Events - 2020

Execom Meeting of IEEE PELS SB Chapter IIT Mandi was organised on 1st June 2020. The agenda of the meet being:
1. Conduction of activities in Covid-19
2. Review of the online activity
3. PELS Day celebration strategy
4. Selected students for free IEEE memberships for 2020.
5. Progress of activities

On the occasion of IEEE PELS day celebration, a lecture on “How to write Thesis and Research papers” was organised which was delivered by Prof. Ramesh Oruganti, visiting professor of IIT Mandi. This lecture was more helpful for the final-year students as they are near graduation, and because, under the current Covid-19 scenario, graduating students are off campus and facing difficult days completing their theses at their home.
Speaker: Prof. Ramesh Oruganti, visiting professor of IIT Mandi.

IEEE Student Branch Chapter IIT Mandi, organised a webinar on Distinguished Lecture on “Wireless grid Integration on EVs for V2G Application” to celebrate the IEEE PELS Day. The webinar was delivered by Professor Udaya Kumar Madawala a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE power Electronics Society from University of Auckland, New Zealand, fellow IEEE.
Speaker: Professor Udaya Kumar Madawala a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE power Electronics Society.

Execom Meeting of IEEE PELS SB Chapter IIT Mandi was organised with the agenda of:
1.Review of the IEEE PELS lecture.
2.Formation of joint chapter with IEEE IES SB Chapter IIT Mandi

This was the very first event of its kind which was organised to just resume the strength and providing motivation of those affected by the current pandemic. So, IEEE IAS organised an IEEE IAS distinguished Lecture delivered by Prof. Jose A. Antonino-Daviu from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. He delivered the lecture on the topic of monitoring and fault diagnosis of electric machines. This topic is not only in high demand among industries, but it also plays a critical role in supporting present infrastructure, which is heavily reliant on electrical gear. As a result, concepts of machine monitoring and problem detection needs to be combined to ensure that an industry runs smoothly.
Speaker:Prof Jose A. Antonino

IEEE PELS-IES Distinguished Lecture was delivered by Mo-Yuen Chow, IEEE Fellow, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA on 21st September 2020 on the topic “Smart Microgrid Management”. Smart Microgrids are a well-known framework for using Electrical Energy Storage Systems (EESSs). Energy Efficiency Programs (EEPs), on the other hand, are widely acknowledged as an essential and highly important component of smart MG investments and operations.
Speaker:Prof. Mo-Yuen Chow (North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA)

A talk on the topic “Cutting edge application of undergraduate control” was organised by IEEE RAS Student Branch Chapter IIT Mandi on 7th November 2020. The talk was delivered by Ramprasad Potluri, associate professor at IIT Kanpur.The discussion started at 12 p.m. (IST) and ran for 2 hours, with Q&A in between. Following, subtopics such as Path-tracking control of a moon rover using kinematic-based methods, Control Systems Laboratory and its experiments that have already run for 10 years continuously at IITK, built at less than a tenth of the cost of commercially available experimental setups, and page-separation-lifting-turning mechanism of an Automatic book copier were briefly discussed.
Speaker:Dr. Ramprasad Potluri

HST is IIT Mandi Catalyst's annual flagship event, which aims to bring together stakeholders in the Indian startup ecosystem. HST 2019 attracted 250 attendees, including 52 entrepreneurs that were given the opportunity to connect with investors. Investors, business professionals, and government officials were among the 42 distinguished speakers who discussed a variety of startup-related topics. The 4th edition of HST will bring together a slew of startup professionals and give businesses a reputable venue to propose their ideas for incubation assistance. IIT Mandi catalyst partnered with SB Chapter IIT Mandi for publicity, outreach, and other volunteer assistance. Although this three-day event was entirely virtual, our volunteers assisted as much as they could in conducting the talks, conference and many more.

IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus organised a writing competition with the support of IIT Mandi's literary society in partnership with IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus. The goal of this challenge was to create a 300-word article about any field of science and technology.
The total number of entries were sent to IEEE Student Branch of Sri Lanka Technological Campus.
Participation entries - 20

Women in Engineering Affinity Group of IEEE SB Chapter IIT Mandi organised an Ideathon during 19-20 December, 2020. In this Ideathon, students in a group of 3 had to come up with an innovative tech-based solution that can bridge the gap and streamline the education system so that the learning can be more effective. The event began at 12 p.m. on December 19, 2020 and continued for 48 hours. Participants were required to come up with a solution on the theme "Where education meets technology" and present it using a two-minute video and a presentation. They were compelled to think of some innovative ideas that can really be implemented in this new normal. This event drew around 24 students. The core team members accompanied them throughout the event and offered assistance as required. The participants were ecstatic to be there. They were made to think out of the box. They also learnt how to first analyse all the prospects of an idea before implementing it.

A session based on the awareness about IEEE and its memberships and various related queries was organised on 19th December 2020 at 11:30 AM (IST).The primary goal of this meeting was to induct the fresher batch of 2020 and explain what IEEE is and how it operates. Also, as is customary, people consider what we get from any agreement, so all the content was mainly based on the benefits part. This 1 hr session was made informative and interactive merging to Introduction to the IEEE WIE Ideathon 2020. The session began with an opening statement and ended with all pertinent questions being answered.

The 3rd Execom Meeting of IEEE PELS SB Chapter IIT mandi was organised with the agenda being:
1. Review of the pending work.
2. Come to the existence of organizing activities after long time.
3. Application for SPAx funding