IEEE Pune Section Events
Meghna Das, Newsletter Team Lead for IEEE Pune Section
Eu-Reka 2020 was organized by IEEE Pune Section for a duration of four months from September to December 2020. As the name ‘Eu-Reka’ signifies, the program Eureka 2020 aimed to raise the ‘National Education-Reka’, with the students in our colleges as ‘Ambassadors of Education’. Teams of college students visited urban and rural schools, talked to students at VIII / IX / X classes about latest advances in Science and Technology, and provided them a flavor of its benefits in their day-to-day lives. Dr Lance Fung who is Chair of R10 Educational Advisory Board on IEEE Educational Resources addressed the occasion. The objective of this event was to motivate the school children to take up higher studies in STEM, and also to boost their confidence, self-esteem and aspirational level, especially female students in rural areas to continue their studies beyond high school level.
IEEE Pune Section hosted its flagship conference PuneCon 2020 in partnership with Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune from 16th to 18th December, 2020. The speakers were Dr. Takako Hoshimoto, IEEE Region 10 Secretary, Dr. Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Professor, IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Sudip Misra, Professor, IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director and Mr Mahesh Kshirsagar, CTO, TCS. The theme of PuneCon 2020 was “Information Processing” which resonates well with IEEE’s mission of “Advancing Technology for Humanity” and was aimed at providing a technical platform for researchers across the globe to present their innovative ideas and share technical knowledge. IEEE PuneCon 2020 obtained some excellent responses from a few accomplished authors.
IEEE Student Branch of Hope Foundation’s International Institute of Information Technology in association with WIE Affinity Group of IEEE Pune Section and IEEE India Council organized an Online Panel Discussion on “Empowering Women and Inspiring Change” on 30th January, 2021. The panelists were Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Dr. Ramalatha Marimuthu, Dr. Mini Ulanat, and Ms. Madhura DasGupta Sinha. This panel discussion aimed to empower women and provided a platform for the panelists to share their experiences and inspire fellow attendees. Attendees bagged some insights related to confidence building, importance of mentorship etc.
IEEE Pune Section in association with the IEEE SIGHT group organized a webinar on “AI in Healthcare” on 27th February, 2021 via WebEx. The guest speaker for this webinar, Mr. Ankoor Kulkarni was warmly welcomed by the host and IEEE members. Mr. Kulkarni is currently the global head for life sciences and public services – M&A business analytics – analytics and insights. He started the session by firstly giving a brief introduction about Artificial Intelligence. Following that, he shared in greater depth and breadth, and facilitated the participants with valuable information on how AI can be used in the healthcare sector. The speaker also cleared the doubts of participants regarding AI, healthcare and many more. A vote of thanks was delivered at the end of the seminar.