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Sri Lanka Section Report Region 10 Sri Lanka Section Report PART A - SECTION SUMMARY A.1 Executive Summary Section Executive Committee Member List • Chairman: Prof. Ruwan Gopura • Chair (elect): Dr. Maheshi Dissanayake • Immediate Past Chair: Prof. Chandimal Jayawardena • Secretary: Dr. Windhya Rankothge • Treasurer: Dr. Tharaka Samarasinghe • Assistant Secretary: Dr. Tharindu Weerakoon • Assistant Treasurer: Ms. Nuwini Dulanga • Editor: Prof. Pradeep Abeygunawardana • Committee Member: Mr. Dhammika Marasinghe • Committee Member: Prof. Shanmuganathan Vasanthapriyan • Committee Member: Mr. Mr. Peshan Sampath • Committee Member: Dr. Sudheera Navaratne • Committee Member: Dr. Sanath Jayawardana • Committee Member (WIE representation): Dr. Maheshi Dissanayake • Committee Member (YP representation): Mr. Chandana Maduranga • Committee Member (SSR): Mr. Chamika Sudasinghe Section Highlights In 2020 the IEEE Sri Lanka Section held eight executive committee meetings and the annual general meeting was held on 24th January 2020. Major Events (International, National) • Section Chair attended the R10 meeting (virtual) for year 2020. • Webinar on “Deep Learning Based Video Analytics” was held on 30th May 2020, by Prof. Supavadee Aramvith (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand). • Webinar on Post-Covid Engineering Education in Sri Lanka was held on 16th July 2020. It was a collaborative event organized by the IEEE Sri Lanka Section, IMEchE Sri Lanka group and University of Moratuwa. • A lecture under distinguished lecture programme was conducted on “Wireless Grid Integration of EVs for V2G Applications” by the Prof. Udaya Madawala (University of Auckland) on 1st August 2020. • IEEE SYW Congress 2020 of Sri Lanka Section which is the largest gathering in IEEE Sri Lanka Section was held on 9th and 10th December. • This year’s Techno Meetup series consisted of a well-rounded selection of cutting-edge topics for the students from IoT to 5G. Total of 5 Meetups were conducted as online events. • IEEE Sri Lanka Section Student Branch Officer Training was held on 9th March. • IEEE Sri Lanka Electronic Design Competition 2020 was held online. • IEEE BOOST 2020 which was held on 10th October, and provided the opportunity for the student members of IEEE Sri Lanka Section to interact with the leadership of IEEE Sri Lanka Section and senior volunteers of IEEE • IEEE Innovation Nation Sri Lanka 2020 consisted of series of activities/webinars targeting entrepreneurship/ start-ups from June to December 2020. • IEEE Sri Lanka Section Awards Night 2020 was organized to recognize the efforts and hard work of outstanding volunteers. • SL Inspire 2020: “Career Compass” seminar focused on educating students on tertiary educational opportunities available in Sri Lanka. Under “Career Compass Higher Education and Career Guidance” webinar series, 4 webinars were conducted to educate the after O/Ls students and school leavers about the opportunities available for them in terms of their career and higher education. • Published two newsletters 1 Major Chapter Activities • Power and Energy Society (PES) • Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) • Computer Society (CS) • Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTTS) • Communications Society (ComSoc) • Power Electronics Society (PELS) • Industry Applications Society (IAS) • Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) • Industrial Electronics Society (IES) All the above-mentioned chapters have organized technical activities. Please refer the annexure for more details Major Student and Affinity Group Activities IEEE Young Professionals Sri Lanka • “LETs Talk” series aims of enhancing the knowledge of young professionals by delivering technical and non-technical talks with prominent personals in the society. This year talk series was conducted as a webinar series. • “AI-Driven Sri Lanka” aims to impart AI knowledge and to develop related practical skills of young Sri Lankan individuals with an analytical background and an interest in AI. • IEEE StudPro 4.0, Career Fair 2020 organized by IEEE Young Professionals Sri Lanka for the fourth consecutive time was held on the 25th of November IEEE WIE Sri Lanka Section • Celebrating International Women’s’ Day, "Ladies Who Lead", an interactive workshop, was conducted on 7th March. • A webinar on “How to be a Good Researcher” was conducted on 30th April, as an online event, • “CodeWithWIE 2020” was launched with the intention of helping the local community and the health care system by providing a solution for any problem that has arisen due to COVID 19 pandemic [Event Fund: 1740 USD funds from IEEE HAC SIGHT] • A webinar on ““Business Modelling Canvas”” was conducted on 25th June, as an online event, targeting guiding the finalists of Code with WIE program to fine tune business model. • A webinar on “Blockchain for 5G IoT” was conducted on 24th July, as an online event, targeting students who are interested on 5G and IoT technologies. • WIE Sri Lanka Section, with the aim to foster technological innovation and excellence in Women in Engineering all around the country, organized the “Women in Engineering Symposium 2020 – Technological Advancements for Humanity”, on 15th and 21st November Student branches All 19 student branches organized activities. Please refer the annexure for more details • IEEE Officer Training was conducted on 9th of March, with the participation of 90 student members. • IEEE BOOST 2020 was conducted on 10th and 11th October, with the participation of 300 student members, as an online event. It was an awareness program which was held based on professional and membership developments along with enthusiastic competitions. • IEEE Innovation Nation Sri Lanka project targets to provide training, mentoring, financial support and most importantly expose the global market to budding young Sri Lankan entrepreneurs to take their idea to the next level. • IEEE Techno Meetup Sri Lanka is a platform for all the tech enthusiasts to get together, share their knowledge and become enlightened about the latest technologies. • SLInspire is a project of IEEE Sri Lanka Section and SL2College to help students with higher education goals and undergraduates with chances in research collaboration. 2 Awards • Certificate of Recognition for outstanding achievement in member recruitment • Chamika Sudusinghe, the Sectional Student Representative, became the first Sri Lankan undergraduate to win the Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship. • IEEE Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLD) Program – Two graduated in 2020 (Mr. Dhammika Marasinghe and Mr. Dev Sugandhika) • Darrel Chong Student Activities Award - IEEE Students Silver Category - "Brainstorm 2019" - University of Moratuwa-Sri Lanka [STB10741] - "Gammeddata IEEE Api (IEEE for the Countryside)" - University of Moratuwa-Sri Lanka [STB10741] Bronze Category - "Hackaholics 3.0" - University of Colombo School of Computing [STB04641] - "GameRush" - University of Colombo School of Computing [STB04641] - "Let Me Hack Eco 2.0" - Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka [STB15150] • IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award - IEEE Students Bronze Category: University of Colombo School of Computing A.2 Financial Report – (Please follow the format given below) • Summary (as per submitted on NetSuite) Acc:1100022595 Acc:8770020705 Bank opening balance as at 01-Jan-2020 (LKR) 2,336,831.97 3,304,576.54 Income 5,059,183.76 71,782.61 Expenses (3,247,026.70) Bank closing balance as at 31-Dec-2020 (LKR) 4,148,989.03 3,376,359.15 Bank statement balance as at 31-Dec-2020 (LKR) 4,148,989.03 3,376,359.15 Acc:3100050690 Acc:3100050691 Acc:3100050692 Bank opening balance as at 01-Jan-2020 (LKR) 149,898.29 149,898.29 149,898.29 Income Expenses Bank closing balance as at 31-Dec-2020 (LKR) 149,898.29 149,898.29 149,898.29 Bank statement balance as at 31-Dec-2020 (LKR) 149,898.29 149,898.29 149,898.29 • Any other financial activities: N/A 3 PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES B.1 Membership Development Activities Total number of active members in the past 3 years. Total: 2636 • Associate Member: 17 • Fellow: 1 • Graduate Student Member: 114 • Life Fellow and Members: 3 • Member: 627 • Senior Member: 64 (9 new senior members in 2020) • Student Member: 1808 • Affiliate: 2 ✓ 3416 in 2019. • Summary and evidence of work done to improve the value of membership, which leads to retention and growth of members Awareness programs and membership development programs (Ex: IEEE BOOST 2020) were organized targeting the university and professional communities to spread the word about IEEE, how it stands out from many other technical societies and advantages of becoming IEEE members. B.2 Chapter Activities • Total number of Chapters in the Section: 9 • Number of Chapters formed in the current year: 2 • Number of active Chapters (Chapters who have reported required number of meetings during the year): 9 • Summary of Chapter activities (Chapter wise with annexure table/information): Please refer the annexure for more details B.3 Professional and Continuing Education Activities Please refer the annexure for more details • Webinar on “Deep Learning Based Video Analytics” was held on 30th May 2020, with around 50 participants. It was conducted by Prof. Supavadee Aramvith (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand). • [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2686692421442254&set=g.400734050054570] • Webinar on Post-Covid Engineering Education in Sri Lanka was held on 16th July 2020, with around 120 participants. It was a collaborative event organized by the IEEE Sri Lanka Section, IMEchE Sri Lanka and University
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