R10 Annual Meeting
Name: Dr Zia Ahmed
Committee: Awards and Recognition
7 – 8 March , 2015
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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R10 Award & Recognition Committee
Objectives
– Recognize Sections and volunteers for contribution to
IEEE by granting awards
– Encourage Sections for further enhancement in
membership and activities
Committee Members
– Zia Ahmed (Chair)
– Darrel Chong
– Elmer Dadios
– Nirmal Kumar Nair
– Lalit Goel and
– Satish Babu
– Assisted by SAC, WIE, EAC, YP and Section & Chapters Coordinators
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R10 Distinguished Large/Medium/Small
Section Awards
Selection based on review of Section reports
– membership growth & retention, chapter activities, Section
activities in support of IEEE and R10 objectives
Three Award Categories
Small Section (Membership: 1~500)
Medium Section (Membership: 501 ~ 1500) and
Large Section (Membership: >1500)
USD 1,000 Cash Prize for each of winners with wonderful
certificate
Deadline of annual Section report: R10 Annual Meeting date
Notification of result: End of July 30, 2015
Winners of last 3 years are not qualified
2015 IEEE Region 10 Awards Winners
2013 R10 Distinguished Large Section Award
– Bangalore Section
2013 R10 Distinguished Medium Section Award
– Pune Section
2013 R10 Distinguished Small Section Award
– Northern Australia Section
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R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
Recognition of R10 volunteers who have made outstanding
contributions to IEEE
– Benefit to Section, length of services, leadership ability,
collaboration with Section EXCOM, match with the objectives
of IEEE & R10
– No fixed number of winners in any one year
Call for nomination: June 1, 2015
Deadline of nomination: August 31, 2015
Notification of result: November 30, 2015
Winners of last 3 years are not qualified
R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
2014 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
Winners are:
– Ashok D Jagatia (Bombay Section)
– Nirmal-Kumar C. Nair (New Zealand North Section)
– Graeme B. Gwilliam (New South Wales Section)
Other R10 Awards
Students Activities Awards
– R10 Exemplary Student Branch Award plus various contests
Women-in-Engineering Awards
– R10 WIE Section Affinity Group Award
– R10 WIE Student Branch Affinity Group Award
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R10 WIE Professional Volunteer Award and
– R10 WIE Student Volunteer Award
Education Activities Awards
– R10 EA Award for Major Educational Innovation
– R10 EA Award for Continuing Education
Young Professional Awards
2014 MGA Awards Winners from R10
2014 MGA Outstanding Large Section Award
IEEE Bangalore Section
MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award
Mr. Ahsan Saeed, Karachi Section
For exemplary contributions to IEEE Young Professionals in Region 10 and
for continuous support to the IEEE Academic project.
MGA Innovation Award
IEEE AIYEHUM Team (All IEEE-R10 Young Engineers’ Humanitarian
Challenge), Bangalore Section
For inspiring, enabling, and connecting young scientists and engineers to
solve real-world challenges, applying science and technology, and building
relationships between industry and academia.
MGA Outstanding Branch Counsellor Award
Prof. Rajesh Ingle, Pune Section