CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 25thMarch, 2016, IEEE Bangladesh Section organized the IEEE Bangladesh Section Ex-Com Summit 2016 at the Auditorium, Faculty of Business Administration Building, AIUB. The event is hosted by IEEE AIUB SB. The summit was organized for the proper networking of the student members and the faculties from different universities.
The event initiated with opening speeches from SAC Chair and Membership Development Coordinator from IEEE Bangladesh Section discussing the reasons and benefits of becoming an IEEE member. Then the statistics of the number of IEEE members in Bangladesh, the initiatives that should be taken to fix the number of members and to provide its members with the benefits that come with the IEEE membership were looked into in the discussion.
Later on, the summit moved onto the Student Branch’s presentations. During the session, each of the student branch representatives, went up on stage and gave their presentation discussing about the events they have organized, the activities of the student branch members, their future plans for the branch and the limitations and problems they faced as a Student Branch.
After that, the next session contained a detailed presentation by Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Coordinator, IEEE WIE Region 10 Affinity Group, talking about its achievements and plans for the future. This was followed by a detailed discussion on being a member of the IEEE Young Professionals and taking full benefits from it. . Next to take the stage was Prof Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Chair, IEEE Bangladesh Section, who gave an inspirational speech motivating the participants present and discussed the student branch activities, the achievements and the special initiatives he has planned for the future.
The event concluded as all the Ex-Com members of all the Student Branches and the Section alike, on stage for a group photo. This was followed by an interactive networking session.
After that, was a special session with Prof. Dr. Celia Shahnaz and the female participants. It started off with an introductory session with the executive members present. After that she went on to discuss about IEEE WIE Affinity Group, how to sign up for it and the process for applying for the WIE. Moving on, she talked about her work in WIE and how it helps female members to get a platform in the engineering field. She also mentioned that the WIE platform is also open for male members.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36096″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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