Raihan Ur Rashid

Spectrum Engineering Consortium Limited

Email

raihan.razeen@gmail.com

Number of Years with IEEE as valued Member

4

Member Grade

Member

1st Choice of position

Secretary

1st Choice Position Statement: considering IEEE Bangladesh Section (max 500 Words)

I am Raihan Ur Rashid. I have been working as the secretary of IEEE Bangladesh Section for the past year under the leadership of Prof. Celia Shahnaz. In the last year, I along with my team, organized around 100 events for the Section. Since June 2019, we have planned out a yearlong event schedule with the vision of successfully organizing IEEE TENSYMP 2020. In 2019, we are already working by the planned schedule. I am also working as one of the Conference Secretary of IEEE TENSYMP 2020.

To fulfil the vision, I think I need to continue to work as the secretary to maintain the workflow of organizing IEEE TENSYMP 2020. After electing again, I will give my best to continue the good work and maintain the goodwill of IEEE Bangladesh Section.

1st Choice Qualification relevant to the applied post considering IEEE Bangladesh Section (max 500 Words)

I have worked as the secretary of IEEE Bangladesh Section for the year 2019. During this year, IEEE Bangladesh Section was granted the second highest incentive by IEEE Region 10 in the whole region for the events conducted in the year 2019.

I have worked as the local arrangement chair for four co-located conferences (IEEE SPICSCON 2019, IEEE BECITHCON 2019, IEEE RAAICON 2019 and IEEE PEEIACON 2019) and one symposium (SympSIST).

I was the lead volunteer of IEEE Bangladesh Section’s new initiative, Smart City Initiative in Bangladesh. Other than that, I have planned along with the section chair and was part of the execution of “IEEE Bangladesh Section Vitality Enhancement Event Series”.
I have worked as the web manager for both IEEE WIECON ECE 2019 and 2018. As the publicity coordinator, I have led a team of volunteers called IEEE Bangladesh Section Publicity Committee 2018.

In 2017, I was the part of successful IEEE Bangladesh Section Humanitarian Activity Team under the leadership of then Humanitarian Coordinator, Md. Zakaria Haider.
Before that, I have worked as the webmaster and the chair of the Membership Development Subcommittee of IEEE BUET Student Branch on my final year as an undergraduate student.

2nd Choice of position

I have only one choice

Contribution to IEEE Bangladesh Section (max 500 words)

I have worked as the secretary of IEEE Bangladesh Section for the year 2019. I have worked closely with the section chair to maintain the quality checklist by the IEEE Bangladesh Section Technical Cosponsored Conferences.

I along with my Section Executive Committee and 5 society chapters organized for the first time in Bangladesh, four co-located narrow scope conferences on 28th November to 01 December 2019. I have worked as the local arrangement chair for four co-located conferences (IEEE SPICSCON 2019, IEEE BECITHCON 2019, IEEE RAAICON 2019 and IEEE PEEIACON 2019) and one symposium (SympSIST).

In 2018, I was elected as the publicity coordinator of IEEE Bangladesh Section. As the publicity coordinator of the section, I successfully lead the design and publicity team of IEEE WIE ILS 2018, Dhaka. Other than that, I revived the dormant publicity activities of the Section.

I am currently working as the lead volunteer in IEEE Humanitarian Activity Committee funded project “Bringing Back Life to Rohingya”

IEEE positions held chronologically (global and local)

Held the following post in IEEE Bangladesh Section:
1. Secretary, 2019 [vtools listed]
2. Publicity Coordinator 2018, [vtools listed]
3. Webmaster, Humanitarian Activity Committee 2017

Held the following post in IEEE BUET Student Branch:
1. Webmaster, 2016
2. Chair of Membership Development Sub Committee 2016

Other positions:
1. Conference Secretary, IEEE TENSYMP 2020
2. Local Arrangement Chair, IEEE BECITHCON 2019
3. Local Arrangement Chair, IEEE SPICSCON 2019
4. Local Arrangement Chair, IEEE RAAICON 2019
5. Local Arrangement Chair, IEEE PEEIACON 2019
6. Local Arrangement Chair, SympSIST 2019
7. Lead Volunteer, Smart City Initiatives for Bangladesh 2019,
8. Student Project Competition Team Members, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2019
9. Design and Web Administrator, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2018
10. Design and Web Administrator, IEEE WIE ILS, Dhaka, 2018
11. Organizing Committee Member, IEEE R10 HTC 2017

Awards received from IEEE (global and local)[If no award is received please write “No award is received”]

No Award is received.

Experience in IEEE Bangladesh Section  in Executive Committee, Affinity Groups, Societies chapters, Student Branches (year and positions) [Please mention whether the position is listed in Vtools or not]

Held the following post in IEEE Bangladesh Section:
1. Secretary, 2019 [vtools listed]
2. Publicity Coordinator 2018, [vtools listed]
3. Webmaster, Humanitarian Activity Committee 2017
Held the following post in IEEE BUET Student Branch:
1. Webmaster, 2016
2. Chair of Membership Development Sub Committee 2016

Endorser’s Name

Shaikh Anowarul Fattah

Endorser’s Affiliation

Nominations and Appointment Chair, IEEE Bangladesh Section & Professor, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)