Report on IEEE Madras Section Annual Meeting for the year 2015

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The IEEE Madras Section Annual Meet for the year 2015 was held on 31st Jan 2016 at the conference hall at the Alumni Centre, College of Engineering, Anna University. About 120 members attended the Annual Meeting.

Dr. N.R. Alamelu, Section Chair, welcomed the gathering and provided an overview and the highlights of the section activities during the year 2015. She thanked all the members and the execom for extending their support for successful conduct of the section activities.

Dr. N. Kumarappan, Secretary, read the minutes of the previous AGM (of 2014) and the same was approved by the members. It was proposed by Dr.S. Elangovan  and seconded by Dr. Ranganath Muthu.  Then he presented the Secretary’s Report for the year 2015, explaining in detail about the section, society, student branches activities, membership status and development etc. The report was approved by the members it was proposed by Mr.Arun and seconded by Dr.Hariharan.

Prof. A. Darwin Jose Raju, Treasurer, presented the Management Accounts (un audited accounts) for the 2015. It was approved by the general body.  It was proposed by Dr. Sivakumar and seconded by Dr.G. Udhayakumar. After few queries which were clarified. It was also informed that the audited accounts will be approved after March 31st 2016, during the Annual General Body Meeting.

Mr. H. R. Mohan, Vice Chairman, then announced and presented the cash awards and certificate of appreciation to the best performing student branches and the student branches with largest numbers of members and to the Xtreme programming contest award winners, best performing section societies etc.,

Awards given to Student Branches:

Out of the 42 SBs submitted their activity reports, after evaluation, 31 SBs were presented with cash awards and certificates.

Sl. No.	SB Code	Name of the SB	Location	Award Amount (Rs)	Certificate Yes / no
1	STB14231	Panimalar Institute of Technology	Chennai	10000	Yes
2	STB08101	Knowledge Institute of Technology	Salem	7500	Yes
3	STB29861	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College	Sivakasi	5000	Yes
4	STB64291	Karpagam College of Engineering	Coimbatore	3000	Yes
5	STB60891	KS Rangasamy College of Technology	Thiruchengode	3000	Yes
6	STB60551	Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	Chennai	3000	Yes
7	STB29741	Kongu Engineering college	Perundurai	3000	Yes
8	STB62851	St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering	Nagercoil	3000	Yes
9	STB04311	Prathyusha Engineering College	Chennai	3000	Yes
10	STB60101	St.Joeseph’s College of Engineering	Chennai	3000	Yes
11	STB28141	Thiagarajar College of Engineering	Madurai	3000	Yes
12	STB61411	Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology	Chennai	3000	Yes
13	STB15921	Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	2000	Yes
14	STB10731	Jeppiaar Institute of Technology	Chennai	2000	Yes
15	STB33311	Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	2000	Yes
16	STB05511	Dr. NGP Institute of Technology	Coimbatore	2000	Yes
17	STB2529751	Kumaraguru College of Technology	Coimbatore	2000	Yes
18	STB61401	Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering	Tiruchendur	2000	Yes
19	STB61491	Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College	Coimbatore	2000	Yes
20	STB64691	Jeppiaar Engineering College	Chennai	2000	Yes
21	STB60791	KLN College of Engineering	Sivagangai	2000	Yes
22	STB65101	M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering	Karur	2000	Yes
23	STB16621	Kings College of Engineering	Pudukkottai	2000	Yes
24	STB60981	Sri Sairam Engineering College	Chennai	2000	Yes
25	STB64491	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology	Sathyamangalam	2000	Yes
26	STB17721	Priyadharshini Engineering College	Vaniyambadi	2000	Yes
27	STB60661	Velammal Engineering College	Chennai	2000	Yes
28	STB61631	Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology	Pollachi	2000	Yes
29	STB18141	CK College of Engineering and Technology	Cuddalore	1000	Yes
30	STB17131	St. Peters College of Engineering and Technology	Chennai	1000	Yes
31	STB61261	Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology	Coimbatore	1000	Yes
32	STB09151	Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology	Coimbatore	1000	Yes
33	STB16181	St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology	Chennai	1000	Yes
34	STB08081	PSNA College of Engineering and Technology	Dindigul		No
35	STB61471	Rajalakshmi Engineering College	Chennai		No
36	STB63431	Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology	Chennai		No
37	STB81571	Government College of Technology	Coimbatore		No
38	STB12071	Saveetha School of Engineering	Chennai		No
39	STB15541	Shree Venkateshwara Hi-Tech Engineering College	Gobi		No
40	STB12871	Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering	Tiruvannamalai		No
41	STB14241	PA College of Engineering and Technology	Pollachi		No
42	STB09271	Jansons Institute of Technology	Coimbatore		No

Awards given to Large Student Branches:The following three large SBs were given cash awards and certificates.

• R M K Engineering College  — 1st largest
• St. Joseph’s College of Engineering — 2nd largest
• Velammal Engineering College — 3rd largest

Awards given to Section Society Chapters:

Out of 24 Society Chapters & 4 Affinity Groups, except six the rest of them received cash awards and certificates for being active during the year 2015 by organizing various events.

Sl.No.	SC / AG	Award Amount (Rs) C stands for Certificate	Grade
1.	ADSF SIGHT	C2000	B
2.	Aerospace and Electronic Systems	–NIL–
3.	Antennas and Propagation	C1000	C
4.	Computational Intelligence	C5000	A
5.	Communications	C2000	B
6.	Computer	C10000	A
7.	Control Systems	C1000	C
8.	Electron Devices	C1000	C
9.	Engineering in Medicine & Biology	C1000	C
10.	Electromagnetic Compatibility	C1000	C
11.	Education	C2000	B
12.	Industrial Applications	–NIL–
13.	Instrumentation and Measurement	–NIL–
14.	Information Theory	C1000	C
15.	Microwave Theory and Techniques	–NIL–
16.	Nano Technology Council	C1000	C
17.	Professional Communication	C2000	B
18.	Power Electronics	C2000	B
19.	Power and Energy	C3000	A
20.	Photonics	–NIL–
21.	Product Safety Engineering	C2000	B
22.	Robotics and Automation	C2000	B
23.	SIPCICOM	C2000	B
24.	Social Implications of Technology	–NIL–
25.	SIGHT	C1000	C
26.	Technology and Engineering Management	C1000	C
27.	Women In Engineering	C1000	C
28.	Young Professional	C7500	A

Awards given to first three best SB Counselors.

Sl.No.	Student Branch Counselor Name	Student Branch  Name
1.	Mr.M. Arun	Panimalar Institute of Technology
2.	Dr. N. Santhiyakumari	Knowledge Institute of Technology
3.	Mr. C. Kalayana Sundaram	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

Awards given to first three best SB  Chairs

Sl.No.	Student Branch Counselor Name	Student Branch  Name
1.	Mr. Saravanan.M.S	Panimalar Institute of Technology
2.	Hari Prasath .R	Knowledge Institute of Technology
3.	Mr. Vinith	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

Awards to first three best SCs/AGs

Sl.No.	Best  SCs / AGs. Chair	Society / Affinity Group Name
1.	Mr.H.R. Mohan	Computer Society
2.	Dr.S. Elangovan	Young professional
3.	Dr. N. Kumarappan	Computational Intelligence

Awards to large three Xtreme hosts

Sl.No.	Student Branch Name	Hosted
1.	Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology	16  Teams
2.	Dr.NGP Institute of Technology	14 Teams
3.	St. Xaviers Catholic College of Engineering	14 Teams

Awards to large three Xtreme Proctor – 3 teams

Sl.No.	Student Branch Name	Rank	Cash Award (Rs.)
1.	Proctor – Thiagarajar College of Engineering	117	4500
2.	Proctor – Thiagarajar College of Engineering	138	3000
3.	Proctor – Thiagarajar College of Engineering	341	1500

Mr. C. R. Sasi, Chair, Chairman, Nomination Committee presented the report  on the Execom slate of the Madras Section for the year 2016 and inducted the new Execom members with Dr. M. A. Atmanand as Chairman. Based on the recommendations of the NC, the General Body approved the co-option of  Dr.R.Dhanasekaran as an execom member.

The outgoing and the incoming Execom members & nomination committee members were honoured,
The incoming Chair, Dr. M. A. Atmanand, in his brief address outlined on new initiatives and activities being planned in the year 2016 and requested for the continued support of the members.
The incoming Secretary, Mr. D. Maheswaran, proposed the vote of thanks.

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