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Name: Aravindhan Anbazhagan
Email ID: [email protected]
IEEE Member #: 92804104 [Valued member for 7 years]
IEEE Section: Madras [Region 10]
IEEE Officers role held:
Current:
- Chair, IEEE Madras Young Professionals Affinity Group
- Global YP Representative, IEEE Professional Communication Society
- Webmaster, IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities
- Mentoring Coordinator, IEEE Computer Society Awards & Recognition Committee
Past:
- Initiative Lead, White Talks, IEEE CS Student Chapter SMIT (61411A) [2013]
- Vice-Chairman, IEEE CS Student Chapter SMIT (61411A) [2014]
- Vice-Chairman, IEEE Student Branch SMIT (61411) [2014]
- Secretary, IEEE CS Student Chapter SMIT (61411A) [2015]
- Section Student Ambassador, IEEEXtreme 8.0 [2014]
- Section Student Ambassador, IEEE Day 2014
- CS Section Student Representative, IEEE Madras Section [2015]
- Member, Membership Growth and Sustainability Committee, IEEE Computer Society India Council [2014]
- Secretary, IEEE India SAC Newsletter Team [2014-15]
- Member, Student Activities Committee, IEEE CS India Council [2015]
- Regional Student Ambassador, IEEE Computer Society [2015]
- Member, Projects Coordination, All IEEE Young Engineers Humanitarian Challenge (AIYEHUM) 2016
- Member, Social Media Team, IEEEmadC [2015]
- Coordinator, Student Ambassadors Program, IEEEmadC [2016]
- Chair, Student Activities Committee, IEEE Computer Society India Council [2017-18]
- Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Madras Young Professionals [2017-18]
Awards & Recognition:
- IEEE MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award 2019 from IEEE Membership and Geographic Activities Board (MGAB)
- IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Pre-University Education 2018 from IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)
- IEEE MGA Larry K Wilson – Outstanding Student Volunteer Award 2016 from IEEE Membership and Geographic Activities Committee from Asia-Pacific Region (R10).
- Richard E Merwin Scholarship from IEEE Computer Society for the year 2014 (October cycle)
- Emerging Student Volunteer Award from IEEE Computer Society SMIT for the year 2013
- Outstanding Student Chapter Award for IEEE CS Chapter SMIT for the year 2013
- Exemplary Student Branch activities award 2014 from IEEE Madras Section for IEEE Student Branch SMIT (2014)
- Most number of IEEEXtreme teams in SB 2014 from IEEE Madras Section for IEEE Student Branch SMIT (38 teams) (2014)
Primary Events Attended:
- IEEE Region 10 Students, Young Professionals and WIE Congress 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka (reprsenting IEEE Madras Section Students)
- IEEE Region 10 Students, Young Professionals, WIE and Life Members Congress 2016, Bangalore, India (as the Larry K Wilson award recipient)
- IEEE Sections Congress 2017, Sydney, Australia (representing IEEE Madras Young Professionals)
- IEEE EAB Awards Ceremony 2018 – in parallel with IEEE Nov Board Series (as the Pre-University Educator award recipient), Vancouver, Canada
- IEEE TAB Young Professionals Summit 2019 – in parallel with IEEE June Board Series (representing IEEE ProComm Young Professionals)
Events as the guest speaker
- IEEE Nagercoil Hub Congress [05 Sep 2015]
- IEEE India Strategic Initiative event – Kongu College of Engineering, Erode [26 Sep 2015]
- Student Professional Awareness Conference – SASTRA University [19 & 20 Mar 2016]
- SICS – Satyabama University, Chennai [06 Apr 2016]
- IEEE Chennai Hub Congress – Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Chennai [09 Apr 2016]
- IEEE Day 2016 – Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Chennai [28 Sep 2016]
- IEEE Day 2016 – G Pulla Reddy College of Engineering, Kurnool [01 Oct 2016]
- Madras Section Student Branch Officers Meet 2017 – Anna University, Chennai [05 Feb 2017]
- Computer Society India Symposium 2017 – Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad [17-19 Mar 2017]
- Membership Awareness Program – MNM Jain College of Engineering, Chennai [10 May 2017]
- Technology Awareness Program – SSN College of Engineering, Chennai [17 Aug 2017]
- Chennai Hub Congress – Hindustan University, Chennai [31 Aug 2017]
- Tirunelveli Hub Congress, Kalasalingam University, Srivilliputhur [23 Sep 2017]
- Membership Awareness Program, Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology, Chennai [27 Sep 2017]
- WIE AG Inauguration Program – SRM University, Chennai [03 Oct 2017]
- Sentience 2.0 – Vaagdevi College of Engineering, Warangal [04 Feb 2018]
- STAR Program – Vande Maatram foundation, Warangal [05 Feb 2018]
- CS Student Chapter Inauguration – S.A. College of Engineering [21 Feb 2018]
- Membership Awareness Program – Jeppiaar College of Engineering [7 Mar 2018]
- Computer Society India Symposium, Bodh Gaya, Bihar [16-18 Mar 2018]
- Membership Awareness Program & Officers Training, Velammal Engineering College [20 July 2018]
- Membership Awareness Program & Officers Training, VIT Chennai [28 August 2018]
- Photon – Annual Flagship Technical Fest, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College [29 August 2018]
- Inauguration of IEEE CS Chapter, Sasi Institute of Technology (Andhra Pradesh) [29 December 2018]
- Student Professional Awareness Conference 2019, SSN College of Engineering [5 January 2019]
- Membership Awareness Program, St. Joseph Engineering College [28 January 2019]
- Membership Awareness Program, RMK Engineering College [2 February 2019]
- Membership Awareness Program, Sathyabama University [9 March 2019]
- AvanzarE v13.0, Kongu Engineering College [14 March 2019]
- Student Professional Awareness Conference, Balaji Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal [16 March 2019]
- Student Professional Awareness Conference, Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore [31 August 2019]
- IEEE Guest Lecture, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College [3 September 2019]
- IEEE Professional Communication Workshop, Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering [14 September 2019]
Student Volunteering Experiences
Student Branch CS Chapter level Activities:
- Assisted in organizing Verbal Ability Workshop for Student Branch Chapter members
- Volunteered as the Initiative Lead of White Talks – Training Initiative
- Delivered the first White Talk on Google Glass for inter-departmental audience
- Assisted in organizing ‘Inspire: Entrepreneurial Talk’ by Mr. Arjun R Pillai & Mr. Jofin Joseph, Profoundis
- Hosted online programming event ‘Code Hunt’ on behalf of Computer Science Education (CSEd) week 2013
- Organized a white talk on Office 365 by Mr. Vinod Sharma
- Organized a white talk on Secrets of Hacking by Mr. Anisha & Ms. Amina Thoufiya Shahul
- Organized a white talk on E-Ball: The concept PC by Ms. Mariselvi & Ms. Vaidesvari
- Hosted a workshop on ‘Higher Education and Employability skills’ with 150+ participants from SMIT
- Assisted in organizing a workshop on ‘OS Installation’
- Organized a seminar on ‘How to crack the interview?’ and ‘Big Data’
- Conducted an IEEE CS Induction and membership awareness program on professional societies
- Organized a white talk on Nanobots by Mr. Pavithran Elamaran
- Organized a white talk on Google products & future apps by Mr. Vignesh Chandran
- Hosted a Student Professional Awareness Conference at Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology, Chennai funded by IEEE SPAC Committee
- Volunteered in designing flyers for ‘Go Green’ – Online Essay contest
- Hosted Membership Awareness Program for IEEE CS and delivered a talk on ‘Student membership benefits’ and shared my volunteering story
Student Branch level Activities:
- Participated in ‘Just A Minute’ and ‘Photography Contest’ organized on IEEE Day celebrations 2012
- Won First prize in the ‘War and Peach: Essay contest’ organized on behalf of Hiroshima Day 2013
- Participated in the ‘Eureka: Entrepreneurial Workshop’ conducted by E-Cell, IIT Bombay in association with WIE AG, SMIT
- Volunteered in consolidating Student Branch activity reports from 2009 to 2013 for updating IEEE SB Website
- Delivered a session on ‘My Experiences with AISC 2013’ at IEEE Member Retention and Member Awareness Program hosted by my Student Branch
- Attended Student Branch Annual General Meeting for the year 2013
- Volunteered in organizing ‘STAR program: orphanage visit’
- Presented a paper on the topic ‘A study on neural networks’ at the IEEE COMSOC Paper presentation contest
- Hosted online events ‘PIC BEE’, Slogan & Caption contest on behalf of Independence Day celebrations 2014
- Volunteered in organizing Entrepreneurship Summit 2014 hosted by IEEE COMSOC SMIT Chapter funded by IEEE Region 10 Professional Activities
- Assisted in organizing ‘Nurturing Nascent Sprouts’ – meet with mentor for Execom training
- As student ambassador of IEEEXtreme, improved the number of teams participation from 20 in 2013 to 38 teams in 2014, which is the largest number across the Section
- Organized IEEE Student Branch Industrial Visit to Infosys, mysore and attended SPARK program
- Volunteered in organizing Cross Border Initiative with IEEE CUST SB, Pakistan
Section level Activities:
- Attended technical talk on ‘Wireless monitoring of process parameters in Petro Chemical Industries’
- Volunteered for the Search Engine Hunt and publicity of IEEE GeniOS – Online Symposium 2013 hosted by IEEE Madras Section Student Network funded by IEEE Region 10 ECIM
- Volunteered in organizing ‘Webmaster Training Program’ conducted by Chennai Hub, IEEE Madras Section Student Network
- Attended a seminar on ‘Cyber Security’ talk by Mr. Larry Clinton, President & CEO Internet Security Alliance (ISA), USA
- Attended a technical talk on ‘Securing the Unsecured in Cyber Space’ by Prof. K. Subramanian
- Attended a Distinguished lecture on ‘Tetrahetz technology and its applications’ by Goutam Chattopadhyay, Principal Engineer/Scientist, NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
- Participated in ‘AURA – 2014’ – Annual technical symposium of IEEE SB – Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering
- Participated in ‘IEEE Student Professional Awareness Conference 2014’ hosted by IEEE SB – Sastra University
- Attended a technical talk on ‘Questions Turing left behind’ hosted on behalf of CSI 50 years celebrations
- Attended a panel discussion on ‘Export of IT and ITES Opportunities and Challenges’ hosted on CSI 50 years celebrations
- Represented IEEE SMIT SB at the SB Officers Meet 2014 hosted by IEEE Madras Section SAC at Anna University, Chennai
- Updated the members about IEEEXtreme programming competition and IEEE Day 2014 through social platform along with other ambassadors
- Participated in SICS’15 hosted by IEEE CS Satyabama University Student Chapter
- Hosted a promotional stall for IEEEmadC at SICS’15
- Attended a presentation on “How to make most out of the IEEEXplore Digital Library” by Mr. Dhanu Pattanashetti
- Received ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ for participating in Student Essay Contest 2015 on Harnessing the power of ICT for our new initiatives
- Received cash prize for participating in 10 year anniversary celebrations of YouTube
- Participated in session on ‘Management studies abroad’ by Mr. Hariganesh hosted by IEEE Madras YP
- Volunteered in organizing IEEE India Student Internship Program held at Satyabama University, Chennai hosted by IEEE Madras Section
- Volunteered in organizing IEEE India Entrepreneurship Development program held at Anna University, Chennai hosted by IEEE Madras Section
- Volunteered in organizing IEEE Authorship Workshop 2015 hosted by IEEE Client Services and IEEE Madras Section
- Delivered a session on ‘How to volunteer for IEEE?’ at IEEE Nagercoil Hub Congress 2015 held at Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
- Represented IEEE India Strategic Initiative and delivered a talk at Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu
- Participated in the ‘IEEE Day 2015’ celebrations at Hotel Palmgrove, Chennai
- Volunteered in organizing IEEEXtreme 9.0 programming competition hosted at Freshdesk, Chennai
- Attended the IEEE Madras Section – Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) 2016
- Participated in technical seminar on ‘Challenges of GW Scale Solar PV Integration into Grid’ hosted by IEEE Industrial Applications Society – Madras Chapter
- Participated in Startup Weekend Chennai – Kurukshetra Edition held at College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai supported by IEEE Madras Section Entrepreneurship & Innovations Committee
- Delivered a talk on ‘Networking with IEEE’ at Student Professional Awareness Conference 2016 organized by SASTRA University, Tanjore
- Organized a 2-day Graphic Design Workshop hosted by IEEE Madras Section at Chargebee, SP Infocity, Chennai
- Delivered a talk on the topic ‘Grow with IEEE’ at SICS 2016 hosted by IEEE Computer Society- Sathyabama University & Google Student Club – Sathyabama University
- Shared my experiences as one of the panel speakers at IEEE Chennai Hub Congress 2016 organized by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Chennai
- Invited as Chief Guest and delivered the keynote talk on ‘Impact with IEEE’ at IEEE Day celebrations 2016 organized by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, 2016
India level Activities:
- Represented IEEE Madras Section in All India Students Congress 2013 held at Amrita University, Coimbatore
- Represented IEEE Madras Section in IEEE Computer Society India Council Students Congress 2013 held at Amrita University, Coimbatore
- Represented IEEE Madras Section at IEEE All India Computer Society Student Congress 2013 held at PESIT, Bangalore
- Participated in Kaizen 2.0 – See through eyes of innovation hosted by IEEE SB – College of Engineering Munnar
- Volunteered for the publicity of IEEE Star Innovator 2014 hosted by IEEE India Council SAC
- Represented IEEE Madras Section in IEEE All India Students Congress 2014 held at Nirma University, Ahmedabad
- Represented IEEE Madras Section in IEEE All India Computer Society Student Congress 2014 held at Yashada, Pune
- Hosted a promotional stall for IEEEmadC at AICSSC 2014
- Volunteered for the publicity of IEEE Programming League 2014 organized by IEEE CS India SAC. Participated in the event and successfully cleared the first round
- Volunteered in released the first two edition of IEEE India SAC Newsletter ‘Communique 14.1 & 14.2’ [Newsletter link (online): http://bit.ly/Communique14_edition1 Download (offline): http://bit.ly/Communique14_1PDF ]
- Represented IEEE Madras Section at All India Student Young Professionals Congress 2015 held at RSET, Kerala
- Represented IEEE Madras Section at All India Computer Society Student Young Professionals Congress 2015 held at NSIT, Delhi
- Coordinated the IEEE CS Student Chapter Exhibition happened at AICSSYC 2015, NSIT, Delhi
- Hosted a promotional stall for IEEEmadC & IEEE Computer Society at AICSSYC 2015, NSIT, Delhi
- Participated in the IEEE Anantapur Zonal Congress 2015 hosted by IEEE Hyderabad Section at Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences at Rajampet, Andhra Pradesh
- Got Featured on IEEE CS Compute – India CS SAC Newsletter for my interview. [To read the newsletter online: http://bit.ly/IEEE_Compute_Edition_One_Online Offline read: https://drive.google.com/openid=0Bwbwh1B2W9tbbVRZWWFhLXFjZ2M ]
- Invited as the chief guest and delivered the keynote talk on ‘Impact with IEEE’ at IEEE Day celebrations 2016 organized by G Pulla Reddy College of Engineering, Kurnool, Hyderabad Section
Region level Activities:
- Won 2nd prize in the IEEE Region 10 Blog Contest 2013 hosted by IEEE R10 SAC for my blog entry on topic ‘IEEE – A world of opportunities’ and received cash prize of $200
- Nominated ‘White Talks’ initiative for the prestigious IEEE MGA SAC Darrel Chong Student Activity Award 2013
- Submitted a paper on ‘Solar Mobile Charger’ for Region 10 UG/PG Paper Presentation contest 2014
- Nominated for the Richard E Merwin Scholarship – April cycle 2014 awarded by IEEE Computer Society
- Participated in #IjoinedIEEE contest organized by IEEE Region 10 ECIM
- Participated in IEEE Region 10 BTFV contest 2014 and submitted entries for Facebook, twitter and blog categories
- Fully funded to represent IEEE Madras Section at IEEE R10 Student Young Professional WIE Congress 2015 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Hosted a promotional stall for IEEE Computer Society at R10SYWC 2015
- Volunteered for the logistics committee of IEEE Women In Engineering International Leadership Summit 2015 held at Chennai, India
- Partially funded to represent IEEE Madras Section at IEEE R10 Student Young Professional WIE Life members Congress 2016 held at Bangalore, India
Global level:
- Attended the webinar on ‘IEEE Women In Engineering live chat with Ms. Shalini Santhoshkumar’
- Participated in IEEEXtreme 6.0 – 24 hours programming competition
- Attended the webinar on ‘IEEE Women In Engineering live chat with Ms. Pooja Vijayaraj’
- Attended the MD Webcast on IEEEXtreme by Mr. Prasanth Mohan
- Participated in IEEEXtreme 7.0 – 24 hours programming competition and secured within top 100 ranks across India
- Participated in IEEEXtreme 8.0 – 24 hours programming competition
- Attended the webinar on ‘IEEE Student Awards 2016’ by Mr. Piotr Graca
Non-IEEE Volunteering Roles:
- Volunteer, National Service Scheme [2012-14]
- Student Associate, Microsoft India [2014-15]
- Class Student Representative, CSE-A [2013]
- Member, SMIT Quiz team [2013-14]
Activities & Accomplishments:
- Won First Prize in the inter-college essay competition at Anna University hosted on behalf of AIDS Awareness Program
- Represented NSS SMIT Team at Leadership Meet hosted at Madras Social of School Work
- Won First Prize at Infomix 2014 Inter-departmental paper presentation contest organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SMIT
- Participated in zonal-level Essay writing Competition representing SMIT at Govt. School, Kanchipuram
- Represented SMIT Quiz Team at the Inter-college quiz competition at Meenakshi College for Women, Chennai
- Participated in Google DevFest 2013 hosted by GDG Chennai
- Attended the Kaizen Robotics Program – Winter Crash Course organized by Lema Labs at IITM Research Park, Chennai
- Participated in Dawn 2 Dusk Marathon 2014 in IIT Madras, Chennai
- Represented SMIT Quiz Team at the Inter-college quiz competition at Birla Planetarium, Chennai
- Participated in CB Online programming competition – Carte Blanche Symposium hosted by Computer Society of MIT
- Attended Automotive Testing Expo 2014 at Chennai Trade Centre, Tamil Nadu
- Participated in Mini Marathon awareness run for Tokyo Olympics 2020
- Assisted in organizing NSS Special Camp 2014 on Government Middle School at Chikkarayapuram, Chennai
- Volunteered in organizing National Conference on Advanced Computing Technologies and Applications (NCACTA 2014) by Department of CSE, SMIT
- Participated in RENERGY – Renewable Energy Tech Expo 2014 at Chennai Trade Centre, Tamil Nadu
- Participated in Terry Fox Run 2014 happened at IIT Madras, Chennai
- Attended a technical session on IBM Bluemix organized by Department of CSE, SMIT
- Attended Industrial Visit to ISRO, Sri Harikota organized by Department of CSE, SMIT
- Participated in Google DevFest 2014 hosted by GDG Chennai
- Published & Presented a paper on the topic ‘Web-Based and Content-Based Medical Imaging System’ on the Fourth National Conference on Advanced Computing Technologies and Applications – NCACTA 2015 organized by the Departments of CSE, IT & MCA
- Participated in FSFTN Summer Camp 2k15 held at IIT Madras 2015
- Attended the Hackathon hosted by AngelHack 2015 held at ThoughtWorks Inc. Chennai
- Attended the Python workshop – FSFTN Tech week end meetup held at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai
- Presented a technical paper on ‘Ubiquitous message alert system’ at National Conference on Computing and Communications’ held at Adi Parashakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur
- Represented SMIT at Education Expo (EdEx) Project Exhibition held at Chennai Trade Centre
Simply sooperb !!!!!hoping for your success to be continued!!!…. One of my role model in #ieee
Thanks for the good words. 🙂 I’m sure you will do a lot of things in near future with IEEE. Enjoy the student life!