Kripa Kundaliya, Vice-Chair for IEEE WIE MEFGI Gujarat Section
Foram Rajdev, Committee for R10 WIE, and Chair for IEEE WIE & YP Gujarat
IEEE R10 Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee has been delighted to host the Networking Event in Collaboration with IEEE WIE Gujarat Section on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The event was organised virtually through Zoom, which took place on 8th March, 2021 from 3.00PM IST. The event was a spectacular success with the participants from a wide range of positions – from students to Professors, chairs, Scientists, industrialists and council members. The purpose of the event was to inspire the young minds by providing them an opportunity to R10 WIE: Virtual Networking Tour with Visionary WIE Leaders Kripa Kundaliya, Vice-Chair for IEEE WIE MEFGI Gujarat Section Foram Rajdev, Committee for R10 WIE, and Chair for IEEE WIE & YP Gujarat network one on one with the visionary WIE leaders and share insights on various topics.
The session started with warm greetings from the moderator Kripa Kundaliya. She welcomed and briefed everyone about the event. Prof. Foram Rajdev, WIE Chair, IEEE Gujarat Section delivered the welcome address. The event highlight was the distinguished presence of Mr. Deepak Mathur, IEEE Region 10 Director, as chief guest for the event. He gave opening remarks to the event where he acknowledged various women leaders in IEEE. Further, he discussed the Region 10 initiatives, thrust areas and priorities to consider. As a small token of appreciation for Mr. Deepak Mathur, IEEE WIE Region 10 and WIE Gujarat Section presented him with a virtual gift.
The IEEE WIE Region 10 Chair, Emi Yano addressed the participants and put forward a presentation where she discussed the activities that have been planned for the year 2021. She motivated the participants to dedicatedly work for the WIE for creating a change in the society. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. All the speakers shared their vision as a WIE leader. Finally, the networking sessions began. All the participants were divided into different groups and they had breakout sessions with one speaker in each group. Everyone had the opportunity to talk and participate in the networking activity. Many different activities were planned by our wonderful speakers. Different networking activities were planned for every break out room.
The breakout sessions were for 20 minutes wherein they discussed the networking activity of their group and shared the feedback. Finally, the vote of thanks was proposed by Shanza Khan – WIE R10 Committee member. The event video is available on IEEE Region 10 YouTube Channel.
