Annual Progress Report 2019 (March 2019-March 2020) IEEE Industry Applications Society SB Chapter IIT Mandi IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 2 of 27 Executive Committee 2019 (from March)-2020 Dr. Himanshu Misra Branch Counsellor Rajesh M. Pindoriya Sachin Chauhan Student Branch Chair Student Branch Vice-Chair Ravi Teja Deepal Gupta Treasurer Secretary Dr. Bharat Singh Rajpurohit Adil Usman Past Branch Counsellor Past Chair Brief Background: IEEE Industry Applications Society Student Branch Chapter- Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IEEE IAS SB Chapter-IIT Mandi, SBC18191), has been an active and vibrant chapter since its formation in mid of 2016. Having this SB chapter in the Himalayan located institute, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, it has faced and overcome many challenges in the organization of the events. Perhaps, these challenges have made the SB chapter stronger that apart from conducting its own events, it is continuously striking its efforts in the sponsoring of other Technical and non-Technical events hosted in the Institute. Moreover, IEEE IAS SB Chapter has been instrumental in forming more student branches in the surrounding institute of Himachal Pradesh, which never knew about IEEE. Currently IEEE IAS SB Chapter have 150+ students members. Student Branch Chapter Events: The SB chapter (SBC18191, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, IA34) has conducted many events in the last years between 15th March 2019 to 15th March 2020 has been covered and described below. The events range from Technical Activities to Administrative Activities and ends covering the Outreach Activities. IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 3 of 27 A. List of Technical Activities Sl. No. Date Total MM/DD/YYYY Number of Details of the event attendees (IEEE members +guests) 1. 04/12/2019 85 IEEE Talk with Sandeep Jain, founder Geeks for Geeks!! An IEEE Student Branch Chapter IIT Mandi conducted IEEE talk on “Geeks for Geeks” in association with IEEE PES-IAS-PELS Delhi Section on 12th April 2019, at 10: 00 am to 12: 30 pm in A1- NKN Conference room at IIT Mandi, Mandi, H.P, India. The IEEE talk was in collaboration with the Techno-Cultural Fest of IIT Mandi named Exodia ’19. The talk was also co-sponsored by the IEEE Student Professional Awareness Activity (SPAA) Committee, IEEE MGA SPAA. About the speaker: - Mr. Sandeep Jain, the founder of Geeks for Geeks!!’. Sandeep Jain is an IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of ‘Geeks for Geeks’. He loves to solve programming problems in most efficient ways. Apart from Geeks for Geeks, he has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor. IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 4 of 27 2. 04/13/2019 25 IEEE IIT Mandi “Robowar” IEEE Student Branch Chapter IIT Mandi in collaboration with Robotics club of IIT Mandi organized a “Robowar” as a part of the Techno-Cultural fest of IIT Mandi named Exodia’19. This was conducted on 13th April 2019 in IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE PES-IAS-PELS Delhi Section. The vibrant and enthusiasm of the students made the events successful. The undergraduate and graduate students showcased their robotics talent through the invention of robots to fight with the other robot (s). The activity had a task and objectives as defined below: Task: Task was to design and construct a wired or wireless (remote controlled) robot capable of fighting a tournament against other bot(s). Each team has to come up with a CAD model of a robot. With mighty armours, nifty axes and more innovative weapons. 3. 04/20/2019 55 IEEE Project for Kids: Renewable Energy for Future IEEE SB Chapter IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE PES- IAS-PELS Delhi Section successfully implemented project for kids in Himalayan Region on 20th April 2019 through a painting competition with a theme of "Renewable Energy for Future" conducted at Government School named Kamand Govt. School. The project focused on creating awareness among the kids about renewable energy and it's sources and create a collaborative colouring book, where each page and design educated the kids about Power and Energy and inspire and teach renewable energy to them. Altogether, 32 kids from 4 to 10 years old, took part in this competition with unparalleled excitement and enthusiasm. Students IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 5 of 27 from standard 4th, 5th and 6th participated in the event. The team provided colours, drawing sheets, pencils, sharpeners, erasers and ruler and other required stationery to kids for drawing. Participants were judged based on their colouring skills, vision and creativity. At the end, best 10 (out of Ten, three prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd number and other Seven are consolation prizes) were given prizes. Prof. Ravindra Arora, Life Fellow, IEEE was the special guest and judge of the event. Engineering". 4. 04/22/2019 85 2nd IEEE PES Day Celebration On the occasion of IEEE PES on 22nd April 2019 , IEEE Student Branch Chapter IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE PES-IAS- PELS Delhi Section conducted an expert talk on "Solving Mystery of Bijli Mahadav" on 22nd April 2019. The talk was given by Prof. Ravindra Arora Life Fellow, IEEE and the author of the book titled "High Voltage Insulation Engineering" published by IEEE Press. Dr. Ravindra Arora, Professor Dr.-Ing. (Technical University, Dresden, Germany).Dr. Ravindra Arora obtained his Doctor- Ingenieur degree in Electrical Engineering from Technical University, Dresden, Germany in 1973. Overall Agenda of the event is as follows: : 1. Introduction to IEEE PES/PELS Day by Rajesh Pindoriya, PES/PELS Day Ambassador. 2. Brief Progress of IEEE SB Chapter IIT Mandi, by Adil Usman, PES Young Professional Representative, India. 3. Expert talk on 'Solving Mystery of Bijli Mahadev, Kullu' by Prof. Ravindra Arora, Life Fellow, IEEE. 4. Vote of Thanks by Piyush Anand, IEEE SB Chapter Chair The event was followed by the Cake Cutting celebrating the 2nd IEEE PES Day. IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 6 of 27 5. 05/14/2019 35 IEEE Technical talk on Artificial Intelligence for Automated Driving An IEEE technical talks was organized by IEEE Student Branch Chapter IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE PES-IAS Chapter Delhi Section on 14thMay 2019 on the topic “Artificial Intelligence for Automated Driving” and “Natural Language Processing” by Continental Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, India. Time 6:00 -7:00 pm Date: 14/05/2019 (Tuesday) Venue: SC NKN 1. Artificial Intelligence for Automated Driving: (30 mins) People around the World are now quite excited about the launch of autonomous cars. The ability to perceive its environment using the modern form of AI and take decisions without the assistance of any driver is amazing. In other words, these cars are equipped with special sensors, processors and another database which is responsible for the operation of this carand doesn't require any driver. It navigates itself following up to the destination point requested by users. The tech talk gives the brief of Continental's view of Autonomous Driving and Its current progress in the field Speaker: Bharath Shivapuram IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 7 of 27 6. 05/17/2019 110 Hackathon on Deep Learning IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi has organized a hackathon from 17th May 2019 to 19th May 2019 at IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. There were 23 teams who have participated in the hackathon and showcased their skills. All of the projects were chosen as to motivate the students on the wide applications that the current trend of deep learning provides and make them familiar with many aspects of deep learning. Each group were assisted by the faculty in charge Dr. Aditya Nigam and teaching assistants of the Deep Learning course offered in IIT Mandi. Schedule of the Event: 17 May 2019: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Problem formulation and discussion 18 May 2019: 11:00 am: Progress evaluation and discussion with the teaching assistants 10:00 pm: Mid evaluation performed by faculty incharge Dr Aditya Nigam 19 May 2019: 10:00 am: Final submission from each group group individually. IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 8 of 27 7. 05/25/2019 22 IEEE Industrial Visit to Bijni Power Substation (132/33 kV) IEEE SB Chapter IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE PES-IAS- PELS Delhi Section, organized IEEE Industrial visit to Bijni Power Substation (132/32 kV), Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India on 25th May 2019. Around 22 students comprising of undergraduate, graduate and PhD research students of IIT Mandi had an academic visit to Bijni Power Substation (132/33 kV) in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, on 25th May 2019. Students had an opportunity to see the transmission and distribution power in Bijni Power substation. Students became practically aware of the theories which they studied in their curriculum. The Engineers at the station expose us to many of the relevant terminologies and systems which were actually new to the students to see them first time in practical. The Control labs were the part of Data Acquisition Systems to which students became familiar with and could observe and record every second data of the complete system. IEEE IAS SB Chapter IIT Mandi (SBC18191) Page 9 of 27 8. 05/25/2019 22 IEEE Industrial Visit to Larji Hydro Power Plant (126 MW) IEEE SB Chapter IIT Mandi in collaboration with IEEE PES-IAS-PELS Delhi Section, organized IEEE Industrial visit to Larji Hydro Power Plant (126 MW) in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, on 25th May 2019. The 126 MW Larji Hydropower Plant near Aut on the main stem of the Beas is run by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB).