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Guidelines and Best Practices

Guidelines and Best Practices. Kerala Section (R10 Distinguished Large Section, 2009). Overview. Geography and Demography History of Section Current status Operational strategies Conclusion. 2 /17. Geography. 3 /17. Demography.

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Guidelines and Best Practices

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  1. Guidelines and Best Practices Kerala Section (R10 Distinguished Large Section, 2009)

  2. Overview • Geography and Demography • History of Section • Current status • Operational strategies • Conclusion 2/17

  3. Geography 3/17

  4. Demography • Located at the lower South-West coast of the Indian peninsula • Subtropical geography and high biodiversity • High density of population • Ancient maritime trade-links with Arab, European, Chinese, and South-east Asian regions 4/17

  5. Demography (2) • Highly educated (100% literacy) and cosmopolitan, multi-religious culture • Leads the country in UN development indices that are comparable to Developed Countries • Large-scale migration of educated manpower to Middle East, Europe and the US 5/17

  6. History • Started out in 1973 as a Sub-section of Bangalore Section • Became full Section in 1984 • Gradual growth in Membership in the first 15 years • Rapid growth in membership, especially from students, for last 5 years 6/17

  7. Membership Growth 7/17

  8. Member Constituents 8/17

  9. Section Membership 9/17

  10. Society Membership 10/17

  11. Section Organisation 11/17

  12. Best Practices (1) • Membership Enhancement • Subsection development • GOLD for conversion of graduate members • Development of Technical Societies • Conduct of Technical programmes • Volunteer recruitment and training processes • Student Activities • LINK, a model innovated at Section and adopted by R10 • Led to enhanced communications and membership growth 12/17

  13. Best Practices (2) • Linkages with other professionals bodies • Joint weekly lectures with other societies such as IE(I), CSI and IETE (continuing unbroken for the last 25 years) • Fundraising • Conducting Joint programs cost-effectively • Sponsorship from Govt, Industry • Self-generation through technical activities 13/17

  14. Strategies (3) • Enhancing Section visibility • Fully operational office with competent staff • Newsletter • Website • SMS Alerts for programmes • Sister section arrangement with Syracuse and Tennessee sections • Conduct of International events • Close linkage with local Government • Programs on leading-edge technologies • Utilizing visiting experts for lectures 14/17

  15. Strategies (4) • Miscellaneous • Continuous and harmonious leadership at Section level • Focus on HTC activities • Adaptation of own practices (eg., Recital of IEEE Code of Ethics at important meetings) • Blend of industry and academia in Section ExeCom • Section leadership participation in IEEE global/R10 levels • Continued contributions from members-at-large (past Section Chairs) 15/17

  16. Conclusions • Kerala Section has been a smaller section in the initial period, but growing fast • The Section has made significant strides in its operations, offering value to members • With Subsections at Malabar and Cochin (under process), the Section hopes to consolidate its position 16/17

  17. Thank You 17/17

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