETE - Biman Behari Sen MemorialAwardAwardee: Dr Sudip Misra, IIT Kharagpur

IETE-Life TimeAchievementsAwardAwardee: Prof B L DeekshatuluIETE- Smt Ranjana Pal MemorialAwardAwardee: Shr i Kamla Prasan Ray, Sameer, IIT BombayIETE - Prof K Sreenivasan MemorialAwardAwardee: Dr S Malarvizhi, HoD, Dept of E&C, SRM

University, ChennaiIETE - Smt Triveni Devi Gupta MemorialAwardAwardee: Smt Geeta Varadan, Director, ADRIN,

Secunderabad (AP)IETE - TechnomediaAward forYoung women in Engineering - 2014Awardee: Mrs Leena Bokil, Pune

IETE has eight corporate awards one in each of the four areas ofElectronic Components, Computer & Telecommunication Systems,Development of Software and Electronic Instruments &Instrumentation, separately for Large Enterprises (Les) and Micro/Small/ Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for recognizing performanceexcellence of the corporate sector (establishment/organization /serviceentrepreneur/ Industry). The awardees in these categories are

IETE-Corporate Award for Performance Excellence inDevelopment of Software (MSME)

Awardee: Neosilica Technologies Pvt, HyderabadIETE Corporate Award for Performance in Electronic Instrumentsand Instrumentation (MSME)

Awardee: KomolineAerospace Ltd,Ahmedabad

IETE CORPORATE AWARDS – 2014

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This year no nominees were recommended for the followingAwards :

IETE-Bimal BoseAward,IETE-B R Batra MemorialAward, IETE- R S KhandpurAward, IETE-Smt Manorama Rathore MemorialAward and IETE–CorporateAwardfor Performance in Computer & Telecommunication Systems(MSME)No nominations were received in respect of :

IETE-CorporateAward for Performance Excellence in ElectronicComponents (Large Enterprises & Micro/Small/ MediumEnterprises), IETE-Corporate Award for Performance Excellence inDevelopment of Software (Large Enterprises), IETE CorporateAwardfor Performance in Electronic Instruments and Instrumentation (LargeEnterprises) and IETE–Corporate Award for Performance inComputer & Telecommunication Systems (Large Enterprises).

IETE-Prof SVCAiya MemorialAward,

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Out of all the articles published in IETE Journal of Research,IETE Technical Review and IETE Journal of Education in thecalendar year 2013, the following articles have been selected forawards by the Board of Recognition of Excellence. The awards willbe presented during theAnnual Technical Convention -2014.

(i) IETE SK Mitra Memor ial Awardd for the best researchoriented paper titled, “Optimal Frame Rate Allocation andQuantizer Selection for Unicast and Multicast WirelessScalable Video Communication” by Nitin Khannaa andAditya K Jagannathamm, published in Jan-Feb 2013, JR,Article No 28_12.

(ii) IETE J C Bose Memor ial Awardd for the best engineeringoriented paper titled, “Digital Non-linear Controller-basedActive Power Filter for Harmonic Compensation” by PKaruppanann and Kamala Kanta Mahapatraa published inJul-Aug 2013, JR,Article No 60_12.

(iii) IETE M N Saha Memor ial Awardd for the best applicationoriented paper titled, “A Wideband Endfire DirectionalMicrostrip Antenna with Metamaterials” by Han Xiongg andJ ing-Song Hongg published in Mar-Apr 2013, JR, Article No 156_12

(iv) IETE K S Krishnan Memor ial Awardd for the best systemoriented paper titled, “An Ultra-low-power Integrated RF

Receiver for Multi-standard Wireless Applications” by J ieJ inn and Kui Fuu published in Jul-Aug 2013, JR Article No 167_12

(v) IETE-CDIL Awardd for Industry for the best papercontributed by authors working in industry paper titled,“Understanding Single” Event Effects in FPGA for AvionicSystem Design” by B Vibishna, K S Beenamolee and AnilKumar Singhh published in Nov-Dec 2013, TR, Article No77_13

(vi) IETE Gowri Memor ial Awardd for the best paper on topicon general interest titled, “Steganography in DigitalImages: Common Approaches and Tools” by SamerAtawneh, Ammar Almomanii and Putr a Sumar ipublished in Jul-Aug 2013, TR,Article No 689_12

(vii) IETE Students’ Journal Awardd for the best papers fromIETE Journal of Education

Bipolar Multiplexed Pulse Width Modulation by PHar i Kr ishna Prasadd, published in Jan-Jun 2013, JE, Article No. 2_08.

Built in Self Repair Architecture for SRAM usingRedundancy Logic by N M Siva Mangaii, published inJan-Jun 2013, JE,Article No 33_10

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The winners of the NTPC - 2014 are -

(a) 1st Prize- Mohammed Ismail for the paper " Weed RemovalRobot-AFirebird V Overview"" .

(b) 2nd Prize - M Preethi and J Nivetha for the paper " QualityEvaluation of Wheat using Microwaves"" .

(c) 3rd Prize - PSarath Kumar and S Thalavai Shanmuga Balajif o rthe paper " Real Time Auditor ium Power Supply ControlUsing Image Processing"" .

IETE- National Technical Paper Contestheld at IETE Kochi Centre (NTPC-2014)

IETE Academic Awards-2014Following are the recipients of the IETE Academic Awards :

Subramanian Thyagaraja Awardd for securing the highest percentagewith 6.5 GPA and above marks and completing Part 1 of Section A in oneattempt without exemptions.

Computer Science Stream

Singam SettyAnil Kumar (SG-204989) GPA7.4

AMIETE Council Award-II for securing the highest percentage with 6.5GPA and above marks and completing Part-II of Section A in one attemptwithout exemptions.

Electronics & Telecom Stream

Haobam Pramod Kumar Singh (SG- 231592) GPA6.83


Kshetrimayum Jasma Devi (SG-234319) GPA7.00

AMIETE Council Award-III for securing the highest percentage with 6.5GPA and above marks and completing Part 1 of Section B in one attemptwithout exemptions.


Sanjana P (SG-221263 ) GPA 7.59

Information Technology (IT) Stream

Huidrom Dinachandra Singh(SG-218094) GPA 7.79

Nameirakpam Debendra Singh (SG-230001) GPA 7.79


Haobam Pramod Kumar Singh (SG-231592) GPA 7.20


Ashutosh Kumar (SG-210462) GPA 6.79

AMIETE CouncilAward-IIII for securing the highest percentage with 6.5GPA and above marks and completing Part II of Section B (except project)in one attempt without exemptions.


Asif Ali Khan (SG-210439) GPA 7.75


K Ratheesh Kumar (SG-128546) GPA 8.0


Nameirakpam Debendra Singh (SG-230001) GPA 8.25

Smt Radhabai Kapre Gold Medal Awardd for securing the highestpercentage with 6.5 CGPA and above marks and completingAMIETE in 4years without exemptions.

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Dharmendra Kumar (SG-215714) CGPA 8.51


Saurabh Yadav (SG-212263) CGPA 8.44


Anil Kumar (SG-212586) CGPA 7.37


Bhanu Kumar A (SG- 223419) CGPA 8.22


Bhawna (SG-216099) CGPA 8.33


Huidrom Dinachandra Singh (SG-218094) CGPA7.88

Har i Mohan Memor ial Awardd to a girl student securing the highestpercentage with 9 GPAand above marks in both the mathematics papers ofET, CS & IT streams of the AMIETE examinations conducted in the firstyear (Jun & Dec exams) of her registration with IETE.


Nongmaithem Tabasana Devi (SG-231591) GPA 10


Saramgthem Somi Chanu (SG-231636) GPA 10


Judy Tingnamai (SG-231644) GPA 10

M Kaovala Rong (SG-231645) GPA 10


Kshetrimayum Jasma Devi (SG-234319) GPA 10

AMIETE–Gopal M Dandekar Memor ial Awardd to a girl studentsecuring the highest percentage with 6.5 CGPA and above marks andcompletingAMIETE (considering ET, CS & IT streams of current Jun andpervious Dec exams together) in four years without any exemptions.


Rajeshi (SG-214235) CGPA8.03

DipIETE Council Pr ize-II for securing the highest percentage with 6.5GPA and above marks and completing Part 1 of Section A in one attemptwithout any exemptions.


Sanjna S(SD-232912) GPA 6.5


Nayana G (SD-233235) GPA 8.25

Jasina N V (SD-233010) GPA 8.25

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Electronics & Telecom StreamPeramsetty Sudhakar(SD-235522) GPA 8.25

DipIETE Council Pr ize-III for securing the highest percentage with 6.5GPA and above marks and completing Part-II of Section A in one attempt without any exemptions.

Electronics & Telecom StreamJinitha A (SD-231293) GPA 7.75Computer Science StreamAnumol M J(SD-229824 GPA 8.25

Electronics & Telecom StreamP Saranya (SD-227090) GPA 7.5Computer Science StreamJaisna N V(SD-233010) GPA 8.5

DipIETE Council Pr ize-IIII for securing the highest percentage with 6.5 GPA and above marks and completing Part I of Section B in one attemptwithout any exemptions.

Computer Science StreamSinuja K (SD-229107) GPA 7.0

Computer Science StreamDhrubojit Gogoi(SD-212389) GPA 8.5

DipIETE Council Pr ize –IVV for securing the highest percentage with 6.5GPA and above marks and completing Part-II of Section B in one attemptwithout any exemptions

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Electronics & Telecom StreamSaranya Swamidas P (SD-221965) GPA 8.0Computer Science StreamDeepak Ranga(SD-221510) GPA 7.6

Electronics & Telecom StreamR Vijayan (SD-227296) GPA 8.66Computer Science StreamMufeeda T K (SD-229014) GPA 7.0Renju Prem A (SD-229030) GPA 7.0

DipIETE Council Pr ize-VV for securing the highest percentage with 6.5CGPA and above marks and completing DipIETE in 3 years without any exemptions.

Electronics & Telecom StreamJoginder Pal (SD- 220528) CGPA 8.09Computer Science StreamSooraj S (SD-221872) CGPA 8.14

Electronics & Telecom StreamNajum S (SD-222625) CGPA 7.95Computer Science StreamPinki Kumari (SD-222631) CGPA 7.57

DipIETE–Gopal M Dandekar Memor ial Awardd to a girl student forsecuring the highest percentage with 6.5 CGPA and above marks andcompleting DipIETE (considering ET & CS streams of current June and previous Dec exams together) in three years without any exemptions.

Computer Science StreamSreesha M (SG-221723) CGPA8.09

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News from Centres

AHMEDABAD

• A blood donation campp was organized at IETE Ahmedabad

Centre's premises with the help of Ahmedabad Red CrossthSociety on 5 April 2014. Publicity of the event was done

through email, sms posters. With the support of IETEStudents, Exec Committee members and volunteers about 16 bottles of blood could be collected. A certificate was given toeach donor by the Red Cross.

• An industr ial visitt to GIDC Electronic Estate, Gandhinagar

was arranged on 12th April 2014 for corporate members andstudent members of the Centre. The industries visited were:Greenfield Control Systems (India) Pvt Ltd – ElevatorDivision; Space Trance Pvt. Ltd; Greenfield Control Systems(India) Pvt Ltd–CNC Division and ReveAutomation LLP.

• The World Telecommunication & Information Society

Day- 20144 was celebrated jointly with Gujarat/Ahmedabad

To mark the 46th World Telecommunication Information Society Day (WTISD-2014),, IETE called upon all Centres to take practicalsteps and plan awareness on the issues underlying the theme "Broadband for Sustainable Development". The IETE Centres chalked out wide range of programmes in observance of the day that included lectures, technical talks, discussions by experts and professionals with afocus on the use of broadband technology and Information Communication Technologies (ICT's); on policies/priorities that couldaccelerate the roll-out of broadband so as to make it more affordable and accessible to all citizens empowering them with information andknowledge to meet their aspirations and to achieve the overall goals of sustainable development.

The repor ts received from IETE Centres on var ious technical activities including WTISD celebrations are as below:-

Chapters of Institute of Engineers (IE), IEEE CommunicationSociety, Computer Society of India (CSI), Gujarat Electronics& Software Industries Association (GESIA) on 17th May2014 at Bhaikaka Bhavan, Ahmedabad. The event wassupported by Ahmedabad Chapters of Broadcast EngineeringSociety & Association of British Scholars and sponsored byBharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL). Shr i B K Sinhaa, CGM,Gujarat Circle, BSNL was the Chief Guest of the function andthe keynote speaker was Shr i Ajay Nawanii, AVP– Global

Presales, Chief Cyberoam Learning. In their presentationsboth the dignitaries highlighted the progress of technology, itsimportance for the development of mankind, efforts made byBSNL to reach every corner of the country and the difficultiesbeing faced the organization. The interactive session aftereach presentation made the event further interesting. ShriUresh Mehta from IE welcomed the audience, Dr N P Gajjar from IEEE-CS talked briefly about the participatingorganizations, Shri Prakah Mehta from GESIA introduced thetheme of the day whereas Dr Nilesh Modi from CSI, proposedthe vote of thanks. Shri Chintan Bhatt, Chairman IETE,Ahmedabad Centre read out the message from the SecretaryGeneral, ITU.

• The WTISD 20144 was observed by the Centre on 17 May

20144, and graced by Er AK Mishraa,AGM, BSNLAllahabad,as the Chief Guest. It was presided over by Prof K K Bhutanii,DF. The welcome address was delivered by the ChairmanIETE Allahabad Centre. Prof Jagdish Prasad, Hony Treasurer,read out the message of Secretary of ITU. A lecture wasarranged on "Optical Fiber Communicationn" by Er M KSinghh. Er G S Shuklaa and Dr G S Darbar ii both expressedtheir views and highlighted the advantages of broadband. ProfNar Singh,, Centre Chairman,, delivered a talk on

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Communication covering RF transmission, microwavetransmission, satellite communication, optical fibercommunication and dense wavelength division multiplexingin reference to the bandwidth. Er A K Mishraa spoke on thebroadband policy of Indian government and informed that theaim is to provide optical fiber connectivity to each village of the country. Prof Bhutani summarized the proceedings of thefunction while Dr R S Yadav, Hony Secy, proposed vote ofthanks.

• Atwo-day a Zonal Seminar was organized on " ICT : Current

Perspective"" on 12-13 April 2014 at Allahabad. Thedignitaries on the occasion were: Er SC Mishraa, MemberTelecom Services, Min of Communications, GOI, as the ChiefGuest; Er Pradeep Kumarr , GM, NCR & CORE, IndianRailways, as Guest of Honour and the S N Ghosh awardee,ProfAshoke Senn, Padma Vibhuhan, along with others.Afilmon IETE was also displayed on this occassion. Dr J N Tripathi,Convenor of the seminar told about the objectives and detailsof the seminar. Prof Ashoke Sen delivered the Prof S NGhosh Lecturee on "Search for unified theoryy" and alsoreleased a souvenir. The Chief Guest and Guest of Honour,enlightened the audiences on the telecom policy in thecountry. About 200 persons were present in this inauguralfunction. The seminar was spread over four technical sessionsand a panel discussion. The Tech Session-II was chaired byProf KK Bhutanii, in which Er Tarun Prakash, Sr CSTE, NewDelhi, delivered an invited talk on "Automatic TrainProtection System on Indian Railways"" and EArun Kumar,Sr CSTE, on " IT Application on Indian Railways"" . OnApril 13, 2014, in Tech Session II, Prof B B Tiwar i,, JaunpurUniversity, delivered a talk on "Aspects of SolutionsTransmission in Optical Fiber and Photonic CrystalMedia and their applicationss". In Tech session IIII, Prof R R Tiwar ii, HOD, EC, University of Allahabad, spoke on" Cloud Computingg". In addition to this, eight researchpapers were presented by the authors. The session was chairedby Prof S G Prakashh. The Tech Session IVV was devoted tothe undergraduate students. Four papers were presented in thissession. Ankit of BNCET Lucknow got the first prize ofRs.1001/- and Neeraj of Dept of EC, University of Allahabad,got the second prize of Rs. 501/-. The seminar was wellappreciated and covered by the local newspapers.

The Sub-Centre conducted following activities :–

• A workshop on "Calibration Standards" in collaboration with

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the Ambala Scientific Instruments Manufacturers Associationwas held on April 03, 2014. The Ambala Cantt industrial unitsparticipated.

• A visit to Indo-Swiss Training Centre, Chandigarh and CSIO,

Chandigarh for the design and development of MEMS basedinstruments. A delegation of IETE and ASIMA membersvisited jointly.

• A seminar on Skill Development at Cll, New Delhi under the

aegis of the Skill Development Corpn. of India Ltd, attendedby DrAnil Jain, ChairmanAmbala Centre.

• Discussion on the syllabus of Optical Instrumentation and

Metrology and a workshop on "Fibre OpticalCommunication" at local Sanatan Dharma College, AmbalaCantt on May 17, 2014.

• The in-house newsletter "Wavelength" of IETE Ambala was

published for the period Jan-Jun 2014. This year the Sub-Centre printed three issues of its bulletin.

A technical fest " Go Green Vidyotan 2014"" was organizedduring IETE Students' Day in Feb 2014 at Sipna College of Enggand Tech, chaired by Shr i Jagdish Guptaa, President of SipnaShikshan Prasarak Mandal. The other notables who spoke duringthe occasion were: Shr i V C Vishwakarmaa, Exec Dir, India BullsPower Ltd. Amravati, and Dr S A Ladhakee, College Principal. Onthis occasion a special program of Blood Donationn was organizedby office bearers of Amravati Centre in collaboration with NationalSocial Service (NSS) UNIT of the College. All corporate membersand students members of Amravati Centre enthusiasticallyparticipated in this special event. More than 50 members donatedblood.

thThe 7 IETE Annual Conferencee on RF, Microwave andthWireless (Icon RFW-14)) was organized during 08-10 May 2014

jointly by the Centre and Dept of ECE of HKBK College of Engg,Bangalore. The conference was an exclusive RF, Wireless andMicrowave event which encouraged youngsters to embrace thisexciting and expanding field of electronics, mobile and

thtelecommunication sector. The event started on 8 May 2014 with tutorials on RF, Wireless, Microwaves and Antennas handled byeminent personalities from industry, Shr i Tami, Nandakumarfrom RFDM and academia- Dr R K Manjunathh, RVCE & DrMahadevan,, PESIT. The conference was inaugurated by the

thPresident IETE, Dr Surendra Pall on 9 May 2014. Other IETEdignitaries present on the occasion were : Dr M H Kor ii , General

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Chair of ICONRFW; Shr i D Rajagopall, Chairman, BangaloreCentre; Shr i Venkateshh, Hony Treasurer and Shr i H S Bhatiaa,Hony Secretary of the Centre, Dr T C Manjunath, CollegePrincipal; Prof Hussain Ahmed, HOD-ECE. In the selected 200papers, about 72 papers were chosen for oral presentation & the

strest for poster session. Two keynote sessions organized on the 1 &nd2 day were by Dr M H Korii and Dr A K Singhh respectively. Two

parallel oral sessions along with 6 poster sessions were organized,chaired by Dr M H Kori; Prof H S Bhatia; Dr G V Jayaramaiah;Prof & HOD-Dr. AIT, B'lore; Dr P V Hunagund, Prof GulbargaUniv; Dr Vani R M ,Prof Gulbarga Univ; Dr S N Mulgi, ProfGulbarga Univ; Dr P V Rao Prof SKIT, B'lore; Dr Aravinda, Prof.ECE, Acharya Inst. of Tech., B'lore. The conference culminatedwith the valedictory function. This 3-day conference witnessedparticipants from all over the country that included authors,employees from ISRO, CUSAT, LRDE.

• A one-day workshop on Electronic System Design

Manufactur ing (ESDM)) was held on Mar 28, 2014 at Rayat& Bahra Institute of Engineering Bio-Technology, MohaliPunjab. Dr Pawan Kapurr , Ex Director, CSIO, Chandigarh;Wg Cdr D N Mishraa, Vice-President, IETE; Dr VinodKararr , Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Optical Devices &System, CSIO, Chd, Dr Amol P Bondekar,, PrincipalScientist, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh were the Guests ofHonour, and delivered their expert talks on ESDM. ShriRavikant Verma, HOD, ECE Dept, RBIEBT, acknowledgedthe contribution of eminent professors and experts.

• Col Gursewak Singh (Retd)), popularly known as Col Guruu,

delivered an invited talk on "Stress Managementt" on Apr il19, 2014 at IETE Centre, Chandigarh.. He described thevarious techniques of managing stress. He spoke at length on

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improving marital relationship, art of happiness and stressmanagement, anger control etc. He also demonstrated thecosmic therapy a technique for reducing the stress. Thelecture was highly informative and educative.

• The Centre celebrated WTISD-20144 on May 17, 2014 at its

premises with the welcome address by Dr C Ghanshyamm,Centre Chairman. Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Hony Secy of theCentre read the message received from Dr Hamadoun I Toure,Secretary General, ITU. Shr i Subrat Kumar Prustyy,Director (International Co-operation), DoT, Govt of India,New Delhi, spoke on "Broadband for SustainableDevelopmentt". Shr i Rajesh Kumar Bansall, DGM, BSNL,Panchkula, talked on " Wired and Wireless Networks"" .Both the talks were highly appreciated. Dr Amod Kumarr ,Chief Guest and Acting Dir, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh spoke at length on the development communication technologies.Wg Cdr D N Misra (Retdd) Vice President IETE, addressed the audience on the occasion.

• Dr Devdas Shettyy, Dean SEAS, University of District of

Columbia, USA, delivered an invited talk on " Emergingissues in Mechatronic Design and Manufactur ing"" onJuly 15, 20144 at AcSIR-CSIO, Convention room, Sector-30-C, Chandigarh. Dr Don Reamerr of Lawrence TechnicalUniversity, Michigan, USA, accompanied the guest speaker.

The WTISD 20144 was celebrated in Chennai under thethauspices of IETE Chennai Centree on 17 May 2014.. Gathering

of around 100 people from various walks of life in the venue was anencouragement to the organizer, Dr V Thulasibaii, Hony SecretaryIETE, who welcomed the gathering. The theme of the year" Broadband for Sustainable Development"" was very wellexplained to the audience by Guest of Honour, Dr K Gir idhar,Dept of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai and ChiefGuest of the function Major Mohammed Ashraf Khann, CGM(Telecommunication), Tamil Nadu Circle, BSNL Chennai, whowas also the keynote speaker. Other speakers were: Shr i S KAggarwall, Chairman Broadcast Engineering Society, (I); Shr i TM Gunarajaa, Chairman, Institution of Engineers, TamilnaduState Centre; Shr i S Seshadr ii, Past Chairman, IET ChennaiNetwork; All Engineering fraternity and professional bodies likeIEEE, IET, IE (I), CSI & BES in the city were represented byrespective President / Chairman to felicitate IETE Chennai CentreVote of thanks aws proposed by Prof D Vijendra Babuu, HonyTreasurer.

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The Sub-Centre organized a seminar on "Your Wish YourCommandd" by Shr i Tejashwi Pavatee, on Aug 2-3, 2014. It wascoordinated by Prof S V Viraktamathh, Hony Secy,IETEDharwad Sub-Centre. Prof S S Kerurr , Centre Chairman, alsograced the function.

The Centre celebrated WTISD-20144 in a befitting manner.Shr i Prabir Kumar Das,, Director, STPI, inaugurated the

thprogramme as the Chief Guest on 17 May, 20133 at the IETEGuwahati Centre. He stated the importance and growing need foraccessible broadband technology that are used as effectivedelivery vehicles for health, education, governance, trade andcommerce. Shr i Prasanta Saikia,, Centre Chairman enlightenedthe audience on the history of WTISD. Dr Kandarpa KumarSarmaa, HOD of ECE, Guwahati University, presented thekeynote address and Bijoy Goswamii, Asstt Prof, Deptt. of ETE,Assam Engineering College, Jalukbari, was the Guest Speaker.The students of IETE Guwahati Centre displayed a Posterprepared by them on the theme and interacted with the invitedspeakers and guests on various aspects of Broadband

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Par ticipants at the seminar " Your Wish Your Command"

Connectivity. Shri Aswini Narzari, Hony. Secretary, read out theMessages of Secretary General, ITU and the vote of thanks wasoffered by Tasiruddin Ahmed, Hony Treasurer, IETE GuwahatiCentre.

nd• The Centre organized Prof Ganti Subrahmanyam 2thMemor ial Lecturee on 12 April, 2014, inaugurated by Dr T

H Chowdaryy, Past-President and DFIETE. Dr B V RMohan Reddyy, CMD, Infotech Enterprises Ltd Hyderabadand Shr i B Satyam,, CEO, Neo Silica Technologies,Hyderabad, delivered the Memorial Lectures on " DisruptiveTechnology, Frugal Innovation and Social Change"" and" Inter net of Ever ything Technologies for India"respectively. Shr i K Subbi Reddyy, Centre Chairman, briefedthe background history of the Memorial Lecture. Dr BVisvesvara Raoo, Programme Coordinator and Dr NiranjanPrasadd, Chairman, TP&S Committee, IETE HyderabadCentre introduced the Chief Guest and speakers respectively.Shri K Gnaneshwar Rao, Hony Secy, IETE Hyderabad Centrepresented vote of thanks.

• The IETE Hyderabad Centre jointly with CTMS and BES,thHyderabad Chapter celebrated 46 WTISDD on the theme:

th" Broadband for Sustainable Developmentt" on 17 May2014. Dr F C Kohlii, Father of IT in India and Founding CEO,TCS, inaugurated the celebrations as the Chief Guest. Shr i KSubbi Reddyy, Centre Chairman, presided over programmeand gave an overview of the theme. The Chief Guest, Dr F CKohlii, also addressed the gathering on the above occasion. Dr

thT H Chowdary-CTMS 10 Endowment Lecturee wasdelivered by Shr i N Vittall, IAS (Retd.), former Chairman,Telecom Commission & Secy, DOT and Chief VigilanceCommissioner. Dr T H Chowdaryy, former IT Advisor, Govtof AP addressed the gathering. The Centre felicitated Dr F C

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Kohli, the Chief Guest and Dr T H Chowdary, Past Presidentand Distinguished Fellow, IETE.

th• PROF K K NAIR 11 Memor ial Lecturee was organized on th24 May 2014 at IETE, OU Campus, Hyderabad wherein Shr i

G Satheesh Reddyy, Outstanding Scientist & Director, RCI,Hyderabad spoke on " Trends in Missile Avionics"" and DrSuneetha Reddy Kovvur ii, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist,UK on "Medical Electronicss". Shr i K Subbi Reddyy,Chairman, IETE Hyderabad Centre presided over theprogramme.

• The Sub-Centre celebrated WTISD-2014 on the topicth"Broadband for Sustainable Development"" 17 May 2014

with members & students. The eminent members present onthe day were: Er Amrendra Narayann, APT (Retd); Er A CMishraa, GM, BSNL (T&D), Circle Jabalpur and Er NVishwakar ma,, Centre Chairman. Dr Ashish Tiwar ii,Lecturer, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur,addressed the gathering. Er A C Mishra G M, in his address highlighted the use of Broadband and the BSNL's future plansfor its extention it in rural areas. Er Amrendra Narayan's talk centered on the the very wide use Broadband in rural areas forSustainable developments. Hony Secretary, of the Cente Dr(Mrs) Mukta Bhatele proposed the vote of thanks.

th• The Independence Day was celebrated on Aug 15 , 2014

where in tthe Chairman Er. N.Vishwakarma, hoisted the flag,and national anthem was sung by all the members andstudents. The sweets were distributed to the members,students & children present.

IETE Rajasthan Centre Jaipur in association with ISF ofManipal Univer sity J aipurr (MUJ) campus successfully

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IETE Jabalpur Sub-Centre celebrating WTISD - 2014

organized IETE Zonal Seminar–Nor thh on the theme "FutureTrends in Communication Technologies"" from August 22 -23,2014. It was attended by dignitaries from International andNational universities, IETE and BSNL. The objective of theconference was to to deliberate upon the trends and progress in thearea of emerging technologies in communication; facilitateinteraction amongst the Indian fraternity and the Internationalspeakers in this field; enhance the state of the art researchcollaborations amongst various groups; and to build humanresources in this emerging area. The Chief Guest, Dr S Pal,President IETE, in his inaugural address emphasized on the visionof having wireless future by 2020. He enlightened the audienceover evolution of the communication technology from past topresent era. The Guest of Honour, Shr i N K Singhh, PGM, Jaipur,expressed the undeniable benefits of the communicationtechnologies. Prof Sandeep Sanchetii, President MUJ, shared his views on the futuristic trends in communication technologies andstressed on the need of saving energy. In his address he said, "EveryHertz of energy reused will make communication more robust,cheap and add value in life". It was followed by messages by otheremimenent dignitaries Shri Sanjay Kumar, Chairman IETE Zonal Seminar, Shri Gunjan Saxena, Chairman IETE Jaipur Centre, ProfKumkum Garg, Dean FOE, MUJ. At the end of the inauguralprogramme vote of thanks was given by Dr V N Tiwari, Head, ECE,MUJ.

Technical sessions began with the expert lecture on "PhotonicFunctional Devices for Large Capacitive Networks"" by theInternational guest Dr Hiroyuki Tsudaa, Dept of Electronics &Electrical Engineering, KEIO University Japan. Keynote lectureswere also delivered on "Circular Microstrip Antenna: NovelDesign Formula Based on Bhatnagar's Postulate" by Dr S KBhatnagarr , SKIT, Jaipur; "Super-Wi-Fi Wireless Local AreaNetwork for Long Distance Internet in Rural Areas" by Prof P CJainn, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida; "Nano-electronics

and materials" by Dr Shivendra Nath Sharann, MUJ and"Networking and Algorithm for Computation Technologies" byProf Kumkum Gargg, MUJ, in different technical sessions.

More than 80 technical papers were presented by researchersand students projecting futuristic trends in communication.Research papers were related to high speed communicationnetworks, RFID and sensors based communications, VLSI designof communication systems, Microwave and SatelliteCommunication, Wireless and Optical Communication, Signaland Image Processing, Trends in Antenna technologies,Development of mobile applications. The conference saw theparticipation of around 100 delegates, including students andfaculty members of MUJ and various other universities from allover Rajasthan state. Besides technical sessions and expertlectures on the emerging trends in communication systems andtechnologies, the conference also delved on the growingimportance of Indian industries and workforce in communicationdomain. The conference also provided a platform for SmartTechies Private Limited and ARM bedded group for a technicaldemonstration on new communication techniques. The two dayNational conference was finally concluded by convener of IETEZonal Seminar, Dr Ghanshyam Singh, MNIT, Jaipur; Dr RajeshKumar, MNIT, Jaipur; and Prof Vivekanand Tiwari, MUJ, Jaipur.

The IETE) Kakinada Centre Building was inaugurated byProf G Tulasiram Dass, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor JNTUK,Kakinada and Dr Surendra Pall, President IETE, New Delhi on

th11 June 2014. The other eminent persons present on the occasionwere: Prof K Lakshminarayanaa, Chairman M&CC; Prof KSatya Prasad Chairmann, Kakinada Centre; Pro K Padma Rajuu,Hony Secy, Kakinada Centre; Sr i K Subbi Reddyy IETEHyderabad Centre Chairman, Prof K Raja Rajeswar ii, Prof BPrabhakara Raoo, JNTUK Officials, members of IETE andrepresentatives of other affiliated colleges.

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A section of the audience dur ing IETE Zonal Seminar

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KATHMANDU

The Centre & the IE (India) Kanpur Centre, jointly celebratedth46 WTISDD celebration on the theme "Broadband for

thSustainable Development"" on 17 May 2014 at IIT Kanpur in thepresence of around 90 members of IETE Kanpur & IE(I) Kanpur,who attended the programme. Prof Amalendu Chandra,, DeanR&D, IIT, Kanpur, graced the event the Chief Guest, while Prof YN Singh,, Electrical Engg Deptt, IIT Kanpur, was the keynotespeaker on the occasion. The welcome address was delivered by DrNarendra Kohlii, Chairman IETE, Kanpur Centre. Dr PradeepKumar, Chairman, IE, Kanpuir Centre read out the message fromITU. In an informative lecture, Prof Y N Singh explained theimportance of broadband in the modern human life. The ChiefGuest also expressed his views on Broadband for sustainableDevelopment. The mementos were presented to the dignitaries bythe senior members of IETE Kanpur Centre & IE(I) Kanpur Centre.Vote of thanks was proposed by Er U S Yadav, Secy IETE Kanpur Centre.

Celebrations of WTISD-20144 at Kathmandu Centre wasorganized at a national level on 17 May 2014 by Min of Info andComm (MOIC) Govt of Nepal, Nepal TelecommunicationsAuthority (NTA) and managed by the IETE Centre. Shr i SumanPrasad Sharmaa inaugurated the program as a Chief Guest. In hisspeech the IETE founding chairman, Shr i Suresh Pudasainihighlighted the historic background of the ITU day, significance ofthe program, and role of IETE. The keynote speaker Shr iManohar Kumar Bhattaraii gave presentation on theme of the day" Broadband for Sustainable Development"" and discussed thekey issues. The program was followed by panel discussionmoderated by the Secretary, Shri Sharma and where MD of Nepal Telecom, Director of Ncell, Chairman ISPAN and other eminentpersonalities participated in the discussion. The program wasconducted by IETE Hony Secretary, Shri Keshava Raj Gnawali.

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thThe 46 World Telecom & Information Society Dayy wascelebrated jointly by IETE Kochi Centre, IE(I) Cochin LocalCentre, IEEE Kochi Section and CSI Cochin Chapter at IETE

thKochi, on 17 May 2014. The meeting was presided over by Er NM Kumarr , Centre Chairman. Dr Suresh K Nairr , Chairman, IEEEKochi Section read out the message received for the day from the Secy Gen, ITU. The Chief Guest, Dr Deepti Das Kr ishnaa, AssocProf, Rajagiri School of Engg & Tech, (RSET), Cochin, delivered atechnical talk on Broadband for Sustainable Development.. Thetalk centered on the analog bandwidth and the digital capacity ofthe four primary transmission links commonly in use. Theproblems in the last mile portion of the Fiber-to-the-Home access were also covered in the presentation.

The Industry - Institute Par tnership Cell of Techno India,Kolkata,, organized workshops on 29 Mar 2014 in association withthe IETE Kolkata Centre on "Document Secur ityy &Telecommunication Networkingg". It was graced by Shr i S CRudra,, Chairman, IETE Kolkata Chapter as the Chief Guest. Theresource person were : Prof (Dr) J K Mazumderr , Dean CSE

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Dr Deepti Das Kr ishna, Assoc Prof RSET, Cochin,being felicitated by IETE Kochi Centre

Inauguration of the building at IETE Kakinada Centre

Kalyani University and Shr i S Baner jeee, CEO WelkinInfrastructure Ltd, Kolkata. Prof Mazumder discussed at length themodern electronic security measures of documents and ShriBanerjee spoke about various networking elements of present-daytelecommunication systems. Both the discussions were veryinformative and beneficial to the students present in the workshop.Around 97 students, both ISF members and non-members attendedthe workshop.

The World Telecommunication & Information SocietythDayy was celebrated on 17 May, 2014 in association with ITI Ltd

Mankapur, Gonda (UP). An event named "Run for Wor ldTelecommunication & Information Society Dayy" was alsoorganized in ITI Township in which over 200 persons includingchildren, ladies & gentlemen took part. The event was graced byShr i Pradeep Pandeyy, Unit Head of ITI Ltd. Mankapur, as ChiefGuest on the occasion. The welcome address and message of Dr Hamadoun I Toure, ITU Secretary General, was read by Shr i S CYadava,, Centre Chairman. Speeches were delivered by thedignitaries. On-the-spot quiz was organized by Shri Sushil Kumar,Hony Secy of the Centre. The essay writing competition wasorganized and prizes were distributed to winners.

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MUMBAI

MYSORE

NASHIK

PALAKKAD

The Centre celebrated 46th WTISD on May 27, 2014 atPadmabushan Vasntdada Patil Prathisthan's College ofEngineering, Sion, Mumbai, jointly with IET Mumbai Network,IEEE AES/COM India Chapter, IEEE COM/SOC BombayChapter and BESI, Mumbai Chapter & IETE Navi MumbaiCentre. The welcome address was by Shri G H Joshi, ViceChairman. Mr Freddy Dinshaww of IET Mumbai Networkdelivered introductory message. Sr i P S Khuranaa of BES(I) readout the message of Dr Hamadoun Toure, ITU Secretary Generaland Chairman IEEE AES/COM India Chapter Mr Bakirr of IEEEread out the Message of UN Secy Gen to the audience.

The speaker on the occasion, Shr i K P Kumarr , Retd. CGM ,WTP, BSNL Mumbai, delivered very interesting talk on the thetheme and explained how the broadband has made things simpler& easier in our lives. It was attended by many senior members ofIETE and others. The programme ended with vote of thanks byShri Parag Walinjkar, Hony Secretary of IETE Mumbai Centre.

During the celebrations of WTISD -2014 Dr K Raghuveer,Prof & Head. IS Dept, NIE Mysore, delivered a technical talk on "Broadband for Sustainable Developmentt "on 20 May 2014.The message of the day released by ITU, was read out by Prof C RNatarajj.About 25 members were present on this function.

The WTISD-2014 was celebrated under IETE Nashik Sub-thCentre on 19 May 2014 in association with IE(I). The Guest

speakers on the occasion were: Er Suresh Babu Prajapatii, GM,BSNL, Sanchar Bhavan, Nashik and Dr Shir ish Sanee, VicePrincipal & HOD- Comupter Science & Engineering, K K WaghInstitute of Engineering Education & Research, Nashik.

thThe 46 WTISDD celebrations that were conducted at HotelthIndraprastha jointly with IE (India) on 17 May 2014, was

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WTISD 2014 being observed at IETE Mankapur Centre Shr i Rajendran, GM BSNL, deliver ing the keynote address

presided over by Dr N Balakr ishnann, Chairman, IE Palaghat LocalCentre. The welcome address was by Prof P Nandakumar,Chairman, IETE Palakkad Centre. Sr i T Rajendrann, ITS; GM,BSNL, delivered the keynote address on "Broadband forSustainable Development"" . Shr i C K Har idass, Chairman, SIC,IETE and Sr i A V Rajappann, Secy, IE (India) delivered thefelicitation speeches. Shri P Babu, Hony Secy, IETE proposed the vote of thanks.

• The World Telecommunication Information Society Daythcelebrated on 17 May, 2014.

• The Centre has instituted a new Memorial Award -Dr K RPhadke Memor ial Awardd in the memory of Late Dr K RPhadke, who contributed tremendously for the activities of theCentre. An amount of Rs 1 lac has been donated by the familyand friends of Dr K R Phadke to IETE Pune Centre for theaward. It is proposed that this award shall be given to a personwho has contributed significantly to the telecommunicationindustry. The referee panel will decide the name of theawardee from the received nominations for this award. Theaward will be in the form of Citation, IETE Memento andother felicitation protocols. The award winner shall deliver a lecture on his expertise. The award for year 2014 has beenconferred on Shr i V V Badawee, Dir, Badawe Engrs Pvt Ltd.for his extraordinary contribution in Defence Communication

tharea. Henceforth, the memorial lecture shall be held on 27April every on the birth anniversary of Dr K R Phadke.

thh th• The celebrations of 46 WTISD 20144 were organized on 18May 2014 at the Centre. Shri V M Patwari, Ex PrincipalAVPTCollege, Rajkot & FIETE delivered the welcome address. Thehistory of ITU was presented by Er C M Devanii, ChairmanIETE Rajkot Centre. The keynote speeches were delivered byDr Parag Rughanii, Asstt Prof & Head, Comp Science Dept,Christ College of Rajkot and Shr i Mohit Parbatt, EC Dept, RK University, Rajkot. Shri Pareshbhai Gosai, Member IETERajkot, read out the Message by ITU Secretary on the theme.The others presented the views on the topic included: Capt MG Purohit, Shri D M Pujara, Ms Dhara Sejpal, Shri UrveshDevani & Shri Gohel Harekrushna. The student members tooparticipated enthusiastically by keeping their views on thesubject.

• A technical lecture was delivered on " DermatoglyphicsMultiple Intelligence Test (DMI)"" by Shr i Uday Bhattt,Director, Genius Brain, was organized onAug 8, 2014.

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thThe Centre celebrated the 46 WTISDD on 17th May 2014 on"Broadband for Sustainable Development"" at Mepco SchlenkEngineering College Campus, Sivakasi. The Chairperson, Dr RShantha Selvakumar ii, Prof & Head, ECE Dept, read the messagefrom ITU Secretary General focusing on leveraging ICTs to helpadvance sustainable development. The guest speaker Dr KannanBalasubramaniann spoke on the features and characteristics ofbroadband. He discussed the current status of Internet andproblems in the Internet infrastructure and elaborated technologiesfor broadband as CATV, DSL, FTTH, XDSLand Home DNA.

• The WTISD 20144 was celebrated on 17th May 2014 withstudents and members of the Centre. Shr i James Sagayaraj,DGM, BSNL gave an informative presentation on the ITUtheme " Broadband for Sustainable Development" .. Shri NA Abraham, Hony Secy, read out the message from theSecretary General ITU and Shr i R P Nairr chaired the session.EC members, corporate members of IETE and lot of student members attended the function.

• Dr Lal C Verman Award Lecturee was delivered by theawardee Ms Athula Devii, Group Dir, Quality Assuarnce &

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The awardee Ms Athula Devi seen sitting(2nd from the r ight) on the dais with other luminar ies.

Reliability –Avionics Group, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, atthIETE Trivandrum Centre on 6 Aug 2014. The President

IETE, Dr Pal was also present on the occasion.

• A national conference on "Data Science and Engineer ingg"thwas organized on 8 Aug 2014 with more than 100

participants. The function initiated by lighting ofkuthuvillakku by the Chairman Er P Arumugam Pillai andthe Chief guest Dr P V Suresh,, Associate Professor, Schoolof Comp & Info Science,, IGNOU-New Delhi. The ChiefGuest spoke on Internet of Things. The other speakers Dr JSatheesh Kumarr , Bhartathiar University spoke on Medical informatics; Dr S Gopinath Ganapathyy, Head & Dir,Bharathidasan University, on "Importance of Data Science"and Dr L Arokiamm, St Josephs College, Trichirappalli, on"Cloud and big data" More than 50 papers were accepted byElsevier publication for publishing in Conference theProceedings.

• The IETE Vijayawada Centre in association with IE (India)Vijayawada Local Centre, jointly celebrated the function of

thh th46 WTISDD on 17 May 2014. The Chief Guest & speaker onthe occasion was Er K Sarath Babu,, Deputy GeneralManager (Administration & Planning), BSNL, Vijayawada,who delivered his address on the theme " Broadband forSustainable Development"" .

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• Dr T H Chowdaryy, FIETE, FIE, Former IT advisor to Govt ofAndhra Pradesh, delivered a talk on " Telecom, Internet,

thBroadband- Hope and Despair"" on 9 June 2014. Heenthralled the audience with his knowledge in wide spectrumof technologies.

• During the AGM of the Centre, the Centre's report onactivities, audit, balance sheet, income & expenditurestatement for the year 2013-14 were presented. The election results were announced and newly elected Exec Commembers were introduced. On the occasion an invited talk on"Ethical Hacking and Computer forensicss" was delivered by Shr i K Anand,, Member, Academic EC Council, whoelaborated on the security threats and about the computerforensic methods.

• On the occasion of WTISD-2014, Sr i RMM Krishna,, SeniorGM BSNL, Visakhapatnam, delivered an invited talk on" Broadband for Sustainable Development"" . Sri CDMalleswar, Centre Chairman and Prof Rajarajeswari,Governing Council member, IETE also shared their views onthe occasion.

• An invited talk on " Telecom, Internet, Broadband - Hope &Despair"" by Dr T H Chowdaryy, Dir, Centre for TelecomManagement Studies and Former IT Advisor to Govt ofAndhra Pradesh and Former Chairman & MD, VSNL, was

thorganized on 10 June 2014.

The newly inaugurated Yavatmal Subcentre organized anumber of activities in association with various ISFs, in the pastfew months :

" PRANETA-14"" a national level technical symposium inassociation with Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engg. &Technology,Yavatmal on Feb 21, 2014.

" Xplore-14"" a national level technical event on Mar 10-11,2014, and an expert lecture by Dr N N Mhalaa, Prof & Head, Deptof E&TC, B D College of Engg, Wardha on " Haptic Technology"with ISF, Jagdamba College of Engg & Technology, Yavatmal, onMar19, 2014.

" ANTRATECH-2014"" a national level technicalsymposium by Dr Bhausaheb Nandurkar College of Engg &Technology,Yavatmal, on Mar 19, 2014.

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Felicitations to the (Admn & Planning), BSNL, Vijayawada

Chief Guest Er K Sarath Babu, DGM

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OBITUARY

Dr M S Sanjeevi Rao (HF-0010):: IETE mourns the passing away of IETE Hony Fellow Dr M SSanjeevi Rao, who passed away on 3rd Sep 2014. He was the distinguished parliamentarian, an ableadministrator and a scientist, who served the nation in different capacities. IETE President visited hisresidence at Kakinada, along with few members, to pay condolences to the bereaved family.

Dr A K Chakravar ti (F-029721) :: With profound grief and sorrow IETE inform the untimely demise of Dr A KChakravarti, IETE fellow member, who left for heavenly abode on 17th Aug 2014. We pray to the Almighty to bestowpeace on the departed soul and grant courage to his bereaved family.

PAC Activities

ISF Activities

The events that were held in the Dept of ECE of S J CInstitute of Technology Chickballapur,, under the banner ofProfessionalActivity Centre and IETE Bangalore Centree were.

A technical talk on Satellite Communication by Dr K NShankaraa, Former Dir ISRO, Satellite Centre, on Feb 22,

th20144 attended by the students of 6 semester ECE and TCE

A workshop on Photovoltaic Systems and Applicationn inassociation with Optical Power Solutions, Bangalore, on Mar07, 2014.. About 174 Students of ECE and Mechanical Enggparticipated in the workshop.

KSHITIJ A 2014" ,, a national level Conference in"Electronics and Communication Engg" was held Mar 30,2014 at the Dept of ECE & TCE in Association with IETEBangalore Centre,, inaugurated by Prof H S Bhatiaa, HonySecretary IETE Bangalore Centre, Dr Gurumurthy REVAUniversity, Dr G K Suresh, SIT, Tumkur and Dr K N HariBhat. About 95 papers were received for the conference andabout 60 papers were selected in different category UG, PG

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• ISFF at Raghu Institute of Technologyy, Dakamarr i,Visakhapatnamm, was inaugurated by Prof P MallikarjunaRao, FIETE on Mar 10, 2014.. The college declared the entireweek as IETE week, wherein various events were organized ,viz. Paper Presentation, Poster Presentation, Short Films,Logical Games, Treasure Hunt C- Programming, TechnicalQuiz and Online workshops, etc.

• ISFF of Shr i Angalamman College of Engg & Tech,Tiruchirapallii, organized TELEFEST'14on Mar 22, 20144 toencourage the academic toppers and students gifted withtalents in co curricular activities. The ECE Alumna, MsJeyasri Subramanian, Lead Engineer, HCL Technologies,Chennai, graced the the event as chief guest . Amongst otherspresent were :Dr W Christ Raj, Principal; Dr N Saivaraju,Dean, and Dr S Suganthi, ISF coordinator; Mrs C Malarvizhi,Mrs PRajalakshmi, Mr C VinayagamoorthyAP/ECE.

• ISFF at Dept ECE of Vasireddy Venkatadr i Institute ofTechnology, Gunturr , celebrated the inauguration of ISF onApr 18, 20144 in the presence of Prof Dr T Venkateswara Rao,Hony Secretary IETE Vijayawada Centre. It was followed bya one-day workshop on VLSI & Embedded Systems by

and Faculty. Dr T Munikenche Gowdaa, Principal SJCITdelivered the presidential address. The event was organized byProf G K Venkatesh, Convener ECE, SJCIT, Chickballapurand Hony Treasurer IETE Bangalore Centre.

• ISFF at Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai,conducted a national level robotic workshop and competition (ROBOTRYST-2014) with IIT-Delhi on Feb 14-15, 20144, toprovide knowledge about robotics among students and makethem develop robots on their own. During the workshop 'RobotKits' were provided by sponsors free of cost. An intra college 'Project Expo' was jointly conducted by the ECE and EEEDepts on Mar 22, 20144. The national conference on"Innovative and Engineering Trends in Engineering andTechnology (NCIETET-14)"was organized on May 6, 2014.

• The recent activities conducted under ISF Sushila DeviBansal College of Technology (SDBCT) Indoree, were:Women's day celebrations on Mar 08, 20144; industrial visit atScientech Technology, Pvt Ltd, Indore, on Mar 26, 20144 ; anexpert lecture on "Scope in Nano Technology" by Dr R CDubey in the inaugural ceremony of ISF on Apr 07, 20144;industrial visit to Akashwani Indore on Apr 19, 20144 and oneday workshop on "LaTex- Introduction & Application "onMay 03, 20144 by Dr PP Bansod & Prof Gauri Gupta, SGSITS,Indore and expert lecture on "Applications of VLSI & WirelessTechnology" on May 17, 20144.

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resource persons Sri K Sidda Reddy garu, Applied MaterialsIndia Pvt Ltd, Bangalore and T Mallikharjuna Rao, GodrejSecurity Solutions, Bangalore.

• The ISFF members of Radharaman Group of Institutesorganized a technical visit to Indian Telephone Industry,Mankapur, UP on Apr 23, 2014,, during which the studentswere exposed to the exact equipments and process of theproducts of telecommunications in CMB components andSEAplant.

• ISFF at Narula Institute of Technology, Kolkata organized a Technical Paper Contest on Apr 30, 2014.

• A technical visit was arranged on May 02, 20144 by IETEBhopal Centre for ISFF members of Sagar Institute ofResearch & Technology, E-Engg College, Bhopal,, to ISROBhopal.

• ISFF at Nandha College of Technology, Erodee, with the Deptof ECE organized Association Inaugural Function with IETE Subcentre, Salem on Jul 3, 20144. The keynote address on theoccasion was deliverd by Dr S Arumugam, CEO, NandhaEducational Institutions and the event was graced by Shri RSenguttuven, Promoter & Shri S Ganesha Moorthy, Manager-Technical, Newton Technologies, Chennai, as Chief Guests. AMoU was signed between Newton Technologies & NandhaCollege of Technology during this event. An guest lectureentitled "Reconfigurable Architecture" by Dr S Natarajan,Prof & Dean- Electrical Sciences (R&D), United Institute ofTechnology, Coimbatore was organized on Jul 11, 20144. AnIndustrial seminar in association with IETE was organized onJul 19, 20144 by Dr T R Madhavan, 3G Core Network In-charge, BSNL-Tamilnadu circle, on "Advances in MobileTelephone Networks". ISF also conducted an Alumni meet onJul 20, 20144 . Further a guest Lecture on "Research Challengesin Digital Image Processing" by Dr P Arulmozhivarman isarranged on Jul 25, 20144. An academic one day Industrialworkshop entitled "Programming in FPGA & it's real timeApplication" delivered by Senthil Murugan, Proprietor &Project Manager of Industrial Automation Department,Ranases Technology, Coimbatore on July 31,20144 organizedby the Dept of ECE in association with IETE.

• A guest lecture on "Thermal Wave Detection & Ranging " by Dr G VSubba Rao, Prof, Dept ECE, College of Engineering,KL University was arranged on Jul 07, 20144 at ISFF of DADI I n st it u t e of E n gin eer in g & Tech n ology(DI E T ),Anakapalle.

• A two day workshop on Sixth Sense Technology for III YearECE Students was organized by ISFF at Department of ECE,

BVRIT Hyderabad College of Engineer ing for Women,Hyderabad,, in association with Indo Global Services on Jul9-10, 20144. Shri J Naga Vishnu Vardhan Coordinator of theprogram provided complete hands on session to help themcreate some applications like media player control powerpoint presentation control, mouse pointer control, takingsnapshoot from webcam using hand gesture.

• An ISFF was inaugurated at Dept of ETC of Sharad Instituteof Technology (SIT), Polytechnic, Yadravv, on July 11, 2014byy Dr Vikram S Patil, Chairman, IETE Kolhapur Sub–Centre,who delivered a keynote address on "Importance ofElectronics & Telecommunication in present days". Theeminent persons present on the occasion were Shri AnilBagane, Exe. Dir, Sharad Institute of Technology; Prof V SMane Hony Treasurer of the sub Centre; Prof B S Tashildar,Principal, SIT Polytechnic; Smt A N Naik, HOD ETC (1stshift); SmtAP Bhadvankar, HOD ETC (2nd shift) and Shri NA Shinde. It also a two-day Workshop on MATLAB" on Jul11-12, 20144 for diploma students, jointly with ELESA, WCE,Sangli. Shri Yogesh Nagmoti, & SmtAyesha Nejkar with theirteam guided about 100 students of ETC.

• ISF of PSG College of Technology Coimbatore,, organizedthe training Programme in NetSimAcademic Version7 on Jul12, 20144.

• ISFF at ANITS, Visakhapatnamm, organized a guest lecture on"Field Programmable Gate Array ( FPGA ) Design Flow and FPGA implementation of Direct Digital Synthesizer" by Dr NBalaji, Prof, ECE Dept, JNTU College of Engineering,Vizianagaram on Jul 23, 20144. On the occasion Dr K MuraliKrishna, Prof & Head, spoke on "FPGAs & theirApplications"

• A guest lecture on "Optical Communication" by Prof ASadagopan, Dy GM, BSNL, was organized by ISFF of Vel TechMulti Tech Dr Rangarajan Dr Sakunyhala Engg College, Chennai,, on Jul 31, 2014.. He shed light on the basic conceptsof optical communication & bridged the topics into real time applications.

• An expert lecture on Electromagnetics was organized by ISFof BITS Edu Campus, Vadodaraa, on Aug 02, 20144. ShriMrunal Parekh an expert from Raychem RPG Pvt. Ltd.conducted the lecture covering the real life applications ofElectromagnetics and briefly explained the softwareMaxwell's used for simulations.

• ISFF at Padmabhushan Vasandata Patil Pratishthan'sCollege of Engineer ing (PVPPCOE),, Mumbai affiliated toUniversity of Mumbai organized its third InternationalConference on Advances in Communication and ComputingTechnologies (ICACACT 2014) on Aug 10-111, 20144. The

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Conference was jointly sponsored by IEEE, IETE and CSI.The dignitaries were present for inaugural function includedDr S Pal President IETEE, Sr Advocate Shree AppasahebDesai, General Secretary- PVPPCOE; Smt Smriti Dagurr ,Chairperson IC&CC and President Elect IETE, Shri Bapat,IEEE Mumbai and Shri Atindra Bannerjee, Chairman IEEEMumbai Section, Shri Pramod Ambekar, Member ManagingCommittee– CSI, Prof Sushil Thale, Chairman IETE Mumbaiand Prof Chavan, Principal-Manahar Phalake Polytechnic,Sion Mumbai. Out of more than 100+ papers submissionsreceived from 7 countries, 52 papers on 15 different topicswere selected for final presentations. Two days conferenceICACACT-2014 with presentations from research

thcontributors in various domains ended on 11 August 2014with a great success.

• ISFF at SSM College of Engineer ing, Chennaii, incollaboration with ISRO organized "Space & Science EXPO2014" a 3-day exhibition during Aug 11-13, 20144. During thisevent students from nearby Institutions and the general public

are invited to take part in the exhibition by demonstrating theirprojects and also visiting the demonstration of ISRO delegatesand other participants.

• ISF Truba Group of Institutions, Bhopall, organized a expertlecture by Prof Deepk Bhatia, Rajasthan Technical University,Kota, on "Wireless and Mobile Communication" on Aug 12,20144.

• Col K S Chakravarthi (Retd), Immediate Past Chairman ofIETE Chennai Centre, delivered a guest lecture on 'Wireless

thCommunication and the road to 5 Generation MobileCommunication Technology' at ISFF of Adhi ParasaktiEngineer ing College, Melmaruvattur, KancheepuramDistt, on Aug 14, 20144. The lecture was attended by the IIIrdand IVth year students of ECE and IT Departments. On thesidelines, the speaker motivated the final year students toapply for Corporate Membership of IETE immediately afterpassing their final exam and encouraged the Faculties tobecome Corporate Members. The response wasoverwhelming.

Other EventsRaj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad,, Organized

AICTE sponsored National Conference on “Recent Trends inGeneration and Application of Microwave in Industr ies and ServiceSector”” on Feb 14-15, 2014. The luminaries who spoke on the occasionwere: Prof S C Guptaa, Dir (Academics), RKGIT; Dr S Pal,, President,IETE, who described the use of microwave in space, satellite andcommunication.; Prof S K Koul,, IIT Delhi, the keynote speaker, talkedabout the use of microwave phase shifter in Rajendra Radar. Prof A KSinhaa, CEERI, Pilani explained the design of Gyrotron and its applicationin various areas; Prof K P Singhh who explained microwave remotesensing and Shri Vipin Pasr ichaa, BEL, Ghaziabad who explained the useof RF and microwave in different radars. A proceeding was released onthis occasion containing 31 selected research papers. 150 delegatesconsisting of academicians, students and industry representativesparticipated.

New Organizational Member

C h a it a n ya Bh a r a t h i I n st it u t e ofTechnology, Kadapa (ORG-00485),, is anISO 9001-2008 certified Institution,established in the year 2008, approved byAICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to

JNTUA, Ananthapuramu. The Institution issponsored by Bharathi Educational Society, under the visionaryleadership of Sri. V. Jayachandra Reddy, who has been in thefield of education for the last 25 years with the intension ofspearheading quality education, his sense of perseverance is tomake the institution as one of the most sought-after center forexcellence through quality education. The Institute mainly aimsto impart education to students to develop their intellectualpowers, identify and cultivate interest and talents and make themto be responsible and eminent citizens of India. ProfPandurangan Ravi, the current Principal has worked in differentorganizations under various capacities for nearly 20 years. The college has state-of-art Infrastructure and well equipped,modernized lab facilities and modern class rooms & Collegelibrary has a rich repertoire of books. And above all the collegehas highly qualified and dedicated faculty to impart knowledgeto students. The courses offered are in B Tech (CivilEngineering, Comp Sci & Engg, Electrical & Electronics Engg,Electronics & Communication Engg); M. Tech (ElectricalPower System, Electronics & Communication Engg); P GCourse (MBA); Diploma Courses (Civil Engg, Electrical &Electronics Engg, Electronics & Communication Engg).

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Release of souvenir dur ing “Recent Trends in Generation and Application of Microwave in

Industr ies and Service Sector” at Ghaziabad

National Conference on

Celebrating IETE Achievers

Mrs Jaya Panvalkarr received school education from RenukaSwaroop Memorial Girl's High School, Pune (Formerly M E SGirls High School). She received the National Scholarship forher excellence in education in 1966 while completing hersecondary school education. She obtained degrees in BE andME in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering fromCOEP, Pune in 1972 & 1976 respectively, and simultaneouslydid her lecturership at COEP, Pune. She was a meritorious

student throughout and equally excelled in extracurricular activities. Under theUnited Nations fellowship program,she received fellowship to advance herresearch by completing her MS inElectrical Engineering with Computeras her major, from Colorado StateUniversity (CSU) in 1981. Shereceived exclusive training on thesesubjects at National Research Councilat Ottawa, Canada and HewlettPackard, USA. Her managementexpertise was developed though"Senior Executive ManagementProgram" at Stanford University USA& Indian School of Business atHyderabad, India.

Mrs Jaya Panva lkar wasextremely dedicated applied researcherat Central Water & Power ResearchStation (CW&PRS), Khadakwasala,Pune, for almost 23 years. During hertenure, she was instrumental in settingup th ree t i e r Min icompu te r /Microprocessor based data acquisition and control network on vast area of 200 hectares of CWPRS. She also setupmathematical modelling center, computerized random sea wave hydraulicallycontrolled wave generation systems, and many such advanced facilities. She wrote 50 papers and 5 technical memoranda. She was recognized for her extraordinarywork at Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of CWPRS.

After taking retirement from CWPRS as Joint Director in 1997, she pursuedProfessorship for a short period of two years, at Vishwakarma Institute ofTechnology, Pune. Shortly after this, she took over as Director and Chief TechnologyOfficer (CTO) of Irish Multinational "Pace Soft Silicon". She was responsible ashead of engineering for delivering solutions for "Camera enabled Video Smart

Phones" for video recording, replay, photo viewers, photo editing, video streamingand video conferencing. She closely worked with Intel, Microsoft, Texasinstruments as their "Independent Software Solutions Vendors" Solutions weresupplied to Motorola, Samsung, Asus, Palm, Hewlett Packard and many otherphone & PDA giants. She travelled across the globe for customer contract closures,ISV certifications & Merger andAcquisition drives.

Mrs Panvalkar worked with NVIDIA Graphics a US based, US$ 4 billionCompany, from 2005 to 2013 as Senior Director & Site Leader. She was as

instrumental in setting Pune Design centerfor NVIDIA Graphics, immediately afteracquisition of PACE SOFT by NVIDIA.She shouldered the responsibility ofmaking this Pune Center a weapon forglobal deliveries. The center was startedwith 65 people as an arm of Global ProductCompany of 4000 people and now has astrong team of about 1000 engineers after 8years. Under her leadership, the Punedesign center delivered many products toSouth East Asian market as well as to theglobal market.

One of the key areas of hercontribution is "Innovative PatentableIdeas" coming from NVIDIA Pune designcenter. She introduced a drive called"Innovision" in Pune design center topromote concept of innovation in youngengineers to develop their confidence.As aresult Pune center has filed 100 pluspatents (approved/filed) and number isincreasing even more. She herself hasseveral patents in her name.

The second key area was setting up NVIDIA GPU based supercomputing labsand teaching/research centers across Indian Educational and Research institutions.The Labs and centers were opened in almost all IIT's IISc's, University of Pune, topprivate institutes like VIT, COEP, VIIT, Walchand College, Sangli, ChitkaraUniversity, SSSIHL and many more. Under her leadership NVIDIA received manyawards, a few salient ones are "Government of Maharashtra IT Innovation award","BG Deshmukh Corporate CSR award". Individually she received "PrajMahaintraprunerAward" for her excellent contribution in developing NVIDIAPunecenter, as an entrepreneur.

MessageIn today's era many women are fortunate to receive high technical education.About 40 to 50 % careers of women are in IT and Electronics &Telecommunication fields. However, as we go up the pyramid and look at thispercentage at higher managerial, solution architects or high profile designer levels, we find that proportion of women engineers reaching top positions isvery low. With "Women Empowerment" motive of the magazine, I would liketo encourage all women engineers to set higher goals in their professionalcareers throughout their working life, think of their professional growth allalong and not just a supporting role in bread winning! Women should learnto "Empower" themselves. Three basic messages for Women in Technology are

· Be Empowered· Get Involved

· You can do it!!Follow these and then – Only Sky's the limit, my friends!

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IETE Kakinada Sub-Centre Upgraded to Centre

IETE Centres/Sub-Centres Office Bearers-2014-16

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th57 Annual Technical Convention

“Skill Development-Indian Scenar io”on

27-28 Sep 2014 at Delton Hall, IETE HQ, New Delhi-110003Other Programmes

46th Bhabha Memor ial Lectureand

37th Ram Lal Wadhwa Award LectureContacts :

Shr i P S Sundaramm, Chairman, T P & RGC, (M) 09811197746, E-mail : [email protected] i S R Aggarwall, Secy General, (M) 09811835828, E-mail : [email protected]

Shr i S K Aroraa, PRO, (M) 09312231206, E-mail : [email protected]

IETEDelegate fee

IETE Corp Members ` 1000/-

IETE Studentsand ISF Students

` 750/-

Nominees ofIETE Org Members

` 1500/-

Phones : 011-43538821/22 Fax: 011-24649429E-Mail: [email protected] Website: http:// www.iete.org

[email protected]

2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003

Dr S Pal S R AggarwalPresident Secretary General

th stRef: IETE/M/322/60 -AGM/2014 1 Sept 2014ToAll Corporate Members of IETE

Dear Sir/ Madam,

thNOTICE is hereby given for the 60 (2013-14) Annual General Meeting of the Institution which will be held at 1700 hrs on Fridayththe 26 Sep. 2014 at Delton Hall, IETE HQ, New Delhi - 110 003.

thYou are requested to make it convenient to participate in the 60 (2013-14) Annual General Meeting.

Thanking you, Yours faithfully,

S R Aggarwal(SECRETARY GENERAL)

TH THITEM 1 TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE 59 (2012-13) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2013 ATMUMBAI.The Minutes have been circulated through the Aug-Dec 2013 issue of the Newsletter (Vol 15 No 3, Page No 27-28). Nocomments have been received. The Minutes may be confirmed.

THITEM 2 TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT THE 60 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR2013-14.

thThe 60 Annual Report is available on our website www.iete.org.ITEM 3 TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT THE AUDITED BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 MAR 2014.The Audited Statement of Accounts for the year 2013-14 is given in the 60th Annual Report.

ITEM4 TO APPOINT AUDITORS FOR THE YEAR 2014-15.The Governing Council recommends M/s Chandiok and Guliani, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi, for appointmentas Statutory Auditors of the Institution for the year 2014-15 at an annual remuneration of`30,000/-

ITEM 5 ANY OTHER MATTER WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.Any other point, to be taken up at the meeting in accordance with Byelaw 69, may please be sent to reach the HQ Secretariat

thby 19 September 2014.

THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERS

th60 (2013-14) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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[email protected]

2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003Dr S Pal S R AggarwalPresident Secretary General

st stRef: IETE/M/323/1 -SGM/2013-14 1 Sept 2014ToAll Corporate Members of IETE

Dear Sir/ Madam,stNOTICE is hereby given for the 1 (2013-14) Special General Meeting of the Corporate Members of the Institution, which will be held in accordance with Byelaw 71 at 1800 Hours on Friday,

ththe 26 Sept 2014, at Delton Hall, IETE HQ, New Delhi – 110 003 to consider the following Agenda.You are, therefore requested to make it convenient to attend, if, for some unavoidable reasons, you are unable to attend the Meeting, you may exercise your vote through a proxy form

(attached), which should reach the Secretary General, IETE at 2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the Meeting i.e. 1800 Hours onth th24 Sept 2014. Proxies received after 1800 Hours on 24 Sept 2014 will be treated as invalid.

Thanking you,Yours faithfully,

S R Aggarwal(SECRETARY GENERAL)

ST THITEM 1 CONFIRMATION OF THE 1 (2012-13) SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF CORPORATE MEMBERS HELD ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2013 AT MUMBAI.The Minutes have been circulated through the Aug-Dec 2013 issue of the IETE Newsletter (Vol 15 No 3, Page No 29-31). No comments have been received. The Minutes may beconfirmed.

ITEM 2 CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS OF BYELAWSDetailed proposal as approved by the Governing Council is reproduced along with, for favour of consideration and approval.

Note: The Special General Meeting (SGM) of Corporate Members of the Institution is being held as per Clause 17 of the Articles of Association. Great significance is, therefore, attached to theviews that may be expressed by the Corporate Members on the amendments, revoking, altering or supplementing the Byelaws.


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Existing37. The President shall be elected every year by the Governing Council from amongst the

elected members of the Governing Council before the Annual General Meeting as perthe time table given below.(i) Letter inviting nominations 15 March(ii) Nomination to reach Returning Officer 05 April

(New)(New)(New)

(iii) Ballots to reach Governing Council Members 01 May(iv) Ballot to reach back Returning Officer 24 May(v) Result to be notified by Returning Officer 15 JuneThe term of President shall be for one year. he shall retire on completion of his term inoffice but shall be eligible for re-election for further one year in succession asPresident, and after completion of his period of office (one or two successive years, asthe case may be) he shall not be eligible for election at any time to the GoverningCouncil.In the event of the President being unable to perform duties of his office for anyreason, and has served any period, this shall be taken as a term served in theGoverning Council. To fill the resultant vacancy, the Governing Council shall choose one of its Vice-Presidents as President for the remaining tenure. however, this periodshall not be counted as having served one term in office.

(New)

41 (b) (i) Once in five years, not later than the last working day of January, the SecretaryGeneral shall send a Directory of the Corporate Members in good standing and

stentitled for nomination(s), as on 31 December of the preceding year. For the remaining four years, not later than the last working day of January of each year,

Proposed

37. The President shall be elected every year by the Governing Council, through on-line election process, from amongst the elected members of the Governing Councilbefore the Annual General Meeting as per the time table given below.

(i) Call of nominations 15 July(ii) Last date of receipt of nominations duly accepted by the nominees 31 July(iii) Last date for issue of notice for withdrawal of nomination(s) 02 August(iv) Last date of withdrawal of Nominations 07 August(v) Notification of Valid Candidates 09 August(vi) Start of Voting 14 August(vii) Close of Voting 29 August(viii) Declaration of Result by Returning Officer by 31 August

Same

In the event of the President being unable to perform duties of his/her office for anyreason, and has served any period, this shall be taken as a term served in theGoverning Council. To fill the resultant vacancy, the senior most Vice President will take over as President for the remaining term, however, this period shall not becounted as having served one term in office.The seniority of the Vice President will be decided by virtue of longer continuousperiod as Fellow of the Institution. In case of a tie, it will be by virtue of age.

The Governing Council of the Institution shall appoint the Returning Officer and twomembers of the Board of Scrutineers for conduct of election of the President.Whereas the Returning Officer will be a Past President, the Board of Scrutineers shallbe from Past Presidents and Distinguished Fellows, not serving the GoverningCouncil.

(i) the Secretary General shall send aDirectory of the Corporate Members in good standing and entitled for

stnomination(s), as on 31 March. For the remaining four years,of each year, the Secretary General shall send a list of Corporate

Every fifth year and not later than 15 April

not later than 15April new

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stMembers enrolled up to 31 and entitled for nomination(s) along with a liststof Corporate Members whose names were deleted as on 31 . Along with

this list, shall indicate the number of vacancies that are to occurin the year for the election to the Governing Council.

(ii) Thus, the total number of Corporate Members in good standing and entitled forstnomination(s) as on 31 each year, will be the Corporate Members listed in

the Directory of that year.

(iii) The Secretary General shall, not later than in each year, update the list of stCorporate Members in good standing and entitled for nomination(s) as on 31

March on the IETE website(www.iete.org). Simultaneously, the Secretary Generalshall arrange to send an email/SMS to all Corporate Members in good standing andentitled for nominations intimating that the Governing Council Election onlineprocess has started and they may nominate members.

(d) The consent of the nominees to accept office if elected thereto shall be obtainedonline along with a brief bio-data of the nominee not exceeding 100 words, in aformat prescribed by the Governing Council from time to time. A CorporateMember shall not nominate more candidates than the number of vacanciesdeclared for election to the Governing Council for that year. The last date of

online nominations duly accepted by the nominee will be (2400 h).

42. Withdrawal of Nominations: The list of valid nominations shall be intimated to eachnominee and he shall be asked whether he would wish to withdraw hisname from the Governing Council election.

. The Returning Officer in Consultation with the Board of Scrutineer(s)shall then prepare a list of contestants

.

43 (a) In the event of there being an election, the Returning Officer shall arrange online balloting. The Secretary General shall provide to the Returning Officer, the list of Corporate Members along with their mobile numbers and email addresses as on

st31 March. The Returning Officer shall put up the ballot along with the bio data onthe IETE website online voting link . The Corporate members in

stgood standing as on 31 March will be eligible for casting the vote. The ReturningOfficer shall also upload the procedure to be followed for online voting on the IETEwebsite. The Returning Officer shall activate the online voting process fromand deactivate on (2400 h) every year. The postal balloting system shall bediscontinued with effect from 2014 for Governing Council elections at IETE HQ andExecutive Committee elections at IETE Centres.

(b) Online voting facility will close on June (2400 h).

(c) In a meeting of the Board of Scrutineers, the online ballots as received shall becounted not less than three members including the ReturningOfficer and counting procedure of the valid votes shall becompleted by and the result to the President IETE.

MarchMarch

Secretary General

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15 April

receiptof 10 May

on 15 MayLast date of withdrawal of nominations

is 25 Mayand notification of valid candidates will be

done on 27 May of the calender year

through by 31 May

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by associatingand declaration of result

02 July submit

stthe Secretary General shall send a list of Corporate Members enrolled up to 31December of the preceding year and entitled for nomination(s) along with a list of

stCorporate Members whose names were deleted as on 31 December of thepreceding year. Along with this list, he shall indicate the number of vacancies thatare to occur in the year for the election to the Governing Council.

(ii) Thus, the total number of Corporate Members in good standing and entitled forstnomination(s) as on 31 December each year, will be the Corporate Members

listed in the Directory plus the list(s) of corporate members in good standing andstenrolled, which are added subsequently up to 31 December of that year and

stminus the list(s) of members deleted up to 31 December of that year.(iii) The Secretary General shall, not later than the last working day of January in each

year, update the list of Corporate Members in good standing and entitled forstnomination(s) as on 31 December of the preceding year on the IETE

website(www.iete.org). Simultaneously, the Secretary General shall arrange tosend an email/SMS to all Corporate Members in good standing and entitled fornominations intimating that the Governing Council Election online process hasbeen started and they may nominate members.

(d) The consent of the nominees to accept office if elected thereto shall be obtainedonline along with a brief bio-data of the nominee not exceeding 100 words of hisexperience and service to the Institution, in a format prescribed by the GoverningCouncil from time to time. A Corporate Member shall not nominate morecandidates than the number of vacancies declared for election to the GoverningCouncil for that year. The last date of online nominations duly accepted by thenominee will be 31 March (2400 h).

42. Withdrawal of Nominations: The list of valid nominations shall be intimated toeach nominee and he shall be asked whether he would wish to withdraw his namefrom the Governing Council election. Such withdrawals, if any, shall reach theReturning Officer not later than the last working day of April next following. The Returning Officer in Consultation with the Board of Scrutineer(s) shall thenprepare a list of contestants.

43. (a) In the event of there being an election, the Returning Officer shall arrange onlineballoting. The Secretary General shall provide to the Returning Officer, the list ofCorporate Members along with their mobile numbers and email addresses as on

st th31 March. The Returning Officer shall, not later than the 14 May in each year orsuch date as the Governing Council may approve, put up the ballot along with thebio data on the IETE website online voting link. The Corporate members in good

ststanding and entitled to vote as on 31 March will be eligible for casting the vote.The Returning Officer shall also upload the procedure to be followed for onlinevoting on the website. The Returning Officer shall activate the online voting

th thprocess from 15 May (0001 h) and deactivate on 30 June (2400 h) every year orsuch time and date as the Governing Council may approve. The postal ballotingsystem shall be discontinued with effect from 2014 for Governing Councilelections at IETE HQ and Executive Committee elections at IETE Centres.

(b) A One Time Password (OTP), which shall be valid for a limited period of time, shallbe provided by SMS/email to each corporate member so that he can exercise hisvote by ticking against the name of a candidate online. The total number of suchticks on the ballot shall not exceed the number of declared vacancies. Onlinevoting facility will close on 30 June (2400 h).

(c) In a meeting of the Board of Scrutineers, the online ballots as received shall becounted in the presence of not less than three members including the ReturningOfficer and counting procedure of the valid votes shall be completed within 7 daysof last date of online balloting and return the result to the President IETE.

E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] Phones : 011-43538821/22Website: http:// www.iete.org Fax: 011-24649429

2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003

The Secretary GeneralThe Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003I ________________________________________ Membership No __________________________ of ___________________ being a Corporate Member of the Institutionhereby appoint ______________________________________ of ___________________________________ or failing him _______________________________________

stof ___________________________________________________________ as my proxy at the 1 (2013-14) Special General Meeting of the Institution to be held on theTwenty Sixth day of September 2014 and at any poll in connection therewith.As witness my hand ________________________________________________________________________________________ day of ________________________ 2014Address _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Signature________________________Class & Mem. No__________________


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