IEEE REGION 10 CONNECT APRIL 2021 WELCOME MESSAGES ......................................................................................................... 4 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 DIRECTOR .................................................................................................. 4 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 NEWSLETTER CHAIR ................................................................................. 6 1. SPECIAL REPORTS ON R10 FLAGSHIP EVENTS ...................................................... 10 2021 IEEE REGION 10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING............................................................................. 10 2021 IEEE REGION 10 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ...................................................................................... 11 2. R10 PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH ....................................................................... 19 R10 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – MOHD HAFIZ ISMAIL ......................................................................... 19 R10 WIE PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – RIRI FITRI SARI ......................................................................................... 20 R10 YP PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – SAAVEETHYA SIVAKUMAR ............................................................. 21 R10 STUDENT PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – SAI DIVYA NALLAPANENI .................................................. 24 R10 LIFE MEMBER PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – V K DAMODARAN ......................................................... 26 3. R10 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS OF THE MONTH .......................................................28 R10 LARGE SECTION OF THE MONTH – SEOUL SECTION ......................................................................... 28 R10 MEDIUM SECTION OF THE MONTH – LAHORE SECTION ................................................................... 29 R10 SMALL SECTION OF THE MONTH – NORTHERN AUSTRALIA SECTION .................................................. 30 R10 SUBSECTION OF THE MONTH - BHUTAN SUBSECTION .......................................................................... 31 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH – PANIMALAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (PIT) ...................... 33 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH – UNIVERSITY TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA (UTEM) ................ 34 COVID19 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – RAJAGIRI STUDENT BRANCH ................................................... 35 4. R10 TECHNICAL ARTICLES ......................................................................................... 36 CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR GRID-CONNECTED PV SYSTEM UTILIZING MPPT AND REACTIVE POWER CAPABILITY .................................................................................................................................................... 36 RADIOGENOMICS AND DEEP LEARNING IN MANAGEMENT OF BRAIN CANCER ............................................ 39 5. SECTION/SUBSECTION/COUNCIL ACTIVITIES ............................................................ 43 IEEE BANGLADESH SECTION .......................................................................................................................... 43 IEEE BAHAWALPUR SUBSECTION.................................................................................................................... 46 IEEE GUJARAT SECTION .................................................................................................................................. 47 IEEE HYDERABAD SECTION ............................................................................................................................. 48 IEEE INDIA COUNCIL ....................................................................................................................................... 49 IEEE INDONESIA SECTION ............................................................................................................................. 49 IEEE KERALA SECTION ................................................................................................................................... 51 IEEE KOLKATA SECTION .................................................................................................................................. 52 IEEE MADRAS SECTION .................................................................................................................................. 53 IEEE PUNE SECTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 54 IEEE WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECTION ............................................................................................................ 55 CONTENT 2 IEEE REGION 10 CONNECT APRIL 2021 6. AFFINITY GROUP AND CHAPTER ACTIVITIES .............................................................. 57 IEEE WIE BANGLADESH .................................................................................................................................... 57 IEEE WIE SINGAPORE ....................................................................................................................................... 58 IEEE WIE TOKYO/SHIN-ETSU ...................................................................................................................... 59 IEEE LMAG KANSAI ............................................................................................................................................ 59 IEEE LMAG SENDAI ........................................................................................................................................... 60 IEEE LMAG TOKYO ............................................................................................................................................. 61 IEEE AP/MTT/EMC/CAS JT. CHAPTER ISLAMABAD .......................................................................................... 61 7. STUDENT BRANCH ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 62 IEEE AIUB STUDENT BRANCH [BANGLADESH SECTION] ................................................................................ 62 IEEE BMSIT&M STUDENT BRANCH [BANGALORE SECTION] .......................................................................... 64 IEEE BUP STUDENT BRANCH [BANGLADESH SECTION] .................................................................................. 64 IEEE HIET STUDENT BRANCH [KARACHI SECTION] ........................................................................................ 65 IEEE IIT KHARAGPUR STUDENT BRANCH [KHARAGPUR SECTION] ................................................................ 65 IEEE NSU STUDENT BRANCH [BANGLADESH SECTION] .................................................................................. 67 IEEE RUET STUDENT BRANCH [BANGLADESH SECTION] ................................................................................ 67 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ............................................. 68 IEEE VSSUT BURLA STUDENT BRANCH [KOLKATA SECTION] ........................................................................ 69 IEEE VJCET STUDENT BRANCH [KERALA SECTION] ....................................................................................... 70 8. OTHER ARTICLES ........................................................................................................ 71 IEEE PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATES Q&A SESSION AT THE R10 AGM .................................................................... 71 R10 WIE: VIRTUAL NETWORKING TOUR WITH VISIONARY WIE LEADERS ..................................................... 77 IEEE IBSSC 2020 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 78 CONFLUENCE 2021 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 79 IEEE WIECON 2020 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 80 REVISITING ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 81 IEEE MILESTONE RECOGNITION – THE GIANT METRE WAVE RADIO TELESCOPE (GMRT) ........................... 82 IEEE INDONESIA SECTION CHAIR APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL 2021-2025 ........................................................................................................................................ 84 QUARTER TECH TALK TABLE 2.0 ............................................................................................................................................ 85 9. AWARDS AND FUNDING ............................................................................................ 88 10. CALL FOR PAPERS ..................................................................................................... 93 CONTENT 3 IEEE REGION 10 CONNECT APRIL 2021 WELCOME MESSAGES Message from IEEE Region 10 Director The past three months have been somewhat challenging as we continued to organize Region 10 events in virtual mode. The Region 10 Executive Committee Meeting in January and R10 Annual General Meeting in early March were both held virtually and were well participated. The Region 10 AGM was attended by IEEE President Susan Kathy Land, Past-President