[This page intentionally left blank] 2 | P a g e CONTENTS WELCOMING MESSAGES ................................................................................................................................................... 5 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 DIRECTOR .................................................................................................................................. 5 MESSAGE FROM IEEE R10 NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR ................................................................................................................... 6 1. 2019 REGION 10 AWARDS RECIPIENTS ..................................................................................................................... 8 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT AWARDS ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2. R10 PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH ...................................................................................................................... 17 R10 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – SHAIKH A. FATTAH ................................................................................................................. 17 R10 YP PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – ABHISHEK MAHESH APPAJI ................................................................................................. 19 R10 WIE PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – MINI ULANAT ................................................................................................................ 21 R10 STUDENT PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – AMESH GOMES ........................................................................................................ 22 3. ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS OF THE MONTH .............................................................................................................. 24 R10 LARGE SECTION OF THE MONTH – NEW SOUTH WALES SECTION ............................................................................................... 24 R10 MEDIUM SECTION OF THE MONTH – PUNE SECTION ............................................................................................................... 25 R10 SMALL SECTION OF THE MONTH – MACAU SECTION ................................................................................................................ 27 R10 COUNCIL OF THE MONTH – CHINA COUNCIL .......................................................................................................................... 29 R10 SUBSECTION OF THE MONTH – SABAH SUBSECTION ................................................................................................................. 30 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH - CHENGANNUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING STUDENT BRANCH ................................................... 32 4. R10 EXCOMM ARTICLES .......................................................................................................................................... 34 NEWLY-FORMED R10 AFFINITY GROUPS ...................................................................................................................................... 34 R10 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (EAC) UPDATES ........................................................................................................... 35 R10 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (PAC) INAUGURAL PILOT PROJECTS ................................................................................. 36 IEEE REGION 10 CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ................................................................................................................... 38 IEEE WIE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2019, BANGALORE ................................................................................................ 39 IEEE WIE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2019, BEIJING ...................................................................................................... 41 COLLABORATING WITH INDUSTRY EVENT, IEEE MAKES A DIFFERENCE ................................................................................................ 43 5. SECTION/SUBSECTION/COUNCIL ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................................... 46 BANGALORE SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 46 HYDERABAD SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 47 ISLAMABAD SECTION ................................................................................................................................................................ 48 INDONESIA SECTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 49 KARACHI SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 50 BOMBAY SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 51 MALAYSIA SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 52 SRI LANKA SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 53 BAHAWALPUR SUB-SECTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 54 6. AFFINITY GROUPS (WIE/YP/LMAG/CNAG) ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................ 57 SENDAI SECTION WIE AG .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 MALAYSIA SECTION WIE AG ...................................................................................................................................................... 57 KARACHI SECTION YP AG .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 SRI LANKA SECTION YP AG ........................................................................................................................................................ 59 3 | P a g e 7. STUDENT BRANCH ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 61 PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES (PIEAS) STUDENT BRANCH [ISLAMABAD SECTION] ........................................... 61 PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCES (PIEAS) WIE AG [ISLAMABAD SECTION] .......................................................... 61 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (CUST) STUDENT BRANCH [ISLAMABAD SECTION] ....................................................... 62 COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD (CUI) RAS STUDENT CHAPTER [ISLAMABAD SECTION] .................................................................. 62 COMSATS UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD (CUI) WAH CAMPUS CS STUDENT CHAPTER [ISLAMABAD SECTION] ........................................................ 63 BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI STUDENT BRANCH [KARACHI SECTION] ................................................................................................ 63 CUMMINS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN STUDENT BRANCH [NAGPUR SUBSECTION] .................................................................... 64 GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA DEFENCE UNIVERSITY (KDU) STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ..................................................... 64 SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SLIIT) STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ................................................... 65 UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ................................................................................................ 65 NATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (NSBM) STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ........................................................... 66 SRI LANKA TECHNOLOGICAL CAMPUS (SLTC) STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ......................................................................... 67 UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ............................................................................................... 67 UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] .................................................................................................... 68 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA (OUSL) STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ........................................................................... 68 RAJARATAU NIVERSITY OF SRIL ANKA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ...................................................................................... 69 UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ...................................................................................................