IEEE R10 Newsletter – Bringing you the latest happenings in Region 10

Welcome Messages

Messages from 2020-2021 IEEE R10 Director and IEEE R10 Newsletter Coordinator . . .

M Sai Prashanth became an IEEE member in 2009 and has been actively contributing as an IEEE volunteer since. He is a Computer Science Engineer who graduated from Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad. He has worked as a blockchain developer at Tech Mahindra, Hyderabad, and presently pursuing his master’s degree from the same university and has been driven in passion to appear and crack the civil services examinations . . .

IEEE Delhi Section, one of the largest Sections (geographically) of India, comprises 2 Subsections (Rajasthan and Chandigarh), 23 Technical Society/Council Chapters, 4 affinity groups, and more than 120 Student Branches/ Student Chapters. IEEE Delhi Section, which started on 13^th May 1976 (after existing as a Subsection since 1974) presently covers the entire northern part of the country consisting of the four states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Union Territories of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh . . .

Dr. (Mrs.) Maheshi Dissanayake (Ph.D.), a Senior Member of IEEE, started her IEEE journey in 2011 and has been actively contributing as an IEEE volunteer at the University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka, the Central Region Subsection of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Section as well as at the Region 10 level. She got her first taste of IEEE and its widespread volunteering services during the IEEE R10 Student/GOLD/WIE Congress 2011 held in Auckland, New Zealand. . .

Bombay Section has successfully organized TENCON1989, the flagship conference of the Regional 10. Attended by more than 3000 delegates from across 29 countries, it was simultaneously organized in three top hotels in, then, Bombay. The conference organizational standard TENCON1989 has set can be gauged by noting that those were the non-internet snail mail days!

Inspired by this rich legacy, the Bombay Section has successfully bid to organize TENSYMP2022. The Section was grateful to IEEE Region 10 for trusting us to host another one of its flagship events. The Symposium was organized in hybrid mode from 1^st to 3^rd July 2022 at the iconic Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India. . .

We miss Prof. Byung-Gook Park very much, as he was our very good friend through many IEEE activities. He was a dedicated IEEE volunteer, served as Seoul Section Chair 2014, Region 10 Secretary 2017-2018, Region 10 50-Years Celebration Coodinator 2017, Region 10 Strategic Planning Committee Chair 2019-2020, MGA Strategic Planning Committee member 2019, MGA Sections Congress Coordinator 2020, Region 10 Vice Chair for Membership Activities 2021-2020, and many others. He was a candidate for 2023-2024 Region 10 Director-Elect. . .