Annual General Meet
Kumarappan N, Chair for IEEE Madras Section
The Annual General Meet of IEEE Madras Section 2020 happened on 19th December, 2020, from 1.30PM to 5.00PM. IEEE Madras Section Chairman Dr. N. Kumarappan welcomed everyone and flipped through the activities and appreciated Student Branches, ExCom members, and professional members. Treasurer Dr. Joseph Gladwin briefed on the “Confirmation and Approval of Minutes of Annual General Meet happened on Aug 24, 2019”. He glanced through the “Receive and Adopt the Annual Audit Financial statement for the year 2020”, and then presented the appointment of Auditors for the year 2020-2021. As a new initiative, IEEE Madras Section granted “Section Rebate Award” to 43 active Student Branches. This was facilitated by Chair Dr. N. Kumarappan, Vice-Chair Dr. R. Ramarathnam, and Treasurer Dr. Joseph Gladwin. Later, professional members of IEEE Madras Section who have published their work in IEEE Journals were appreciated with a “Publication Award”. Finally, Treasurer Dr. Joseph Gladwin presented the vote of thanks and the gifts to the guests.
Webinar on “Hybrid Electrical Vehicle and its overview”
IEEE Madras Section organized webinar on “Hybrid Electrical Vehicle and its Overview” on 12th December, 2020. The Speaker was Dr. Naveenkumar Marati, Senior Hardware Engineering R & D Valeo Chennai. Dr. M Venkatesh Kumar, Chair Professional Activities introduced the guest to the gathering. The webinar focused on electrical vehicle technology and operations. Around 30 participants participated.
Webinar on “Recent Trends in Energy Storage”
SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore Photonics Society Student Branch Chapter and IEEE Madras Section – SAC organized a webinar on the “Recent Trends in Energy Storage” on 18th November, 2020. The resource person for the session was Dr. Ranjith Thangavel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea who shared his thoughts on the recent trends in energy storage. Around 58 participated in this event. This event was coordinated by Dr. K. Kalai Selvi, Dean – ECE, SNS College of Technology, Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chair, SAC & Chairman, IEEE Madras Section, and Mr. M. Saravanan, IEEE Student Branch Counsellor.
Webinar on “Intelligence Unit Commitment with Vehicle to Grid using Hybrid Optimization Technique”
The IEEE CIS Madras Chapter & IEEE Student Branch of Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology organized a Webinar on “Intelligence unit commitment with the vehicle to grid using hybrid optimization technique” on 16th December, 2020. Mr. K. Ramachandran, IEEE Student Branch Coordinator introduced the guest speaker Dr. N. Kumarappan, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section and CIS Madras Chapter and Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. He shared some valuable information about intelligence unit’s commitment on the vehicle to grid using a hybrid optimization technique. Around 80 students attended the event.
Technical Talk on “Science behind Engineering Materials”
The IEEE Student Branch of NIT-Tiruchirappalli and IEEE Madras Section organized a technical talk titled “Science Behind Engineering Materials” on 29th January, 2021 by Dr. V. S. Srinivasan, Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute and Head, LIMS, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Dr. Kumarappan introduced the speaker whi proceeded to discuss about some fundamentals of crystals and microstructure, mechanical testing, fatigue and creep of materials, modeling and simulation, and the material used for thermal nuclear reactors.